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Industry Information - Alumni
verifies print and digital circulation, mobile apps, website analytics, social media, technology platforms and audience information for newspapers, magazines and digital media companies in the US and Canada. Although circulation numbers... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?
all time. Data analytics firm Similar Web reported that in its first week alone, the app had been installed on nearly 11 percent of all Android phones in the United States, and surpassed Twitter’s daily usage shortly thereafter. Pokémon... View Details
- March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
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... View Details
Keywords: 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.)
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
Internet pioneers looked at everything from Wi-Fi "hot spots" to the future of broadband at a recent telecommunications conference at Harvard Business School. The issues were debated at the Bandwidth Explosion colloquium held... View Details
- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
channel, a mobile Internet or a substitute for PCs. Rather, it is a new aspect of consumerism and a much more powerful way to speak with consumers. Unleashing the value of m-commerce requires understanding... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- Fast Answer
Gaming: statistics
Where can I find information on gaming hardware and software? The Entertainment Software Association website lists sales, demographic, and usage data, as well as information intended to improve the image of the industry. Search eMarketer... View Details
- Web
Privacy - HBS Working Knowledge
developed with the recognition that Internet technologies continue to develop and evolve rapidly, and that such changes may require us to alter our Privacy Policy. Any such alterations will not affect our general commitment to the... View Details
Jeffrey P. Bezos
Founding his company just as the Internet was gaining widespread usage and credibility, Bezos created the world’s largest on-line bookseller. Realizing that few bookstores, even superstores, carry more than... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
solutions for myriad tasks that previously were performed in traditional, non-tech ways. In this way, they have improved the productivity of many traditional industries (just look at all the industries that use PCs today) and created brand new ones (just look at the... View Details
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
run on Microsoft’s Windows platform, was the dominant web browser in the 1990s until squashed by Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer. In February 2015 there was the launch of Meerkat, an app that lets users broadcast live streaming video... View Details
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
lifestyles of China's rural population. However, the cost of connecting remote locations was high and was often not offset by subscriber fees or usage rates of these populations. Would this investment be relegated to a socially... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
New York Club Focuses on Entrepreneurship
April, the club hosted "Untethered New York: Strategies for Success in the Mobile Internet World," in cooperation with the New York Times and angelbeat.com. Carl Yankowski, CEO of Palm, Inc., and Microsoft's... View Details
- 30 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Cambridge to Nairobi
“activist mapping”—a combination of citizen journalism and geospatial information—to allow citizens to submit reports using their mobile phones or the internet to create a map-based account of events. Among... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
the company's e-commerce project objectives. Different tools and techniques are available to measure the different aspects of e-commerce performance. For example, online surveys and polls are powerful tools to help e-commerce enabled companies to better understand the... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
A generous gift from Rufus W. Lumry III (MBA 1974) will establish a new chair at HBS and support teaching and learning in the field of information technology as it relates to the Internet and entrepreneurial studies at Harvard University.... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
period—and so did in-store sales as well as sales of jigsaw puzzles and walkie-talkies. It’s not clear what we learn from panic buying. So let’s look at what was happening online before the virus of 2020. Ecommerce has been part of the View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
and mobile technology in particular, has the potential to be a tremendous tool for empowerment. There are now two billion people across the world with Internet access through handheld touchscreen devices.... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
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HBSGrid Terms of Service - Research Computing Services
Usage and Policies HBSGrid Terms of Service 83ms To obtain access to Harvard Business School’s technology resources through Research Computing Services (RCS), you must acknowledge this agreement either electronically, on paper, or via... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
computing and mobility. That has the potential to change the economics of the Internet business and to redistribute profits yet again.” — HBS professor David Yoffie talking about the potential economic effects of people increasingly... View Details