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- 05 Oct 2021
- Cold Call Podcast
How the Clean Network Changed the Future of Global Technology Competition
Keywords:
Re: Meg Rithmire
- December 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (C): The Internet Changes the Game
Investigates how the rise of the Internet as a vehicle for renting and buying movies has disrupted the video rental industry and how market leader Blockbuster Inc. can and should respond to these developments. Explores how the emergence of e-commerce affects the degree...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Decisions;
Technological Innovation;
Competition;
Change Management;
Service Industry;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Coughlan, Peter J., and Jenny Illes. "Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (C): The Internet Changes the Game." Harvard Business School Case 704-462, December 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
- February 2021 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
Henry Ford: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the rise of Henry Ford from a small farm in Michigan to the controlling shareholder of the Ford Motor Company. The case describes how Ford, as young man, acquired engineering skills and the risks he took as he built and marketed one of the first...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Characteristics;
Business Startups;
Management;
Success;
Values and Beliefs;
Technological Innovation;
Personal Development and Career;
Auto Industry;
United States;
Michigan
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Henry Ford: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-063, February 2021. (Revised June 2023.)
- Article
Surviving Radical Technological Change through Dynamic Capability: Evidence from the Typesetter Industry
Recent work in the field of management has focused on "dynamic capability," the ability of a firm to develop new capabilities in response to shifts in its external environment, as a significant source of competitive advantage. This paper enhances our understanding of...
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Keywords:
Management;
Technology;
History;
Competition;
Competency and Skills;
Investment;
Technological Innovation;
Business Ventures;
Geographic Location;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Competitive Advantage;
Change
Tripsas, M. "Surviving Radical Technological Change through Dynamic Capability: Evidence from the Typesetter Industry." Industrial and Corporate Change 6, no. 2 (March 1997): 341–377.
- March 1987 (Revised May 1988)
- Case
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (A): Changing Markets and Technology
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (A): Changing Markets and Technology." Harvard Business School Case 587-134, March 1987. (Revised May 1988.)
- 1997
- Working Paper
Managerial Commitments and Technological Change in the US Tire Industry
By: Donald N. Sull, Richard S. Tedlow and Richard S. Rosenbloom
- 06 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Mechanisms of Technology Re-Emergence and Identity Change in a Mature Field: Swiss Watchmaking, 1970-2008
- August 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Wasabi Technologies
By: N. Louis Shipley and Mel Martin
After launching a successful hot cloud storage company, Founder and CEO David Friend is ready to scale the venture rapidly. Wasabi Technologies had focused primarily on direct sales, but an opportunity to pivot to channel sales was on the horizon. The company’s major...
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Keywords:
Direct Sales;
Channel Sales;
Information Management;
Sales;
Product Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Divisions;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Shipley, N. Louis, and Mel Martin. "Wasabi Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 823-021, August 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- Article
Managerial Commitments and Technological Change in the U.S. Tire Industry
By: D. Sull, R. Tedlow and R. Rosenbloom
Keywords:
Management;
Information Technology;
Change;
Manufacturing Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Sull, D., R. Tedlow, and R. Rosenbloom. "Managerial Commitments and Technological Change in the U.S. Tire Industry." Industrial and Corporate Change 6, no. 2 (March 1997): 461–501.
- November 2017 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Royal Philips: Designing Toward Profound Change
By: Srikant M. Datar, Rajiv Lal and Caitlin N. Bowler
This case explores Royal Philips CEO Frans van Houten's bold use of design research to inform a critical strategic decision: Should Philips leave its storied lighting business behind in favor of complete focus on health technology and consumer lifestyle products?...
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Keywords:
Design Research;
Health Technology;
Innovation;
Design;
Research;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Transformation
Datar, Srikant M., Rajiv Lal, and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Royal Philips: Designing Toward Profound Change." Harvard Business School Case 118-017, November 2017. (Revised July 2018.)
- Article
How Social Networks Are Changing Everything
Rayport, Jeffrey F. "How Social Networks Are Changing Everything." Bloomberg Businessweek (May 6, 2009).
- November 2018 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Nike: Changing the Sneakers Game
By: Anita Elberse, Bryce Aiken and Howard Johnson
“Our goal is to be the kind of start-up that would terrify Nike—if Nike didn’t already own us.” Ron Faris, general manager of S23NYC, a Manhattan-based digital studio owned by sports apparel giant Nike, is on the phone with Adam Sussman, Nike’s chief digital officer....
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Keywords:
Digital Technology;
Apparel;
Fashion;
Superstar;
Innovation;
General Management;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Innovation and Invention;
Management;
Sports;
Entertainment;
Digital Strategy;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Elberse, Anita, Bryce Aiken, and Howard Johnson. "Nike: Changing the Sneakers Game." Harvard Business School Case 519-039, November 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
- October 1991
- Background Note
Management Power and Style: Implications for Information Technology and Organizational Change
Linder, Jane C. "Management Power and Style: Implications for Information Technology and Organizational Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 192-065, October 1991.
- October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Technical Note
5G Wireless Technology, 2019
By: David B. Yoffie, Roneal Desai and Lili Ouyang
This Note explores the technology and economics of emerging 5G networks.
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Keywords:
Technology Change;
Information Technology;
Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Communications Industry
Yoffie, David B., Roneal Desai, and Lili Ouyang. "5G Wireless Technology, 2019." Harvard Business School Technical Note 720-362, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- 1996
- Chapter
American Medical Technologies Inc.: Learning the Capabilities Needed to Implement Strategic Change
By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat
Beer, Michael, and Russell Eisenstat. "American Medical Technologies Inc.: Learning the Capabilities Needed to Implement Strategic Change." In Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management, edited by John Storey. Blackwell Publishers, 1996.
- August 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Background Note
Competency-Destroying Technology Transitions: Why the Transition to Digital Is Particularly Challenging
By: Willy Shih
Some technology transitions are exceedingly difficult for incumbent firms to execute. The bankruptcy filing by the Eastman Kodak Company highlighted the difficulty companies faced when their core business transitioned from an analog to a digital world. Kodak's business...
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Keywords:
Technology Transitions;
Competency-destroying;
Digital;
Analog;
Digital Transition;
Modular;
Modularity;
Technological Change;
Radical Innovation;
Incremental Innovation;
Architectural Innovation;
Modular Innovation;
Sustaining Innovation;
Competency-enhancing;
Noise Propagation;
Perfect Copying;
Digital Music;
Digital Media;
Consumer Electronics;
Kodak;
Sony;
Panasonic;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technology Adoption;
Transition;
Change Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Shih, Willy. "Competency-Destroying Technology Transitions: Why the Transition to Digital Is Particularly Challenging." Harvard Business School Background Note 613-024, August 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- April 1987
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy, Video 1: Changing Technology and Markets
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Inland Steel Co. Product Policy, Video 1: Changing Technology and Markets." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-538, April 1987.
- Jul 2003 - 2003
- Conference Presentation
The Politics of Technological Change: How Firms Act to Influence the Decisions of Public Authorities Regarding Technological Change
By: Julie Battilana
- April 2020
- Article
Technological Leadership (de)Concentration: Causes in Information and Communication Technology Equipment
By: Yasin Ozcan and Shane Greenstein
Using patent data from 1976 to 2010 as indicators of inventive activity, we determine the concentration level of where inventive ideas originate and then examine how and why those concentrations change over time. The analysis finds pervasive deconcentration in every...
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Keywords:
Deconcentration;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation Leadership;
Patents;
Market Entry and Exit;
Telecommunications Industry
Ozcan, Yasin, and Shane Greenstein. "Technological Leadership (de)Concentration: Causes in Information and Communication Technology Equipment." Industrial and Corporate Change 29, no. 2 (April 2020): 241–263. (Winner of the Industry Studies Association 2021 Ralph Gomory Award for Best Paper.)
- March 2023
- Teaching Note
Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change
By: Debora L. Spar, George Serafeim and Julia Comeau
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 323-042.
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