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December 18, 2023
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March 2022
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From Proprietary to Collective Governance: How Do Platform Participation Strategies Evolve?

By: Siobhan O'Mahony and Rebecca Karp

When platform leaders change the rules guiding who can access and control a platform, the strategies of those who create value from the platform can be upended. Little research examines how platform participants adapt their strategies when a platform leader changes the... View Details

Keywords: Platform Governance; Access; Crowdsourcing; Applications and Software; Employees; Leadership Style; Cybersecurity; Risk Management

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January 2014
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Social Strategy at Cisco Systems

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Daniel Malter and Aaron Smith

In April 2013, Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn, vice president and general manager for Learning@Cisco Systems, was planning the future of the Cisco Learning Network, an online platform hosted at Cisco.com. Since its launch in 2008, the Cisco Learning Network provided content to... View Details

Keywords: Networks; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Competency and Skills; Learning; Web Services Industry

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October 2007
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The Art of Designing Markets

By: Alvin E. Roth

Traditionally, markets have been viewed as simply the confluence of supply and demand. But to function properly, they must be able to attract a sufficient number of buyers and sellers, induce participants to make their preferences clear, and overcome congestion by... View Details

Keywords: Market Design; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Information Technology; Internet and the Web

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01 Mar 2012
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I-Lab Hosts Start-Up Weekend Scramble

Already a well-used venue, the Harvard Innovation Lab has been the site for a full schedule of panels, workshops, and seminars since its opening last fall. In early November, the i-lab hosted its first Start-Up Weekend Scramble, an event designed to let aspiring... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 May 2019
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Shining a Light on Black Brilliance

Steven Rogers (MBA 1985) is the MBA Class of 1957 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. He teaches Entrepreneurial Finance and a new course titled Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship. In this interview, Rogers talks about how his course is helping lead... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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HBS Celebrates Wyss Gift

WYSS with doctoral student Marya Hill-Popper Besharov. PHOTO BY STUART CAHILL A newly renovated home for HBS doctoral students opened in September with a ceremony marking the renaming of Sherman Hall to Wyss House in honor of entrepreneur Hansjoerg Wyss (MBA ’65). His... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2012
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Faculty Research Online

Why Do We Tax? With the next President set to take office, it's time to ask how the income tax system could be improved. Assistant Professor Matthew Weinzierl suggests how. US Competitiveness at Risk America's declining global competitiveness—it ranks No. 7 this year... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

topic. Scholars interested in the fields of finance and private equity will find the research and case studies informative and enlightening. Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China By William C.... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Around the World

conversations in all the case discussions enriched by student immersion experiences, and what you get is much more depth in how students engage and learn from each other.” Over the long haul, Oberholzer-Gee expects students will remember several key lessons. First,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Apr 2020
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“Raise the Line”

employment and something productive to do while they are at home. We've seen a 50 percent increase in traffic in the past month. HBS: What type of COVID-19-related information are people looking for? Gaglani: Our most popular video is a... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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My HBS Eureka Moment

never spoke to open a case voluntarily. The fellow, who happened to be seated next to an aisle, said something to the effect that "I spent a good deal of time reading and studying this case last night and finally concluded that there was not enough View Details

Keywords: Walter Frese; Martin V. Marshall; C. Roland Christensen; Lawrence Fouraker; Educational Services

01 Jun 2013
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Leaning In to Gender Equity

Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995) In Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Knopf), Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995) recalls her first performance review with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Stop trying to please everyone, he counseled. "If you do please everyone, you aren't... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Information; Information

21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap

really exceptional at what they’re doing but with very little idea of why they’re doing it. And, for us, it’s really about the why. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited by Craig McDonald. It is available at... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

23 Sep 2020
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Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method

Gridlock and Save Our Democracy. The mission of Reform Elections Now is to facilitate election reform through education and engagement, with practical solutions that will enhance informed discourse, increase voter participation and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

there is substantial room for improvement. The goal in improving these communications is to inform alumni of current events at the School and of the resources available to them as alumni, as well as to strengthen their ties to HBS. The... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

presence," reports Martha B. Achenbaum, associate director of MBA Admissions. "For example, the HBS Club of Paris has been hosting an information reception for many years, and these sessions are very well-attended," she says. Achenbaum... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

31 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

As the quantity of online content continues to proliferate—from cute cat videos to policy experts blogging on the Middle East—the consumer's expectation that online content should be free becomes more entrenched. To make money, websites increasingly rely on paid... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Information; Information

May 2020
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Schlumberger's WesternGeco Division

By: John R. Wells, Sneha Biswas and Benjamin Weinstock

In October 2017, Maurice Nessim, President of WesternGeco, a business unit of Schlumberger, faced a difficult decision. In the face of falling oil prices and increasing pressure on costs, did it make sense to sell off the company’s specialized fleet of seismic survey... View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Decision Making; Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry

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July 2018
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Leading Open Innovation at BT

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Jean-François Harvey and Johnathan R. Cromwell

This case focuses on the genesis and development of the open innovation unit at BT, the strategic value of the unit, and its operating model. As the business environment becomes increasingly dynamic and firms are pressured to achieve faster innovation rates, there may... View Details