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- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
Teixeira, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School in the Marketing unit. But not anymore. The Second Internet Wave A second wave of Internet disruption threatens not only electronics and telecom businesses, but also industries...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
than when he took over, those outlets are mostly regional players. He looks for the company to penetrate major, nationwide retailers this year on the strength of a national marketing effort, a broader View Details
- September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
GolfLogix: Measuring the Game of Golf
By: John T. Gourville and Professor Jerry N. Conover
GolfLogix has developed a small, GPS-based device to help golfers track their play. They must decide how best to distribute these devices: 1) sell them directly to golfers through traditional retail channels; 2) sell them to courses, which would then provide them to...
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Distribution Channels;
Product Launch;
Brands and Branding;
Innovation and Invention;
Measurement and Metrics
Gourville, John T., and Professor Jerry N. Conover. "GolfLogix: Measuring the Game of Golf." Harvard Business School Case 503-004, September 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- March 2005
- Background Note
Home Video Games: Generation Seven
By: Elie Ofek
Discusses the issues facing firms in the seventh generation of home video game platforms. In particular, Sony and Microsoft plan to launch new game consoles in the 2005 to 2006 time frame. Each firm seems to be following a different strategy. Microsoft wants to launch...
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Marketing Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Ofek, Elie. "Home Video Games: Generation Seven." Harvard Business School Background Note 505-072, March 2005.
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
anger, and shifting ideologies. Then, in 1982, the bull market in stocks began. It changed the way companies were managed. CEOs focused on getting the stock price up. There was a takeover movement, then junk bonds, and then leveraged...
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- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
Traditional wisdom teaches that brands win market share by offering a wide variety of products, increasing the chance of appealing to a wider variety of customers. But how happy are you when trying to find a head cold remedy at the...
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- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
January 2017 Review of Financial Studies Being Surprised by the Unsurprising: Earnings Seasonality and Stock Returns By: Chang, Tom Y., Samuel M. Hartzmark, David H. Solomon, and Eugene F. Soltes Abstract—We present evidence consistent with View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Career Coach
Christina LaMontagne
Christina (HBS '09, Dartmouth '03) has held senior roles across innovative healthcare companies. She has led small digital health companies to achieve market leadership and >$100M ARR and has helped...
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- August 2022
- Case
SuperRare: Turning an NFT Marketplace into a DAO
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Scott Duke Kominers and Amy Klopfenstein
In June 2021, John Crain and Jonathan Perkins, the founders of SuperRare, a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), contemplate whether to transform their company into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Crain and Perkins founded SuperRare in 2018 to...
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NFTs;
Crypto Economy;
Alternative Assets;
DAOs;
Arts;
Governance;
Governance Controls;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Information Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Finance;
Currency;
Investment;
Markets;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Demand and Consumers;
Network Effects;
Market Design;
Market Transactions;
Market Timing;
Web Services Industry;
North and Central America;
United States
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., Scott Duke Kominers, and Amy Klopfenstein. "SuperRare: Turning an NFT Marketplace into a DAO." Harvard Business School Case 823-027, August 2022.
- June 1983 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
EMI and the CT Scanner (A)
Describes the development of the first CT Scanner by EMI, a company new to the medical industry, and EMI's entry into the U.S. market. The company's early success is threatened by the entry of a dozen competitors (some very large and experienced), by government...
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Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Technological Innovation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Industry Structures;
Product Development;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "EMI and the CT Scanner (A)." Harvard Business School Case 383-194, June 1983. (Revised November 2001.)
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
furthering the entrepreneurial passions of its students has led to the creation of some 25 courses, research that has informed 1,300 cases, and the growth of a wide range of resources that support innovators both inside and outside of the...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- Web
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Q2 1.5 Creating the Modern Financial System David Moss Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions (also listed under General Management) Laura Alfaro Spring2025 Q3 1.5 Globalization and Emerging Markets Reshmaan...
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- December 2010
- Case
Oral Rehydration Therapy
By: Nava Ashraf and Claire Qureshi
This case highlights the puzzlingly high rate of diarrhea-related child mortality in developing countries despite the existence of a simple, effective treatment: oral rehydration therapy (ORT). ORT treated extreme dehydration caused by diarrhea, which was a leading...
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Health Care and Treatment;
Innovation Strategy;
Problems and Challenges;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Technological Innovation;
Distribution Channels;
Emerging Markets;
Consumer Behavior;
Performance Consistency;
Performance Evaluation;
Health Industry;
Africa;
Asia
Ashraf, Nava, and Claire Qureshi. "Oral Rehydration Therapy." Harvard Business School Case 911-035, December 2010. (Request a courtesy copy.)
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
could well be a case study about an American manufacturer’s adaptation to the forces of globalization. Back in the 1990s, when the U.S. economy was in a high-tech, dot-com frenzy and China’s experiment with export-driven market economics...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
important information." Learning by Doing Introduced in 2011, FIELD 2 is a transformative experience in learning that sends all 900-plus first-year MBA students across the globe to emerging markets each January where they work with...
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- February 2024
- Teaching Note
UGG Steps into the Metaverse
By: Shunyuan Zhang and Sunil Gupta
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 523-013.
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
professional esports players and amateur gamers streaming video game play. By year’s end, market analyst Newzoo forecasts, the online global esports audience will reach 385 million people with revenues of nearly $700 million. But if all...
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Q2 1.5 Creating the Modern Financial System David Moss Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions (also listed under General Management) Laura Alfaro Spring2025 Q3 1.5 Globalization and Emerging Markets Reshmaan...
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- April 2010
- Teaching Note
Four Products (2008): Predicting Diffusion (TN)
Teaching Note for 508103.
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- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
quickly. This series will take you inside the world of carbon capture, guided by innovators and experts at the forefront of the movement who will help you understand what is possible. Can we really engineer a climate fix? But first, we're...
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