Filter Results:
(5,138)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(5,138)
- People (17)
- News (1,114)
- Research (3,290)
- Events (22)
- Multimedia (41)
- Faculty Publications (2,044)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(5,138)
- People (17)
- News (1,114)
- Research (3,290)
- Events (22)
- Multimedia (41)
- Faculty Publications (2,044)
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
between the regions and the headquarters in London, the types of funds the firm will raise, and the skills required of employees. One of the final challenges is whether Actis, which has produced a very good track record, even needs to change its View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
organizational change, examining how U2 and colleagues navigated such change, built a very powerful brand, and created a successful business model. The final part of the case traces lead singer Bono's involvement in political and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
1960s—but its most influential product might just be its model of entrepreneurship: disruptive, asset-light and capital-intensive businesses with a scale-at-all-cost mentality and no fear of failure. But now... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
cutthroat. Explore and stress-test business models that don't require world domination. —Mark Chussil (MBA 1979) Got a case? To take part in a future "Case Study," send an outline of your company's challenge... View Details
- May 2009
- Teaching Note
F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security Solutions Market (TN)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D. Austin, Kalle Lyytinen, Esko Penttinen and Timo Saarinen
Teaching Note for [809099]. View Details
- March 2020
- Teaching Note
onefinestay: Building a Luxury Experience in the Sharing Economy
By: Jill Avery and Anat Keinan
onefinestay was a two-sided marketplace that offered high-end home rentals to travelers who sought a more authentic and local experience than a typical upscale hotel might provide. After five years of rapid growth, it was time to do a comprehensive analysis of the... View Details
Keywords: Two-sided Marketplace; Two-sided Market; Hospitality Industry; Hotels; Luxury Brand; Sharing Economy; Startup; Scaling; Growth; Customer Segmentation; Brand Positioning; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Model; Venture Capital; Customers; Segmentation; Growth and Development Strategy; Travel Industry; Tourism Industry; Accommodations Industry; United Kingdom; London; Europe
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
ventures: structure, financing, regulations, consumers, accountability, technology, and public policy. Also, presents the essential elements of business models for new health-care ventures. A rewritten... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2019
- Case
Mahindra Finance
By: V.G. Narayanan and Tanvi Deshpande
Mahindra Finance is a non-banking lender operating mainly in the rural and semi-urban areas of India. Set up in 1991, the company had grown to become a market leader with assets of $8.5 billion and a presence in 3,30,000 villages across India. Since most of Mahindra's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
though there is more complexity around managing an international venture capital firm, there are great benefits to understanding what’s happening in other geographies. A simple example is how much there is to be learned from emerging Internet View Details
- 26 Jun 2014
- News
Digital Innovation at Sephora
- 21 Jan 2022
- News
Real Talk
Henderson brought more than 30 years of experience in executive-leadership diversity training at places like Nike and Citigroup, and across business and organizations in Asia, Africa, and post-apartheid South Africa. And they brought... View Details
- 31 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World
variety and quality, not a lot of duplicate mainstream content” The good news: Advertising encourages bloggers to produce more and longer content, leavened with more photos and video, which prompts more bookmarking among readers. This practice perhaps points the way... View Details
- September 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
WildChina: Taking the Road Less Traveled
By: Mukti Khaire, Daniel Isenberg, Victoria Song and Shirley Spence
This case deals with supplier difficulties faced by WildChina—a travel service provider in China. WildChina is a classic case of a company that is trying to bring a local, within-country product to a market outside the country (in this case, travelers to China from... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Local Range; Globalized Markets and Industries; Supply Chain Management; Conflict Management; Travel Industry; China
Khaire, Mukti, Daniel Isenberg, Victoria Song, and Shirley Spence. "WildChina: Taking the Road Less Traveled." Harvard Business School Case 811-019, September 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Competencies and Credentials
employees.” —Kieron Stopforth (MBA 2019) Managing the Future of Work Project Companies need to move beyond the old models of workforce development and human resources—those days have passed. The project addresses the changing nature of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
easy; finding a business model that was going to be sustainable was the hardest. There was a lot of competition, people weren’t purchasing things online yet, funding started drying up, then the Nasdaq... View Details
- November 2000 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
FleetBoston Financial: Online Banking
By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
As the ninth largest bank holding company in the United States in 2000, FleetBoston Financial Corp. provided a myriad of financial services, including retail banking, loan origination, and brokerage accounts. This case explores how FleetBoston responded to the Internet... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Borrowing and Debt; Cost Management; Banks and Banking; Consumer Behavior; Service Operations; Competition; Online Technology; Banking Industry; United States
Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "FleetBoston Financial: Online Banking." Harvard Business School Case 601-042, November 2000. (Revised May 2002.)
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
good. What's missing is the confirmation of a profit formula that turns volume into serious cash. Another theory we think about in new growth situations is something we call "good money/bad money." It asserts that in the early stages of an enterprise, when the View Details
- 12 May 2025
- News
Building in the Age of AI: Timeless Methods, Timely Tools
Led by HBS Senior Lecturer and AI venture capitalist Jeffrey Bussgang, this virtual program provides a briefing on the latest AI tools that cutting-edge entrepreneurs are using to accelerate the company-building process. In this program, you'll learn how "10x Founders"... View Details
Jack M. Eckerd
Eckerd introduced the self-service retailing model in his drug store operations and, in the process, built the largest drug store retail chain in the South. Eckerd was one of the firsts to recognize the potential of anchoring drug store... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- Web
Launching Global Ventures - Course Catalog
uncertainty. Global ventures, or “born globals”, are enterprises that become distributed across multiple countries very early in their life cycle. For these businesses, globalization is a core component of their business View Details