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- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
dynamic consumer segmentation, which operates independent of the homogenization effect, and can in fact be stronger when the homogenization effect is weaker. We also find that bundles are treated as separate products (distinct from component products) by consumers....
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Anna Secino
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
the company isn't even primarily in the business of selling music—it mostly seeks to maximize sales of hardware like iPods and iPhones. I think that having such a player dictate pricing strategies is an undesirable situation for the...
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- 17 May 2016
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May 17, 2016
services to independent retailers. Amazon also offered software and cloud storage services, online video streaming, and its own line of electronic hardware (mobile, e-reader, and smart television products). In addition, Amazon published...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
the digital music industry. Through its iPod line of portable digital music devices and its iTunes Music Store, Apple controlled more than half of the market for both music player hardware and online music sales. But the evolving ability...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
capacity and a collapse in pricing. Silverthorne: Over the next two to three years, what products are particularly susceptible to being commoditized? Shih: I think high volume, high tech hardware products where the production process...
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- 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25
http://hbr.org/product/Grupo-Beta-San-Miguel/an/514005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-069 Reinventing Brainlab (A) The management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
When most people think of innovation, they envision developed-world companies such as the U.S.A.'s IBM, Japan's Sony, South Korea's Samsung, Finland's Nokia, or Switzerland's Novartis, technology leaders that have stayed at the cutting edge of dynamic industries such...
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- 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016
an IoT product. Both LED lighting and IoT were rapidly evolving markets, and Digital Lumens had to decide if it should focus on driving down lighting hardware costs to expand its total addressable market or on improving the software...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
Berkeley. Its unique materials technology has been exploited for 10 years, but the company needs a new business model. The company concept required the invention of hardware and software to do high throughput materials discovery, and a...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
in Peru This case follows Enfoca, Peru’s largest local private equity firm and its portfolio company Maestro, a leading player in Peru’s hardware retail market. Peru’s GDP growth between 2008 and 2014 was the highest of any Latin American...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
micro-foundations to capture the essentials of our setting, i.e. the handheld video game console market. In doing so, we provide a framework to understand the dynamic, long-term impacts of bundling on demand. We find that hardware sales...
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Carmen Nobel
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
monitoring hardware and software. When it was first funded, Intel was in the midst of record growth and was seeking diversification. But the company lacked domain expertise, and the unit faced many challenges working with existing Intel...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
for reducing waste, requires a modular approach to construction with extensive prefabrication. This also makes it possible to embed technology, such as sensors and actuators, into the very fabric of the building. But the greatest contribution of technology is through...
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- 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17
solutions in the form of software and hardware platforms, Intel Corporation, a leading semiconductor manufacturer in the United States, introduces a pilot project in India for testing a new platform that allows monitoring and demand...
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Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
conclusion, the ecosystem appears to be working well and recovering from the financial excesses of the late 1990s. Software and hardware platforms are witnessing significant innovation and evolution, which is, in turn, fueling innovation...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
memory business. Now another very important decision that was taken at the same time was to sole source the 386. Intel had a series of microprocessors. The microprocessor is the central processing unit. It is the most important piece of View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
college campuses and other venues concerned with shootings? Should SST adapt the hardware and the software for indoor applications, like shopping malls and movie theaters? Was the next step in the company’s growth a move towards citywide...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
manufacturer (ODM)? Tung Lung Metal Industries Co. Ltd. is a Taiwanese maker of door lock hardware that is faced with the question of whether to continue to focus on its ODM business or start placing more emphasis on its own brand...
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Martha Lagace