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  • 09 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

power of the social network. In the B2C option, mixi would become a portal for on-line shopping for both digital content and tangible goods and charge the business sellers a fee. In the C2C option, mixi would facilitate exchanges between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

downloads, and other emerging digital media (such as Internet Protocol TV). BBC WW delivered its profits back to the BBC. Since 2004, BBC WW profits had more than doubled. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 2008 (Revised June 2011)
  • Case

MySpace

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, David T. Chen and Carin-Isabel Knoop
The case, set in late 2007, examines what MySpace—the largest online social network—should do to respond to its agile competitor, Facebook. Since its inception MySpace had experienced phenomenal growth, acquiring 20 million members in its first 20 months of operation,... View Details
Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Information Technology Industry
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  • 17 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

a digital download and available only from the band's own website. The pricing plan represented a significant break from the industry standard of fixed prices for music, typically 99 cents for individual songs and upward of $9.99 for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Dec 2015
  • Research Event

When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms

application developers turn to the App Store for digital distribution. The platform providers are their selling partners, scraping off a little bit for themselves on each sale. It’s a great arrangement for small businesses—until their... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Technology; Web Services
  • 03 Dec 2001
  • What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

does not trust Microsoft and its use of 'customer' information to market to customers and hold them digitally captive. This demographic will continue to provide sales to (a judo master competitor)." These comments reflect general... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 31 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807026   PublicationsProphet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction Author:Thomas K. McCraw Publication:Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007 Abstract Pan Am, Gimbel's,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2023 (Revised September 2023)
  • Supplement

On

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karolin Frankenberger, Sascha Mader, Jordan Mitchell and Karen Elterman
Slides to support the teaching of the On case, 723-430. On is a premium performance running shoe company founded in Switzerland in 2010. The company rapidly gained traction through its unique CloudTec cushioning technology, its innovative midsole plate called the... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Digital Marketing; Disruptive Innovation; Distribution Channels; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Global Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Marketing Strategy; Product Design; Product Development; Product Marketing; Social Media; Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Technological Innovation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Sports Industry; Europe; Germany; Switzerland; United States
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  • May 2017 (Revised July 2017)
  • Supplement

Aadhaar: From Voluntary to Mandatory

By: Tarun Khanna, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla
Approximately 1.1 billion residents of India (99% of the population) had a unique biometric identity—Aadhaar—by 2017. In six years, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had achieved an unprecedented milestone in emerging and developed markets. The... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Emerging Markets; Information; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Infrastructure; Identity; Projects; Information Management; Government and Politics; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Transformation; Society; Welfare; Social Issues; Private Sector; Public Sector; Information Technology Industry; Asia; India; New Delhi
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  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Case 510-063 In January 2010, Jen McDonald, head of Bank of America Corporation's (BAC) Digital Marketing group, was discussing the bank's mobile strategy with Douglas Brown, senior vice president,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

creatives." Stefan Sonnenfeld, for instance, is a digital colorist, a kind of artist who didn't exist 10 years ago and is now in great demand. He works for Ascent Media Group. All the directors want to work for him; he's incredibly... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music
  • November 2021 (Revised December 2021)
  • Supplement

PittaRosso (B): Human and Machine Learning

By: Ayelet Israeli
This case supplements the "PittaRosso: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Pricing and Promotion" case, and provides major highlights on what happened at the company since the first case. View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Pricing; Pricing Algorithm; Pricing Decisions; Pricing Strategy; Pricing Structure; Promotion; Promotions; Online Marketing; Data-driven Decision-making; Data-driven Management; Retail; Retail Analytics; Price; Advertising Campaigns; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Digital Marketing; Budgets and Budgeting; Marketing Strategy; Marketing; Transformation; Decision Making; AI and Machine Learning; Retail Industry; Italy
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  • December 1999
  • Case

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A5): Solaris 7: Rich Green on Product Strategy and Culture Change

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
Solaris, Sun Microsystems' version of the UNIX operating system, was an amorphous collection of capabilities that had accumulated over the years, a product the company vaguely wished it could market and sell better. Developing and marketing Solaris 7 would help... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Applications and Software; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Product Positioning; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Success; Change; Diversification; Technology Industry; Computer Industry
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  • Summer 2014
  • Article

When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Halaburda
We present a theory for why it might be rational for a platform to limit the number of applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there... View Details
Keywords: Platform Governance; Direct Network Effects; Indirect Network Effects; Complements; Tragedy Of The Commons; Equilibrium Selection; Coordination; Foresight; Strategy; Value Creation; Digital Platforms; Balance and Stability; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Applications and Software; Network Effects
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  • 25 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

should clarify though, that our analysis cannot be extended to other occupations like lawyers or doctors. I would never want to select my doctor on the basis of online reviews rather than their training and education. I think there is a big distinction. Lagace: How... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service
  • 18 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

March 27, 2017 Harvard Business Review How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Amir Peleg Abstract—Most current talk about “big data” seems to assume the disintermediation or replacement of physical assets by View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

far enough. They stopped asking the next round of innovation questions, leaving Apple to reap the benefits from recognizing that the crucial thing wasn't just the device itself, but the magical way in which the entire music industry could be transformed with the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products
  • 23 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

communicate with them in a dynamic, two-way fashion. Fifth, there is technological change. As digital networks make instant connectivity the norm of business life, and as social media platforms grow more powerful and more ubiquitous, a... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

obtain bandwidth larger (smaller) than s/(s+f). The paper constitutes a first step towards a general analytical foundation for scarce resource allocation in peer-to-peer file sharing networks. PDF not available. Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316142-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-140 Rumie: Bringing Digital Education to the Underserved In fall of 2015, the Toronto, Canada–based education technology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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