SaaS Business Models - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2008
News

Team MBA

for investment banking internships, so Amyn was a great resource for us during that time. Sonia Sahney: When I went to my summer internship at Goldman after our first year I had already seen how they did modeling because Amyn had shown me... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 6

response to an ad-sponsored rival often entails business model reconfigurations. We also find that when there is an ad-sponsored entrant, the incumbent is more likely to prefer to compete through the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2002
News

Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)

the business world has an important leadership role to play in terms of closing the gap in health and other vital social issues," he says. When Ray Gilmartin joined Merck in June 1994 as president and CEO (he became chairman several... View Details

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

preclude considering the option of knocking down and starting all over again if that's what is best for the business ... (but) Kaplan & Foster [authors of the book] seem to be recommending destruction for its own sake." Readers... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Profile

Sara Roedner

Trunk Club, which provides a "curated" shopping experience for stylish men who prefer not to shop. "They're growing rapidly and the business model is constantly changing. I'll help with... View Details

Profile

Caitlin Reimers

in studying new types of financial models — it leads to a very vibrant level of engagement and discussion." Cait worked with three HBS peers on Intellecap, an organization providing banking and consulting services for microfinance... View Details

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

private firms differs.” So when Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Joan Farre-Mensa learned he'd been granted access to a database of accounting information on tens of thousands of private American firms, he knew it was an... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

25 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Maria (Brewer) Palma...

Current Position: Director of Platform (RRE Ventures); formerly, Executive Director of Business Development (Eyeview) Current Location: New York, NY Tell us what you're up to these days. I recently moved into the venture world as Director... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

27 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 27

Alternative Asset Management's (BAAM) growth from 2007 to 2013, a time when the overall fund of hedge funds industry contracted substantially. Additionally, the case analyzes evolving business models and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Field Course: Go to Market Sales Playbook Field Study - Course Catalog

company’s product. Too often, students graduate from HBS, raise capital and then investigate how to sell their company’s product or service. In this course, students are expected to experiment with different sales models and create a... View Details

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Field Course: Startup Operations - Course Catalog

startups. There is no specific industry focus for this course - all sectors and business models apply - including CPG, social enterprise, nonprofits and bootstrapped businesses. This field course complements... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe

Best part of the job I constantly meet new entrepreneurs who — win, lose, or draw — are fascinating human beings. To be successful you need to be a memorable person, and entrepreneurs are almost invariably memorable people. Role Models My... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Finance

01 Dec 2013
News

Your Own Medicine

have one last morning of kissing his three kids goodbye and going to work and thinking everything was OK. One final bit of normal, she thought. The initial post-diagnosis plan was for Benjy to continue his busy schedule as a radiologist,... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; biomedicine; biopharmaceutical company; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

Student-Profile

Ta-Wei "David" Huang

Therefore, it is very important to look carefully at faculty research (especially working papers) to find a program with many faculty members you want to work with,” he explained. Because business is so interdisciplinary, David looked... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Who Owns Yoga?

yoga style. Then there’s the former model and ballet dancer Tara Stiles, who isn’t particularly interested in yoga’s roots or rules but rather in mixing up styles of yoga to create a beneficial exercise. “These are two different examples... View Details

Keywords: Kim Girard; yoga; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1997
News

Benaree Wiley

to that '60s idealism. If coaxed, Wiley, whose children Pratt and B.J. are now 21 and 19, will admit she has become a role model for many of the young women she meets in her work, who look to her for guidance not only in making a mark in... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Dec 1999
News

Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?

has developed a "three-dimensional" model that, in addition to utilizing two familiar and traditional aspects of negotiation, offers a third, multifaceted approach that has enormous potential to increase effective negotiation. According... View Details

Keywords: Anita M. Harris

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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous), far more value is created by companies like Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet that develop entirely novel business models than by entrenched incumbents, such as P&G or Ford, which... View Details

January 2002 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Virtualis Systems (Condensed)

By: Michael J. Roberts and Jay O. Light

Focuses on a graduating HBS MBA who has been working part-time with a Web-hosting firm in California. Discusses the question of which of several "business models" make the most sense for the company to pursue. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Management Practices and Processes; Web Services Industry; California

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16 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

theoretical explanation for workplace silence based on implicit theories of voice. Cases & Course MaterialsASUSTek Computer Inc. Eee PC (A) Harvard Business School Case 609-011 ASUSTek Computer was the world's largest manufacture of... View Details