User Communities - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2015
News

Golden State of Mind

Hsieh, and Lyft founder John Zimmer, centers around a team-based curriculum. To date, DU has nearly 500 alumni from 50 countries, with more than 250 startups created, including a medical device company, an apartment listings app, and an exchange for View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

simplified access to the online world, transforming the Internet from a communications vehicle for academics into a mass consumer phenomenon. At the same time, the growing usefulness of the Internet drove sales of personal computers off... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

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Teams | New Venture Competition

communications Playlish Assel Amangeldi (EdM 2025) Ranjitsinh Disale (EdM 2025) Luis Gaitan Husain Rasheed Engaging kids in Kazakhstan with an AI-driven simulation game that makes learning English fun Remarcation Hannah Wong (M.Arch.... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators

remain a 'reseller,' taking inventory of products from users and reselling them to wholesalers. This means its advantage can only come from scale. The problem then is that Gazelle's direct-to-consumer approach on its buy side places it at... View Details

Keywords: ecommerce; Kathy Korman Frey; Telecommunications; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Retail Trade

02 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 2

Andrei, and Hanna Hałaburda Abstract—In markets with network effects, users must form expectations about the total number of users who join a given platform. In this paper, we distinguish two ways in which... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

2 console. The game concept was simple but groundbreaking. Standing in front of the EyeToy camera (which sits unthreateningly on top of the TV), users place themselves into the game, appearing "inside" it on the television.... View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

20 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

School Case 919-403 Philanthropy and Brand Building: Jeff Vinik and the Tampa Bay Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik and top management of the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning are reviewing their strategy and progress in achieving their goals of brand-building and View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2016
News

How I Got to Google

create the elective course Product Management 101. Update: A former business operations intern at the software company Autodesk, Soheili recently landed a product manager job at design firm Homepolish. SS: What are the characteristics of a good product manager? PR:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2024
News

Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade

considering the value of physical billboards in these micro aerospace communities as an alternative way to reach their ideal customer. Their question: When is the right time for Stell to experiment with marketing, and how should they... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2003
News

Patrick Moreton

mandate requires that the spectrum’s users satisfy the communication needs of the public. In recent decades, the FCC has interpreted this mandate, in the context of the radio and television industries, as... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

actions that the model suggests Microsoft could do to remain competitive are: Increase its own demand-side learning. Listen to the demands of the user community to better exploit the benefits of demand-side... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

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Music & Activism: Market Research Resources

I find information on trends on social media, digital music and the web? eMarketer
Market data, statistics, and analysis on the Internet, e-business, online marketing, media, and emerging technologies. Business Insider Reports on digital media and demographic... View Details

21 Aug 2017
Blog Post

A Summer Internship with the City of Boston

knowledgeable coach, ready to help users do whatever they need to get done. In fact, the City of Boston has spent the last 3+ years reinventing how it interacts with citizens online in exactly this way. The City Hall team I joined this... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

04 Sep 2019
News

Ask the Expert: Bounce Back

of PowerInbox, says it’s too soon to call it quits on email—far from it, in fact. PowerInbox, which manages targeted ads within subscriber-based newsletters for publishers like Crain Communications and the Seattle Times, has enjoyed 7,500... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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RCS Policies - Research Computing Services

http://vpr.harvard.edu/ . Our computing infrastructure is a shared resource, supporting concurrent access by many users. As a result, RCS must enforce some basic guidelines for behavior and interaction to provide each user with the... View Details

05 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity

technical variation that, over time, gets resolved, and we tend to see what has been called a "dominant design." I am interested in the interplay between that technical variation and cognitive variation as both manufacturers and View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts; Technology

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

early method that today’s engineers can understand thinking abstractly. The computer would convert the punch cards into a series of zeros and ones that it could understand. Over time, punch cards gave way to the command line, allowing View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

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Trade Publications - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

with American Periodicals Series Online, 1740-1900 (Harvard users only: Harvard ID and University PIN required) Note: issues from 1929 (July - December) online with Google Trust Companies of the United States (New York: United States... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

You’ve Been YouTubed

Art by John Weber Related Links Virtual Learning Series: Understanding Users of Social Networks Career Webinar: Leverage the Power of Your LinkedIn Network Tweets are in the air we breathe. Most of us know that “friend” can also be a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; social media; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services; Air Transportation; Transportation

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Class Notes - Alumni

Notes, browse back issues, or search by name or keyword, Login with your HBS Username . Class Notes User Guidelines Class Notes, in print and online, is a social forum for HBS alumni to share personal and professional news, reflections,... View Details

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