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What Is Web3?
Technology & Operations Big IdeaWeb3 is being touted as the future of the internet. The vision for this new, blockchain-based web includes cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DAOs, decentralized... -
8 Questions About Using AI Responsibly, Answered
Technology & Operations Big IdeaGenerative AI tools are poised to change the way every business operates. As your own organization begins strategizing which to use, and how, operational... -
Where Is Tech Going in 2023?
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleSix trends that will define the next year, according to McKinsey experts. -
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.... -
How Walmart Canada Uses Blockchain to Solve Supply-Chain Challenges
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleThe system has drastically reduced payment disputes with freight carriers. -
Blockchain Will Help Us Prove Our Identities in a Digital World
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt's already working in Estonia. -
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. -
Designing an Inclusive Metaverse
Blockchain Digital ArticleHow principles of “design justice” can ensure virtual spaces truly work for everyone. -
Platforms Need to Work with Their Users – Not Against Them
Online communities Digital ArticleTo stay relevant, the winners of Web2 need to start using the tools of Web3. -
What Blockchain Can’t Do
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleSomeone needs to verify the link between digital records and physical objects. -
Do Crypto Prices Actually Mean Anything?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThe proliferation of fraud, scams, and meltdowns suggest that they don't - but price isn't the only way to measure real-world value. -
Who Controls the Blockchain?
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleNo one, and everyone, by design. -
Why Blockchain’s Ethical Stakes Are So High
Blockchain Big Idea…and how developers and users can mitigate potential harm. -
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. -
How Safe Are Blockchains? It Depends.
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThe security issues are different in public and private networks. -
Lessons on Customer Engagement from Fan Controlled Football
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThe esports venture uses blockchain to let fans call the shots in real time. -
Why Build in Web3
Blockchain Digital ArticleIt has the potential to unlock a more valuable internet for everyone. -
Why Decentralized Crypto Platforms Are Weathering the Crash
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIntense competition drove centralized crypto finance platforms to take on hidden, unsustainable risks. But DeFi might offer a path forward. -
Platforms and Blockchain Will Transform Logistics
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleExamples from Maersk, IBM, and TRIP. -
How Blockchain Can Simplify Partnerships
Innovation Digital ArticleDistributed ledgers and smart contracts can increase transparency, trust, and efficiency.
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Zhida: Blockchain Potential in Household Waste Recycling
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In 2020, the chief executive officer of Zhida Environmental Technology, a waste management company based in Nanjing, China, was considering adopting blockchain... -
BeefLedger: Cross-Border Beef Supply Chain Based on Blockchain Technology
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Food safety and fraud were long-standing issues in China. For some imported products, such as Australian beef steak, food fraud could be a massive issue:... -
Sotheby's NFT Sales: Art, Auction, And Apes
Management Case Study8.95View Details "NFT"is a unique type of asset in the art as well as technology world. In 2021, a digital art collection of 101 cartoon apes was sold for USD24.4 million,... -
Snapper Future Tech: Land Records and Registration Using Blockchain
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details On October 10, 2017, the co-founders of Snapper Future Tech Private Limited (Snapper) were discussing the solutions they had proposed at a recent blockchain... -
Fluidity: The Tokenization of Real Estate Assets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In December 2018, the blockchain startup Fluidity was about to participate in its first tokenization deal, which would create digital access to property... -
AntChain's Blockchain as a Service: Digitising Industry Collaboration
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case describes how AntChain's parent, Ant Group, started to invest in blockchain in 2015 as it believed the technology would build trust between different... -
The Year in Tech, 2024: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
46.00View Details A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech--all in one place. Generative AI, Web3, neurotech, reusable rockets to power the space economy--new technologies... -
China Merchants Bank: Light Banking, Payments and Blockchain
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2018, China Merchants Bank, China's seventh-largest bank and the 30th-largest bank in the world, strategically repositioned itself in "light banking"... -
The Internet of Things
Management Case Study8.95View Details The Internet of Things (IoT) can be generally explained as a network of objects that collect data regarding their surroundings and transfer it across... -
HBR's Year in Business and Technology: 2021 (2 Books)
Strategy & Execution Book45.00View Details The biggest technology and management ideas of the year, all in one place. This collection of the top ideas, insights, and best practices from the past... -
Filecoin's Initial Coin Offering: Using Blockchain to Decentralise Storage
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Over the fall of 2017, Filecoin, a blockchain-based cloud storage startup, raised more than US$233 million from more than 2,000 investors. It achieved... -
Ripple: The Business of Crypto
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View 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'... -
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... -
Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case describes Harvard University's consideration to decarbonize its supply chain by replacing cement with a low-carbon substitute called Pozzotive®.... -
ObEN PAI: Building a World of Personal AI Avatars
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case charts the creation and development of ObEN, a Los Angeles start-up that offers two kinds of personal artificial intelligence avatars - consumer... -
BeefChain: Blockchain and the Dynamics of Traceability, Quality and Value Capture in the Beef Industry
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the organizational, operational, and financial challenges faced by BeefChain, a blockchain implementation in the cattle industry, following... -
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...
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What Is Web3?
Technology & Operations Big IdeaWeb3 is being touted as the future of the internet. The vision for this new, blockchain-based web includes cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DAOs, decentralized... -
8 Questions About Using AI Responsibly, Answered
Technology & Operations Big IdeaGenerative AI tools are poised to change the way every business operates. As your own organization begins strategizing which to use, and how, operational... -
Where Is Tech Going in 2023?
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleSix trends that will define the next year, according to McKinsey experts. -
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.... -
How Walmart Canada Uses Blockchain to Solve Supply-Chain Challenges
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleThe system has drastically reduced payment disputes with freight carriers. -
Zhida: Blockchain Potential in Household Waste Recycling
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In 2020, the chief executive officer of Zhida Environmental Technology, a waste management company based in Nanjing, China, was considering adopting blockchain... -
Bext360 and the ESG Paradox: Leveraging AI, blockchain, and IoT for Supply-Chain-Level ESG Measurement, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching Note for Case TB0696 -
What Problems Will You Solve with Blockchain?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleOrganizations need to focus on how blockchain can be used to support their unique strategies. Without this focus, they risk investing in initiatives that... -
Zhida: Blockchain Potential in Household Waste Recycling, Teaching Note
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleTeaching Note for Case W24882 -
Gucci in the Metaverse, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching note for case LBS344.