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- March 2005
- Article
Towards a Competitive Arousal Model of Decision Making: A Study of Auction Fever in Live and Internet Auctions
By: Gillian Ku, Deepak Malhotra and J. Keith Murnighan
Ku, Gillian, Deepak Malhotra, and J. Keith Murnighan. "Towards a Competitive Arousal Model of Decision Making: A Study of Auction Fever in Live and Internet Auctions." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 96, no. 2 (March 2005): 89–103.
- September 2016 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
Spectio: A Digital Lighting Company
By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
Spectio Tech, founded in 2005, developed and implemented intelligent LED lighting solutions for the industrial market. Sensors and wireless connectivity embedded in its LED fixtures not only significantly reduced lighting-related energy use—by up to 90% in some...
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Keywords:
Internet Of Things;
IoT;
LED Lighting;
Start-up;
Energy Efficiency;
Information Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Technological Innovation;
Business Startups;
Internet and the Web
Lal, Rajiv, and Sarah McAra. "Spectio: A Digital Lighting Company." Harvard Business School Case 517-002, September 2016. (Revised September 2016.)
- 2010
- Article
Impact of Online Consumer Reviews on Sales: The Moderating Role of Product and Consumer Characteristics
By: Feng Zhu and Michael Zhang
This article examines how product and consumer characteristics moderate the influence of online consumer reviews on product sales using data from the video game industry. The findings indicate that online reviews are more influential for less popular games and games...
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Keywords:
Internet Marketing;
Online Consumer Reviews;
Word Of Mouth;
Long Tail;
Internet and the Web;
Marketing Reference Programs;
Digital Marketing;
Video Game Industry
Zhu, Feng, and Michael Zhang. "Impact of Online Consumer Reviews on Sales: The Moderating Role of Product and Consumer Characteristics." Journal of Marketing 74, no. 2 (March 2010): 133–148.
- August 2017
- Supplement
PTC: A Transformation to IoT (B)
By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
In 2013, manufacturing software company PTC Inc. entered the Internet of Things (IoT) market under the leadership of CEO Jim Heppelmann, but the company’s culture was not fully aligned with the new strategic direction. Historically, PTC's culture was defined by...
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- October 2016 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
All Traffic Solutions
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott F. Johnson
All Traffic Solutions traditionally sold traffic signs that collected vehicle data to cities. In recent years, the firm connected their signs to the internet and began selling software that enabled cities to operate their signs remotely and collect data in a more...
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Keywords:
IoT;
Internet Of Things;
Smart Connected Products;
All Traffic Solutions;
Traffic;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology;
Digital Platforms;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Transportation;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Manufacturing Industry;
Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott F. Johnson. "All Traffic Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 517-011, October 2016. (Revised January 2020.)
- August 2015
- Case
Whistle Sports: An Online Sports Network for Millennials
By: Robert F. Higgins and Christine Snively
By January 2015, Whistle Sports, a multi-platform sports network for millennials, had attracted over 54 million online subscribers on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Vine. It established partnerships with several professional sports leagues and...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Internet;
Websites;
Technology Networks;
Sports;
Entrepreneurship;
Information Infrastructure;
Business Startups
Higgins, Robert F., and Christine Snively. "Whistle Sports: An Online Sports Network for Millennials." Harvard Business School Case 816-006, August 2015.
- April 2018
- Teaching Plan
NBCUniversal Telemundo: Transforming Latino Television
By: Henry McGee
Teaching Plan for HBS No. 318-018.
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- November 2021 (Revised December 2022)
- Case
Farfetch: Digital Transformation for Luxury Brands
By: Sunil Gupta, Jill Avery, Elena Corsi and Federica Gabrieli
Farfetch, a global luxury technology platform and digital marketplace had been surfing the wave of digital transformation in the luxury fashion industry since 2008. While the company’s stock price and market valuation had fluctuated since its IPO in 2018, it had...
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Keywords:
Digital Marketing;
Marketplaces;
Retailing;
Internet Marketing;
E-Commerce Strategy;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Marketing Channels;
Brands and Branding;
Luxury;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Digital Transformation;
E-commerce;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Retail Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Technology Industry;
United Kingdom;
Europe;
Portugal;
China
Gupta, Sunil, Jill Avery, Elena Corsi, and Federica Gabrieli. "Farfetch: Digital Transformation for Luxury Brands." Harvard Business School Case 522-051, November 2021. (Revised December 2022.)
- August 2015 (Revised February 2020)
- Teaching Note
Qihoo
By: Feng Zhu
- February 2014
- Case
Interview with Joe Kennedy, Pandora Media
By: Willy C. Shih
Joe Kennedy is the emeritus president of Pandora Media. In this interview, he discusses some of the challenges he faced in leading the company.
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Keywords:
Pandora;
Internet Radio;
Pandora Media;
Streaming;
Music Industry;
Music Entertainment;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Internet and the Web;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States;
California
Shih, Willy C. "Interview with Joe Kennedy, Pandora Media." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 614-705, February 2014.
- 1999
- Book
Internet University Vol. 1: Your Guide to Online College Courses; Vol. 2: Liberal Arts; Vol. 3: Technology; Vol. 4: Graduate Studies; Vol. 5: Business School Edition
By: D. Quinn Mills
Mills, D. Quinn. Internet University Vol. 1: Your Guide to Online College Courses; Vol. 2: Liberal Arts; Vol. 3: Technology; Vol. 4: Graduate Studies; Vol. 5: Business School Edition. Anaheim, CA: Cyber Classics, Inc., 1999.
- December 2017
- Teaching Note
Yemeksepeti: Growing and Expanding the Business Model through Data
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-095.
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- September 2017
- Case
NBCUniversal Telemundo: Transforming Latino Television
By: Henry W. McGee, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Christine Snively
In August 2017, Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, considered how the Miami-based Spanish-language TV network Telemundo could succeed in a rapidly shifting media landscape. Over the past few years,...
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Keywords:
Television Industry;
Television Advertising;
Broadcasting;
Telecommunications;
Internet;
Television Entertainment;
Internet and the Web;
Advertising;
Digital Platforms;
Digital Marketing;
Telecommunications Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Miami
McGee, Henry W., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Christine Snively. "NBCUniversal Telemundo: Transforming Latino Television." Harvard Business School Case 318-018, September 2017.
- January 2017 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Philips: The Shift to Value
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Philips: The Shift to Value." Harvard Business School Case 517-045, January 2017. (Revised December 2019.)
- September 2022 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Audrey Tang: Using Technology to Strengthen Democracy in Taiwan
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Since the early days of the internet, Taiwan had a vibrant community of civic hackers and open-source programmers who engaged with social issues. Audrey Tang was one of them. She spearheaded the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan, where protestors peacefully...
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Keywords:
Democracy;
Internet;
Web Technology;
Digital Transformation;
Digital Platform;
COVID;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Governance;
Entrepreneurship;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Innovation and Invention;
Taiwan;
China;
Asia
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Audrey Tang: Using Technology to Strengthen Democracy in Taiwan." Harvard Business School Case 823-048, September 2022. (Revised August 2023.)
- January 2017 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
To transform IBM for the next technology wave, Ginni Rometty, who became CEO in 2012, led divestment of declining businesses, made acquisitions in digital innovation and cloud computing, formed partnerships with former competitors such as Apple and tech startups, and...
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Keywords:
Digital;
Technological Change;
Artificial Intelligence;
Data;
IBM;
Watson;
Internet Of Things;
Innovation and Invention;
Management;
Sales;
Information Technology;
Technological Innovation;
Transformation;
AI and Machine Learning
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson." Harvard Business School Case 317-046, January 2017. (Revised March 2017.)
- May–June 2015
- Article
Television Advertising and Online Shopping
By: Jura Liaukonyte, Thales Teixeira and Kenneth Wilbur
Media multitasking competes with television advertising for consumers' attention, but it also may facilitate immediate and measurable response to some advertisements. This paper explores whether and how television advertising influences online shopping. We construct a...
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Keywords:
Content Analysis;
Difference-in-differences;
Internet;
Media Multitasking;
Online Purchases;
Advertising;
Advertising Industry;
United States
Liaukonyte, Jura, Thales Teixeira, and Kenneth Wilbur. "Television Advertising and Online Shopping." Marketing Science 34, no. 3 (May–June 2015): 311–330.
- Article
Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and the Prospects of an Information Civilization
By: Shoshana Zuboff
This article describes an emergent logic of accumulation in the networked sphere, 'surveillance capitalism,' and considers its implications for 'information civilization.' The institutionalizing practices and operational assumptions of Google Inc. are the...
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Keywords:
Surveillance Capitalism;
Big Data;
Google;
Information Society;
Privacy;
Internet Of Everything;
Rights;
Economic Systems;
Analytics and Data Science;
Internet and the Web;
Ethics
Zuboff, Shoshana. "Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and the Prospects of an Information Civilization." Journal of Information Technology 30, no. 1 (March 2015): 75–89.
- June 2013
- Background Note
Mobilizing an Online Business
By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
Entrepreneurs starting online businesses often need to mobilize multiple sets of users or customers, each of whom hesitates to participate unless others join also. This case presents several challenges with similar structure.
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Keywords:
Mobilization Strategy;
Network Effects;
Platforms;
Internet;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Two-Sided Platforms;
Technology Adoption;
Innovation Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Computer Industry
Coles, Peter, and Benjamin Edelman. "Mobilizing an Online Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 913-061, June 2013. (request a courtesy copy.)
- January 2019 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Glossier: Co-Creating a Cult Brand with a Digital Community
By: Jill Avery
Glossier’s proclaimed strategy was “born from content; fueled by community.” The digital-first, direct-to-consumer beauty brand had experienced rapid growth, with sales up 600% in 2017 and a customer portfolio that grew by threefold. But, its founder, Emily Weiss, was...
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Keywords:
Brands;
Brand Management;
Brand Communication;
Retailing;
DTC;
Influencer;
Startup;
Internet Marketing;
Big Data;
Crowdsourcing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Social Media;
E-commerce;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Marketing;
Consumer Products Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States;
North America
Avery, Jill. "Glossier: Co-Creating a Cult Brand with a Digital Community." Harvard Business School Case 519-022, January 2019. (Revised October 2019.)