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Why Blockchain's Ethical Stakes Are So High
Technology & Operations Big IdeaSenior leaders face a range of ethical and reputational risks in implementing blockchain projects. This article looks at four risks - the lack of third-party... -
Web3 Will Run on Cryptocurrency
Technology & Operations Big IdeaWhat exactly is cryptocurrency - and how does it fit into the broader Web3 ecosystem? To better understand this buzzword and why it matters, HBR associate... -
How the Metaverse Could Change Work
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt promises to bring new levels of social connectedness, mobility, and collaboration to a world of virtual work. -
How Blockchain Will Change Construction
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt will ensure complex projects have transparency and good record keeping. -
4 Forces That Are Fundamentally Changing How We Work
Business and society Digital ArticleOrganizations that harness these forces will unlock productivity and creativity. Those that resist risk becoming relics of a bygone era. -
Welcome to Web3
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWeb3--a blockchain-based web that includes cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DAOs, decentralized finance, and more--promises to transform the experience of being... -
What a DAO Can - and Can't - Do
Technology & Operations Big IdeaAre decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) the future? The rise of DAOs as part of Web3 is just beginning, and it remains unclear whether, and... -
Why Build in Web3
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt has the potential to unlock a more valuable internet for everyone. -
Whiteboard Session: How Does Blockchain Work?
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Sellers Are Overwhelmed by New Technology
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleAccording to research, salespeople who feel overwhelmed by technology are 43% less likely to meet quota. -
Global Supply Chains Are About to Get Better, Thanks to Blockchain
Global Business Digital ArticleWe'll be able to track goods between companies and across borders. -
How Walmart Canada Uses Blockchain to Solve Supply-Chain Challenges
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThe system has drastically reduced payment disputes with freight carriers. -
The Truth About Blockchain
Technology & Operations HBR BestsellerContracts, transactions, and records of them provide critical structure in our economic system, but they haven't kept up with the world's digital transformation.... -
What Blockchain Could Mean for Marketing
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt will make digital marketing more transparent. -
How Brands Are Experimenting with Web3
Technology & Operations Big IdeaWeb3 is set up as a "winners-share-all" model, where products, services, markets, and exchanges are built together, governed together, and benefit together.... -
How Utilities Are Using Blockchain to Modernize the Grid
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWelcome to a new era of decentralized power. -
Building Psychological Attachment — Not Just Ownership — Into Web3
Strategy Digital ArticleUser interest in crypto projects is often transactional, mercenary, and short-lived. Here’s how to change that. -
Bringing Blockchain, IoT, and Analytics to Supply Chains
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWhere to begin and how to measure success. -
Blockchain Will Transform Customer Loyalty Programs
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What Blockchain Can’t Do
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleSomeone needs to verify the link between digital records and physical objects.
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Energo Labs and Biota (A): Persevere, Pivot or Perish?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Founded by entrepreneurs from Taiwan, Spain and China, Energo Labs is a Shanghai-based international start-up that brings blockchain technology to the... -
Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The Deutsche Bank cases (A and B) are designed to engage students in an Entrepreneurship or Management Information Systems course. -
Ripple: The Business of Crypto
Strategy & Execution Case Study9.95View Details The case explores Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse's mission to disrupt the global payments industry by leveraging the cryptocurrency XRP. Students will learn... -
Lark & Berry: The Diamond Disruptors
Management Case Study8.95View Details Laura Chavez was delighted beyond words when the Atelier Asymmetric Bow suite, designed by her luxury jewellery company Lark & Berry, won the 2019 Goldsmiths'... -
The Economics of Cryptocurrency
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Cryptocurrencies claim to be the future of money and payments, the lifelines of any business. An informed evaluation requires understanding both the economics... -
Crypto: Tools for Preparing Your Team for the Future
Management BookThe crypto era has arrived, and business will never be the same. Real applications of crypto technology are growing exponentially: cryptocurrency payments... -
Braintrust: The Blockchain-Powered Talent Network
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details A San Francisco startup seeks to disrupt the freelancing industry through its user-owned talent network powered by the cryptocurrency, BTRST. -
Mixue: The Race to Stay Ahead in the Asian Tea Industry
Management Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2006, Mi Xue Bing Cheng (Mixue) had become widely popular in the Chinese market by June 2021. Mixue achieved very high levels of growth by... -
TCLK: Blockchain-Powered Information Platform
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In February 2020, an entrepreneur and his team in China created a mobile application called Tong Cheng Lian Kang (TCLK), which crowdsourced information... -
Crypto: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
22.95View Details The crypto era has arrived, and business will never be the same. Real applications of crypto technology are growing exponentially: cryptocurrency payments... -
Rapid Supplier Connect: Leveraging Blockchain for Urgent Sourcing of PPE and Medical Supplies
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details IBM launched Rapid Supplier Connect, a blockchain-based solution to help battle medical supplies supply chain shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic.... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads 2018: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Customer Loyalty Is Overrated" By A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin)
24.95View Details A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review... -
A Bitter Pill for Pharmaceutical Counterfeits: Behind China's Serialisation Technology
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In January 2014, CITIC 21CN Technology Company Limited (CITIC), a firm that had been under the radar, took the Hong Kong stock market by storm after its... -
Lumière Project: A Creative Use of Non-Fungible Tokens for Finance
Management Case Study8.95View Details Lumière Project, a Hong Kong-based company, uses blockchain technology and smart contracts to offer finance solutions to the filmmaking industry. Founded... -
Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 817-126 and 817-127. -
BYD: Blockchain-Enabled Green Ecosystem
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In October 2019, BYD Company Limited (BYD), a leading Chinese company in the new energy vehicle industry, was pursuing the goal of building a business... -
CryptoBLK: Balancing Enterprise and Tokenization Businesses
Management Case Study9.95View Details Both enterprise blockchain and tokenization projects use distributed ledger technologies (DLT) as the underlying infrastructure; but developing and managing... -
The Year in Tech, 2022: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech--all in one place. From quantum computing and next-generation digital health tools to virtual reality training... -
FinBook: Designing a Decentralized Marketplace for Structured Crypto Assets
Management Case Study8.95View Details Finbook Pte. Ltd. (FinBook), a financial technology (fintech) start-up, started in July 2017 in Singapore as a decentralized marketplace for structured... -
Blockchain and the Movement of Value in Africa
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Prospecting non-fungible tokens in the digital economy: Stakeholders and ecosystem, risk and opportunity
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleNon-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a highly nascent and emerging phenomenon revolutionizing how digital assets are traded. NFTs embody immutable rights to... -
Blazing a Trail in the Charity Sector: Singapore's Metta Welfare Association Raises Funds by Selling NFTs, Teaching Note
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Energo Labs and Biota (A): Persevere, Pivot or Perish?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Founded by entrepreneurs from Taiwan, Spain and China, Energo Labs is a Shanghai-based international start-up that brings blockchain technology to the... -
Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The Deutsche Bank cases (A and B) are designed to engage students in an Entrepreneurship or Management Information Systems course. -
Why Blockchain's Ethical Stakes Are So High
Technology & Operations Big IdeaSenior leaders face a range of ethical and reputational risks in implementing blockchain projects. This article looks at four risks - the lack of third-party... -
Ripple: The Business of Crypto
Strategy & Execution Case Study9.95View Details The case explores Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse's mission to disrupt the global payments industry by leveraging the cryptocurrency XRP. Students will learn... -
Lark & Berry: The Diamond Disruptors
Management Case Study8.95View Details Laura Chavez was delighted beyond words when the Atelier Asymmetric Bow suite, designed by her luxury jewellery company Lark & Berry, won the 2019 Goldsmiths'... -
The Economics of Cryptocurrency
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Cryptocurrencies claim to be the future of money and payments, the lifelines of any business. An informed evaluation requires understanding both the economics... -
How Blockchain Technologies Impact Your Business Model
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleMuch of the attention surrounding blockchain today has focused on financial services, with very little discussion about nonfinancial services firms and... -
The Quiet Corner of Web3 That Means Business
Management Digital ArticleWhile not every organization will need to build a brand in the metaverse or transact with cryptocurrencies, all organizations manage credentials as issuers,...