Publications

12 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 12

public education linking an employer, the New York City K-12 public education system, and the city's two-year colleges. P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) was a new concept, a six-year high school running to grade... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

support the R&D and scale necessary to enter such sophisticated capital-intensive industries. There were no firms with the deep technological roots or the skill base to even begin. Yet government planners recognized the challenges of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2014 (Revised March 2015)
Case

Optimization and Expansion at OpenTable

By: Benjamin Edelman and Karen Webster

OpenTable considers adjustments to increase its benefits to merchants, including a novel payments service that lets customers skip the multi-step process of using a credit card. View Details

Keywords: Payments; Pricing; Mobile; Rollout; Incrementality; Innovation Strategy; Credit Cards; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States

December 2016
Case

thredUP: Think Secondhand First

By: Thomas Eisenmann, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga

In the fall of 2016, the management team at thredUP, the largest U.S. online retailer of second hand clothing, is deciding whether to expand into international markets. Over the past 12 months the 7-year-old startup, which had raised over $130 million in venture... View Details

Keywords: Scaling Start-ups; International Expansion; Online Consignment; Apparel; Internet and the Web; Expansion; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Business Startups; E-commerce; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; San Francisco

01 Sep 2012
News

Alumni, Faculty, and Other Experts Offer Career Advice

executive; and Kevin Sheridan (MBA 1988) will explore strategies to manage mobile employees. Also presenting will be executive coach Patti Hunt Dirlam, HBS professors Joseph Badaracco and Kathleen McGinn, and career consultant Sarah... View Details

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

19 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 19

PublicationsSetting Health Priorities: Strategy versus Tactics Authors:Chu, Michael, David E. Bloom, and Elizabeth Cafiero Publication:Impact: The Magazine of PSI Abstract Health decision makers throughout the world are faced with a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2023
Case

Chai Point

By: Rembrand Koning, Daniel W. Elfenbein and Kanika Jain

Chai Point was an Indian food and beverage company focused on chai. It started in 2010 as a retail store network but soon expanded to corporate offices by developing an IoT-enabled automatic tea and filter coffee machine. By 2023, Chai Point had 170 stores and 5000... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Food; Resource Allocation; Vertical Integration; Expansion; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; India

December 1999 (Revised December 2000)
Case

Charles Schwab: A Category of One

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Thomas H. Esperson

Examines Charles Schwab's on-line discount brokerage firm and questions whether or not Schwab has effectively balanced the old and new world of stock trading, and has remained a leader between giants like Merrill Lynch and Internet pure plays like E-Trade. Also looks... View Details

Keywords: Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Technological Innovation; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

07 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

policy solutions, a challenging proposition in a politically polarized environment. This paper focuses on how CEOs engage in the political process to encourage government policies that will foster sustainability transitions and address other social problems. Distinct... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

can play critical roles in the energy transformation. Keynotes from business leaders such as Michael Skelly (MBA 1991), Advisor at Lazard, and Patricia DiOrio, VP of National Grid US Strategy outlined the continued development needed for... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

Profile

Jonathan Assayag

Business and innovative technology have consistently played large roles in Jonathan Assayag's life. Growing up in Brazil and Miami, he started his informal business education working weekends at his parents' retail store, selling... View Details

Web

Site Credits - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

11 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Kel Jackson, MBA 2019: "[My Job] Matters. I Didn't Want a Role that Would Box Me In."

hobby-class radio-controlled cars. Jackson went on to attend Auburn University for his undergraduate education, earning a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, Jackson worked as a jet engine engineer and then operations supervisor at Pratt & Whitney... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

12 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Leapfrogging Traditional Agricultural Development in Africa

technologies and business models for consumption and production.” Based in Morocco, the OCP Group – one of the world’s leading producers of phosphate-based fertilizers – has been at the forefront of innovations to sustainably grow... View Details

04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

If you want to be awed by the pace of technological advancement over the past few decades, compare the capabilities of a bulky PC from 1984 with those of a sleek smartphone in 2016. You’ll find stark differences. But if you want to be... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 2001
News

Changing Student Life

around all over the place? It's clubs, it's all the things happening on your campus. We invented this service to put all this online." Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mascot Network, whose cofounder and chief strategy officer is Jason... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Information

June 2021
Case

HelloSelf: Launch

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In April 2021, Charles Wells, founder and CEO of HelloSelf was reflecting on the company’s progress since it launched two years earlier. HelloSelf’s goal was to help the mentally ill recover and those who were mentally fit to stay well and feel even better. To do this,... View Details

Keywords: Mental Health; Health Care and Treatment; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Great Britain