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01 Sep 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

to invest outside the core market, because there is less noise, great founders are sometimes overlooked when not in the Valley, and they often solve problems more applicable to a broader population base.” Also: Denver-based Guild Education, a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2009
News

Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support

remember writing essays for admission to HBS and talking a lot about leadership and impact,” she recalls. “I can’t think of a better way to be a leader and have impact than what I am doing now.” Scharpf created SHE in the fall of 2007 to serve as a View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

20 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

For some gig workers, losing the flexibility to set their own schedules is equivalent to taking a 17 percent pay cut, according to new research that explores the wages and work habits of DoorDash drivers. App-based platforms that allow... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology

18 Oct 2021
Blog Post

How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

For some gig workers, losing the flexibility to set their own schedules is equivalent to taking a 17 percent pay cut, according to new research that explores the wages and work habits of DoorDash drivers. App-based platforms that allow... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products

01 Dec 2022
News

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

for tomorrow. The BEI aims to leverage HBS’s unique platform to help move the needle on climate change and accelerate climate solutions. Critical issues such as these are also among the focal points for HBS’s new Institute for the Study... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

November 2012 (Revised August 2013)
Supplement

Global Unichip Corporation (B)

By: Willy Shih and Chen-Fu Chien

Jim Lai, President of Global Unichip Corporation (GUC), mapped out the changes he saw coming to the global semiconductor industry. The big question was how many system developers would start coming directly to GUC. View Details

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13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

situation, especially §230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), a 1996 law largely meant to protect online platforms from defamation lawsuits. The CDA has been stretched beyond recognition to prevent all manner of prudent regulation.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Leadership with Purpose: Redefining Success and Impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019)

offered the perfect platform for exploration. Initially, I viewed SELP—India as a way to equip myself with cutting-edge insights to drive change more effectively. What I didn’t expect was how profoundly the program would shift my approach... View Details

07 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?

this value and is related to research being done by colleague Andrei Hagiu and others into the dynamics of multi-sided markets: platforms that serve two or more distinct groups of customers who value each other's participation. Just how... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Web Services

13 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)

technology, and providing support to early-stage companies as part of the McKinsey Fuel and Ignition Club. “McKinsey has given me the platform to try new things,” Kuyoro said. “I think there's no other place in the world where I would... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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South Asia - Global Activities 2021

the School’s current portfolio of comprehensive general management programs, and attract a new segment of business leaders from exciting companies operating in India.” SELPI’s success, Palepu notes, prompted the School to extend the SELP View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Ask the Expert: A Fair Share

degree, we’re seeing that. What can individuals do to make sure the sharing economy continues to grow? —Francis Tapon (MBA 1997) There are two main barriers to growth in the sharing economy. The first is awareness, and the second is trust. Many people just don’t know... View Details

14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

theory examining how both organizations and employees benefit by encouraging authentic self-expression. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-067.pdf Platform Competition under Partial Belief Advantage Authors:Hanna... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

for strategic problem formulation and problem solving relative to which deviations and counterproductive moves can be specified and measured. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55554 Multi-Homing and View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

retail outlets, such that stores with membership fees are more popular even when they offer the same goods at the same prices as stores without fees. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-029.pdf Dynamics of Platform... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

commerce, and civic organizations, reinforcing the social fabric and engendering a strong sense of customer and community loyalty. Curation: Despite the increasing sophistication of online algorithms, online platforms have been unable to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

02 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 2, 2009

business practices, allowed businesses to connect with students at the individual level. At the same time, the creation of platforms for business-education learning brought system-level improvements. In particular, MCBRE's board of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2008
What Do You Think?

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

homepage presents a provocative redefinition of brands as practical platforms that enable people to do things. In its words, "As brands become less the property of an organisation and more the banner of a movement, ownership will... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

18 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

panel agreed. Ullas Naik, managing director of JAFCO Ventures, noticed a trend toward more open operating systems. "People aren't buying dedicated servers," he said. "They're buying blades." The new thinking is to avoid huge packaged View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

Web platform for the company's business-to-business Web communications services. They wanted to move quickly to outsource the project, but first they desperately needed critical advice on the architecture of the platform. Fortunately,... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

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