on-demand economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Aug 2022
News

Full Stream Ahead

stands out as the rare commodity that remains as lucrative in the good times as the bad, since we don’t switch off the radio—or stop watching the films or TV shows that license music and generate revenues—when the economy sours. The last... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2016
News

The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

billion of investor funding between them, three former HBS classmates—Nadiem Makarim of Go-Jek and Anthony Tan and Hooi Ling Tan of Grab (all MBA 2011)—are doing this through competing on- demand ride services, seizing on the fast-growing use of smartphones in... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran

29 Apr 2021
News

Equal Partner

for food manufacturers, founded by Zuleyka Strasner, who is a trans Black and Latinx woman, and Hemster, which connects users to on-demand services provided by an Uber-style network of tailors from marginalized communities, founded by... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

17 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?

than traditional businesses that employ their workers. And so it seemed until June, when the California Labor Commission disrupted the sharing economy when it declared that an Uber driver was an employee, not an independent contractor.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service; Technology

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

Business School Case 716-405 The On-Demand Economy This note describes the emerging on-demand economy, also referred to as the sharing economy. The note highlights several... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Annual Report 2017 - Annual Report 2017

that delivers qualified on-demand workers in 24 hours. Runner-Up: Vention allows businesses to design and order custom manufacturing equipment online via 3D printing. 5,000 Student participants in the Competition’s two-decade history.... View Details

02 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/218001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-012 Turkish Economy Bank and Fortis Bank: Managing a Complex Merger Following the announcement of the merger of the Turkish Economic Bank... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

1999), program manager, Strategic Decisions Group Diane and Peter Escher (both MBA 2009) Children: Hazel (4); Josh (2) Diane and Peter both work for startups in downtown Seattle, commuting to different floors of the same building. Diane is business development director... View Details

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to provide subscribers with an "Alfred" to complete various chores for a monthly fee. In early 2016, the... View Details