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05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

analyses of data covering 69 two-digit SIC industries at two points in time, 1991 and 1999. Across industries, we find that the likelihood of internalization of advertising services decreases as the size of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2022
Case

Worten Portugal: Becoming a Digital Marketplace

By: Antonio Moreno, Pedro Amorim and Tonia Labruyere

With Amazon's entry into Portugal, Miguel Mota Freitas, CEO of Portuguese electronics chain Worten, is reflecting on their strategy of building a competitive marketplace. View Details

Keywords: Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Digital Platforms; Brands and Branding; E-commerce; Logistics; Service Delivery; Supply Chain; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Portugal; Spain

01 Jun 2020
News

Prognosis

delivery systems take advantage of new approaches for interacting with patients. Historically, telemedicine has been seen by many health care systems as a source of competition; my hope is that more systems will start to think about telemedicine as a View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 1997
News

HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

Wilkins (MBA '70), and Terry L. Jones (MBA '74) and awards for civic and community service to Benaree Pratt Wiley (MBA '72) and Kenneth A. Powell (MBA '74). (Powell was also recently elected president of the HBS African-American Alumni... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

Always impressive, the annual conferences organized by HBS student clubs bring together industry leaders, alumni, and students for meetings marked by informative discussions of key business issues. Earlier this year, gatherings sponsored... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

utilize diverse levels of analysis. Paper: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/obo/page/management Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services Authors:Clark, Jonathan R., Robert S.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 1998 (Revised October 2001)
Case

efficient market services: August 1993 (B-2), Comdisco Ventures

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey A. Farrell

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Service Industry

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January 1985
Case

Business Research Corp. (A)

By: William A. Sahlman

Contains a description of a decision confronting an entrepreneur: which of two investment proposals should he accept to fund the creation and marketing of a database that comprises the full text of research reports produced by Wall Street investment banking firms? The... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; Valuation; Investment Banking; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Deal; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Service Industry

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July 1998 (Revised May 2004)
Case

Custom Research Inc. (B)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Susan Harmeling

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Service Industry

March 2017
Teaching Note

Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Teaching Note for HBS No. 316-154. View Details

Keywords: On-demand Economy; Sharing Economy; Technology Startup; Technology; Growth Strategy; Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Strategic Planning; Service Industry; United States; Boston; Cambridge; New York (city, NY); California

March 2016
Case

Residency Select or J3Personica?

By: William Kerr and Kathryn S. Roloff

Residency Select, LLC provides psychometric assessments for matching medical students to residency programs. After a series of successful pilots, founder Alan Friedman is considering whether to continue developing his offerings in this area, or whether to expand into... View Details

Keywords: Marketplace Matching; Expansion; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry

October 2015
Case

DPDHL Group: Employee Safety and Wellbeing

By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Management at Deutsche Post DHL Group is designing a three-country test of investment in a new health and wellbeing strategy. View Details

Keywords: Health; Wellbeing; Wellness; Safety; Risk; Employees; Human Resources; Risk Management; Service Industry; China; Mexico; Middle East

June 2014
Supplement

ISS/AS The Buyout—spreadsheet supplement

By: Lucy White

Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; European Union

July 2014
Article

Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India

By: Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Christopher Stanton

This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk, the world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts, where India is the largest country in terms of contract volume. We use an ethnic name... View Details

Keywords: Diaspora; Outsourcing; oDesk; Networks; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Diasporas; Internet and the Web; Ethnicity; Service Industry; South Asia; India

August 2011
Teaching Note

Before the Fall: Lehman Brothers 2008 (TN)

By: Clayton Rose and Sally Canter Ganzfried

Teaching Note for 309-093. View Details

Keywords: Resignation and Termination; Problems and Challenges; Management; Change; Performance; Rank and Position; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Investment Funds; Capital Structure; Service Industry

July 2011
Teaching Note

Miles Everson at PricewaterhouseCoopers (TN)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano

Teaching Note for 410062. View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Employees; Financial Institutions; Opportunities; Networks; Managerial Roles; Experience and Expertise; Attitudes; Leadership; Service Industry; United States

April 2011
Teaching Note

Emergia: Driving Profitability on Help Desk Contracts (TN)

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez

Teaching Note for#111-048. View Details

Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Contracts; Service Industry

January 2011
Case

Exit Strategy (A)

By: Clayton S. Rose and Justine Kelly Lelchuk

Jeff Brown wondered whether now was the right time to call his boss, and friend, Bernard Tubiana. Brown was a rising star at Deloitte Consulting and three weeks into an important project for Aflac. He was about to receive an offer from Aflac's major competitor,... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Ethics; Employees; Resignation and Termination; Service Industry

September 2009 (Revised March 2015)
Case

eBay Partner Network (A)

By: Benjamin Edelman and Ian Larkin

eBay considers adjustments to the structure and rules of its affiliate marketing program, eBay Partner Network (ePN). In particular, eBay reevaluates affiliate compensation structure, the role of bonuses for especially productive affiliates, and the overall rationale... View Details

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Motivation and Incentives; Online Technology; Service Industry

May 2008
Teaching Note

Pitney Bowes Inc. (TN)

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Ho Howard Yu

Teaching Note for [607034]. View Details

Keywords: Service Industry

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