Publications

October 2017
Case

Shift Technologies, Inc.

By: Thomas Eisenmann and Nicole Tempest Keller

In 2017, management at Shift, an online marketplace that uses a “high touch,” concierge approach to buy and sell used cars, was formulating plans for the San Francisco–based startup’s next phase of expansion. One option was to preserve Shift’s current business model... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Market Design; Multi-Sided Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Auto Industry; Retail Industry; United States

08 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Phil Strazzulla

that inspires me. When I meet up with friends from HBS, I always feel a new level of motivation and inspiration that gets my creative juices flowing. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Where will the next chapter take you? I love taking a product to View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Jun 2017
News

Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

by publicly traded health care IT company Allscripts. Rumi Spice Cofounder and CEO Kimberly Jung (MBA 2015); Founded 2014 With the goal of spurring development in rural Afghanistan, Rumi works with 80-plus farmers and hundreds of saffron processors to produce and View Details

August 2007
Case

Lightspeed Venture Partners -- International Expansion

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

Looks at various international expansion models for a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. Lightspeed Venture Partners believed that India had tremendous potential for venture capital returns--the question was how best to tap into that potential while also... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Expansion; Investment Return; Global Strategy; Emerging Markets; Investment; International Finance; Organizational Structure; India; Israel

01 Dec 2017
News

Global Perspectives

Shih, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice, who cochaired the one-week immersion with Dennis Campbell, Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Business Administration. “We started with a very basic question: ‘What should we really know about Southeast... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Ready, Set, Launch

critical feedback about the features they do want—and reduces the possibility that the startup will waste time developing features no one wants. Based on this feedback, a startup can then decide to adjust or abandon a concept or, if it’s striking a chord with... View Details

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

explanation why markets with two-sided platforms are often characterized by incompatibility with one dominant player who may subsidize access to one side of the market. Specifically, we model competitive interaction between two platform... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Jun 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

investment decisions; fund managers employ them when describing the contents and risks of their bond portfolios; market makers use them to set debt prices. In addition, they're part of the regulatory processes of big banks. Given that the... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services

05 Aug 2014
News

A Diversified Portfolio

or $500 million in capital, they're simply not interested in funding companies that need $10 million or less to develop real market traction." According to Dodi, the growing number of companies with women in leadership positions is the... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 1999
News

New Jakurski Chair Supports Research in Global Finance

topics in international finance, including securitization of insurance risks (particularly those linked to catastrophes), risk management for corporations and financial institutions, and asset allocation for investors. He is a founding partner of View Details

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

potential for embarrassment, and even religious conviction? Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Publication:First Conference on Auctions, Market Mechanisms and Their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

Carrefour, German SAP, and British Virgin were all founded on ideas from budding entrepreneurs from this generation. Still, it is true that entrepreneurship is not always encouraged in the European Union. Dessain: The private equity View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

February 2023
Case

Adyen: Reshaping the Payment Ecosystem

By: Marco Di Maggio, Antonio Moreno and Elena Corsi

A payment services company rethinks its strategy to reach out to a different customer base. View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Entrepreneurship; Service Operations; Market Entry and Exit; Financial Services Industry; Europe

March 2016 (Revised May 2017)
Case

Emaar: The Center of Tomorrow, Today

By: Sid Yog, Esel Cekin and Marc Homsy

Starting in 1997, Mohammad Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar, has been largely associated with Dubai's most renowned real estate projects: the world's tallest building, largest mall and biggest fountain show. Emaar's pioneering success attracted a large number of private... View Details

Keywords: Middle East; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Real Estate Industry; Middle East; Dubai