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- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
one-stop destination for women worldwide. To get there, we are focused on scaling user growth by bolstering our technological tools and community engagement. Ultimately, by having users submit, interact... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Download This
study that directly compares actual downloads of music files with store sales of CDs, covering the last half of 2002. “While downloads occurred on a vast scale during this period — 3 million simultaneous users shared 500 million files on... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
rudimentary auction technology that would work across the network. What was difficult was getting the right information at the marketplace. It became clear that there needed to be a whole market infrastructure to create these new kinds of... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
We are in a unique moment in time, where the United States’ chance to make a difference on climate is greater – and more necessary – than ever. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, business leaders have a nearly $370 billion opportunity to... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
Photo credits: Aaron Sabin; Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. This is the first episode of "Clearing the Air", a three-part series focused on the business of carbon... View Details
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Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
among colleges and universities mean for the future? How are entrepreneurs using technology and new business models to bring quality post-secondary education to all? Scaling change: How can entrepreneurs and... View Details
- 02 Aug 2024
- HBS Case
How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture
On a hectic Friday in October 2016, Josh Domingues wondered if he had made a mistake quitting the security of a well-paying job managing contracts for professional hockey players to start a new venture selling nearly expired groceries at discount prices. After all, a... View Details
- 18 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry
more sustainable world? In the short term, I’m committed to helping big companies decarbonize because we desperately need them to move today. Long term, I want to use my skills and experience to reduce the friction that tough-tech ideas face on their path to View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
(MBA 1994) "For a pioneering intermediary like Gazelle, there are in principle two ways (not mutually exclusive) to sustain its advantage over the late but numerous entrants. One is to create network effects by moving to a marketplace intermediation model. The other is... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
case recounts Chegg's history from its origins as a distant competitor to Craigslist in college classified listings through a pivot into textbook rental followed by a period of explosive growth. Resulting challenges in scaling warehouse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
technologies need to be operated at is enormous. It's at the scale of the biggest thing that humankind has ever done, at the scale of oil and gas exploration, going to the... View Details
Matt Higgins
Matt Higgins is one of the preeminent venture investors in next-generation technology companies and beloved consumer brands. Created alongside Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, RSE Ventures has built an expansive multi-billion-dollar... View Details
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Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog
a production scale Gen AI application using a no code platform. The HBS digital transformation (DTX) team will assist in the delivery fot he project. Learn about the basic foundations of the technology as... View Details
Henry F. Henderson, Jr.
After working at Richardson Scale Company for a number of years, Henderson’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to start Henderson Industries (HI) in 1952. Winning a contract from Richardson, HI began growing rapidly. Manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in Manufacturing Industry
This is a part of Baker Library's Sustainability Research Guide. Background Readings The Next Economic Growth Engine Scaling Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies in Production This paper... View Details
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Tough Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Tough Tech Ventures Course Number 1727 Associate Professor Joshua Lev Krieger Senior Lecturer Jim Matheson Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Paper Course Overview Tough tech ventures face both high levels of technology and... View Details
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
systems and capabilities that are needed for going to and operating at scale that would take the social icon years to build. So structured correctly, an acquisition strategy can effectively marry the brand strength and "social... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
news content creation business. Creating high-quality news content is an expensive endeavor and one that doesn’t scale that easily. These companies are platforms that can aggregate consumer demand and sell advertising against that. It’s... View Details
- 16 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Read Our Most Popular Stories of the Quarter
What stories were readers like you diving into this summer on HBS Working Knowledge? Your interests varied dramatically, everything from how researchers use machine learning technology to predict CEO performance to the power of rituals in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Getting Smart About Philanthropy
Advisory Board. Ted Turner, Eli Broad, Pierre Omidyar, Michael J. Fox and Deborah W. Brooks, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Melinda Gates, and Jean and Steve Case also participated. In tandem with the project, Bridgespan has teamed up with Harvard Business Review to... View Details