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- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
Business School Case 817-103 Catalant: The Future of Work? Catalant, founded in 2013 as an online marketplace where MBAs could bid on consulting projects posted by small- to medium-sized businesses, had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
long-tail view suggests that consumers will purchase an increasing number and a wider variety of videos, everything from Hollywood classics to obscure foreign films. Long-tail proponents believe that consumers have very different tastes, and View Details
- 28 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship
enterprise software and branded consumer companies. Beyond my role there, I founded, grew, and successfully exited an online marketplace designed to unlock educational and professional opportunities for... View Details
- Profile
Elsa Sze
that if I wanted to have influence, I needed to speak the language of the marketplace and the language of government.” Elsa is convinced that the “dichotomy between doing good and doing business” is misconceived. “I recognize the public’s... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
CarOrder.com, an online auto seller that began in Trilogy Software's corporate incubator. According to CarOrder.com founder Brian Stafford, the critical benefit that Trilogy provided was rapid access to world-class human capital.... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Bonnie (MBA '90), CEO of CNET, whose Web sites—not to mention a radio station and several print magazines—provide a wealth of information to technology buffs and buyers alike. Founded in 1992, CNET has fared so well in the marketplace... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
Wes Hather. The would-be founders then went looking for “a big problem” and a tech-based solution. GroupTalent was born in 2011 to address the challenges of employee recruitment with an online marketplace. But two years later, the company... View Details
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Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
profitability,” in placing particular emphasis on how ventures scale by achieving not just product-market fit, but profit -market fit. Classes cover a diverse array of tech and tech-enabled businesses, including e-commerce, ed-tech, SaaS, HR-tech, mobile apps and... View Details
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53942 From the Digital to the Physical: Federal Limitations on Regulating Online Marketplaces By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Abbey Stemler Abstract—Online View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216076-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-094 Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Acquiring the First Thousand Customers By 2016, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were pervasive among the highest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50914 April 2016 Harvard Business Review Network Effects Aren't Enough By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Simon Rothman Abstract—In many ways, online marketplaces are the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
(Tambor) coming out to his family as transgender, was only available via streaming to members of Amazon Prime’s Instant Video service. The show also took home the award for Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy, marking the first time an View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
information to provide." “Focusing on a single revenue source is the most profitable strategy when firms compete for consumer information” It's clear from their research that the marketplace has plenty of room for two types of Internet... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
home in Weston, MA “I knew that law was great training for logic, but I fell in love with business. I was passionate about starting my own company.” Inspired by her own frustration finding care for her sons and parents, Marcelo built the world’s largest View Details
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Marla Malcolm Beck
mortar retailers, Beck cut against the grain and decided to embrace both clicks and bricks. Bluemercury has a vast online clientele, but the brand’s larger revenue stream comes from its 60 retail outlets in 16 states around the country.... View Details
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
protection than SOEs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51975 December 2016 Harvard Business Review Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces By: Fisman, Ray, and Michael... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
inventory holding, Amazon’s business model was more diverse. Amazon was primarily an online retail department store, offering a wide range of product categories, but it also maintained a significant third-party View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
says. “We wanted to see if just making the notion salient that your donation could be better would be sufficient to trigger an excuse not to give at all.” Using the online marketplace Amazon Mechanical Turk,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
Platforms Thrive and Others Don’t By: Zhu, Feng, and Marco Iansiti Abstract— In the digital economy, scale is no guarantee of continued success. After all, the same factors that help an online platform expand quickly—such as the low cost... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
PublicationsPathologies of Online Display Advertising Marketplaces Author:Benjamin Edelman Publication:ACM Sigecom Exchanges, June 2010 Abstract Much has been written about View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace