Economics Of Digital Platforms - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2020
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Uber at a Crossroads (2017)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman

This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its... View Details

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22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News

News Sustainability and Business Models Project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy. Her dissertation research at HBS examined institutional leadership, organizational change, and the process View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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The Africa Business Conference at HBS: Reimagining the Road Ahead - MBA

thanks to speakers on the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain panel, Ezra Kebrab (Founder of Caliza), Josue Mpai (Founder of Betterticket), Nelly Chatue-Diop (Founder of Ejara.io),... View Details

30 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

researcher and consultant” identified as Cambridge Analytica used a quiz app on the platform to access personal information of approximately 300,000 Facebook users and, by extension, 49.7 million View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Value Michael Moynihan Fall 2024 Q2 1.5 Julian de Freitas Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Digital Marketing Workshop Jacob Cook Fall 2024 Q1 1.5 Field Course: Business of the Arts (also listed under General Management... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

will also explore implications of these changes for investing. Digital Platforms: The Business Model of the 21st Century Professor David Yoffie + More Info - Slides – Less Info... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

of AI, Competing in the Age of Digital Platforms, and Accelerating Board Diversity. Creating Community in the Virtual Realm The pandemic did not impede efforts to deepen... View Details

26 Sep 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

Kimball Thomas (HBS MBA '11), prompts an evaluation of the pros and cons of each possibility. "Above all else, I hope the case will help students understand the economics... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Use of Machine Learning from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for Streetchange with Nikhil Naik, Ramesh Raskar, Edward L. Glaeser, and César A. Hidalgo.... View Details

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

hundreds of dollars a month. We actually do have customers who spend thousands of dollars a month if they have very high carbon footprint lifestyles. So that means it's kind of... View Details

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

crisis? Consumers expect quite a bit from their brand partners during a crisis, seeing them as critical partners to governments, non-profit relief organizations, and NGOs because of the powerful platform a... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

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Career Support - Business & Environment

positions. BEI maintains relationships with a number of organizations and individuals who can offer career advice and opportunities to current students. There are several ways to connect with alumni: HBS Initiatives Mentor Match Program... View Details

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African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise - MBA

Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

strategic opportunities. Current use giving has supported a number of Dean Datar’s strategic initiatives, including the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3), digital transformation, and the... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in Pre-Industrial Society

economics of lending and borrowing, but with its moral dimensions. 2 Usury—or lending on interest—was condemned by nearly every ancient authority from Plato onward. Medieval theologians followed their lead,... View Details

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

materials will I have access to after completing Sustainable Investing? + – You will have access to the materials in every prior module as you progress through the program. Access to course materials and the course platform ends 60 days... View Details

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

have skills to cope. And it’s when workplaces need to make sure employees are getting the help they need.” Stressed-out workers seek online tools Whillans decided to explore whether an internet-based platform called Happify, which coaches... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Women of Color Teaming Up to Lead, Empower and Thrive, paints a more optimistic picture, provided business leaders embrace our generational diversity findings. Our study confirms others that quantify the View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased Careem for $3.1 billion in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

matched in ambition by its goals, which include nothing less than creating an economic growth engine that can support the world’s youngest and fastest-growing continental population, says Mark Tatum (MBA 1998), the NBA’s deputy... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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