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  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

“Where can we find such a person?”

Also on the agenda would be managing internal and external communications, including dealing with the press and public about the controversies surrounding our work. And the person would have to run the administrative side to make sure we are running efficiently and... View Details
Keywords: stem cell; Management
  • December 2019 (Revised February 2024)
  • Teaching Note

Ripple: The Business of Crypto and Ripple 2023

By: David B. Yoffie
The case explores Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s mission to disrupt the global payments industry by leveraging the cryptocurrency XRP. Students will learn about Bitcoin and the blockchain industry, as well as Ripple’s unique crypto business model. The case provides an... View Details
Keywords: Payment Systems; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Fintech; Business Startups; Business Model; Disruption; Strategy
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  • March 2011 (Revised February 2015)
  • Module Note

Mobilizing Networked Businesses

By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
This module note presents six strategies for mobilizing networked businesses. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Internet
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  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth

Social enterprises are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. In analyzing... View Details

    Theodore W. Waitt

    a standard on all its PC models (1986), it was the first to adopt Windows as a standard (1990), and it was the first to incorporate CD-rom drives and Pentium processing technology (1994). Waitt crafted a homespun, folksy image for Gateway... View Details
    Keywords: Computers & Electronics
    • September 2011 (Revised August 2015)
    • Case

    ScoreBig

    By: William A. Sahlman, Jeffrey Glass and Evan W. Richardson
    The founding team at ScoreBig, an event ticketing company, is on the verge of a public launch of their product. The company has made great progress in negotiating access to tickets, designing its interface, and building a proprietary architecture. For consumers,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • November 2002 (Revised May 2007)
    • Case

    Charles Schwab in 2002

    By: Lynda M. Applegate, F. Warren McFarlan and Jamie Ladge
    Details the evolution of the Charles Schwab business model, from its founding in 1975 to October 2002. The protagonist, David Pottruck, is faced with re-inventing the firm as a full-service brokerage at a time of tremendous industry instability as the industry reels... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business Model; Business or Company Management; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Services Industry
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    • Web

    Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building the First Sales Team - Course Catalog

    happens until a sale is made. That simple point underlines the critical importance of sales. Every operating model and business plan ‘assumes’ a certain amount of sales, but that assumption is the tipping point. Without sales, the entire... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2007
    • News

    Learning to Lead

    model that will predict how its competitors will react to changes in pricing. “I felt completely clueless,” he recalls in the case. The dynamics of the project team are equally demanding. Keller, who launched and ran a company in Cambodia... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management
    • 01 Sep 2015
    • News

    Data-Driven Diligence

    that sold them on Casper—it was the numbers. The company had tested well in a revolutionary predictive model built by the venture firm. The idea to vet possible investments in such a way hit Coats about a decade ago: Maybe, he figured, he... View Details
    Keywords: Francis Storrs
    • 01 Dec 2022
    • News

    Flying High

    type-rated captain, he occasionally pilots Aero flights in addition to his duties as CFO: “Historically, the most successful models are low-cost airlines; we’re flipping that model on its head.” Aero... View Details
    Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
    • Web

    Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog

    following: in today’s environment, your expertise can be codified. Consider the new Tom Hank’s film Here (2024), where an AI model of Tom’s acting expertise can be used to face-swap and de-age him. Using similar technology, the emails,... View Details
    • 25 Feb 2020
    • News

    Impact: The Changing Nature of Work

    Advanced technologies, shifting demographics, and new business models are transforming the nature and scope of work globally. As a result, the skills leaders need—today and tomorrow—also must evolve. Since its inception, HBS has aspired... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2013
    • News

    Engine Charlie

    WILSON: Decades in the auto business. Charles Wilson (MBA 1936) came into this world back when Henry Ford was cranking out Model Ts. Unlike those now retired roadsters, Wilson, at 100 years old, is still active in the car business,... View Details
    Keywords: Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade
    • 01 Feb 1999
    • News

    Social Enterprise Forum Discusses Strategy

    How are the models of strategy that have been developed for business organizations being applied in the nonprofit world? What new strategy models are emerging that reflect the distinctive characteristics of... View Details
    • 25 Apr 2016
    • News

    Innovating Education to Create College-Ready Academic Achievers

    Ian Rowe (MBA 1993) is navigating a clear path to success for students at Public Prep, a network of tuition-free charter schools in New York City. Like the North Star-shaped model that frames the schools’ mission, Rowe is building a... View Details
    • 26 Feb 2025
    • Blog Post

    Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health

    care. Hiring health care professionals, finding transportation, and even getting an appointment at an overbooked clinic are just a few challenges disproportionately impacting rural communities. Why Value-Based Care? I was drawn to this role out of a passion for... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care
    • Portrait Project

    Anonymous

    and colors in the world... develop professionally each day to be a thoughtful, honest, and successful manager of a team and a corporation... be a role model of integrity, generosity, and spirituality... View Details
    • Career Coach

    Johnny Weger

    healthcare services ecosystem and opportunities therein, 2) interview prep for both healthcare as well as consulting: mock interviews (case and behavioral), resume and cover letter review, etc., and 3) evaluation of business models for... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2015
    • First Look

    First Look -- September 1, 2015

    when the sovereign is temporarily excluded from capital markets. Differently from previous analyses, we assume that in addition to accumulating international reserves, countries can borrow internationally using their own currency. As opposed to traditional sovereign... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne