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- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
against the backdrop of a turbulent industry and consider the implications for the anesthesiologist. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55974 March 2019 Management Science Open View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Creating Leaders: An Ontological Model
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
relatively cost efficient and scalable source of electricity. The reviews will happen across the world and each country will consider their own energy mix characteristics together with local sentiment." Todd was one of several...
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- April 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Epodia: Demise of the HBS case-writing Monopoly?
Karl Ulrich, Wharton professor, must decide between a commercial and "open source" model for his new business case venture. Students analyze a variety of open source and proprietary business models and formulate strategic recommendations.
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Cases;
Management;
Open Source Distribution;
Business Strategy
Fleming, Lee, and James Quinn. "Epodia: Demise of the HBS case-writing Monopoly?" Harvard Business School Case 605-077, April 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- 13 Jan 2011
- News
Untangling Code
- Awards
Strategy Science Conference Best Paper Award
By: Maria P. Roche
Winner of the 2022 Strategy Science Conference Best Paper Award for “Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Open Sourcing and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub” with Annamaria Conti and Christian Peukert.
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- 15 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Free Software
IT vendors including Oracle, IBM, and Sun that traditionally have built offerings based on proprietary technologies are now investing billions of dollars into open source software—arrangements that are...
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- January 5, 2014
- Article
Seven Things You Need to Know about CEO Lou Shipley
By: Lou Shipley and Michael B. Farrell
Globe reporter Michael B. Farrell recently spoke with Lou Shipley, the newly appointed chief executive of Black Duck Software Inc., a growing Burlington open source software company. Here's what he found out.
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"Seven Things You Need to Know about CEO Lou Shipley." Boston Globe (January 5, 2014).
- October 2022
- Case
Pricing at Echosec Systems
By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Annelena Lobb and Alexis Lefort
This case follows the evolution of pricing strategy at Echosec Systems, a Canadian open source intelligence firm. The case provides information on pricing as the company grows and diversifies its product offerings.
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Price;
Product Development;
Information Industry;
Canada;
United States
Ofek, Elie, Marco Bertini, Annelena Lobb, and Alexis Lefort. "Pricing at Echosec Systems." Harvard Business School Case 523-052, October 2022.
- March 2019
- Teaching Note
Numenta: Inventing and (or) Commercializing AI
By: David B. Yoffie
This teaching notes accompanies the Numenta case, HBS No. 716-469. The focus is how to scale a new artificial intelligence technology, how to build a platform and overcome chicken-or-the-egg problems, and how to utilize open source software and licensing.
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- July 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Background Note
A Conversation about Information Technology
Two managers discuss the benefits, costs, opportunities, and headaches of corporate computing. Topics include security, training, the Internet and Web, collaboration, productivity, Moore's Law, computer crashes, upgrades, open source software, network effects,...
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McAfee, Andrew P. "A Conversation about Information Technology." Harvard Business School Background Note 605-023, July 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details
- February 2024
- Case
AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup
By: Frank Nagle, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein and Susan Pinckney
The case describes the history of AGENTS.inc. Despite being a small startup, with only four employees, that had never had a funding round, the company boasted an impressive client portfolio including multiple Fortune 500 companies. While AGENTS.inc had been an early...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Small Business;
Transformation;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Financial Strategy;
AI and Machine Learning;
Digital Platforms;
Technological Innovation;
Copyright;
Management;
Growth and Development;
Market Timing;
Ownership;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Competition;
Open Source Distribution;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Computer Industry;
Europe;
Germany
Nagle, Frank, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein, and Susan Pinckney. "AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup." Harvard Business School Case 724-444, February 2024.
- 22 Apr 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Government Technology Policy, Social Value, and National Competitiveness
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by Frank Nagle
- Research Summary
Competing business models
Building on the literatures on competitive positioning and the theory of industrial organization, my work seeks to tackle previously unaddressed questions by studying situations where firms compete in dissimilar ways. Some examples of these questions include:View Details
- April 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Black Duck Software
By: Constance E. Bagley and David Lane
Black Duck Software involves a venture-backed start-up that converted software developers' concerns about violating copyright licensing agreements or open source protocols into an opportunity to help firms use technology to better manage their compliance efforts....
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Keywords:
Value Creation;
Law;
Open Source Distribution;
Applications and Software;
Business Startups;
Copyright
Bagley, Constance E., and David Lane. "Black Duck Software." Harvard Business School Case 806-121, April 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- Article
Marginality and Problem-Solving Effectiveness in Broadcast Search
By: Lars Bo Jeppesen and Karim R. Lakhani
We examine who the winners are in science problem-solving contests characterized by open broadcast of problem information, self-selection of external solvers to discrete problems from the laboratories of large R&D intensive companies, and blind review of solution...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Open Source Distribution;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Markets;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Problems and Challenges;
Research and Development;
Gender;
Science
Jeppesen, Lars Bo, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Marginality and Problem-Solving Effectiveness in Broadcast Search." Organization Science 21, no. 5 (September–October 2010): 1016–1033.
- February 2001
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc.: Solaris Strategy
In the late 1990s, Sun Microsystems' Solaris has emerged as the dominant UNIX-based alternative to Microsoft for server operating systems. At the same time, the open source operating system Linux has appeared unexpectedly, and it is generating significant excitement...
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Silverman, Brian S., and Mark Rosenberg. "Sun Microsystems, Inc.: Solaris Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 701-058, February 2001.
- August 2017 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Enel: The Future of Energy
By: Mark R. Kramer and Bhanuteja Nadella
Enel has transformed from the Italian state-owned energy monopoly into a global leader in renewable energy and shared value creation. Through its open innovation model, the company has catapulted to the cutting edge of electric mobility and distributed power...
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Energy Industry
Kramer, Mark R., and Bhanuteja Nadella. "Enel: The Future of Energy." Harvard Business School Case 718-414, August 2017. (Revised January 2023.)
- June 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
InnoCentive.com (A)
By: Karim R. Lakhani
InnoCentive.com, a firm connecting R&D labs of large organizations to diverse external solvers through innovation contests, has to decide if it will enable collaboration in its community. Case covers the basics of a distributed innovation system works and the...
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Keywords:
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Open Source Distribution;
Research and Development;
Competition;
Cooperation
Lakhani, Karim R. "InnoCentive.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 608-170, June 2008. (Revised October 2009.)