SaaS Business Models - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

threats to intellectual property (IP) and models the interactive impact of modularity and state-sanctioned IP rights on these threats. It identifies strategies for capturing value in so-called "open systems" in which IP is... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Nov 2012
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in the very early phases of a new industry. We identify two distinct essential journeys that enabled the company to grow: an internal journey focused on developing and refining a business model and an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

interpretation. The case presents the history of the industry, the evolution of sequencing technology, and the business models of players in each segment. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Troy Peterson

recognition. He then moved to Stripe, where he built and scaled both B2B SaaS and consumer fintech products. Troy joined OpenAI in 2023, where he currently works on AI safety and leads frontier model... View Details

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

Finalists Business Track, 2025 Accio Alex Zannos (MBA 2025) Sara Ballantyne (MS/MBA 2025) Streamline and automates the hardware manufacturing process. Argus Systems Lisa Yan (MBA 2025) Drew Borinstein (MBA 2025) Accelerating AI View Details

08 May 2012
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Business Speaks English: Why You Need a Language Strategy Now Author:Tsedal Neeley Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 5 (May 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Mar 2013
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sectors. We focus on the presence of incumbent female-owned businesses and their role in promoting higher subsequent female entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 May 2011
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increase in experience, consistent with learning on the job. Answerers who focus on particular question categories provide answers of higher quality but earn lower pay per hour (perhaps reflecting a lack of versatility). Answers provided during the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Dec 2009
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Working Papers Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation Authors: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel Abstract In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Feb 2016
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Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

self-compacting solution to keep streets clean. Last year, however, the Massachusetts-based company’s CEO shared plans to change its business model from selling a product—waste and recycling stations—to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

paper: http://www.whatworksforamerica.org/ideas/inflection-point-new-vision-new-strategy-new-organization/ Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices Authors:Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Mar 2012
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regional strategies and produce scalable models. In all four of these areas, promising models have already begun to emerge. By highlighting the most successful institutions and what can be learned from them, I show how America can create... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 22

PublicationsCompeting through Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart Publication:In Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy, edited by Giovanni Battista Dagnino. Edward... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Research Summary

Leadership and Leadership Development: An Ontological Approach

This summarizes my research program over the last twelve years (with my co-investigators Werner Erhard, Steve Zaffron, and more recently Kari Granger) in which the objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Case Study: The Credit Bureau

—Simon Pellas (MBA 2019) I’ve spent quite a bit of time on the B2B2C model in this industry. There are many stakeholders: Brokers will only adopt tech that will change the listing price or their fee structure. A free View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

01 Sep 2017
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Inbox: From Das’s Desk

we will work our hardest to harness all the resources in our ecosystem to reach you, to help you learn, and to make HBS relevant to you on a real-time, ongoing basis throughout your life. Your feedback on this model is vital. I look... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas; HBX; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

Anthony Soohoo

spearheaded the development of CommerceGraph, an AI merchandising platform for which he received three patents. In 2023, Anthony joined the board at Spryker Systems, an enterprise SaaS company powering commerce for Toyota, Daimler,... View Details

Keywords: Ecommerce;#53;#Media & Publishing;#64;#Software/App;#29;#Entertainment;#16;#Consumer Products & Packaged Goods;#1;#Advertising;#237;#Artificial Intelligence

25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25

continue as the concentrated detergents were introduced across North America? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/613045-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-119 Early Career LBOs Using the Search Fund View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Mar 2025
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On The Case: The Base Factor

learnings in Madrigal are not dependent on context. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a retail business or a SaaS B2B business or an app or industrial product—you name it,” she says.... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint