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- 22 Dec 2015
- News
Bringing ‘Presence’ To Your Life
- March 2009 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Yelp
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, David Chen and Aaron Smith
Yelp was a popular online destination for reviews of local establishments, written by volunteer Internet users and read by 60 million people per month. However, the company was far from profitable. The CEO needs to decide between two options to increase the revenue.... View Details
- March 2024
- Case
ixigo
By: Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
Ixigo is India’s second-largest online travel aggregator (OTA) and the market leader among private train OTAs. It has overcome numerous near-death crises to emerge as a customer-centric, profitable firm. It aspires to become the leading OTA in the next billion Internet... View Details
- 15 Oct 2014
- News
The Next Generation of Social Networks
- August 2014
- Teaching Plan
The Huffington Post
In February 2010, management of the Huffington Post, a fast-growing but not-yet-profitable Internet newspaper that aggregates blog posts from unpaid contributors and excerpts of stories originally published by other news sites, faces a number of decisions about its... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Newspapers; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Journalism and News Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "The Huffington Post." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 815-052, August 2014.
- 2016
- Book
The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change
By: Bharat Anand
Companies everywhere face two major challenges today: getting noticed and getting paid. To confront these obstacles, I examine a range of businesses around the world, from Chinese Internet giant Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted, from The New... View Details
Anand, Bharat. The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change. New York: Random House, 2016.
- October 2008 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Obama versus Clinton: The YouTube Primary
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
What was the role of the Internet in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination between Senators Obama and Clinton? How does the role change in the shift from the Primary to the National election? The case examines media and content choices by each... View Details
Keywords: Political Elections; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Marketing Channels; Media; Internet; United States
Deighton, John A., and Leora Kornfeld. "Obama versus Clinton: The YouTube Primary." Harvard Business School Case 509-032, October 2008. (Revised November 2009.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 06 Dec 2017
- News
Uber Really Wants You to Use Its Credit Card
- March 2011 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
Demand Media
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Google search had helped Demand Media grow to be a $1.9 billion online publisher. Then, social media and smartphone apps began to change the way people navigated the Internet. How should Demand Media respond? The business ran on a radically new model in which a stable... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Information Publishing; Consumer Behavior; Customization and Personalization; Internet and the Web; Publishing Industry
Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "Demand Media." Harvard Business School Case 511-043, March 2011. (Revised December 2012.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- July 2000 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Catalyst Medical Solutions
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M.J. Bohmer and Naomi Atkins
Faced with a drop in the NASDAQ, four eHealth entrepreneurs must decide between two distribution strategies for their new company's technology. The team, comprised of three full-time resident physicians and an MBA, has developed software to enable electronic... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Health Care and Treatment; Distribution; Strategy; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Partners and Partnerships; Borrowing and Debt; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., Richard M.J. Bohmer, and Naomi Atkins. "Catalyst Medical Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 601-014, July 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
- July 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Eee PC (A)
By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih, Hung-Chang Chiu, Yi-Ching Hsieh and Ho Howard Yu
ASUSTek Computer was the world's largest manufacture of PC motherboards, yet when it tried to launch its new sub-notebook Eee PC, the organization faced challenges in doing things outside of its established processes. Though many of the team members had worked together... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Disruptive Innovation; Product Launch; Groups and Teams; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Industry
Shih, Willy C., Chintay Shih, Hung-Chang Chiu, Yi-Ching Hsieh, and Ho Howard Yu. "ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Eee PC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 609-011, July 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
- April 1997 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
KPMG Peat Marwick U.S.: One Giant Brain
Demonstrates how organizations can move toward creation of processes and information technology infrastructures for effective knowledge management in order to enhance performance and productivity. More specifically, describes the knowledge management strategy of KPMG... View Details
Keywords: Internet; Information Technology; Knowledge Management; Service Industry; Consulting Industry; United States
Alavi, Maryam. "KPMG Peat Marwick U.S.: One Giant Brain." Harvard Business School Case 397-108, April 1997. (Revised July 1997.)
- August 2000 (Revised September 2000)
- Case
Extraprise
By: Srikant M. Datar, Krishna G. Palepu and Sarah S. Khetani
In the three years since it was founded, the Boston-based Internet strategy consulting firm, Extraprise, has changed its strategy three times. Jennifer Gabler, the CFO, considers what kinds of control systems she can put in place to ensure the company can continue to... View Details
- Research Summary
The Evolving Role of the CIO
The Internet 'bubble' magnified the ups and downs of IT managers' fortunes into a roller coaster ride. Post-crash, the role of senior IT management is uncertain in many companies, and in need of redefinition. This project aims to define a role for CIOs and IT managers... View Details
- September 2000 (Revised February 2001)
- Case
CBS MarketWatch
Larry Kramer, the chairman and CEO of MarketWatch.com, is faced with a dilemma. In April 2000, his company--a joint venture of CBS and Data Broadcasting Corp.--has emerged as the leading financial information and data provider online. Yet, because of the downturn in... View Details
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Dickson Louie. "CBS MarketWatch." Harvard Business School Case 801-175, September 2000. (Revised February 2001.)
- April 2001
- Supplement
Acer America: Development of the Aspire
Consists of five segments. Segment 1 shows Culver and Pai discussing the tensions between Taiwan and the United States and the resulting performance problems with Aspire; Segment 2 features Culver and Shih describing the changes Acer made as a result of the problems... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Transformation; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Strategy; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Computer Industry; Taiwan; United States
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Acer America: Development of the Aspire." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 301-805, April 2001.
- Article
Are Online and Offline Prices Similar? Evidence from Large Multi-Channel Retailers
By: Alberto Cavallo
Online prices are increasingly used for measurement and research applications, yet little is known about their relation to prices in physical stores, where most retail transactions occur. I conduct the first large-scale comparison of prices simultaneously collected... View Details
Keywords: Online Prices; Offline Prices; Multi-channel Retailers; Price; Internet and the Web; Measurement and Metrics; Retail Industry
Cavallo, Alberto. "Are Online and Offline Prices Similar? Evidence from Large Multi-Channel Retailers." American Economic Review 107, no. 1 (January 2017): 283–303.
- 21 Jul 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Enabling Versus Controlling
Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Julian Wright
- June 2014
- Teaching Note
Steve Carpenter at Cake Financial
After investing $9 million of venture capital, Cake Financial had failed to reach critical mass. In early 2010 Cake's assets were sold and the company was dissolved. Founded in 2006, the San Francisco-based Internet company allowed users to monitor their investments... View Details
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Tencent
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-426.
Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking... View Details
Keywords: Tencent; Tencent Holdings; WeChat; Social Networking; Social Networks; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Video Games; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Portals; Payments; Mobile Payments; O2O; Online-to-offline; E-commerce; Messaging; Subscription Model; Freemium; Mobile App Industry; Smartphone; PC; Monetization Strategy; Antitrust; Streaming; Cloud Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Alibaba; Facebook; JD.com; Tesla; Bundling; Synergies; Digital Strategy; Imitation; Licensing; Agility; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Communication Technology; Blogs; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Price; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Media; Distribution Channels; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Opportunities; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Value Creation; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Segmentation; Business Units; Communication; Profit; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; Asia; China; Canton (province, China)