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- 06 Apr 2016
- News
Innovation Leaders Create Long-Term Value
- November 2013 (Revised November 2014)
- Case
Freemium Pricing at Dropbox
By: Thales Teixeira and Elizabeth Anne Watkins
Online storage company Dropbox provided remote-storage over the internet of any type of computer file, along with file sharing, synchronization and backup. Using a freemium pricing strategy whereby a basic service was free-of-charge and a premium service was paid,...
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Teixeira, Thales, and Elizabeth Anne Watkins. "Freemium Pricing at Dropbox." Harvard Business School Case 514-053, November 2013. (Revised November 2014.)
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Ballmer’s game plan to put Microsoft back on top
- January 2002 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
Vialog Corporation
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
Traces the origin of Vialog Corp.--from its founding in 1996 through a roll-up of several independent teleconferencing companies in 1997 and its initial public offering (1999) and eventually to a potential merger or acquisition in June 2000. The company has grown...
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Keywords:
History;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Internet and the Web;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Partners and Partnerships;
Initial Public Offering;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Processes;
Information Technology Industry;
Europe
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Vialog Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-008, January 2002. (Revised July 2002.)
- 30 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Temptation at Work
- June 2007
- Case
Wal-Mart Mexico: Managing Multiple Formats
By: Rajiv Lal, Mark Rennella and David Lane
"On February 1, 2007, Wal-Mart Mexico (Walmex) CEO Eduardo Solorzano was preparing for a well deserved, two-week vacation on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Things were going well. Wal-Mart Mexico, which consisted principally of six different retail formats, had been...
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Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development;
Marketing Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Mexico
Lal, Rajiv, Mark Rennella, and David Lane. "Wal-Mart Mexico: Managing Multiple Formats." Harvard Business School Case 507-063, June 2007.
- Article
The Cost Structure, Customer Profitability, and Retention Implications of Self-Service Distribution Channels: Evidence from Customer Behavior in an Online Banking Channel
By: Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei
This paper uses the context of online banking to investigate the consequences of employing self-service distribution channels to alter customer interactions with the firm. Using a sample of retail banking customers observed over a 30-month period at a large U.S. bank,...
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Cost;
Service Operations;
Distribution Channels;
Consumer Behavior;
Internet and the Web;
Banks and Banking;
Technology Adoption;
Service Delivery;
Market Transactions;
Market Participation;
Profit;
Retail Industry;
Banking Industry;
United States
Campbell, Dennis, and Frances X. Frei. "The Cost Structure, Customer Profitability, and Retention Implications of Self-Service Distribution Channels: Evidence from Customer Behavior in an Online Banking Channel." Management Science 56, no. 1 (January 2010): 4–24. (Lead Article.)
- April 1996 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Virtual Vineyards
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Alvin J. Silk, Lisa Klein Pearo and Thomas A. Gerace
Virtual Vineyards markets wine from small California vineyards directly to consumers through its site on the World Wide Web. It also facilitates fulfillment of customer orders. The case focuses on the ways in which Virtual Vineyards provides value to end consumers...
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Keywords:
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Technological Innovation;
Management;
Service Operations;
Internet and the Web
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Alvin J. Silk, Lisa Klein Pearo, and Thomas A. Gerace. "Virtual Vineyards." Harvard Business School Case 396-264, April 1996. (Revised April 2004.)
- 03 Nov 2019
- News
Sunday Strategist: Negotiation Strategies for Donald Trump (And You)
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
company's strategy but with intimate knowledge of how to get things done inside the organization? Bower's analysis of the leadership and performance View Details
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Re: James L. Heskett
Debora L. Spar
Debora Spar is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between... View Details
- 11 Aug 2015
- News
From Google to Alphabet, what does the change mean?
- October 2001 (Revised November 2002)
- Supplement
Mark Pitts
Describes Peoplestreet, an Internet business being developed at Cambridge Incubator. Peoplestreet is attempting to hire a VP of business development and has identified a candidate, Mark Pitts. Includes an overview of the position, three different interviews with the...
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Keywords:
Job Interviews
Cyr, Linda A. "Mark Pitts." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 802-801, October 2001. (Revised November 2002.)
- 23 Nov 2014
- News
Max H. Bazerman: ‘Motivated blindness’
- 15 Jan 2013
- News
Nine Rules for Stifling Innovation
- 19 Dec 2012
- News
To Give Your Employees Meaning, Start With Mission
- December 2004 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Hasbro Games -- POX (A)
By: David B. Godes and Elie Ofek
Hasbro's newest toy is so unique it requires a unique launch strategy. Comparing traditional media (TV, print) with a non-traditional viral campaign, Matt Collins must weigh the risks and benefits of doing things the way they've always been done or blazing a new path...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Cost vs Benefits;
Marketing Strategy;
Advertising Campaigns;
Product Launch;
Innovation and Invention;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Godes, David B., and Elie Ofek. "Hasbro Games -- POX (A)." Harvard Business School Case 505-046, December 2004. (Revised October 2005.)
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Breaking Down the Barriers - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
director of Vogue , noted in 1924, “Art is not a thing to be done, but the best way of doing that which is necessary to be done. This brings a tobacco advertisement into the...
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- 19 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
4 Updates About Peek Weekend at HBS
for all Peek participants. 4. Some things about Peek Weekend will stay the same Not everything will be changing! Peek is still open to college students who are rising juniors, seniors, and new graduates (Class View Details