Betting - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2015
Teaching Note

Reinventing Retail: ShopRunner’s Network Bet

By: Benjamin Edelman

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28 Aug 2013
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Inside Comcast's $30 Billion TV Bet

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

10 Dec 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Platform Competition: Betfair and the U.K. Market for Sports Betting

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Neil Campbell; Entertainment & Recreation

13 Jan 2023
News

Tulsa's Big Bet on Remote Workers

August 2014 (Revised March 2015)
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Reinventing Retail: ShopRunner's Network Bet

By: Benjamin Edelman and Karen Webster

ShopRunner considers adjustments to improve its online shopping service which offers no-charge two-day shipping as well as easy returns and other conveniences. Competitors' diverse pricing models and ancillary benefits raise questions about how to structure and price... View Details

Keywords: Shopping Club; Coop; Pricing; Shipping; Marketing Channels; Global Strategy; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; United States; China

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05 Oct 2010
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Banks Pile Into Safer Bets

02 Dec 2017
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Helping HBS Make Big Bets

Kara Medoff Barnett (MBA 2007) Kara Medoff Barnett (MBA 2007) loved being a Broadway producer and came to HBS because she thought the live theater industry could learn a lot from other industries. She also loved her time on campus, especially the people. “I was... View Details

May 2019
Case

Elon Musk's Big Bets Update, 2019

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher

This short case provides an update to Elon Musk's strategy and tactical moves with Tesla, Solar City, and SpaceX from 2016-2019. View Details

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05 Oct 2014
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Betting Big on Miami Real Estate

Keywords: Real Estate

21 Jul 2016
Video

How Modest Investors Can Still Bet Big

12 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs

real-world problems in totally self-sustaining ways, harnessing the strengths of both for-profit and nonprofit models. But they are a difficult bet for entrepreneurs starting out in the field of business. Because hybrid social ventures... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

December 1999 (Revised September 2000)
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Excite@Home: Betting on a Broadband Revolution

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Matthew Sandoval

In January 1999, @Home, a high-speed Internet access provider, announced the $6.7 billion purchase of Excite, the second largest of the major Internet "portals." This purchase marked a continuing consolidation of companies in the Internet "content" and "access"... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Joint Ventures; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry

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28 Mar 2014
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Facebook's Big Bet on Virtual Reality

Keywords: Google; Facebook; mobile technology; disruptive innovation; Telecommunications; Information

01 Nov 2019
News

Trump Bets on Washington Outsider to Lead FDA Amid Political Battles

March 2024 (Revised November 2024)
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Bets on Clean Hydrogen

By: Gunnar Trumbull, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), an engineering manufacturer headquartered in Japan, was aiming to scale up its hydrogen production and establish a global hydrogen supply chain. The initiative was in line with Japan's energy strategy, as the country seeks to transition... View Details

Keywords: Renewable Energy; Demand and Consumers; Competition; Growth and Development Strategy; Infrastructure; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Energy Industry

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Believe in Vaccine Bets Like Bill Gates's

By: Scott Duke Kominers

Commitment of public or private funds upfront speeds development, production, and distribution. View Details

Keywords: Coronavirus; Vaccine; Financing; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Product Development; Production; Distribution

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12 Aug 2013
News

‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs

13 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

a bet that the global economy will be in a better position in 20 or 30 years than it is today” The other possibility for increased market correlation is not because national economies have become more intrinsically similar, but because... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services