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- October 19, 2021
- Article
The Facebook Trap
By: Andy Wu
Facebook has a clear mission: Connect everyone in the world. Clarity is good, but in Facebook’s case, it has also put the company in a bind because the mission—and the company’s vision for creating value through network effects—has also become the source of its biggest...
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Business And Society;
Mission and Purpose;
Network Effects;
Value Creation;
Corporate Accountability;
Strategy
Wu, Andy. "The Facebook Trap." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 19, 2021).
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
HBS Business Plan Contestants Pin Their Hopes on the Internet
e-commerce solutions for the laboratory supply market; CitySoft, which builds Web sites and intranet applications and recruits and hires employees from underrepresented urban areas; and ZEFER Corp., an Internet consulting firm. The...
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- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
side—while the early stage side is not quite as pretty a picture." The Future Of Europe Asked how the market is likely to evolve in a...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
could be prescribed, assembled, and fitted in the field by trained microentrepreneurs rather than by optometrists or ophthalmologists. The next step was to form a "Low Cost Available Eyeglasses" (LCAE) team...
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eyeglasses
- 15 May 2018
- News
Why some companies are dropping degree requirements in hiring
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
from 2022 will help us start to understand the impact of these new technologies and, I hope, allow us to move forward in pursuing a more thoughtful, more evidence-driven vision of the digital future of...
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Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
change in the world. The forum builds a robust community that connects students and alumni who share a passion for social impact; and supports...
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- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. Waste as...
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- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
ensure the organization’s preparedness for future crises. Information gathering The flow of high-quality information is more important than ever. A United States military framework for thinking about the external environment that has...
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by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
relatives over the age of 50 also hold down jobs. Nearly three-quarters of those caregivers report a negative impact on their work lives. With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 daily, the current estimate of $17–$33 billion View Details
- 19 Sep 2019
- News
How TiVo is trying to make a comeback
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
group of retailers is challenging this notion of an industry built on the backs of crummy jobs, very prosperous companies that include Costco, Mercadona, Trader Joe's, and QuikTrip. What do they know that their competitors don't? In View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
Photos by Rafael Monroy Daphne Leger (MBA 2012) did not enroll in business school to maximize profits, but rather to maximize social impact. “I firmly believe that business has...
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Jennifer Myers
- November 2009
- Case
METRO Cash & Carry in China, 2008
By: Tarun Khanna
In April 2008, the country head for METRO AG's Cash & Carry wholesaling operations is considering the most appropriate model for expansion in China, where METRO has operated stores for small business professionals for eight years. In addition, METRO is actively...
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- September 2019 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Burunda Prince at The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)
By: Linda A. Hill, Eric Mankin and Emily Tedards
After a successful inaugural year, Burunda Prince, the Managing Director of Comcast’s startup business accelerator The Farm, was getting ready for an eventful 2019. Comcast was America's largest cable and internet service provider, having built a profitable business...
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Innovation;
Accelerator;
Entrepreneur;
Startup;
Outsourcing;
Hiring;
Talent;
Culture;
Ecosystem;
Digital;
Women;
African Americans;
Leadership;
Innovation and Invention;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Management;
Diversity;
Selection and Staffing;
Organizational Culture;
Media;
Entertainment;
Transformation;
Atlanta
Hill, Linda A., Eric Mankin, and Emily Tedards. "Burunda Prince at The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)." Harvard Business School Case 420-057, September 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
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Connections & Relationships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something important in the summer between his first and second years at HBS: He loves to View Details
- June 2024
- Case
Wemade: (Re)Establishing Trust in Blockchain Games (A)
By: Jung Koo Kang, Charles CY Wang, David Allen and Kwangmoon So
This case explores the fundamental challenges and accounting issues arising from the integration of blockchain technology into traditional business models. It features Wemade, a South Korean online gaming company that has staked its future on blockchain-based games....
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A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni
mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. On behalf of all who benefit from the School’s work, we are grateful to the donors who believe in and help shape...
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- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
Too often, there's a huge gap between a company's overall business strategy and the way its salesforce operates in the field. View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
"If the other team ended up paying that money they were making a mistake." Business schools began teaching negotiation in the 1980s, when it was presented as View Details