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- 15 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Medallia
Why We Recruit is a series of interviews with our recruiting partners covering everything from their experience working with HBS to what they would like students to know. Each week, we will release a new... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
When Do Alliances Make Sense?
To answer one of the oldest business quandaries—is it better to partner or go solo on a project—John Beshears looked for answers in an unusual place: the oil and gas drilling industry in the Gulf of Mexico.... View Details
- March 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Katja Hutter and Greta Friar
This case follows Rodrigo Nino, founder and CEO of commercial real estate development company Prodigy Network, as he develops an equity-based crowdfunding model for small investors to access commercial real estate in Colombia, then tries out the model in the U.S. U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Real Estate; Crowdfunding; Crowdsourcing; Digital Innovation; Commercial Real Estate; Online Platforms; Disruption; Transformation; Design; Assets; Equity; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Real Estate Industry; Latin America; New York (state, US); United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Katja Hutter, and Greta Friar. "Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing." Harvard Business School Case 614-064, March 2014. (Revised January 2015.)
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
with looked almost nothing alike,” and that, most participants agree, is an important feature of the contest. Perry’s research led him to “disqualify” his initial idea and sent him down a different path. While Anthony K. Tjan (MBA 1998)... View Details
- December 2013 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Managing Online Reviews on TripAdvisor
By: Thales Teixeira and Leora Kornfeld
In 2013, TripAdvisor was the most visited online travel site in the world. It hosted a massive repository of information on hotels and travel services, and provided millions of reviews written by consumers. Consumers were becoming increasingly motivated to read and... View Details
Keywords: Online Word-of-mouth; Online Reviews; Hotels; Internet and the Web; Marketing Communications; Marketing Reference Programs; Digital Marketing; Customer Satisfaction; Accommodations Industry; Travel Industry
Teixeira, Thales, and Leora Kornfeld. "Managing Online Reviews on TripAdvisor." Harvard Business School Case 514-071, December 2013. (Revised March 2016.)
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
BALLMER: Microsoft plans to remain on the cutting edge of digital media technology. If you think that the last decade produced a torrent of consumer high-tech innovation — notably personal computers,... View Details
- 11 Jan 2018
- News
Taking the High Road
lack of exposure. What you have to do is ignore what they say and watch what they do, because the opposite of that is a lot of people know how to be extremely politically... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: A Nation Transformed by Information
of information that makes recent technological innovations seem measured by comparison. Television, computers, and the Internet would later continue this tradition of... View Details
Keywords: Information
- July 2003 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Global Healthcare Exchange
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Jamie Ladge
Founded in March 2000 at the height of the dot-com bubble, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) was one of 90 online marketplaces in the health care industry. The company's founders were among the largest suppliers in the industry, including Johnson & Johnson, GE Medical,... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Price; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Supply and Industry; Organizational Design; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Health Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Jamie Ladge. "Global Healthcare Exchange." Harvard Business School Case 804-002, July 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
- September 2013
- Case
PadFone vs. FonePad
By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
To Jonney Shih, Chairman of ASUSTek Computer, the introduction of Apple's iPad made clear the need to transition his company to a new cloud-computing era. But the company's roots in the manufacture of Windows-powered desktop and notebook PCs bounded the creativity of... View Details
Keywords: Mobile Phones; Smartphone; Tablet Computer; Android; Recombination; Design Thinking; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry; Communications Industry; Technology Industry; Asia; Taiwan; Europe; United States
Shih, Willy, and Sen Chai. "PadFone vs. FonePad." Harvard Business School Case 614-023, September 2013.
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
was on the Al Faw Peninsula in Iraq, in the office of General Joseph Medina to talk about his future. In addition to leading a multinational unit on everything from reconnaissance to route security, Rogers... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A wild ride from adventure travel to social media marketing
which provides a SaaS platform for marketers to manage their presence on social networks, is a division of Google, and is among the largest acquisitions ever made by the Internet giant. Wildfire now has over... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
Image by John Ritter Professors Geoff Jones and Tarun Khanna had been toiling away from their respective HBS offices for many years, each of them interested in emerging markets but expressed through different disciplines: Jones, a historian, was studying how the world... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Hunting Red Balloons
In December, the government agency DARPA tethered to the ground ten red weather balloons at random locations around the United States in a test to see how social networks might mobilize and use the Internet for rapid problem-solving. In... View Details
- 24 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Why We Recruit is a series of interviews with our recruiting partners covering everything from their experience working with HBS to what they would like students to know. Each week, we will release a new... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- September 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Angie's List: Ratings Pioneer Turns 20
By: Robert J. Dolan and Ayelet Israeli
In 1995, before people “googled” or “yelped,” Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie’s List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination of consumer rating information. Hicks focused on the home repair and maintenance market and, as she put it,... View Details
Keywords: Pricing; Pricing Strategy; Services; Product Line Management; Growth; Conjoint Analysis; Market Research; Freemium; Growth Strategy; Two Sided Markets; Ecommerce; Platform; Platform Business; Platform Businesses; Platform Strategy; Platforms; Platforms And Ecosystems; Business Model; Internet and the Web; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Price; Strategy; Digital Platforms; E-commerce; Service Industry; United States
Dolan, Robert J., and Ayelet Israeli. "Angie's List: Ratings Pioneer Turns 20." Harvard Business School Case 517-016, September 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Students Assist Needy Family
$1,550 for the family in less than 48 hours. “It was a truly rewarding and meaningful experience for both of us,” said Simmons. SmallCanBeBig.org, created by Boathouse Group, a Boston communications firm led by president John Connors (PMD... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Andrew Grochal on His Path to CarGurus
those with customers, then communicate these new enhancements to the sales team, and track performance after each roll-out. What’s your favorite part of working at CarGurus?The growth and fast-paced nature View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 29 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?
to remember that in fact there’s a lot to be gained by moving in the opposite direction, which is keeping less track of things, especially interpersonally,” Zhang says. “We benefit when we treat our friends in a communal way, rather than... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 29 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business
As a chemical engineer considering an MBA, I wanted more to learn and gain mastery of business principles with both breadth and depth. Like nearly everything else in the modern world, the business landscape... View Details