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- May 2017 (Revised July 2017)
- Supplement
Aadhaar: From Voluntary to Mandatory
By: Tarun Khanna, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla
Approximately 1.1 billion residents of India (99% of the population) had a unique biometric identity—Aadhaar—by 2017. In six years, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had achieved an unprecedented milestone in emerging and developed markets. The...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business and Government Relations;
Emerging Markets;
Information;
Information Technology;
Organizational Design;
Infrastructure;
Identity;
Projects;
Information Management;
Government and Politics;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Transformation;
Society;
Welfare;
Social Issues;
Private Sector;
Public Sector;
Information Technology Industry;
Asia;
India;
New Delhi
Khanna, Tarun, Anjali Raina, and Rachna Chawla. "Aadhaar: From Voluntary to Mandatory." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-512, May 2017. (Revised July 2017.)
- 2017
- Working Paper
Explaining the Vertical-to-Horizontal Transition in the Computer Industry
This paper seeks to explain the technological forces that led to the rise of vertically integrated corporations in the late 19th century and the opposing forces that led to a vertical-to-horizontal transition in the computer industry 100 years later. I first model the...
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Keywords:
Organizational Design;
Business History;
Vertical Integration;
Horizontal Integration;
Digital Platforms;
Computer Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Explaining the Vertical-to-Horizontal Transition in the Computer Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-084, March 2017.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective
Platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem strategies embrace and enable interactions with external entities. Firms pursuing these approaches conduct business and interact with environments differently than those pursuing traditional closed strategies. This paper...
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Keywords:
Platforms;
Open/user Innovation;
Ecosystems;
Crowdsourcing;
Institutional Logics;
Strategic Leadership;
Top Management Teams;
CEO Role;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Platforms;
Innovation and Invention;
Organizational Design;
Strategy;
Managerial Roles
Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael L. Tushman. "Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-076, February 2017. (Revised April 2017.)
- February 2017
- Case
Aston Martin: A Second Century of Performance and Luxury
By: Vish V. Krishnan, Karim R. Lakhani and Amram Migdal
Following the March 2016 launch of DB11, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.’s first new sports car platform in over a decade, this case discusses the future strategy of the famed British luxury auto manufacturer. Since its founding in 1902, Aston Martin has been characterized...
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Keywords:
Luxury;
Auto Brand;
Luxury Auto;
Growth;
Innovation;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Operations;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Production;
Innovation and Invention;
Transportation;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Change;
Transformation;
Management;
Marketing;
Auto Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
England
Krishnan, Vish V., Karim R. Lakhani, and Amram Migdal. "Aston Martin: A Second Century of Performance and Luxury." Harvard Business School Case 617-033, February 2017.
- January 2017 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
To transform IBM for the next technology wave, Ginni Rometty, who became CEO in 2012, led divestment of declining businesses, made acquisitions in digital innovation and cloud computing, formed partnerships with former competitors such as Apple and tech startups, and...
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Keywords:
Digital;
Technological Change;
Artificial Intelligence;
Data;
IBM;
Watson;
Internet Of Things;
Innovation and Invention;
Management;
Sales;
Information Technology;
Technological Innovation;
Transformation;
AI and Machine Learning
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson." Harvard Business School Case 317-046, January 2017. (Revised March 2017.)
- November, 2016
- Article
Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces
By: Ray Fisman and Michael Luca
Online marketplaces such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb have the potential to reduce racial, gender, and other forms of bias that affect the off-line world. And in the early days of Internet commerce, the relative anonymity of transactions did make it harder for...
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Fisman, Ray, and Michael Luca. "Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 12 (November, 2016): 88–95.
- 2016
- Article
Peer-to-Peer Markets
By: Liran Einav, Chiara Farronato and Jonathan Levin
Peer-to-peer markets such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb allow small suppliers to compete with traditional providers of goods or services. We view the primary function of these markets as making it easy for buyers to find sellers and engage in convenient, trustworthy...
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Keywords:
Peer-to-peer;
Online Platforms;
Matching;
Innovation;
Digital Platforms;
Marketplace Matching;
Market Design;
Internet and the Web;
Technology Adoption;
Network Effects;
Market Entry and Exit
Einav, Liran, Chiara Farronato, and Jonathan Levin. "Peer-to-Peer Markets." Annual Review of Economics 8 (2016): 615–635.
- June 2016
- Case
Big Spaceship: The Evolving Agency
By: Boris Groysberg and Matthew G. Preble
This case discusses the evolution of Big Spaceship, an advertising and marketing agency, from a product-focused business to a relationship-oriented one as clients seek deeper and more meaningful long-term partnerships. The 15-year-old company had already evolved...
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Keywords:
Digital Marketing;
Advertising;
Advertising Campaigns;
Marketing;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Social Media;
Advertising Industry;
United States;
New York (city, NY)
Groysberg, Boris, and Matthew G. Preble. "Big Spaceship: The Evolving Agency." Harvard Business School Case 416-003, June 2016.
- May 2016 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Building the Digital Manufacturing Enterprise of the Future at Siemens
By: Willy Shih
This case describes the motivation for and the development of Siemens' digital manufacturing enterprise vision, which became the foundation for its implementation of Industrie 4.0. While the effort started with a purely defensive move by Anton Huber, head of the...
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Keywords:
Big Data;
Internet Of Things;
Internet Of Everything;
Industrie 4.0;
Digital Factory;
Digital Enterprise;
Digital Manufacturing;
Manufacturing;
Production Management;
Production Planning;
Computer Software;
Germany;
German Manufacturing;
Machinery and Machining;
Information Technology;
Digital Platforms;
Technological Innovation;
Production;
Supply Chain;
Applications and Software;
Information Infrastructure;
Internet and the Web;
Analytics and Data Science;
Manufacturing Industry;
Germany
Shih, Willy. "Building the Digital Manufacturing Enterprise of the Future at Siemens." Harvard Business School Case 616-060, May 2016. (Revised April 2018.)
- 2016
- Chapter
User-Generated Content and Social Media
By: Michael Luca
This paper documents what economists have learned about user-generated content (UGC) and social media. A growing body of evidence suggests that UGC on platforms ranging from Yelp to Facebook has a large causal impact on economic and social outcomes ranging from...
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Keywords:
User-generated Content;
Crowdsourcing;
Design Economics;
Internet and the Web;
Marketing;
Economics;
Media;
Social Media
Luca, Michael. "User-Generated Content and Social Media." Chap. 12 in Handbook of Media Economics. Vol. 1B, edited by Simon Anderson, Joel Waldfogel, and David Strömberg. North-Holland Publishing Company, 2016.
- September–October 2015
- Article
Facts and Figuring: An Experimental Investigation of Network Structure and Performance in Information and Solution Spaces
By: Jesse Shore, Ethan Bernstein and David Lazer
Using data from a novel laboratory experiment on complex problem solving in which we varied the structure of 16-person networks, we investigate how an organization's network structure shapes performance of problem-solving tasks. Problem solving, we argue, involves both...
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Keywords:
Networks;
Experiments;
Clustering;
Problem Solving;
Exploration And Exploitation;
Knowledge;
Search;
Collaboration;
Collaboration Structures;
Transparency;
Communication;
Communication Technology;
Information;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Effectiveness;
Theory;
Information Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Technology Industry;
Service Industry
Shore, Jesse, Ethan Bernstein, and David Lazer. "Facts and Figuring: An Experimental Investigation of Network Structure and Performance in Information and Solution Spaces." Organization Science 26, no. 5 (September–October 2015): 1432–1446. (Won 2014 INGRoup Outstanding Paper Award.)
- June 2015 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
WeChat: A Global Platform?
By: Willy Shih, Howard Yu and Feng Liu
WeChat was developed by Tencent Holdings as a lightweight messaging platform. As it grew quickly to become the most popular messaging app in China, it added a range of products and services that sat on top that were designed to appeal to a broad range of consumers and...
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Keywords:
Online Platforms;
China;
WeChat;
Tencent Holdings;
Globalization;
Internet and the Web;
Applications and Software;
Digital Platforms;
Telecommunications Industry;
Information Industry;
China
Shih, Willy, Howard Yu, and Feng Liu. "WeChat: A Global Platform?" Harvard Business School Case 615-049, June 2015. (Revised April 2018.)
- May 2015 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Philips Healthcare: Marketing the HealthSuite Digital Platform
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
In June 2014, leading healthcare and consumer technology company, Royal Philips ("Philips"), announced its HealthSuite Digital Platform to house healthcare data and enable applications used by physicians and patients. Philips had strong equity in the healthcare...
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Keywords:
Health;
Healthcare;
Digital;
Platform;
Ecosystem;
Health Care and Treatment;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Product Development;
Applications and Software;
Digital Platforms;
Health Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Netherlands;
United States
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Philips Healthcare: Marketing the HealthSuite Digital Platform." Harvard Business School Case 515-052, May 2015. (Revised September 2015.)
- February 2015
- Case
TouchTunes and the Connected Digital Jukebox Platform
By: Alan MacCormack and Noah Fisher
The case describes innovation and new product development at TouchTunes, the leader in the Digital Jukebox market. In March 2013, after releasing its innovative "Virtuo" jukebox developed in collaboration with frog design, TouchTunes was at a crossroads. Having...
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- September 2014
- Supplement
Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (B)
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Wesley M. Cohen, Kynon Ingram, Tushar Kothalkar, Maxim Kuzemchenko, Santosh Malik, Cynthia Meyn, Stephanie Healy Pokrywa and Greta Friar
This supplemental case follows up on the Netflix Prize Contest described in Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A). In the A case, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings must decide how to organize a crowdsourcing contest to improve the algorithms for Netflix's movie...
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Keywords:
Crowdsourcing;
Prizes;
Digitization;
Algorithms;
Recommendation Software;
Disruption;
Transformation;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Knowledge Sharing;
Applications and Software
Lakhani, Karim R., Wesley M. Cohen, Kynon Ingram, Tushar Kothalkar, Maxim Kuzemchenko, Santosh Malik, Cynthia Meyn, Stephanie Healy Pokrywa, and Greta Friar. "Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 615-025, September 2014.
- August 2014
- Case
Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A)
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Wesley M. Cohen, Kynon Ingram, Tushar Kothalkar, Maxim Kuzemchenko, Santosh Malik, Cynthia Meyn, Greta Friar and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa
In 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings determined that a...
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Keywords:
Crowdsourcing;
Prizes;
Digitization;
Algorithms;
Recommendation Software;
Disruption;
Transformation;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Knowledge Sharing;
Applications and Software;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Wesley M. Cohen, Kynon Ingram, Tushar Kothalkar, Maxim Kuzemchenko, Santosh Malik, Cynthia Meyn, Greta Friar, and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa. "Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A)." Harvard Business School Case 615-015, August 2014.
- March 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Katja Hutter and Greta Friar
This case follows Rodrigo Nino, founder and CEO of commercial real estate development company Prodigy Network, as he develops an equity-based crowdfunding model for small investors to access commercial real estate in Colombia, then tries out the model in the U.S. U.S....
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Real Estate;
Crowdfunding;
Crowdsourcing;
Digital Innovation;
Commercial Real Estate;
Online Platforms;
Disruption;
Transformation;
Design;
Assets;
Equity;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Real Estate Industry;
Latin America;
New York (state, US);
United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Katja Hutter, and Greta Friar. "Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing." Harvard Business School Case 614-064, March 2014. (Revised January 2015.)
- September 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz sought to reduce obesity and improve health outcomes. Adamowicz created a mobile application to provide consumers with more accessible and interpretable...
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Keywords:
Management;
Startup;
Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Leadership Skills;
Nutrition Database;
Nutritionist In Your Pocket;
Nutritional Educational Platform;
Shazam Of Food;
Weight Loss;
Iphone;
Android;
Applications;
App Development;
Nutrition Labeling;
Nutritional Information;
Obesity;
Epidemic;
Applications and Software;
Nutrition;
Business Startups;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Information Technology Industry;
Health Industry;
Boston;
Massachusetts
- 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company, Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz, sought to reduce obesity and improve health outcomes. Adamowicz created a mobile application to provide consumers with more accessible and interpretable...
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Keywords:
Nutritional Information;
Obesity;
Weight Loss;
App Development;
Business Startups;
Nutrition;
Health;
Information;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Social Enterprise;
Information Technology Industry;
Health Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Juliane Calingo Schwetz, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App." Harvard Business Publishing Case 314-028, 2013.
- August 2013
- Technical Note
Raising the Level of Abstraction
By: Willy Shih
This technical note discusses abstraction as a way of generalizing a process or component for wider application. By hiding complexity inside a module, abstraction enables system designers to think at a higher level. This lowers entry barriers to using (and reusing) a...
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Keywords:
Abstraction;
Modularity;
Commercialization;
Information Technology;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Digital Platforms;
United States;
Asia;
Europe
Shih, Willy. "Raising the Level of Abstraction." Harvard Business School Technical Note 614-019, August 2013.