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Enrico Ferrari
technology, he spent nights and weekends learning how to code; soon, he started developing his own algorithms to scale and automate digital marketing campaigns, a skill he applied to successfully expand a classifieds business into fifteen...
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Tech
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
Thomas Friedman, author of "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century", opines that a number of events ranging from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the rise of the Internet have flattened the competitive...
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by Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
possible responses to this shortage: Sharing addresses impedes new Internet applications and does not seem to be scalable. A new numbering system ("IPv6") offers greater capacity, but network incentives impede transition. Paid...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
subsumes as special cases many-to-many matching markets and buyer/seller markets with heterogeneous and indivisible goods. In our setting, substitutable preferences are sufficient to guarantee the existence...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
Apartment Rental Market Peter A. Coles, Joshua Gans, and Wei-Yuan YuHarvard Business School Case 912-009 Jon Pastor and Lawrence Zhou were inspired by the same problem: the Internet was surprisingly...
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Carmen Nobel
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Industry Information - Alumni
faculty from the fields of business, economics and law. + – CPG/Marketing AdAge Leading trade publication of the marketing and media landscape. Tiered subscription model (free registration for a limited number of articles per month;...
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- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: sharing addresses impedes new Internet applications and does not seem to be scalable. A new numbering system ("IPv6") offers...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
market was far from welcoming. His dream would, once again, have to be deferred. Instead, Platzer applied his quantitative background at a hedge fund and in other investment management roles. In 2009, though, while at an event at NASA...
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- 02 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?
reliant on the internet and cloud for their existence. “There is a softening of attitudes towards quants in today’s organization,” Tahir Qazi commented. “ As more people with an experimentation mindset and grooming move across...
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- March 2021 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Seeding and Selling Asana
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Susie Ma and Amram Migdal
In December 2019, Oliver Jay, Asana’s Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), was reconsidering his go-to-market (GTM) strategy. Asana was cloud-based work management software that enabled users to break up projects into discrete tasks that could be assigned, scheduled, and...
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SaaS;
Customer Journey;
Business Model;
Business Organization;
Change Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Technology Industry;
United States
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Susie Ma, and Amram Migdal. "Seeding and Selling Asana." Harvard Business School Case 821-054, March 2021. (Revised August 2022.)
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
hrs Module 4 Markets Apply market principles to analyze industries in which no traditional market functions. Highlights The Concept of Market...
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- September 2017 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Dianrong: Marketplace Lending, Blockchain, and 'The New Finance' in China
By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Anthony K. Woo
This case examines the strategic positioning of Dianrong, one of the largest online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms in China, in its attempt to become a foundational player in the expansion of the FinTech sector in Asia. Dianrong had recently announced the...
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Financing and Loans;
Internet and the Web;
Supply Chain;
Finance;
Innovation and Invention;
Competition;
Product Positioning;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
China
Malloy, Christopher J., Lauren H. Cohen, and Anthony K. Woo. "Dianrong: Marketplace Lending, Blockchain, and 'The New Finance' in China." Harvard Business School Case 218-043, September 2017. (Revised June 2019.)
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
"freemium" business model, which is used by some Internet businesses and smartphone application developers to give users free basic features of a digital product and access to premium functionality for a subscription fee. The...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
within the next seven years. He sees growth potential in international sales, a new line for women, and licensing categories such as fragrance and footwear. Other ventures that fall under his purview include Justin’s restaurants, with locations in New York and Atlanta;...
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- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring Career Passions through Short Intensive Programs – Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer
model” which caught many large incumbents sleeping. Brands came to market with the simple notion of relying on the internet to establish direct connections with consumers that bypassed traditional retailers....
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- October 1998 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Preview Travel (A)
By: William A. Sahlman, Nicole Tempest, Daniel H Case III and Robert Keller
Preview Travel was a leader in the online travel industry, having generated $80 million in bookings in 1997 and growing at a 34% compound annual growth rate per quarter. This case describes the evolution of Preview Travel's business plan and financing strategy and...
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Risk and Uncertainty;
Business Model;
Initial Public Offering;
Valuation;
Internet and the Web;
Business Plan;
Capital;
Financial Strategy;
Travel Industry;
United States
Sahlman, William A., Nicole Tempest, Daniel H Case III, and Robert Keller. "Preview Travel (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-085, October 1998. (Revised May 2001.)
- February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Priceline WebHouse Club
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust
Priceline empowered consumers to "name their own price" for airline tickets and hotel rooms; then it shopped these offers to marketers. Priceline's founder Jay Walker described the resulting transactions as a new ecosystem, that helped consumers realize lower prices...
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Business Model;
Strategy;
Disruptive Innovation;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Retail Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Jon K Rust. "Priceline WebHouse Club." Harvard Business School Case 800-287, February 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
with Matthew DosSantos DiSorbo was awarded the 2024 Junior Scholar Paper Competition Prize from the College of Behavioral Operations at the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). Christian Kaps : Winner of the 2024 Best PhD Paper Award from the Commodity...
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- March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
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ASOS PLC
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world’s largest online fashion specialists in 2018. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 85,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand...
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ASOS;
AsSeenOnScreen;
Online Fashion;
Online Apparel;
Nick Beighton;
Nick Robertson;
E-commerce;
E-Commerce Strategy;
Online Retail;
Multichannel Retailing;
Omnichannel;
Social Media;
Marketplaces;
Shipping;
Advertising;
Digital Marketing;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
For-Profit Firms;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Age;
Gender;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geography;
Geographic Scope;
Global Range;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Business History;
Selection and Staffing;
Journals and Magazines;
Human Capital;
Business or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Management Succession;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Social Marketing;
Media;
Distribution;
Distribution Channels;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Infrastructure;
Logistics;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Vertical Integration;
Segmentation;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Retail Industry;
United Kingdom;
England;
London
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "ASOS PLC." Harvard Business School Case 716-449, March 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
Working PapersThe New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks Authors:Christopher Avery, Christine Jolls, Richard Posner, and Alvin E. Roth Abstract In the past, judges have often hired applicants for judicial clerkships as early as the...
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Martha Lagace