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- February 2022 (Revised July 2022)
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InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (B)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Esel Çekin
Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim were the co-founders of InstaDeep, a deep tech startup focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Instadeep was one of the few companies globally that were partnering with DeepMind, an AI subsidiary of Google [Alphabet Inc.].... View Details
Keywords: AI; Artificial Intelligence; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Business Subsidiaries; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; Africa
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Esel Çekin. "InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 822-105, February 2022. (Revised July 2022.)
- 2013
- Dissertation
Designing Freemium: A Model of Consumer Usage, Upgrade, and Referral Dynamics
By: Clarence Lee, Vineet Kumar and Sunil Gupta
Abstract. Over the past decade "freemium" (free + premium) has become the dominant business model among internet start-ups for its ability to acquire and monetize a large install-base with limited marketing resources. Freemium is a hybrid strategy where a firm offers... View Details
- 09 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?
were just in Europe. Can you give us a sense of your research and how it pertains to the crisis unfolding right now? Rawi Abdelal: I’ve been working for many years on a project about Russian-European energy relations as an interesting... View Details
- 14 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
support, and ultimately, a new family. Before coming to Boston, I struggled to decide if the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program was right for me. I wondered if it’d be too much work or if it would affect my regular MBA experience. With... View Details
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
different time from operational review meetings. In that way, each meeting has its own frequency, agenda, information system, and participation, as best meets the goals for that meeting. Q: Given the proliferation of tools, how should management choose the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
an organizational purpose—or, frankly, with anything related to their jobs—if they’re holding back important parts of their identities or personalities. “Who are those people who can’t wait to leave work every day, who are leaving right... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- Web
Balancing Work & Life - Alumni
Careers Balancing Work & Life Careers Balancing Work & Life Achieving the right work-life balance is important, and sometimes it takes practice to achieve what works best for you. Striking the balance between work and life can be a... View Details
- July 2018 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
RunKeeper
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
The case examines the focus of an early stage company and how venture capital can distort a founder’s view. It encompasses issues such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage Funding; Pivot; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Model; Health Industry
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "RunKeeper." Harvard Business School Case 819-020, July 2018. (Revised January 2021.)
- February 2008
- Supplement
Avaya (C): Implementing Demand Generation in Brazil
Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and Marketing. This case series (Avaya (A)-(D)) walks the student through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the... View Details
Godes, David B. "Avaya (C): Implementing Demand Generation in Brazil." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-050, February 2008.
- February 2008
- Supplement
Avaya (B)
Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and Marketing. This case series (Avaya (A)-(D)) walks the student through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the... View Details
Godes, David B. "Avaya (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-049, February 2008.
- Article
Power to the People
By: Eric D. Werker
Every nongovernmental organization has a mission statement. For example, CARE, one of the world's largest and best-funded NGOs, explains its mission as serving "individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Food; Service Operations; Inflation and Deflation; Experience and Expertise; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Knowledge; Poverty; Agribusiness; Diversity; Non-Governmental Organizations; Innovation and Invention; India
Werker, Eric D. "Power to the People." Foreign Policy, no. 169 (November–December 2008).
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
What exactly does it mean that the real interest rate has moved, or the real exchange rate has moved this way or that? There are different types of productivity—labor productivity, capital productivity, and total factor productivity. Which is the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2019
- News
New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures
applicants. “Traditional career hierarchy has completely eroded, and for the better,” says Tom Roberts. “If you have the right idea, the right answers, the right content,... View Details
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More
Might Also Like: Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
performance. In summary, the polarized claims that corporate voluntary regulation represents a win-win opportunity-or constitutes a smokescreen that allows firms to operate with less regulatory oversight-are misguided. Instead, the key to efficient and effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual
suppressed the ad hominem insults, and peaked at the right time, confounding the pollsters and media pundits. In every recent speech, he repeated the same messages, inviting voters to imagine the future if they bought into the promises of... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
were. They were right to be involved in a new technology; however, the record shows that few of them survived. I expect something like that will happen with Internet companies, although they will, as a whole, have a major impact on our... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 23 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf
then sell this to the consumer. If you look at vinyl right now, it’s a very small segment of the market, but it has a very important, symbolic role. The vinyl record is an extension of the craft of making music, another way to connect... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
imply a belief that we may not get the right solution (to work system design) on the first try, but that if we design everything we do as a bona fide experiment, we can more rapidly converge, iteratively, and at lower cost, on the View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Capital Connection
Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall Street’s obsession with... View Details