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How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage
IT management Magazine ArticleThe information revolution is sweeping through our economy. No company can escape its effects. Dramatic reductions in the cost of obtaining, processing, and transmitting information are changing the way we do business. Most general managers know that the revolution is under way, and few dispute its importance. As more and more of their time and […] -
Boards Are Having the Wrong Conversations About Cybersecurity
IT management Digital ArticleA survey of 600 directors suggests that growing awareness of cyber risk isn’t enough to drive better preparedness. -
How Effective Managers Use Information Systems
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleAdvances in computer-based information technology in recent years have led to a wide variety of systems that managers are now using to make and implement decisions. By and large, these systems have been developed from scratch for specific purposes and differ significantly from standard electronic data processing systems. Too often, unfortunately, managers have little say […] -
End of Delegation: Information Technology and the CEO
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleInformation technology now permeates every aspect of a business, requiring CEOs today to involve themselves in IT planning and decision making. Which... -
Myth of Secure Computing (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleFew senior executives pay much attention to computer security. They either hand off responsibility to their technical people or bring in consultants.... -
Putting the Enterprise Into the Enterprise System
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleDrawing on a rich set of company examples, Thomas H. Davenport, a professor at the University of Texas's Graduate School of Business, provides a fresh,... -
Death by Information Overload
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe value of information in the knowledge economy is indisputable, but so is its capacity to overwhelm consumers of it. HBR contributing editor Hemp reports... -
Safeguarding Your Critical Business Information
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleMedia companies have used digital rights management to protect their copyrighted materials from infringement. These technologies may also help companies... -
An Introduction to Data-Driven Decisions for Managers Who Don't Like Math
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA reading list. -
What? Me, Worry?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleEspionage expert H. Keith Melton shows how executives can best guard their company secrets. -
Does Your Team Really Need Another Digital Tool?
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleFour in 10 workers say that switching between tools is a major drag on their productivity. -
Introducing T-Shaped Managers: Knowledge Management's Next Generation (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost companies do a poor job of capitalizing on the wealth of expertise scattered across their organizations. That's because they tend to rely on centralized... -
Fixing Data Overload in Health Care
Information management Digital ArticleA five-step approach to get the right data into the right hands at the right time. -
How Polls Overestimate Support for Third-Party Candidates
Technology & Operations Digital ArticlePutting support for Gary Johnson and Jill Stein in perspective. -
The Digitally Literate Organization
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleLeading in the age of data, algorithms, and AI -
High Cost of Accurate Knowledge
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany business thinkers believe it's the role of senior managers to scan the external environment to monitor contingencies and constraints and to use that... -
Your Medical Information in the Digital Age
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleA new federal law could make it possible for you to manage your own health records - and, in turn, improve your treatment and save money. -
Infusing Digital Responsibility into Your Organization
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleFour strategies based on in-depth studies of 12 large European firms. -
Rethink Your Relationship with Your Vendors
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleToday's vendors are more likely to be gig workers than large corporations. -
In a Hybrid World, Your Tech Defines Employee Experience
Information management Digital ArticleNew research suggests that many companies are failing to give people the tools they need to communicate and collaborate.
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LinkedIn (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In the summer of 2005, LinkedIn, a two-year-old start-up, was choosing between two options to monetize its 5 million business people network. Members... -
Retention Modeling at Scholastic Travel Company (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case, along with its B case (UVA-QA-0865), is an effective vehicle for introducing students to the use of machine-learning techniques for classification.... -
VINSUN Infra Engineering: ERP on Premise or on Cloud
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The managing director of a small- to medium-sized electrical firm faces a major challenge: he realizes that the firm he founded has grown so significantly... -
Google Inc.: Launching Gmail
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Google, a very popular Internet search engine firm, has just announced the launch of Gmail, a free, Web-based e-mail service that allows users up to one... -
Tencent: Innovating in China's Mobile Payment Industry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details By 2014, Tencent Holdings Limited, headquartered in Shenzhen, China, had become one of the most innovative companies in Asia. It had created several leading... -
LGB Bank: Composite Microservices in a Large Global Bank (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case SMU013 -
Microsoft's aQuantive Acquisition, Japanese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case introduces students to the topic of mergers and acquisitions. At the time that Microsoft purchased aQuantive there was a mixed reaction by analysts... -
LinkedIn (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
ASUSTeK and the Google Nexus 7 Tablet
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Days after Jerry Shen introduced a new tablet computer at the Consumer Electronics Show, a Google meeting convinced him to go with a lower price point... -
Riding the Wave of Technological Change at RE/MAX, LLC
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details David Liniger, cofounder of RE/MAX, LLC., wondered if his business was prepared to exploit the next wave of business opportunities in the real estate... -
From Theme Park To Resort: Customer Information Management At Port Aventura
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details After Port Aventura's launch as a theme park in 1995, it continued to invest heavily in new shows, rides, hotels, golf courses, a convention center, and... -
EOH Holdings Ltd.: From Blacklist to Market Confidence through Corporate Structure and Governance
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The share price of EOH Holdings Ltd. (EOH), a company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Africa's largest technology service provider, decreased... -
iPremier (B): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Describes an IT security crisis, and raises issues of risk management, preparation for crisis, management of crises, computer security, and public disclosure... -
Carolinas HealthCare System: Consumer Analytics, Chinese Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, Dr. Michael Dulin, chief clinical officer for analytics and outcomes research and head of the Dickson Advanced Analytics (DA2) group at Carolinas... -
Great Lakes Banking Group: Data Management
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In May 2016, Michael Rechtin, an expert in international data center law, advised global financial services firm Great Lakes Banking Group (GLBG) on its... -
HBR Guide to Critical Thinking
21.95View Details Tackle complex situations with critical thinking. You're facing a problem at work. There are many ways you can approach the situation, but each comes... -
Nutricia Middle East: Measuring Sales Force Effectiveness
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Nutricia's Middle East and African region is transitioning from a trading to a customer focus. CEO Ernest Vandenbussche must decide how to market infant... -
McKinsey & Co.: Managing Knowledge and Learning, Japanese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Describes the development of McKinsey & Co. as a worldwide management consulting firm from 1926 to 1996. In particular, it focuses on the way in which... -
F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security Solutions Market
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes the development of a business model based on "software as a service" (SaaS) for security solution distributed through Internet Service Providers...
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How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage
IT management Magazine ArticleThe information revolution is sweeping through our economy. No company can escape its effects. Dramatic reductions in the cost of obtaining, processing, and transmitting information are changing the way we do business. Most general managers know that the revolution is under way, and few dispute its importance. As more and more of their time and […] -
Boards Are Having the Wrong Conversations About Cybersecurity
IT management Digital ArticleA survey of 600 directors suggests that growing awareness of cyber risk isn’t enough to drive better preparedness. -
How Effective Managers Use Information Systems
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleAdvances in computer-based information technology in recent years have led to a wide variety of systems that managers are now using to make and implement decisions. By and large, these systems have been developed from scratch for specific purposes and differ significantly from standard electronic data processing systems. Too often, unfortunately, managers have little say […] -
LinkedIn (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In the summer of 2005, LinkedIn, a two-year-old start-up, was choosing between two options to monetize its 5 million business people network. Members... -
End of Delegation: Information Technology and the CEO
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleInformation technology now permeates every aspect of a business, requiring CEOs today to involve themselves in IT planning and decision making. Which... -
Retention Modeling at Scholastic Travel Company (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case, along with its B case (UVA-QA-0865), is an effective vehicle for introducing students to the use of machine-learning techniques for classification.... -
VINSUN Infra Engineering: ERP on Premise or on Cloud
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The managing director of a small- to medium-sized electrical firm faces a major challenge: he realizes that the firm he founded has grown so significantly... -
Google Inc.: Launching Gmail
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Google, a very popular Internet search engine firm, has just announced the launch of Gmail, a free, Web-based e-mail service that allows users up to one... -
Myth of Secure Computing (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleFew senior executives pay much attention to computer security. They either hand off responsibility to their technical people or bring in consultants.... -
Tencent: Innovating in China's Mobile Payment Industry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details By 2014, Tencent Holdings Limited, headquartered in Shenzhen, China, had become one of the most innovative companies in Asia. It had created several leading...