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Europe - Global Activities 2021
study, there are no right answers to the questions posed in “Just Arrived” about the business models and approaches each app uses to address the challenge of integrating refugees into the job market, but there are insights that students... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
magazine, to no avail. Knowing that kids do this stuff, I called over my 12-year-old niece Julia, who told me, “I bet there’s an app for that.” She downloaded the free “Scanner” app and faster than you can... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
companies to turn their sensors into weather data and created an app that can send alerts to people in flood-prone areas. Last year, ClimaCell predicted major floods in India—in Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 21 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores
bookstore owners are increasingly seeing their competition not as Barnes & Noble, but as Netflix and other entertainment apps that tie people to their couches. “Retailers who succeed are able to create a unique experience that... View Details
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
months of runway remaining, Behrens Wu must decide where to direct the company’s limited resources. Should Shippo stay focused on the app while raising the next round of funding, pivot to an API-focused strategy, or pursue both products?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
it this way, privacy has been losing ground rapidly with the ascendancy of big data and the Internet of things. The retreat of privacy has been aided by personal use of networking apps like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, search devices... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
Tools “The good news is that small businesses are resilient. Many of them are already using apps driven by AI and algorithms to pivot their business models,” Mills adds. In her book, she coined the term “small business utopia” to describe... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
technology and processes to support customers that align with their entrepreneurial culture. If you are a professional today buying from Home Depot, an app on your phone lets you order directly from the job site and gives you the option... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
company in the world—robotic process automation—came out of a village in Romania, UiPath. The biggest education technology company in the world came from India. The biggest neo-bank with a credit-led model came out of Brazil, Nubank, and the biggest super View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
technology for B2B2C, but I suspect he will have to do that anyway. An app would be important for keeping in touch with customers and dealing with any problems in both business models. Mobley could think about partnering with building... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
delivery app Dolly, and Peter is creative and brand director at PitchBook, which he likens to a “Bloomberg for the private capital markets.” Peter Escher reads to Josh while Diane Escher tackles toothbrushing duty as part of the bedtime... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
a novel customer rewards and loyalty app that has already gained commercial traction? Having nearly reached the end of Hatch’s runway, should he accept his partners’ offers to fund another Hatch vehicle, or should he pursue one of his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
HiHome Sweet HiHome
with licensed agents. “Right now, we’re using the same approach used in dating apps and personalized entertainment to deliver on this personalized home-matching experience,” Parker said. “In the beginning we manually collected their home... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
COVID-19, there has been such a need—who wants to go to the hospital for a sore throat in a pandemic? In addition, what hospital wants to see them? The acceptance of telemedicine has also led to a boom in wearable sensors. Apple came out with an View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
that enable consumers to self-monitor exercise levels, sleep patterns, and blood pressure have sold briskly. Despite Google Health’s failed effort to facilitate patients’ collecting their medical records electronically in one place, there were around 40,000 health... View Details
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Marques Torbert
Marques, who is considering his own entrepreneurial venture as a career possibility, especially enjoys his FIELD 3 team project, a mobile app that facilitates spontaneous, inexpensive, and casual gift-giving. “It’s great,” Marques says.... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
process within apps with a single touch and without needing to repeatedly enter credit card information, the billing address, or shipping address. On October 20, 2014, U.S. consumers could start using Apple Pay in stores with their iPhone... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
test,” which would reveal the longer-term health of the country’s largest banks. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 919-013 Fishbowl Fishbowl is a social media app that allows... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity
Guzman Many teams have referenced how difficult it can be to curate a diverse talent pool and team. Let’s consider the experience of your potential team members. How might they become aware of your vacancies? Are they posted on apps and... View Details
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
within three years it had four million active customers. This success prompted line-of-business managers to request that Jen and Doug include more functionality in the bank's mobile app that was specific to its businesses, such as credit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace