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- January 2013 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google 2018
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Four businesses had, by 2012, grown to dominate the infrastructure that all firms rely on to reach online customers. Will the balance of power among the four persist, will one take command at the expense of the other three, or are all four more vulnerable than they... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Competitive Advantage; Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development; Service Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google 2018." Harvard Business School Case 513-060, January 2013. (Revised June 2018.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 06 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents
From an early age, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had a passion for inventing. In The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, journalist Brad Stone wrote that even as a child, “Bezos had dreams of... View Details
- 02 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip
is to consider how a 2+2 admission fits into an overall plan for your career and passion. One of the biggest benefits of the deferred admission process is the freedom it gives you to learn and pursue your... View Details
- 18 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior
amnesia? Prior research had shown that when people behave badly, they experience cognitive dissonance—their brains are addled by simultaneously believing in doing the right thing and actually doing the wrong thing. So Kouchaki and Gino... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Mar 2021
- HBS Case
The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?
residents whose ancestors didn’t even live in the state at the time of the offense. “They say potentially paying for it will only exacerbate the racial tensions we live with every day, and the best thing we... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
The No. 1 Character Trait You Will Need to Succeed in Business
to have. In fact, I think one of the most important things that courage can give to any businessperson is the ability to withstand the pressure to do something that is unwise, unethical or even illegal in... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
matter? A: Absolutely. It's a very interesting paradox. In a global economy where it's easy to move goods and information around the world, these things become givens available to any enterprise. As a result, they are no longer a source... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- Profile
Bobby Tuohy
A native of Kentucky, Bobby Tuohy “always worked with my hands and built things growing up.” He was naturally attracted to engineering, and like many young people, he dreamed View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring Career Passions through Short Intensive Programs – Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer
model” which caught many large incumbents sleeping. Brands came to market with the simple notion of relying on the internet to establish direct connections with consumers that bypassed traditional retailers.... View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
images or creating albums. Where digital camera makers found success was in marketing their products to consumers who used to order double prints of their photos and mail them to relatives. The digital technology enables consumers to use... View Details
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
have formal authority, you don't want to have to rely on that too much to get things done. Managing your network is in the middle of the book, before the section on managing your team. That kind View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- June 2015 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
WeChat: A Global Platform?
By: Willy Shih, Howard Yu and Feng Liu
WeChat was developed by Tencent Holdings as a lightweight messaging platform. As it grew quickly to become the most popular messaging app in China, it added a range of products and services that sat on top that were designed to appeal to a broad range of consumers and... View Details
Keywords: Online Platforms; China; WeChat; Tencent Holdings; Globalization; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Telecommunications Industry; Information Industry; China
Shih, Willy, Howard Yu, and Feng Liu. "WeChat: A Global Platform?" Harvard Business School Case 615-049, June 2015. (Revised April 2018.)
- 10 May 2019
- Blog Post
Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA
Joy and Tarang took care of my son and literally saved the day. Being a mother/parent at HBS is a learning experience for everyone: yourself, your section mates, your friends, and family. You’ll learn how to juggle many View Details
- 22 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Case Protagonists at HBS
revitalizer of such watch brands as Blancpain, Tag Heuer, and Hublot, was my favorite protagonist by a longshot. He spoke about love and passion being the only two things you need in this world – and... View Details
- 24 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions
of fun and speaks to the strength of joint degree relationships! Is the joint degree schedule really challenging? Can JD/MBAs still do extra things like the law clinics, law... View Details
- 23 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming Nervous Nelly
making bad choices that may harm us. "If people know that everyone feels anxious a lot—including themselves—then they can be more self-aware and able to do things that are likely to improve their decision-making," says Brooks.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- November 2022 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
UGG Steps into the Metaverse
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Sharon Joseph, Sunil Gupta and Julia Kelley
In the fall of 2022, boot maker UGG and its parent company, Deckers, were working to position the brand in the nascent but fast growing metaverse. The metaverse, the online realm that individual users could navigate as digital avatars, was becoming more commercialized,... View Details
Keywords: Metaverse; Digital Marketing; Innovation and Invention; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Internet and the Web; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
Zhang, Shunyuan, Sharon Joseph, Sunil Gupta, and Julia Kelley. "UGG Steps into the Metaverse." Harvard Business School Case 523-013, November 2022. (Revised June 2023.)
- 06 Jan 2016
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?
suggested. They included such things as Fizzinnf’s suggestion that we merely ask employees whether their needs are being met, a factor contributing to a leader’s “exercise of judgment and discretion.” Mauro... View Details
- 06 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge
couldn’t separate out features. “Just correcting these mistakes and providing another way of doing things seemed to explain a lot of that productivity improvement,” says... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
information not addressed to anyone specific. As the saying goes, ‘The only thing free is the cheese in the mouse trap.’” Government was cited as both an antidote to surveillance capitalism and a threat because View Details