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  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Toy Story

Abercrombie (MBA 1993) was working for a leading educational software publisher outside of Los Angeles. New research on early brain development inspired her and the company’s chief technology officer’s interest in developing learning... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • Profile

Linda Leung

In her junior and senior undergraduate years, Linda Leung fulfilled the dream job of nerds, or at least Star Wars enthusiasts, worldwide: she developed simulation models for ion propulsion engines, the real-world technology behind the... View Details
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

innovation processes could be a major blind spot and a potential liability. Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just 21% think that View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

organization to a new level. And at home, rebels are more engaged partners, parents, and friends. Packed with strategies for embracing rebellion at work and in life as well as illuminating case studies from a wide range of industries,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2001 (Revised August 2001)
  • Case

Dialpad Communications (A)

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Describes the evolution of Dialpad, a voice-over-Internet-protocol telephony company. Set in September 2000, CEO Brad Garlinghouse faces a dilemma: what to do about the large number of international users who use Dialpad to call the United States for free. He must also... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy; Investment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Venture Capital; Telecommunications Industry; California
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  • April 2018
  • Supplement

Flipkart (B): The Ongoing Battle for India's E-Commerce Market

By: Sunil Gupta, Das Narayandas and Rachna Tahilyani
In 2017, both Flipkart and Amazon claimed leadership position in India's recently concluded key annual festive season sale, but it was too early to declare victory. Amazon continues to invest heavily in India. Competition from newer players is increasing. Media reports... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Competition; Retail Industry; India
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  • December 1999 (Revised November 2000)
  • Background Note

Pricing and Market Making on the Internet

By: Robert J. Dolan and Youngme E. Moon
Considers the impact of the Internet on how market exchanges will take place. Discusses the role of shopping agents and alternatives to fixed prices such as negotiations, auctions, and exchanges. View Details
Keywords: Price; Marketing Strategy; Auctions; Digital Platforms; Negotiation; Internet and the Web
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  • 18 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

International Corporation: 'Reverse BOT' Harvard Business School Case 609-062 Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is executing a strategy that leverages the desires of municipalities in China to build clusters of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

September 2018 Strategy Science Applying Random Coefficient Models to Strategy Research: Identifying and Exploring Firm Heterogeneous Effects By: Alcácer, Juan, Wilbur Chung, Ashton Hawk, and Gonçalo... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • April 2008
  • Case

The Energy Foundation

By: Jane Wei-Skillern and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
The Energy Foundation, a philanthropic foundation established through a partnership among major donors with a mission to promote clean energy technology, is the largest funder in the U.S. focusing on the energy sector. The $60 million foundation operates through a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment Funds; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Networks; Expansion; Green Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States
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  • December 2023 (Revised August 2024)
  • Supplement

Microsoft Azure and the Cloud Wars (B)

By: Andy Wu and Matt Higgins
By 2023, the global market for cloud infrastructure had consolidated into a three-horse race. As of Q4 2022, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google collectively accounted for 66% of the global market. AWS had a market share of 33%, Microsoft Azure had 23%, and Google Cloud had... View Details
Keywords: Microsoft; Artificial Intelligence; AI; Competition; Information Infrastructure; Market Participation
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  • July–August 2020
  • Article

Price Bargaining and Competition in Online Platforms: An Empirical Analysis of the Daily Deal Market

By: Lingling Zhang and Doug J. Chung
The prevalence of online platforms opens new doors to traditional businesses for customer reach and revenue growth. This research investigates platform choice in a setting where prices are determined by negotiations between platforms and businesses. We compile a unique... View Details
Keywords: Business-to-business Marketing; Platform Competition; Two-Sided Markets; Price Bargaining; Daily Deals; Structural Model; Digital Platforms; Competition; Price; Negotiation
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  • February 2001
  • Case

BarnesandNoble.com (B)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dickson Louie and William A. Sahlman
At the end of 1998, Jonathan Bulkeley, the newly-named CEO of barnesandnoble.com, is faced with a challenge. As the second leading online bookseller behind Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com must build its market share. With Forrester Research predicting that the online... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Marketing Strategy; Publishing Industry
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  • 25 Aug 2016
  • News

What Building a “Jeopardy!” Robot Taught IBM About Innovation

  • 07 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 7, 2016

we review the goals of each cancer provision of the ACA and discuss the effects each has had to date. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51115 Notes on Developing a Strategy and Designing a Company: Vol. 1—A... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Sep 2015
  • News

Getting New Ideas off the Ground

A serial entrepreneur and innovator, Nicholas Grouf (MBA 1995) helped create the technology for online personalization, cowrote the first policies around Internet privacy, developed bundled low-cost computers and online access, launched... View Details
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

something," and identify ways to change the business. Also on the technology front, Stevenson urged companies to consider using hosting services and application service providers to manage non-mission-critical applications, and to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Competencies and Credentials

pace of technological change, the emergence of a gig economy, and shifting global and labor markets. As faculty co-chairs of the Managing the Future of Work project, William Kerr and Joseph Fuller are leading efforts to prepare leaders... View Details
  • 30 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Adrian Obleton

transformation. I then spent 6 months at a PE fund investing in technology businesses. Finally I spent a year and a half at Turbonomic, a mid-sized VC-backed software company, in their strategy and... View Details
  • Web

Charting Tariff Pain: Small Businesses Brace for Job Cuts, Falling Sales | Working Knowledge

Professor of Business Administration David Atkin The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Article By : Ana Elena Azpúrua Topics: Economics and Global Commerce Trade Government and Politics Policy Share: Facebook LinkedIn Print Email... View Details