Publications

May 2004 (Revised December 2004)
Case

Slingshot Technology, Inc. (C)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Private Ownership; Opportunities; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Intellectual Property; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry

Web

Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020) - MBA

behind some of that intuition. Holly: This was definitely a partnership and a very collaborative process with administrators, some of whom initially came to us to raise this issue as one to focus on. We had buy-in from the beginning.... View Details

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

poses the question: Should the open innovation unit fully incubate some ideas, instead of always seeking partnership with commitment from a customer-facing unit? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/619013-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

trade, the Mediterranean was Europe’s most important commercial zone, its trade enriched European civilization, and its merchants developed the most important premodern mercantile innovations, from maritime insurance contracts and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

challenges in meeting the needs of the internal organization, large partners, and small up-and-coming firms. SAP executives, in this case, have to make a decision if a relatively small startup firm should be elevated to the highest strategic View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

are fighting congestion, and are concerned with air quality and noise pollution. Electric plugs right into that.” Indeed, GM plans to introduce an on-demand ridesharing service here in the United States based on autonomous Bolts—presumably in View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

February 2021 (Revised March 2022)
Case

TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea – helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors... View Details

March 2008 (Revised June 2011)
Case

MySpace

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, David T. Chen and Carin-Isabel Knoop

The case, set in late 2007, examines what MySpace—the largest online social network—should do to respond to its agile competitor, Facebook. Since its inception MySpace had experienced phenomenal growth, acquiring 20 million members in its first 20 months of operation,... View Details

Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Information Technology Industry

January 2001 (Revised June 2001)
Case

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

By: James E. Austin and Kim Slack

Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) is a $74 million nonprofit social enterprise that combats poverty by helping community development organizations build affordable housing and create economic development opportunities through public-private partnerships. Poses a... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Development Economics; Education; Capital; Investment Funds; Taxation; Growth and Development; Partners and Partnerships; Nonprofit Organizations; Segmentation; Service Industry