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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. -
Designing an Inclusive Metaverse
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow principles of "design justice" can ensure virtual spaces truly work for everyone. -
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. -
Bringing Blockchain, IoT, and Analytics to Supply Chains
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWhere to begin and how to measure success. -
How Blockchain Can Help Combat Disinformation
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt's not a cure-all, but it does have the potential to address many of the risks and root causes. -
Chinese Activists Are Using Blockchain to Document #MeToo Stories
Gender Digital ArticleThe technology is helping them bypass online censorship. -
Platforms and Blockchain Will Transform Logistics
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleExamples from Maersk, IBM, and TRIP. -
Will We Realize Blockchain’s Promise of Decentralization?
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleDecentralized governance comes at a cost. -
The Crucial Role of ID Verification in the Digital Economy
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow the technology could expand opportunities for millions of people and make the digital economy more dynamic, inclusive, and secure. -
Why Big Pharma Is Betting on Blockchain
Supply chain management Digital ArticleThe pandemic has exposed major cracks in medical supply chains. -
Making Sense of the NFT Marketplace
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticlePartnering with the right platform is the critical first step to driving customer engagement and securing your position in this new digital economy. -
Who Controls the Blockchain?
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleNo one, and everyone, by design. -
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. -
The Blockchain Will Do to the Financial System What the Internet Did to Media
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWhat we can learn from the evolution of another groundbreaking technology. -
How Blockchain Applications Will Move Beyond Finance
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleAny type of digital asset can be tracked and traded. -
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.
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Blazing a Trail in the Charity Sector: Singapore's Metta Welfare Association Raises Funds by Selling NFTs
Management Case Study8.95View Details Singapore-based Metta Welfare Association (Metta) had been keenly aware of the need to digitalise, and had taken steps to do so under the leadership of... -
Bext360 and the ESG Paradox: Leveraging AI, blockchain, and IoT for Supply-Chain-Level ESG Measurement
Management Case Study8.95View Details Daniel Jones and Niki Lewis of Bext360 are struggling to persuade a potential corporate client to use their software as a service (SaaS) solution that... -
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"... -
Global Token: Receiving Unclean Audit Opinion Twice on the Blockchain Operations
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This case explores the audit considerations in relation to revenue arising from the operations of a cryptocurrency trading platform. The protagonist is... -
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
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... -
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.... -
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... -
Axie Infinity: Video Game Meets Blockchain
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Saama Technologies: Growth Through a Focused Vertical Market Strategy
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details After a successful transition from a projects-based IT business services company to a platform-driven analytics company, Saama's core leadership team... -
Sucafina: From Traders to Changemakers
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2019, David Behrends, head of Trading and Managing Partner at Sucafina, founded and launched Farmer Connect, a blockchain-based end-to-end transparent... -
Madison Holdings: Accounting for a Cryptocurrency Mining Business
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case explores the accounting treatment of the essential items that appeared in the financial statements of Madison Holdings Group Limited (Madison... -
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... -
Blockchain for Managers
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Blockchain has become known as a type of distributed ledger technology that helps to lower transaction costs and make intellectual property ownership... -
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... -
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®.... -
JD: E-invoice with Blockchain
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Jingdong (JD), the leading innovation-driven e-commerce company and retail infrastructure service provider in China, had rapidly expanded its enterprise... -
Can Blockchain Help Château Lafite Fight Counterfeits?
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Château Lafite Rothschild produces some of the world's most expensive wine, making the product an attractive target for counterfeiters. Fighting these...
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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. -
Blazing a Trail in the Charity Sector: Singapore's Metta Welfare Association Raises Funds by Selling NFTs
Management Case Study8.95View Details Singapore-based Metta Welfare Association (Metta) had been keenly aware of the need to digitalise, and had taken steps to do so under the leadership of... -
Bext360 and the ESG Paradox: Leveraging AI, blockchain, and IoT for Supply-Chain-Level ESG Measurement
Management Case Study8.95View Details Daniel Jones and Niki Lewis of Bext360 are struggling to persuade a potential corporate client to use their software as a service (SaaS) solution that... -
Snapper Future Tech: Land Records and Registration Using Blockchain - Teaching Note
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleTeaching note for case W19059 -
FinBook: Designing a Decentralized Marketplace for Structured Crypto Assets, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching Note for Case W25332 -
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"...