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Leverage LinkedIn - Alumni

Careers Leverage LinkedIn Careers Leverage LinkedIn LinkedIn is a powerful networking tool. Whether or not you're looking for a new role, recruiters may be using it to look for you. Having a good profile can open you up to possibilities... View Details

15 Aug 2023
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(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

But it must first overcome key technological and developmental challenges. One of the most critical questions yet to be answered: Will it be an open and interoperable virtual world, similar to today’s internet, or will it be a closed 3D... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Computer; Information Technology

October 2020 (Revised March 2021)
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Migros Turkey: Scaling Online Operations During COVID-19 (C)

By: Antonio Moreno and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in August 2020 as Ozgur Tort and Mustafa Bartin, CEO and chief large-format and online retail officer of Migros Ticaret A.S. (Migros), Turkey’s oldest and one of its largest supermarket chains, are navigating Migros through COVID-19 and the unprecedented... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Globalization; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Crisis Management; Health Pandemics; Strategic Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey

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Company databases: which database to choose?

is the library's primary source of equity research. For a multimedia learning module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

August. The program provides an overview of Harvard Business School and a window into research and research support at the School, the case method, and the classroom experience. Teaching faculty join study groups and practice preparing and View Details

05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5

tension between the two sets of activities. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2294928 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 714-412 Coursera By providing free and open-access online courses at a large scale, Massive View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Publications Resources 20 Nov 2020 Article Utilizing time-driven activity-based costing to determine open radical cystectomy and ileal... View Details

04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

Nitin Nohria, and Rakesh Khurana, 507-524. Sage Publications, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235126 Competitive Strategy for Open Source Software... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

solo travelers or small groups. You step inside, press a button for your destination, the door closes, and off you go down a narrow track. Two minutes later—presto, the door opens again and you alight at your destination. You've arrived... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation

12 Apr 2022
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Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

marriages began with online dates. “[Online dating platforms] are an extremely interesting application of the general question of influence and digital interactions,” he says, with lessons that can apply to other online engagement View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

will deliver risk management; a lean, effective supply chain; cost and value improvement; speed to market; and innovation," says ADR's Michels. "It is the lack of a strategic source plan that can result in a conflict of cost... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

05 Jan 2024
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Meet The HBS African American Student Union

and provides a platform for the club to honor industry leaders — many of whom are AASU alumni. Part of the conference also includes the Black New Venture Competition, an annual pitch competition for Black founders to win more than $200K... View Details

November–December 2021
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Does Gender Matter? The Effect of Management Responses on Reviewing Behavior

By: Davide Proserpio, Isamar Troncoso and Francesca Valsesia

We study the effect of management responses on the reviewing behavior of self-identified female and male reviewers. Using data from Tripadvisor, we show that after hotels begin to respond to reviews, the probability that a negative review comes from a self-identified... View Details

Keywords: Word Of Mouth; Online Reviews; Management Responses; E-commerce; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Digital Platforms; Customers

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21 Jun 2022
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Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

Salesforce, which acquired the firm in 2021. Microsoft, meanwhile, was finally able to draw users to Teams, the free business communication platform it introduced in 2017 as part of Office 365. "Can these collaborative software View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
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Algramo

By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal

Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details

Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile

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August 2020 (Revised March 2021)
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Migros Turkey: Scaling Online Operations (B)

By: Antonio Moreno and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in February 2020 as Ozgur Tort and Mustafa Bartin, CEO and chief large-format and online retail officer of Migros Ticaret A.S. (Migros), Turkey’s oldest and one of its largest supermarket chains, are looking over the results of the fulfillment pilot the... View Details

Keywords: Grocery; Business Model; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Globalization; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; Turkey

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Japan - Global

Japan Tokyo HBS opened the Japan Research Center (JRC) in January 2002. The School has an important history of strengthening ties with constituents in Japan (including companies, universities, government, and HBS alumni). These... View Details

23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

leads to the possibility of strategic delay by decision participants who differ in their preferences and are limited by the resources they can allocate to influence decisions. We focus on sources of delay caused by the strategic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

funding although there are a few hybrid flavors as well. Sources of funding. These include venture capital firms, angel investors, crowd-funding, and accelerators/incubators. What investors look for. Each View Details

July 2016
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Spotify

By: Anita Elberse and Alexandre de Pfyffer

In November 2014, Spotify's chief content officer Ken Parks learns that record label Big Machine Records has requested the immediate removal of superstar artist Taylor Swift's entire catalogue from Spotify's music streaming service. Is it time for Spotify to reconsider... View Details