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Managing in the Digital Economy

Whether you’re a traditional conglomerate embracing digital transformation for the first time or a cutting edge tech startup looking to scale, managing in the digital economy lends a whole set of new managerial challenges (as well as some age old ones).
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Tom Eisenmann on the future of product management

In this talk from our 2017 Digital Transformation Summit, Tom Eisenmann the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School explored product development and management.

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Lynda Applegate on investing in startups

In this talk from our 2017 Digital Transformation Summit, Lynda Applegate the Baker Foundation Professor and the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emerita at Harvard Business School moderated a panel on VC and investing in startups.

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The role of early adopters in diffusion

Seeding a technology while ignoring early adopters’ needs for distinctiveness is counterproductive.

Andrei Hagiu on turning products and services into platforms

In this flash talk from our 2017 Future Assembly, Professor Andrei Hagiu from MIT Sloan School of Management highlights how companies can tap in to one of the most promising and profitable aspects of business today: the platform economy.

Prasanna Tambe on how innovation affects labor market competition

On December 2nd, 2015 the Digital Seminar series hosted Prasanna Tambe from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

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LuĂ­s Cabral on Stack Overflow careers

On April 22nd, 2015 the Digital Seminar series hosted Riitta Katila from Stanford University School of Engineering. Riitta gave a talk called “Who Takes You to the Dance – How Funding Partners Influence Innovative Activity in Young Firms.”

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Ernest Wilson on third space thinking

On March 11th, 2015 the Digital Seminar series hosted Ernest Wilson from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.

Katja Seim on the economics of Amazon’s fulfillment centers

On March 9th, 2016 the Digital Seminar series hosted Katja Seim from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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