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Who's Managing Your Company's Network Effects?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOnly a Chief Network Effects Officer should be entrusted with handling such value. -
What U.S. Startups Get Wrong About Expanding into Europe
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFour common mistakes - and how to avoid them. -
Why Network Neutrality Is Good for Business
Web-based technologies Digital ArticleEditor’s note: For an opposing viewpoint on this topic, see Robert E. Litan’s and Hal J. Singer’s entry “Why Business Should Oppose Net Neutrality.” In business school, where I teach, students are often predisposed to see legal concepts as impenetrable and foreign. I watch the lightbulbs go on as they see that Microsoft’s antitrust woes, […] -
Don't Let Hybrid Work Set Back Your DEI Efforts
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleAsk these five questions to make sure employees are being treated equitably. -
Chief Executives Define Their Own Data Needs
IT management Magazine ArticleHe could have been the president of any one of a number of successful and growing medium-sized companies in the electronics industry. He had spent the previous day working to salt away the acquisition of a small company that fitted an important position in the product line strategy he had evolved for his organization. Most […] -
Is Your Company Using Employee Data Ethically?
Managing people Digital ArticleThe trade-offs can be complex. -
With Big Data Comes Big Responsibility
Cybersecurity and digital privacy Magazine ArticleBig data and the “internet of things”—in which everyday objects can send and receive data—promise revolutionary change to management and society. But their success rests on an assumption: that all the data being generated by internet companies and devices scattered across the planet belongs to the organizations collecting it. What if it doesn’t? Alex “Sandy” […] -
Craigslist: In Praise of Primitive
Web-based technologies Digital ArticleEarlier this year, Gary Wolf wrote a great article in Wired magazine about Craigslist, the world’s dominant classified ad site. Wolf cites astonishing statistics: It’s the most popular site in the US for dating, jobs, and apartments. It gets more traffic than the job sites Monster, CareerBuilder, and HotJobs combined. It also gets more traffic […] -
Building A Real-Time Covid-19 Early-Warning System
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThe digital infrastructure's already in place. -
The Online Talent War
Hiring and recruitment Digital Article(I wrote this post with Diamond CTO Chris Curran) Are you taking no more than a squirt gun to the talent wars? Most people find jobs through social connections. In 1974, Harvard sociologist Mark Granovetter published his landmark study that showed four out of five people find jobs through personal connections. Yet, in our recent […] -
Using Technology and Data for Social Impact
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Xerox's CMO on Leading by Example in Social Media
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleHow a social program can help to change brand perceptions. -
New Books from the Press in September (Let Us Know What You Think!)
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleAs a matter of policy, we don’t review our own books, but we hope you will. Keep an eye out for the following Press titles in September, and let us know what you think of them in the comments. Empowered: Unleash Your Employees, Energize Your Customers, and Transform Your Business by Josh Bernoff and Ted […] -
Automating Data Analysis Is a Must for Midsize Businesses
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleThree strategies to help you get started. -
5 Forces That Will Drive the Adoption of GenAI
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleNew survey data from Gartner identifies the stakeholder expectations that will push companies to keep investing. -
Users Are the New Growth Engine
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThis post is part of the HBR Insight Center Growing the Top Line. Today it's rare to find a CEO who won't acknowledge the impact digital technology is... -
What Process Mining Is, and Why Companies Should Do It
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleTo improve your processes, analyze the data. -
United Defense
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleAchieve better overall security by funding joint projects between physical and IT security departments. -
On Tracking Transformational Trends
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleHow do you provide an expert opinion on a topic in which you are not an expert? That was the question I was wrestling with earlier this week when a multi-billion... -
Like It or Not, More Employees Are Using Their Own Devices
Technology & Operations VideoIt seems to pay off, even when companies ban it.
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Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This supplemental case tracks the results of the Colman and Taubman-Dye class action suit against Theranos as well as Theranos' other legal challenges,... -
Health View Bioanalytic Limited: Generating Impact from Research
Management Case Study11.95View Details Benny Chung-Ying Zee was a professor at a prestigious university in Hong Kong and founder of Health View Bioanalytic Limited (Health View). Health View... -
AI21 Labs in 2023: Strategy for Generative AI
Management Case Study11.95View Details Israeli generative artificial intelligence company AI21 Labs was founded in 2017 to realize the vision of true machine intelligence. It sought to reinvent... -
Goldman Sachs' Digital Journey
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Braintrust: The Blockchain-Powered Talent Network
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details A San Francisco startup seeks to disrupt the freelancing industry through its user-owned talent network powered by the cryptocurrency, BTRST. -
Mixing Business and Friendship: A Complicated Employee Decision
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes a complicated employee decision experienced by entrepreneur, Sana Remekie, in mid-2019 after she opted to mix business and friendship.... -
Slingshot Technology, Inc. (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Slingshot Technology Inc. (STI) is a privately held software start-up founded in 1995 focused on identifying emerging spaces in the IT services industry... -
Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Amazon, Google, and Apple all offer their own smart speaker. The devices represent each firm's entry point into the connected home market. All three companies... -
Welcome to AI: A Human Guide to Artificial Intelligence
Management Book30.00View Details A fascinating guide to the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence and how this powerful technology will impact our lives, our careers, and... -
LOGY.AI: Revolutionizing Oral Health Through Artificial Intelligence
Management Case Study11.95View Details Capitalizing on the digitalization trend, Logy.AI captures a substantial market in the Indian and Nigerian oral healthcare space, earning a revenue of... -
Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Vox Capital was the first certified impact investing fund in Brazil. Founded in 2009, it provides early-stage capital for companies offering innovative... -
Performance Management at the National Institute of Management (Central India Campus) (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case describes existing performance management systems at a leading business school in India, the National Institute of Management - Central India... -
Hopes Critical Care: Scale-up of a Tele-Intensive Care Solution
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case is set in 2021 and follows the journey of Dr. Shailesh Jhawar, an intensivist trained in the United Kingdom, who returned to India to join his... -
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation: The Data Monetisation Tender
Management Case Study11.95View Details The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) handles all online and mobile ticketing for the Indian Railways, the largest passenger carrier... -
BETIC, IIT Bombay: Commercializing A Novel Digital Stethoscope
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details On January 3, 2017, the principal investigator at the Biomedical Engineering and Technology Innovation Centre (BETIC), in India's Indian Institute of... -
"mi adidas" Mass Customization Initiative
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Many companies are exploring mass customization as a way to demonstrate market leadership and capture price premiums. Examines Adidas' recent "mi adidas"... -
IPremier Co. (B): Denial of Service Attack
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (K): PlayStation vs. Nintendo64
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Nintendo must make some important decisions regarding relationships with third-party game developers. This is part of a case series examining the competitive... -
TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT PARTNERS - Confidential Instructions for the V.P. of Engineering at AST
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Two-team, six-party, four-issue negotiation between representatives of two corporations setting up a simultaneous high-tech joint venture and purchasing... -
Yemeksepeti: Growing and Expanding the Business Model through Data
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In October 2016, Nevzat Aydin, co-founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti, the Turkish online food-ordering company, was looking over the company's quarterly results...
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Who's Managing Your Company's Network Effects?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOnly a Chief Network Effects Officer should be entrusted with handling such value. -
What U.S. Startups Get Wrong About Expanding into Europe
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFour common mistakes - and how to avoid them. -
Why Network Neutrality Is Good for Business
Web-based technologies Digital ArticleEditor’s note: For an opposing viewpoint on this topic, see Robert E. Litan’s and Hal J. Singer’s entry “Why Business Should Oppose Net Neutrality.” In business school, where I teach, students are often predisposed to see legal concepts as impenetrable and foreign. I watch the lightbulbs go on as they see that Microsoft’s antitrust woes, […] -
Don't Let Hybrid Work Set Back Your DEI Efforts
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleAsk these five questions to make sure employees are being treated equitably. -
Chief Executives Define Their Own Data Needs
IT management Magazine ArticleHe could have been the president of any one of a number of successful and growing medium-sized companies in the electronics industry. He had spent the previous day working to salt away the acquisition of a small company that fitted an important position in the product line strategy he had evolved for his organization. Most […] -
Are You Living a Double Life on Social Media?
Executive Coach Bisi Alimi is redefining what "professional" means on LinkedIn. -
Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This supplemental case tracks the results of the Colman and Taubman-Dye class action suit against Theranos as well as Theranos' other legal challenges,... -
Is Your Company Using Employee Data Ethically?
Managing people Digital ArticleThe trade-offs can be complex. -
With Big Data Comes Big Responsibility
Cybersecurity and digital privacy Magazine ArticleBig data and the “internet of things”—in which everyday objects can send and receive data—promise revolutionary change to management and society. But their success rests on an assumption: that all the data being generated by internet companies and devices scattered across the planet belongs to the organizations collecting it. What if it doesn’t? Alex “Sandy” […] -
Craigslist: In Praise of Primitive
Web-based technologies Digital ArticleEarlier this year, Gary Wolf wrote a great article in Wired magazine about Craigslist, the world’s dominant classified ad site. Wolf cites astonishing statistics: It’s the most popular site in the US for dating, jobs, and apartments. It gets more traffic than the job sites Monster, CareerBuilder, and HotJobs combined. It also gets more traffic […]