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- September 2021 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
Mission edX: Balancing Social Good and Financial Sustainability
By: John J-H Kim, David J. Collis and James Barnett
In March 2021, online education platform edX considers how to achieve financial sustainability without compromising its mission to provide universal access to high-quality education. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Education; Values and Beliefs; Internet and the Web; Financial Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Education Industry; United States
Kim, John J-H, David J. Collis, and James Barnett. "Mission edX: Balancing Social Good and Financial Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 322-010, September 2021. (Revised June 2023.)
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
Authors:Diego Comin, Mark Gertler, and Ana Maria Santacreu Abstract We develop a model in which innovations in an economy's growth potential are an important driving force of the business cycle. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design
reports. Service Models / Business Strategy ABI/ProQuest
Articles from major newspapers, academic management and general industry/business journals. Covers all business... View Details
Articles from major newspapers, academic management and general industry/business journals. Covers all business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
ROLE MODELS: Baltimore principal Cindy Harcum says PELP's strength is helping participants consider the application of business models while understanding the unique challenges of their field. A grizzled... View Details
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
cost/quality tradeoff for a Michelin-starred restaurant," said Gary P. Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the lead author of the HBS... View Details
- August 2015
- Case
Yabbly (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton
In November 2013, with less than 10 months of cash on hand, Tom Leung, the founder and CEO of Yabbly, must decide where to focus his resources. His startup, a question-and-answer application for shopping decisions, had benefited from a strong showing at the SXSW... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Mobile; Online Product Reviews; Consumer Products; Business Model; Business Plan; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; North America; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Christopher Payton. "Yabbly (A)." Harvard Business School Case 816-030, August 2015.
- April 2007
- Case
The Boeing Company: Moonshine Shop
By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell
Describes how the "Moonshine Shop," a group of plant-savvy creative generalists, is helping a great industrial company become more innovative. Chronicles the history of the Moonshine Shop, its successes and failures, and describes innovations they've helped put in... View Details
Keywords: History; Business Model; Saving; Programs; Creativity; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Research and Development; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Business Processes; Aerospace Industry
Austin, Robert D., Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell. "The Boeing Company: Moonshine Shop." Harvard Business School Case 607-130, April 2007.
- October 2016 (Revised November 2016)
- Case
Innovating Beyond Ochsner
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Olivia Hull
The Ochsner Health System has developed a proprietary software tool designed to treat hypertension. Built into the system’s electronic medical records, the Hypertension Digital Medicine program allows patients to record their blood pressure at home and share readings... View Details
Keywords: Electronic Medical Records; Telemedicine; Hypertension; High Blood Pressure; Chronic Disease; Entrepreneurship; Health Disorders; Business Model; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry; New Orleans; Louisiana
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Olivia Hull. "Innovating Beyond Ochsner." Harvard Business School Case 817-028, October 2016. (Revised November 2016.)
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
The Puzzle of Life
really? It's just a school. But they were right. HBS didn't change who I am as a person, but it opened doors and showed me things that I didn't even know existed." Farquharson explains that InCube Ventures follows the model of a typical... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
manufacturing clusters. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49178 Business Models-Nature and Benefits By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron Abstract— This paper considers the nature of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
not to divide topics into their relevance to another topic. You just don’t know where ideas will lead you.” “You can’t be fixated on one model of success...you have to adapt.” “You can’t be fixated on one View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- October 1998 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Preview Travel (B)
By: William A. Sahlman and Nicole Tempest
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business Model; Initial Public Offering; Internet and the Web; Business Plan; Capital; Financial Strategy; Travel Industry; United States
Sahlman, William A., and Nicole Tempest. "Preview Travel (B)." Harvard Business School Case 899-086, October 1998. (Revised April 2001.)
- May 2008 (Revised March 2010)
- Supplement
Palm (C): 2005
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Kevin Boudreau and Jordan Mitchell
This case series looks at three important inflection points in Palm's history that relate to decisions about its platform: when the company was debating whether to open its operating system (OS) for licensing to third-party hardware manufacturers; 2001, when the... View Details
Keywords: History; Decisions; Business Model; Technological Innovation; Value Creation; Digital Platforms; Rights; Competition
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Kevin Boudreau, and Jordan Mitchell. "Palm (C): 2005." Harvard Business School Supplement 708-516, May 2008. (Revised March 2010.)
- Web
Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
the course of economic theory and financial practice. With the option pricing model firmly in place, Merton's research as a member of the Harvard Business School faculty continues to evolve as he turns his... View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building the First Sales Team - Course Catalog
happens until a sale is made. That simple point underlines the critical importance of sales. Every operating model and business plan ‘assumes’ a certain amount of sales, but that assumption is the tipping... View Details
- May 2009 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Natalie Kindred
How will Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) preserve its private practice tradition while remaining effective and competitive in a healthcare industry demanding increasing integration between physicians and hospitals? This is the decision facing Newton-Wellesley Hospital... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Profit; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Health Industry; Massachusetts
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Natalie Kindred. "Newton-Wellesley Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 609-088, May 2009. (Revised October 2009.)
- 07 Sep 2011
- News
Lessons Learned from Skydeck
Naomi Sims
sales soon took off and reached a level of $5 million in the first year. A few years later, Sims branched out into the cosmetics industry, creating a product line specifically for black women that was also a huge success. She was credited with not only having opened... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 11 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP and the Bonus of Climate Educator Collaboration
insight to my role leading the Business and Environment Initiative at HBS. We’re a group labeled as “Educators” at the Summit – center directors, initiative leaders, faculty – who are there not only to learn from our students and the... View Details
- 24 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach
Emeritus Bill Sahlman (MBA 1975). During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that place the School at the cutting edge of addressing the challenges facing View Details