Apps - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Oct 2016
Blog Post

4 Things You Should Know about Entrepreneurship at HBS

Tim Chaves (MBA 2015) is the founder of ZipBooks, a free accounting app that helps small business owners get paid faster. Tim founded and sold two small businesses before coming to HBS, where he made the decision to dive into the... View Details

Fast Answer

Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

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Washington Post Individual accounts available that also include mobile app compatibility. More details here. The Information Includes... View Details

07 Nov 2014
News

The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)

responsive on mobile and will soon launch a mobile app on iPhone. Noting the passionate following of our original video series, “How She Did It,” as well as the user engagement on our curated videos, we will also be further focusing on... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

side, of space. If we want to do more in space, bringing down costs is a great start. “Figuring out what the killer app is in space is not the kind of thing that one company, or certainly a government, is going to do.” The next era of... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

18 Apr 2022
News

Home Grown

very simple: Every one of us picks up the phone every few [00:06:00] minutes in anticipation of that next new message, or tap onto that app to essentially find out, hey, did I miss something? And in reality, you know, you don’t really... View Details

29 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

grappling with three questions. First, should GPS create its own mobile app for credit card customers or leverage the bank’s already successful mobile banking app? Second, if a separate app was developed,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 May 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

in the future. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317094-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-048 BYJU's The Learning App BYJU’S The Learning App (BYJU’s) is India’s largest K-12... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Patrick Akl

entrepreneurial process, one involving a different kind of consumer product: “We’re developing a smart phone app that gives women hands-free guidance on their exercise activities.” Overall, Patrick says, the biggest insight he has gained... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

In My Humble Opinion: Jen Wong (MBA 2004)

folks who have worked at pure-play digital companies. Both love the brand equally, but they have different ideas about what is possible for the brand.” The bleeding edge: “Is a place every company should want to be. Selectively. For example, Time Inc. launched a... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2010
News

Making a Difference

codes readable by smartphone cameras. The information encoded in the graphic will take your smartphone browser to a designated Web address. To access the bar-code information, first download free QR scanner software from your smartphone provider’s View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta

19 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Reflections From My First Month at HBS

within a few minutes chatting with section-mates in passing, I knew that most of us were feeling the same way. In fact, within the first few days I had more messenger apps than I’ve ever had in my life. Business school students are very... View Details

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Data Tips & Toolkits - Research Computing Services

other programs to transcribe audio. Additional free speech to text apps include: Google Gboard Just Press Record Speechnotes Transcribe Windows 10 Speech recognition The Dragon series by Nuance : software providing audio to text services.... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Case Study: Sweat the Technique

their apps (minimizing Nix’s customer acquisition costs), and then used and repurposed by vast communities of fitness consumers in novel ways that only escalate the value to them and to Nix. Yes, Nix still needs the physical product, but... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

11 Feb 2019
Blog Post

John Bracaglia, MBA 2020: “I Want to Find the Machine Learning Strategy That Avoids the Pitfalls While Fulfilling the Promise.”

consumer apps to research in things like healthcare and energy management. The philosophical implications are enormous: machine learning is going to change everything.” In addition to his core assignments, Bracaglia took advantage of... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship

01 Mar 2025
News

On The Case: The Base Factor

learnings in Madrigal are not dependent on context. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a retail business or a SaaS B2B business or an app or industrial product—you name it,” she says. This case’s aim is to equip students with the skills to look... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

18 Oct 2016
News

China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer

constantly seeing at what point in the mediation app it is working or not working,” Breyer said. “It starts with great content and with people who deeply care about meditation. Marrying that with the data analytics makes the meditation... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

created RunKeeper—an iPhone app to track a runner’s distance, speed, calories, and route taken. In its initial years, RunKeeper was a fast-growing, profitable company and did not utilize the $1.5 million it raised in its Seed and Series A... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2014
What Do You Think?

Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?

loyal customer is a big deal for others as well. It's important for those among us who believe that employee and customer loyalty are important determinants of businesses' growth and profitability. It may mean a lot for us as consumers as well, because the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products; Technology

01 Dec 2022
News

The State of Play

sculptural art, responsive technology, audio, video, and performance—all of which makes more sense when you see it. Meow Wolf is releasing an app next year that will add to the functionality of the in-person experience, with inspiration... View Details

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

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Cookie Information | HBS Online

parties to provide advertising tailored to your interests on other websites, apps and services you visit. Pixel tags (also called web beacons clear GIFs) are typically invisible tags placed on certain pages of the Services but not on your... View Details

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