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01 Dec 2009
News

Online Entrepreneur

growth of social media as an important business tool, “Communispace offers the only social-networking model with a proven track record of providing real business value and competitive advantage to businesses.” The firm, based in... View Details

Keywords: awards; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2014
News

Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds

students spend 15 weeks and $5,000 launching a business. Patrick Petitti (MBA 2014), Rob Biederman (MBA 2014), and their teammates started with some zany ideas—manufacturing knitted nose warmers, for instance—before settling on the model... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Introduction - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

and making possible an unparalleled level of commerce. The railroads, unprecedented in size and complexity, became the model on which modern business would be based. While few dispute the transformative nature of the industry, recent... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Vision: Sound Science

not to divide topics into their relevance to another topic. You just don’t know where ideas will lead you.” “You can’t be fixated on one model of success...you have to adapt.” “You can’t be fixated on one View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

Generoso P. Pope, Jr.

outlandish stories, Pope is heralded in the publishing world for creating an elaborate and highly profitable distribution network. He successfully courted the large supermarket chains by offering a generous revenue-sharing model - one... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

26 Aug 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Built for Global Competition from the Start

cross-border roaming), but it had also lowered the potential diversification benefits that many students highlighted as a key Celtel advantage when operating in Africa. Another LGV case centers on 2011 HBS alum Rebeca Minguela's model for... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Education

06 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities

underutilization. HUL set out nearly a decade ago to challenge this broken model through Suvidha Centers – community-focused sanitation solutions in urban slums. True to its name, meaning “convenience” in Hindi, the Suvidha Center we... View Details

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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog

will expose students to Japan as a nurturing ground for both developing as well as enhancing the uptake of innovative products, services, and business strategies. This course will appeal to students who wish to acquire an understanding of alternative leadership styles... View Details

03 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders

researchers use a complex mathematical model to get to the bottom of just why enemies might decide to share a locker. It boils down to a difference in how they make their money. "Even though both [companies] make money from hardware and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information; Publishing; Technology

January–March 2025
Article

Transitioning from Responsible and Reactive to Deeply Responsible and Proactive International Business

By: Geoffrey G. Jones, Teresa da Silva Lopes, Pavida Pananond, Rob van Tulder, Noemi Sinkovics and Rudolf R. Sinkovics

This article aims to explore the role of multinational enterprises in addressing grand societal challenges, emphasizing the need for integrating environmental and social aspects into business models. It offers an analysis of how principles and values can guide engaged... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Model; Multinational Firms and Management

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March 2011 (Revised August 2014)
Background Note

Social Media in Health Care

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Selin Gunal Tyler and Charles C. Huang

This note reviews the social media firms in health care that help providers and consumers to interact and their nascent business models. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Health Care and Treatment; Digital Platforms; Social and Collaborative Networks; Health Industry

March 2010 (Revised August 2010)
Case

Creative Capital: Sustaining the Arts

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Creative Capital provides grants to individual artists using a venture capital model—the money comes with guidance and governance. Artists receive money as milestones are reached and also receive guidance on managing their lives and business to increase their... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Financial Services Industry

April 2009
Teaching Note

Satelite Distribuidora de Petroleo (TN)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Andrea Minardi

Teaching Note for [808062]. View Details

Keywords: Natural Environment; Opportunities; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Business Model; Energy Industry; Brazil

November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
Case

Amul and India's National Dairy Development Board

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder

Amul Dairy has been a successful change maker in India's dairy system. How does it move from this success to the new challenges facing the Indian food system--is it an appropriate model? View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Leading Change; Success; Cooperative Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Food and Beverage Industry; India

13 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 13

intrinsic motivation for the cause and by facilitating social comparison among agents. Third, contrary to existing laboratory evidence, financial incentives do not crowd out intrinsic motivation in this setting. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2002 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Athleta

By: William A. Sahlman and Taslim Pirmohamed

The management team at Athleta is attempting to raise equity capital for the company in March 2002. Athleta is a catalog and online retailer of women's athletic clothing. The company has made substantial progress, with anticipated 2002 sales over $20 million, but has... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Financing and Loans; Business Model; Business Strategy; Equity; Capital; Retail Industry

16 Sep 2010
News

Idea Takes Root

Almost without notice in the American press, a new international effort is under way to create a standardized global reporting model for operating sustainable businesses in the 21st century. HBS professor Robert G. Eccles is on the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Corporate Services

26 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

Working PapersCompeting Ad Auctions: Multi-homing and Participation Costs Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin Edelman, and Hoan Soo Lee Abstract We model competing auctions for online advertising, with attention to the participation costs... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

John R. Sculley

computer maker, which grew to earn substantial profits and revenues of almost $2.7 billion in 1987. Under Sculley’s leadership, Apple unveiled progressive models of the Macintosh personal computer, allowing the company to regain a... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Henry Ford II

Motor overtook Chrysler and claimed second place in industry sales. Ford Motor also became an industry innovator, introducing new models such as the Falcon, which sold more than 417,000 units in 1959, an all-time first year record. View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

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