Virtual Platform - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2017
News

The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

experience? How can we leverage data to develop marketing opportunities on streaming platforms with millions of broadcasters? And how can we grow the fan base from its mostly male, largely millennial roots? Each answer has the potential... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

self-managed microenterprises. Platforms were Haier’s business platforms operating in five major sectors: white goods transformation, investment and incubation, financial holdings, real estate, and cultural... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

Complex trends in globalization, demographic shifts, and new technologies are raising urgent challenges for managers on an everyday level. Because of the number of companies undergoing digital transformation, managers need to navigate an intense speed-to-market... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

Supplement (C), 108-035: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108035 Purchase Supplement (D), 108-036: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108036 Facebook View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Duolingo

is a popular language learning app and website that now serves over 500 million learners worldwide. Learners can access 30+ languages through bite-sized engaging lessons on a gamified platform making learning fun and accessible. The... View Details

Keywords: Technology

Web

How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters - Recruiting

Employer Relationship Managers for support The Career & Professional Development team is here to support you in recruiting HBS talent. For questions about recruiting strategy, coming to campus, hosting virtual events, and more, reach out... View Details

21 Nov 2024
Blog Post

How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters

to campus, hosting virtual events, and more, reach out to our office to be connected with your Employer Relationship Manager. Make use of 12twenty and the Resume Databases 12twenty is the recruiting platform... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

04 Sep 2019
News

In My Humble Opinion: Status Update

on KLM airline’s use of the Facebook Messenger platform for customer care, says Levine, and Walmart’s employee training program, which features Oculus Go’s virtual reality headsets. No stranger to the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

hard decisions about returning to the market. Here’s a common prediction: Social distancing forces people to do more buying online and communicating through social media, thus accelerating a permanent, big shift after the crisis to more ecommerce and View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

04 Dec 2020
News

Hour by Hour

employers for a mass exodus of employees in a post-pandemic world. The company predicts that 50 percent of organizations’ newly hired workers in 2020 will return to former positions when furloughs end. Syrg’s platform will help employers... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century

CDs played music, not virtual-reality games. Will I even recognize the place? Related Platforms and Collaborations: Technological Innovation as a Case Method Supplement Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
News

What’s Next

Rojie Kisten (GMP 5, 2008), Cape Town, South Africa NN: When I first came to Harvard Business School in the 1980s, excluding the first-year BGIE [Business, Government, and the International Economy] course, there were virtually no global... View Details

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

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies (revised) Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision variables are strategic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

Virtual fitting-room technologies provide information about how a product fits a particular customer and promise to mitigate some of the frictions the information gap generates in the retailers’ supply chains. By implementing a series of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

tests in virtually every part of the business. Booking.com Chairwoman Gillian Tans has said that the nimbleness that comes with a testing culture helps companies engage employees and develop better products. Setting too narrow an... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

Social or regulatory systems (ownership incentives, freelancing, virtual work, distance learning, digital copyright laws) Although Industrial Age markets and power bases were built on proprietary infrastructure, participants within... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

01 Sep 2016
News

Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup

workers), who work as virtual health care assistants, handling everything from long-term care arrangements to transportation. Wellthy’s digital platform is designed as a consumer- friendly project management... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Case Study: Sound Check

who plays classical piano and jazz guitar, and Pemberton, a drummer, thought they could offer musicians an online platform that would help them connect with fans in a meaningful if virtual way. The founders... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

04 Oct 2007
What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

better. Be it mutual funds or hedge funds, these so-called owners have virtually no emotional investment in the companies (they own)." B. D. Majuqwana comments that "the biggest drawback for PE is that it does not aim to create... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

31 Oct 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53418 Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market By: Wen, Wen, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how app developers on the Android mobile View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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