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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society
those who have not founded companies have served on corporate and/or nonprofit boards, including current service in more than 140,000 organizations across the globe. Non-founders who responded to questions about volunteerism named... View Details
- 10 May 2023
How Climate Is Central to Every Business
- 13 Jan 2014
- News
Resolve to Make Your Business Human Again
- 01 Feb 2022
- News
Business Schools Must Do More to Address the Climate Crisis
- 04 Sep 2013
- News
Hollywood’s Tanking Business Model
- 30 Apr 2013
- News
The business case for monarchies
- June 2020
- Article
Parallel Play: Startups, Nascent Markets, and the Effective Design of a Business Model
By: Rory McDonald and Kathleen Eisenhardt
Prior research advances several explanations for entrepreneurial success in nascent markets but leaves a key imperative unexplored: the business model. By studying five ventures in the same nascent market, we develop a novel theoretical framework for understanding how... View Details
Keywords: Search; Legitimacy; Organizational Innovation; Organizational Learning; Mechanisms And Processes; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Qualitative Methods; Business Model Design; Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Adaptation; Competition; Strategy
McDonald, Rory, and Kathleen Eisenhardt. "Parallel Play: Startups, Nascent Markets, and the Effective Design of a Business Model." Administrative Science Quarterly 65, no. 2 (June 2020): 483–523.
- 24 Jun 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Bank Structure and the Terms of Lending to Small Businesses
- 02 Feb 2012
- News
Harvard Business School Faculty Lead Immersion Trip to Israel
- 02 Feb 2012
- News
Harvard Business School Faculty Lead Immersion Trip to Israel
- December 2011 (Revised October 2014)
- Background Note
Business Model Analysis for Entrepreneurs
By: Thomas Eisenmann
This note defines a business model and its major elements: a customer value proposition, a technology and operations management plan, a go-to-market plan, and a profit formula. For each element, the note lists questions that an entrepreneur must address when evaluating... View Details
Keywords: Business Model
Eisenmann, Thomas. "Business Model Analysis for Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-096, December 2011. (Revised October 2014.)
- Article
The Business Case for Curiosity
By: Francesca Gino
Although leaders might say they value inquisitive minds, in reality most stifle curiosity, fearing it will increase risk and inefficiency. Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino elaborates on the benefits of and common barriers to curiosity in the workplace and... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Employees; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Learning; Decision Making; Performance Effectiveness
Gino, Francesca. "The Business Case for Curiosity." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 5 (September–October 2018): 48–57.
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Learning to Speak the Language of Business
Mikitani Main article: Where Innovation Rules Case study: Englishnization at Rakuten From Pinterest to Kobo, how Japan's Rakuten is building a global internet giant (Wired.co.uk) You might call Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993) the Jeff Bezos... View Details
- 07 Apr 2016
- News
Sanofi Genzyme Donates Corporate Archives to Harvard Business School
- August 2018 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Hubble Contact Lenses: Data Driven Direct-to-Consumer Marketing
By: Jill Avery and Ayelet Israeli
As its Series A extension round approaches, the founders of Hubble, a subscription-based, social-media fueled, direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand of contact lenses, are reflecting on the marketing strategies that have taken them to a valuation of $200 million and debating... View Details
Keywords: DTC; Direct To Consumer Marketing; Health Care; Mobile; Attribution; Experimentation; Experiments; Churn/retention; Customer Lifetime Value; Internet Marketing; Big Data; Analytics; A/B Testing; CRM; Advertising; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Media; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Digital Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Social Media; E-commerce; Analytics and Data Science; Health Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; North America; Europe
Avery, Jill, and Ayelet Israeli. "Hubble Contact Lenses: Data Driven Direct-to-Consumer Marketing." Harvard Business School Case 519-011, August 2018. (Revised February 2023.)
- 08 Jul 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Evolves
- 10 Apr 2021
- News
With Georgia Voting Law, the Business of Business Becomes Politics
- 30 Jul 2024
Top Business Schools Discuss: Women in Business
Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of female students in business school and... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
Top Business Schools Discuss: Women in Business
Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of female students in business school and... View Details
- June 2013
- Background Note
Mobilizing an Online Business
By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
Entrepreneurs starting online businesses often need to mobilize multiple sets of users or customers, each of whom hesitates to participate unless others join also. This case presents several challenges with similar structure. View Details
Keywords: Mobilization Strategy; Network Effects; Platforms; Internet; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Two-Sided Platforms; Technology Adoption; Innovation Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Computer Industry
Coles, Peter, and Benjamin Edelman. "Mobilizing an Online Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 913-061, June 2013. (request a courtesy copy.)