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eInformation: A Clinical Study of Investor Discussion and Sentiment
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, Sanjiv Das, and Peter Tufano. "eInformation: A Clinical Study of Investor Discussion and Sentiment." Financial Management 34, no. 3 (Fall 2005): 103–137.
- January 1995 (Revised July 1996)
- Background Note
Paving the Information Superhighway
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Geoffrey Bock and Janis Lee Gogan
Examines solutions to many of the information-sharing problems that limit growth of electronic commerce on the Internet. Serves as a basic primer for the use of electronic information exchange. While familiarizing the student with the basic tenets and terminology of...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Knowledge Sharing;
Problems and Challenges;
Retail Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., Geoffrey Bock, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Paving the Information Superhighway." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-202, January 1995. (Revised July 1996.)
- December 1998
- Case
Casto Travel
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Susan Harmeling
Maryles Casto had the vision to build the largest travel agency in Silicon Valley, mirroring the growth pattern of the entire area. In 1997 the travel business changed dramatically as airlines chose not to pay travel agencies the fees they once did. Simultaneously, the...
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Entrepreneurship;
Finance;
Internet and the Web;
Change Management;
Markets;
Travel Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., and Susan Harmeling. "Casto Travel." Harvard Business School Case 899-120, December 1998.
- October 2000 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Cisco Systems: Web-enablement
By: Richard L. Nolan, Kelley Porter and Christina Akers
Describes how Cisco web-enabled their ERP systems and developed the "front office" systems to electronically link to their customers and suppliers. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Internet and the Web;
Information Technology;
Technological Innovation;
Internet and the Web;
Service Operations;
Information Technology Industry
Nolan, Richard L., Kelley Porter, and Christina Akers. "Cisco Systems: Web-enablement." Harvard Business School Case 301-056, October 2000. (Revised November 2005.)
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
1995, and continuing over the next few years, they launched a research project to simplify Internet search, a process that was then far from easy. Outsiders do well in the US when venture capitalists and angel investors don’t...
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- 01 May 2013
- News
Deborah A. Farrington, MBA 1976
working as a securities analyst for Merrill Lynch in Asia, running a private equity firm, and serving as managing director of a Hong Kong merchant bank. In 1998, she founded StarVest Partners, a New York City–based venture capital firm with a focus on...
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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Top Ten Cases: Research from Around The World
Yoffie and M. Kwak (9-799-108), 1999 “Yahoo!: Business on Internet Time,” by J. Rivkin and J. Girotto (9-700-013), 2000 “Ford Motor Co.: Supply Chain Strategy,” by R. Austin (9-699-198), 1999 “Calyx & Corolla,” by W. Salmon and D. Wylie...
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- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
the blink of an eye. Wireless is another enabling technology, allowing the computer and other digital devices to access the Internet and other networks from an ever-increasing number of remote locations. In a business with strong network...
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- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
VC investing and innovation? A: Buyout groups in fact exacerbated much of the volatility in the venture capital cycle. During the late 1990s, many buyout groups began abandoning the basic industries in which they had traditionally invested and instead undertook View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New Editor Takes Helm at HBS Bulletin
worked as a writer and editor with the Miami Herald and Congressional Quarterly. At Cox Interactive Media from 1999 through 2002, he launched and managed a Northern Virginia city-guide Web site aimed at one million Internet users, hiring...
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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Reunited and It Feels So Good
available to them at the School. Wide-ranging faculty presentations included Professor Regina E. Herzlinger's "Market-Driven Health Care," Professor Bruce R. Scott's "The Asian Financial Crisis Goes Global," and Professor David M. Upton's "What Does the View Details
- 10 Dec 2015
- News
The Most Powerful Woman in Chinese Entertainment
what's their living situation, what type of people are they? We talk about demand-driven entertainment. Bringing the Internet deeper into the entertainment business is the best way to solve that puzzle.” READ MORE
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- November 2014
- Case
Taryn Rose Launches Dresr: Street Marketing a Luxury Brand
By: Lena G. Goldberg, Marcel Saucet and Christine Snively
Serial entrepreneur and shoe designer Taryn Rose, M.D., prepared to launch a new e-commerce platform, Dresr, which would connect shoppers with tastemakers online. Dresr would bring the service element found in brick and mortar luxury stores into the online shopping...
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- December 2004
- Teaching Note
Yield Curves and Bond Ratings Tutorial (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-204-712).
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- July 2001
- Teaching Note
Virtualis Systems (A) TN
By: Michael J. Roberts
Teaching Note for (9-800-003).
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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Most of the money is taken from revenues generated by the Working Assets credit card, long-distance telephone, and Internet businesses, whose customers sign on for these services because they support the company's progressive stance and...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- May–June 2023
- Article
Need for Speed: The Impact of In-Process Delays on Customer Behavior in Online Retail
By: Santiago Gallino, Nil Karacaoglu and Antonio Moreno
The impact of delays has been widely studied in various offline services. The focus of this study is online services, and we explore the impact of in-process delays—measured by website speed—on customer behavior. We leverage novel retail and website speed data to...
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Keywords:
Online Retail;
Quasi-experiments;
Abandonment;
Synthetic Control;
E-commerce;
Internet and the Web;
Consumer Behavior;
Policy;
Retail Industry
Gallino, Santiago, Nil Karacaoglu, and Antonio Moreno. "Need for Speed: The Impact of In-Process Delays on Customer Behavior in Online Retail." Operations Research 71, no. 3 (May–June 2023): 876–894.
- March 2020
- Module Note
Business Model Transformation in the Platform Age
By: Feng Zhu
Although some digital platforms are highly successful, most firms today are still traditional product- or service-based firms. To take advantage of the opportunities created by platform business models, traditional firms can work with existing platforms to become their...
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Keywords:
Platforms;
Platform Businesses;
Platform Disruption;
Internet and the Web;
Business Model;
Transformation;
Digital Platforms
Zhu, Feng. "Business Model Transformation in the Platform Age." Harvard Business School Module Note 620-109, March 2020.
- Winter 2016
- Article
Analytics for an Online Retailer: Demand Forecasting and Price Optimization
By: Kris J. Ferreira, Bin Hong Alex Lee and David Simchi-Levi
We present our work with an online retailer, Rue La La, as an example of how a retailer can use its wealth of data to optimize pricing decisions on a daily basis. Rue La La is in the online fashion sample sales industry, where they offer extremely limited-time...
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Ferreira, Kris J., Bin Hong Alex Lee, and David Simchi-Levi. "Analytics for an Online Retailer: Demand Forecasting and Price Optimization." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 18, no. 1 (Winter 2016): 69–88.