Mobilization Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2014
News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

Hekmatullah Ebrahimkhil prays next to a network tower on a hill overlooking Qargha Lake, outside Kabul. Ebrahimkhil is helping his father guard and service one of the mobile communication towers on the hill—part of an innovative community... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

26 Jul 2011
News

An Entrepreneur of the Arts

pointe shoes from Russia and sells them nationwide. In 2006, she opened the Russian Pointe Dance Boutique, the company’s flagship store located on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Attending OPM, Efimova was inspired by a strategy class to... View Details

Keywords: ballet; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Mar 2015
News

Clubs Hopping

Reaching Out The first annual HBS Latino Alumni Association Southern Dinner, held in Dallas last fall, was more than a social occasion for outgoing club president Al Suarez (MBA 2005) and event organizer Eric Calderon (MBA 2013)—it was also a successful trial of the... View Details

Keywords: April White; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2009
News

Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage

fruitfully partner in a global economy. Bhidé argues that high-level know-how developed in other countries benefits the United States because it is highly mobile and cheap: What is invented expensively in Taiwan, for example, can then be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

June 2015 (Revised August 2016)
Case

Qualcomm Inc., 2009-2015

By: David B. Yoffie

In the years after 2009, Qualcomm navigated the wireless industry's transition from 3G to 4G, retaining its technological leadership and experiencing dramatic growth in revenue and profit. In March 2014, Qualcomm appointed a new CEO, Steve Mollenkopf, who had to... View Details

Keywords: Communication Technologies; Technology; Wireless Technologies; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Strategy; Communication Technology; Competitive Strategy; Change Management; Electronics Industry; Telecommunications Industry; California

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01 Jun 2001
News

Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution

host of Web-based social enterprises (WEBSEs): nonprofit information hubs, online giving directories, click-to-donate sites, workplace-giving centers, charity shopping malls and auctions, and volunteer clearinghouses. These start-ups are View Details

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

01 Jun 2011
News

Latin Flair

Kushner (MBA ’11), the company’s 25-year-old chief strategy officer told the FT. “So we pivoted to gaming.” That decision changed everything. Now, Vostu is the largest social game developer in the Brazilian market, with games like Mini... View Details

Career Coach

Marc Herson

Marc (INSEAD '01) has extensive global experience as a venture capitalist, media executive, entrepreneur and lawyer, working in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. His most recent experience is at 2go Interactive, a start-up mobile tech company... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Telecommunications

Michael Ilitch

Ilitch built a small take-out pizza shop in Detroit into a 4,700 chain enterprise. At a time when take-out food was still a novelty, Ilitch catered to an increasingly mobile and convenience-oriented population. His View Details

Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

01 Sep 2012
News

Alumni, Faculty, and Other Experts Offer Career Advice

executive; and Kevin Sheridan (MBA 1988) will explore strategies to manage mobile employees. Also presenting will be executive coach Patti Hunt Dirlam, HBS professors Joseph Badaracco and Kathleen McGinn,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 May 2013
Op-Ed

Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

As part of his administration's strategy to rejuvenate American manufacturing, President Obama has called for the creation of a National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) to advance and diffuse novel manufacturing technologies.... View Details

Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2006
News

HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans

leadership by doing in addition to discussing cases in the classroom. “It gives us an opportunity to really put the HBS mission statement to work and take a leadership role by looking at how to leverage our expertise in a socially relevant way,” he says. “To have... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Health, Social Assistance

04 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector

of social entrepreneurship require not only the creative combination and adaptation of social and commercial approaches, but also the development of new conceptual frameworks and strategies tailored specifically to social value creation.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy

are smaller, more entrepreneurial companies and self-employed people," Deighton says. "It used to be that a little company hoped to have an exit strategy where it could be bought out by a larger company. There's less of that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Publishing

01 Jun 2015
News

3-Minute Briefing: Rehito “Ray” Hatoyama (MBA 2008)

new feelings. I have tons of Hello Kitty—T-shirts, shoes, stationery, a PC, a mobile phone. I use a Hello Kitty credit card and checkbook. My favorite Sanrio characters are Mr. Men and Little Miss—I grew up with them in Sydney, Australia.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hello Kitty; Arts, Entertainment; Special Design Services; Professional Services

17 Apr 2014
News

York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition

debut on the public capital markets. It also has developed the corporate strategy for the country's Urban Development Authority; enabled a $400 million investment in transforming the education sector of the country; and formulated... View Details

Keywords: New Venture Competition; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2015
News

Fast Forward

Anthony Foxx discussing America’s infrastructure challenges, Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter last month released MOVE: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead to offer a road map for a more mobile future. Tax Code In an effort to... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 14

relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three case studies—software, animation and mobile telephony—we illustrate two key sources of inefficiencies that this mismatch can create, all... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2001
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

Inside Chinese Business: A Guide for Managers Worldwide reveals the social and cultural values that underpin Chinese business practices and influence day-to-day corporate decisions. Written by Ming-Jer Chen, an expert on business strategy... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management