Topic: Organizational Structure

AI in the Nonprofit Sector

By Beth Bollinger, T’24 CDS Fellow This paper explores the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the nonprofit sector, highlig...

Culture Building in a Physically Isolated Workplace

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many workers into remote work arrangements, breaking down traditional office cultures. As we rethink the future of work t...

Tackling Innovation Barriers in Frontier Markets: Considerations for Entrepreneurs

Start-ups and tech companies in frontier markets often want to emulate the business models and successes of companies like Amazon, Google, Facebook, a...

Best of the West: CDS in Seattle and San Francisco, July 2022

Carolyn Catomeris

On: August 8th, 2022

In mid-July, Patrick and I traveled to Seattle and San Francisco to connect with (and in my case, meet!) several incredible Tuck alumni. It was our fi...

The Future of (Remote) Work: Managing in a Remote-First World

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many companies to rapidly shift to remote work. While many companies feared a drop in workforce productivity, data show t...

When to Venture Into Corporate Venture

When to Venture into Corporate Venture Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) reached all-time highs in 2018. CVCs participated in $53B of funding across n...

Roger Lynch T’95, Talks about Pandora/SiriusXM Deal

September 2018

Decision-Making: Data and AI

Since the Roundtable on Digital Strategies first discussed big data in 2012, the data explosion has only accelerated. At the same time that enterprise...

Roger Lynch T’95 Named to Mattel’s Board

August 2018

Eric Johnson Quoted on the CIO’s Role In Cyber

August 2018

Center Co-Founder Wants Google to Break Into 10 Companies

July 2018

Creating a Non-Profit’s Digital Roadmap

How can non-profit organizations undertake a successful digital transformation? Many non-profit leaders find the undertaking of large-scale digital tr...

McNamee T’82, Gives Insight Into Why Dell Went Public

July 2018

People Analytics: Talent Management in the Age of Data

Digital technologies are disrupting every sector of the economy and redefining whole industries. The need for finding and retaining critical talent ha...

McNamee T’82 Lays Out Way to Fix Facebook

February 2018

Roger McNamee T’82 Wants Google to Split

February 2018

Alumni Advisor, Roger Lynch T’95, Talks About Expanding Pandora Presence in Atlanta

January 2018

Executive Fellow, John Chandler T’86, Appointed to Enercare Board

January 2018

Deep Shift: Fundamental Changes in Enterprise Technology

The Roundtable on Digital Strategies first discussed the impact of technology mega-trends in 2011, as mobile computing, social media, big data and the...

Alum Advisor Lynch T’95, to “Re-focus the Company’s Trademark Radio-esque Business”

November 2017

The Changing Workplace, Talent Wars and the Millennial Perspective

Pervasive information-sharing and connectivity are transforming the structure of business, society and work, and with it the nature of the employer-em...

Connecting Cuba with Tim McDowell T’17

Watch MBA Fellow Alum, Tim McDowell T’17, present a real-time case study of digital-forward companies as they enter Cuba, and determine best pra...

McNamee T’82 Calls out Uber

August 2017

Hans Brechbühl judges the 2017 CIO 100 Awards

August 2017

Recommendations for Enterprises

Business model changes enabled by technology are causing disruption across all sectors of the global economy. Established businesses must recognize th...

Transforming Into a Software Company

Thinking like a software company can help traditional businesses adapt to the change caused by digital disruption and transform into a leading digital...

What It Means To Be a Digital Enterprise

Hans Brechbühl, Executive Director & Adjunct Associate Professor

On: June 7th, 2017

Organizations are asked to embrace digital change every day. What is it that corporations are really trying to address and why? Two of the chief insig...

The Digital (R)Evolution: Transforming Business Models

The 2015-16 Britt Technology Impact Series (BTIS) explored the challenges and opportunities driven by digital technologies in a series focused on the ...

Enhancing Live Events through Digital Customer Engagement

Join the CDS for a fireside chat with former Harlem Globetrotters CEO and WWE SVP of Marketing, Kurt Schneider D’87. Kurt now consults to live enter...

Tech Bytes: 02.09.2017

Patrick Wheeler, Program Manager

On: February 9th, 2017

FCC Moves to Limit Internet Access to Poor Families, Schools, and Libraries  – A program created in the Reagan Administration to subsidize phone se...

Occupational Survival Through Field-Level Task Integration

Some occupations thrived after the dawn of computers. Others went extinct. In a new research paper, Tuck professor Steven Kahl D’91 explores why. A ...

Digital Excellence: Arthur Lawrence – Turning Efficiency into Excellence

Ilyas Baig, Partner, Arthur Lawrence

On: December 1st, 2016

Tuck School’s Center for Digital Strategies takes part in several Executive Education programs offered throughout the year, and in a number of locat...

Glimpse of the BESP Program – Professor Pino Audia

Professor Pino Audia gives a glimpse into the Business Engagement and the Information Security Professional (BESP) program by giving some insight into...

Digital Excellence: Naturade

Claude Tellis, Chief Executive Officer, Naturade

On: September 1st, 2016

Tuck School’s Center for Digital Strategies takes part in several Executive Education programs offered throughout the year, and in a number of l...

Tech Bytes to Know this Week: 8.11.2016

Patrick Wheeler, Program Manager

On: August 11th, 2016

Solar Roofing, Ad Blocking, and a CXOTalk with Brian Solis, Principal Analyst, Altimeter

Many Companies Still Don’t Know How to Compete in the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review / March 2016

Tuck Center Provides Input to the World Economic Forum’s Davos Meeting

Tuck News / November 2015

Running a High Performance Team at a Tech Firm

Center MBA Fellows met with Google’s Americas Sales Lead, Mobile App Ads and CDS Alumni Fellow, Brent Dance T’13, to learn what it takes to ru...

Amazon Roundtable Discussion

This closed roundtable was a discussion for center MBA fellows and invites only. The center hosted visiting executives  from Amazon for a roundtable ...

Business Seeks Tech-Savvy Leaders For Digital Transformation

BusinessBecause / July 2015

What does it take to be a Successful Leader?

What does it take to be a successful leader? NetNumber Advisor and former CEO of AT&T Business Services Andy Geisse shared his perspectives from a...

Innovation, Organizations and Society Conference

CDS affiliated faculty member, Professor Steven Kahl, co-hosted an academic conference on innovation, organizations and society.

Alva Taylor Named Faculty Director of Center for Digital Strategies

Tuck News / July 2013

Norwegian Cruise Line

After five years of profitable growth, Kevin Sheehan, CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line, rang the NASDAQ bell on Norwegian’s first day of trading. U...

XOJET

Blair LaCorte T90 glanced out the window as his Virgin American flight approached San Francisco International Airport, and thought about the challeng...

Feel the Disruption

ACM News / November 2012

LEED Adopters: Public Procurement and the Private Supply of “Green” Buildings

Professor Simcoe’s research covers topics in innovation, science and technology policy, intellectual property and corporate strategy. He is an exper...

Groupon

On track to exceed two billion dollars in revenue in 2011 in its third full year of business, Groupon and its latest daily deals were news the busines...

Digital Communication at Dell

Every second two new blogs are created, seven PCs are sold, 2.2 million emails are sent, 520 links are clicked, 1,157 videos are viewed on YouTube, 31...

Hulu, To Be Or Not To Be

Los Angeles-based Hulu.com had finished 2008 with impressive growth in both viewership and market visibility. The video portal startup, established in...

Enhancing Service at Southwest Airlines

Scarcely five years at the helm of Southwest Airlines, CEO Gary Kelly was navigating the high-flying airline through the downturn of 2009. By focusing...

Technology and Quality at Steinway

For almost two centuries, Steinway & Sons set the standard for excellence in piano manufacture. This case articulates the Steinway definition of q...

Information Risk Analysis at Jefford’s

Jefford’s faces several information security threats and must decide which risks to mitigate and at what cost. Headquartered in the U.S., Jeffor...

Global Competitors as Next-Door Neighbors

Minyuan Zhao is the Assistant Professor of strategy at the Ross School of Business. Her research interests are in the interaction between firm strateg...

Social Media and the Burger King Brand

With profits decreasing and franchisees unhappy, Burger King needed to take dramatic action and redefine how it was perceived by customers. Instead of...

Making Waves: Market Incentives and Organizational Capabilities

Rebecca Henderson is the Eastman Kodak Professor of management at the Sloan School of Business. She specializes in technology strategy and in the broa...

Victoria’s Secret

Amid some of the toughest retail conditions in years, Victoria’s Secret announced a gain of 9% in first half-year 2002 sales and 30% in operatin...

PERI

The international market leader in an increasingly important product and service segment of the construction industry, PERI faced key decisions on upd...

McGraw Hill: GradeSummit

This case outlines the interesting challenges McGraw Hill faced in launching an online testing and assessment product for higher education. It offers ...

Quad Wants to be a “Savi” Player in Agribusiness

In the competitive world of agribusiness, producer growers and grocery retailers must all strive to improve produce quality and reduce logistics cost....

Channel Management Strategies: Digital Partnering

Competition today is increasingly competition between entire value chains. The very survival of a company will often depend on things that come under...

Garden.com – At the End of the Runway

In the etailing gold rush of 1999, Garden.com was celebrated by both the dot.com media and the traditional business press as the quintessential virtua...

Microsoft’s Xbox Gamble

In 2001, Microsoft released its first Xbox console, going head to head with the latest from Nintendo and Sony. Would the market accept the new platfor...

AT&T Comcast Corporation: Making Good on the Broadband Promise?

On December 19, 2001, AT&T’s Board of Directors unanimously approved Comcast’s bid for AT&T Broadband. AT&T’s strategy t...

New York Times Digital

In 1995, the New York Times, launched New York Times Digital, a new venture dedicated to building a profitable business focused on distributing news c...

Groove Networks: Making P2P a Reality

Is P2P the future of collaboration in the workplace? Groove Networks certainly believes so, as do backers Accel Partners, Intel Capital, and most rece...

Technology Note: Internetworking Products

Intended as background reading for students unfamiliar with internetworking products and markets, this Technology Note can be used alongside the two C...

Cisco Systems (A): Evolution to e-Business

Cisco Systems prides itself as an “end-to-end networking company.” The phrase describes not only their product line but the way they run t...

Cisco Systems (B): Maintaining an Edge in e-Business

As of March 2001, Cisco Systems enjoys a reputation as the most sophisticated e-business in the world. For its executives, the question of how to main...

Simon & Schuster

In July of 2000, Simon & Schuster (S&S), one of the world’s preeminent publishers of consumer books, agreed to a long-term strategic all...

Electronic Trading Systems and Fixed Income Markets

Electronic trading systems have only recently begun to account for measurable levels of the $88 trillion in annual trading volume in the US fixed inco...

Do You Yahoo?

Two recent changes in the competitive landscape, AOL’s merger with Time Warner and Terra’s acquisition of Lycos, were pitting Yahoo agains...

Participate.com

Participate.com views itself as a leader in the provision of outsourced community management services. Their CEO, Alan Warms, believes they have gaine...

Experience.com, Inc.

The cornerstone of the recruiting solutions company Experience.com, Inc. had always been its relationships with college career centers: they worked wi...

Mattel, Inc: Vendor Operations in Asia

After the announcement of the merger between Mattel, Inc. and its second largest rival, Tyco Toys, SVP Ron Montalto was embroiled in a debate over the...