Apps - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

smart, connected products that could be controlled remotely. But who really wanted to check ten different apps to make sure the heat was down, the doors were locked, and the lights were turned off? The Internet of Things (IoT) redefined... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

inexplicable skyrocketing of prices of tulip bulbs that ultimately crashed back to earth after a wild ride of erratic up-and-down price swings,” he says. What is different about the meme-stock era is technology, which has given investors ease of access to platforms... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2020
News

Prognosis

a phone-based app that enables people to input any symptoms they’re experiencing. Then they either get a clearance pass that shows up on their phone or they’re told to get in touch with their doctor. We’ve closed all of the entrances to... View Details

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

07 May 2018
News

What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries

meet and how has she sort of furthered your cultural understanding? Tapon: It was fascinating. We just met in an app called Badoo, which is kind of like a Tinder app, and we met in Cameroon, and then we got married in Zimbabwe right near... View Details

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

company add complexity to its app, design multiple apps for business segments, or expand into other mobile channels? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/512082-PDF-ENG Parent Company P and 80 Percent Owned Subsidiary Company S David... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Apr 2023
News

Step Change

mother from Port Said investing for her 16-year-old son's education. The number of women using the Thndr app has more than doubled since then, says Hammouda—a good result even if there's more work to be done. He also notes that Thndr's... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

15 Jun 2021
News

June 2021 Books and Podcasts

specifically, to that roadblock. If you want to work out more but find exercise difficult and boring, downloading a goal-setting app probably won’t help. But what if, instead, you transformed your workouts so they became a source of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

people?” Founded in 2003 as a phone number for residents to dial (311) from a landline for information on city services and to log complaints, the city launched a 311 website and mobile app in 2009 and social media support in 2011. In... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

faces a variety of challenges in launching an innovative investment management business in the rapidly evolving ETF space. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/211031-PDF-ENG Kyruus: Big Data's Search for the Killer App Higgins,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

Commons Project, a nonprofit that in April launched Common Health, an Android app that allows users to securely download their health information from Electronic Health Records (EHR) and lab sources (similar to Apple Health). The... View Details

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

get involved in their communities. “Long-term profitability is driven by bringing long-term value to many, many people,” he said. JULY 20 Amira Polack (MBA 2018), founder and CEO of fitness app Struct Club, recently organized a... View Details

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path to profitability,” in placing particular emphasis on how ventures scale by achieving not just product-market fit, but profit -market fit. Classes cover a diverse array of tech and tech-enabled businesses, including e-commerce, ed-tech, SaaS, HR-tech, mobile View Details

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