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19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

free and still build a strong business model through add-on products and services that they may charge for. Q: How do online companies walk the line between community-building and monetization strategies? Should one or the other come... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

Research Topics Suggested Resources Private Equity - Funds, Firms, Transactions, etc. Pitchbook
Information on companies, deals, funds, investors and View Details

Finalists | New Venture Competition

Pioneering sustainable biopolymer production. Solara Rea Savla (MBA 2024) Vishesh Mehta Providing an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing their access to affordable, reliable, and clean irrigation. TestParty... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

sharing upward mobility with all African Americans was the theme of the 26th annual HBS African-American Student Union (AASU) Career/Alumni Conference, "The Next Step: Revitalizing Our Community," held January 22-25. Taking place at HBS... View Details

20 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)

access to food because stores were destroyed or closed for safety. Transportation was shut down. We had to identify partners and mobilize distribution very rapidly. And not just food, but diapers, baby formula, toilet paper. Collaboration... View Details

20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

either system can lead to the subversion of expected relationships in the other. This book rejects the simple equation of capitalism with markets or with trade, in favor of a three-level system that embraces factor markets as well those for goods and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

ventures during the venture capital boom of the late 1990s was selecting areas that had no staying power, such as Web calendars or Web-dispatched limousine services. Over time, it was inevitable that these new niches would merge with existing ones. The View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

March 2019 (Revised May 2019)
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Fetchr: A New Way of Last Mile Delivery

By: V.G. Narayanan and Eren Kuzucu

By mid-2016, five years of aggressive growth had transformed Fetchr from a small logistics startup to a 1,000-employee, full-fledged last-mile delivery company operating across four countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Already beneficiaries of the... View Details

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28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

http://hbr.org/product/Whole-Foods--the-Path-to-/an/615019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 915-001 Pivots and Incentives at LevelUp LevelUp's mobile payments service lets users scan a smartphone barcode... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

3 leverages proprietary data from a mobile phone application through which residents can submit service requests to Boston government. Users who received photographic evidence that their View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

Regulate Companies like Airbnb and Uber? By: Edelman, Benjamin G., and Damien Geradin Abstract—New software platforms use modern information technology, including full-featured web sites and mobile apps, to allow View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2023
News

Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey

people have died. More than 1,000 children have been orphaned. The total cost to rebuild and restore the region hovers at $100 billion. Atabek then shared a list of established aid and educational organizations that have already mobilized... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

24 May 2023
Blog Post

Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week

develop solutions—scalable and profitable business models and services bettering the lives of people,” said Professor George Serafeim at the opening of the Accelerating Climate Solutions alumni conference at the Harvard Business School... View Details

19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

Applied Corporate Finance Investors as Stewards of the Commons? By: Serafeim, George Abstract—Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the number of initiatives seeking to mobilize investor voice towards positive... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Mar 2021
News

Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

institutions, so that’s different too. However, while the retail investors are smaller, they are also better armed because of social media. As we’ve seen with GameStop, this allows them to mobilize in ways that make them better able to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investing; leadership; diversity; career experience; higher education; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Jul 2021
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Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

significant population of lower-skilled, lower educational-attainment workers out there, many who speak English as a second language, who have worked in service industries that have been very, very badly damaged by COVID. They’re going to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Black Investment Club

companies, a sale of a health care portfolio company, and several debt refinancings to facilitate portfolio company growth. This summer, Akapelwa expanded on his financial services experience at Kohlberg & Company serving as a Private... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

01 Sep 2018
News

Case Study: A Good Fit

gym, for example—and sustaining it over time, says Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009). He and his cofounders at Gain Life, an early-stage startup based at the Harvard Launch Lab, have an app for that. By combining behavioral science and marketing best practices with the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

30 Nov 2017
News

Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

got a high-tech upgrade. On a warm July day at a little past 11 a.m., as the early lunch crowd shuffles in, Karavites runs through the changes: digital menu boards, a mobile ordering system, a new delivery collaboration with UberEATS, and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

with pediatric hospitals in Temple, San Antonio, and Mexico City, and how to structure these partnerships was under active discussion. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/714507-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-122 Note on View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel