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Processes (31) Management Skills (20) Management Style (16) Management Succession (5) Management Systems (4) Management Teams (52) Management (353) Managerial Roles (6) Market Design (7) Market Entry and Exit (6) Market Participation (1) Market View Details
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
of product development, felt that a substantial portion of the new funding was needed to rework Open English's platform to enable the additional growth. She was concerned that the company's learning platform... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?
it.” You Might Also Like: How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing) Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews Dog Eat Dog: Measuring Network Effects Using a... View Details
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Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
- January 2025
- Case
Apax Partners: Deciding Whether to Bid for Trader Corp.
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer
Apax Partners’ investment committee was schedule to meet on March 21, 2011, to decide whether to invest in Trader Corporation, a Canadian classified advertising business for used automobiles with both print (magazines) and digital (website) distribution. What made this... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Network Effects; Private Equity; Growth Management; Digital Marketing; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; E-commerce; Valuation; Competition; Digital Platforms; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Transition; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Advertising Industry; Auto Industry; Information Industry; Canada; United Kingdom; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
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By: Iavor I. Bojinov
Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
online well-being platform founded by Arianna Huffington to combat burnout. “They want to do meaningful work and see impact sooner. They don’t want to just be a cog in the machine.” —Gloria T. Chen (MBA... View Details
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
Self-Service Distribution Channels: Evidence from Customer Behavior in an Online Banking Channel Authors:Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper uses the context of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Profiles - MBA
to build a bridge of our own – a platform that brings together the resources, expertise, and capital that empowers our up-and-coming generation of scientists and makes impactful research accessible to all. Professional goals: In the realm... View Details
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work
based on a large online survey and was cowritten with Boston College Professor Lucas Coffman and Boston University Professor Keith Marzilli Ericson. Understanding the aspirations of non-binary people Relatively little research has been... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
School, defines these multi-sided markets as platforms that serve two or more distinct groups of customers who value each other's participation. Examples: EBay provides markets for both buyers and sellers, dating club clients are both men... View Details
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intellectual property, academic pedagogy and faculty talent of the School as a premier provider of high quality online business education. Since its inception in January 2013, HBS Online has launched twelve... View Details
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
people on the right work, and accelerate transitions to an agile operating model. TalMix TalMix is an online platform connecting companies and independent consultants. Mom Corps Mom Corps' CEO, Allison... View Details
- 07 Jul 2019
- HBS Case
Walmart's Workforce of the Future
approach to the customer experience, with an emphasis on employee training and improved ecommerce and automation technology, both on the floor and in back office roles. One foundational move to beef up its technology was Walmart’s $3.3 billion acquisition of View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
order to create platforms for clients rather than simply react to existing social media platforms. As he increasingly focused on a new generation, questions remained about who would succeed this CEO of 31 years. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Building a zero-fee money transfer platform for African migrants. Feather Health Kirsten Soong (MBA 2022) Daniel Navarro Mariya Rivkin (MBA 2022) Social Enterprise Track Runner-Up An AI driven digital View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
sellers face a fundamental strategy decision: Should they be resellers (like supermarkets), acquiring and then reselling products or services? Should they operate as multisided platforms (like eBay), connecting buyers and sellers without... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2020
- In Practice
6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy
Economic Research. 3. Algorithms are changing the pricing game “Firms are increasingly using pricing algorithms to set prices, especially in online markets. Pricing algorithms can enable better-targeted prices, but they also can... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 13 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets
negative tweets engaged more users. Originating as internet novelties 15 years ago, social media platforms have altered everything from democracy to human relationships in ways that are hard to overstate. Governments around the world have... View Details