Online Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 2011
Case

Online Portals: Searching and Shaping Opportunities

The case illustrates the strategic history of the internet portal business. View Details

Keywords: Business History; Opportunities; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Web Services Industry

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HBS Live Online Classrooms | Information Technology

change the way you think about online learning. Step out from behind the computer screen and into an interactive learning space where instructors can connect and share ideas with remote participants in incredible new ways. Designed to... View Details

13 Nov 2015
News

Lawmakers Ask for Information About Online Lenders

01 Dec 2014
News

The art of the amateur online review

06 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales

they are surprised by the effects of these decision settings. I think it is useful for online retailers to know that there can be benefits to showing same-category options on a specific product page.” Related Reading: Neuroeconomics:... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Advertising

23 Jun 2015
News

Navigating the potentially murky world of online reviews

19 Dec 2018
News

With Online Shopping Edging Out Brick-and-Mortar Stores, What's A Mall Santa To Do?

June 2012 (Revised August 2013)
Case

Driving Towards a Disruption?

By: Willy Shih and William Noble

As Clayton Christensen drove to the studio to deliver an online executive education class, he pondered the future of management education. How big a threat did online degree programs, corporate universities, and other innovations in the delivery of management training... View Details

Keywords: Disruptive Technology; Performance Trajectories; Disruptive Innovations; Business Education; Business School; Internet And Online Services Industries; Disruptive Innovation; Higher Education; Corporate Strategy; Internet; Performance; Education Industry; Boston

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Academic Solutions & Opportunities | HBS Online

progress, and best-in-class online content. Supplement Your Existing Programs Round out your curriculum with case-based, business courses taught by HBS faculty. Create Blended Programs Combine the... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus

"The Internet is an explosion like nothing we've ever seen before," declared Bob Davis, CEO of Lycos, the Internet search engine company, to an overflow crowd at the fourth annual Harvard Business School Cyberposium held last February at... View Details

Keywords: Meg Gardner

01 Dec 2006
News

Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge

roles of Europe and the United States in promoting the flow of capital across national borders. Investor Protection: The Czech Experience When TV Nova launched as the first privately owned TV channel in post-Communist Czechoslovakia, few anticipated the View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Aug 2018
News

Growth of online retail is changing inflation

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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

Privacy Notice SMS Terms Terms of Use FERPA Community Values & Honor Code Trademark Notice Cookies Harvard Business School Online Privacy Notice If you have questions about this notice, our handling of your... View Details

07 May 2014
News

Hopscotch Acquires Online School Supplies Retailer SkoolShop

Keywords: Retail Trade

20 Mar 2018
News

Has online grocery delivery reached a tipping point?

02 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?

identify potential partners in the offline world, and the online worlds are helping them do that, thereby potentially equalizing access to romantic relationships.” Harvard Business School Associate Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

06 Aug 2024
News

The End of Traditional Richness or Reach Has Created an Opportunity for Cee’s Online Businesses to Flourish

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

The Subcommittee: My name is Benjamin Edelman. I am an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School, where my research focuses on the design of electronic marketplaces, including designing online... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

11 Dec 2015
News

Analytics in Online Flash Sales: Demand Forecasting and Price Optimization

August 2014
Case

Netflix in 2011

By: Willy Shih and Stephen Kaufman

Reed Hastings founded Netflix to provide a home movie service that would do a better job satisfying customers than the traditional retail rental model. But as it encountered challenges it underwent several major strategy shifts, ultimately developing a business model... View Details