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- February 2022 (Revised February 2023)
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TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova? (Abridged)
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea—helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platform; Artificial Intelligence; AI; Mobile App; Mobile App Industry; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; China
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Dan Maher, and Dan O'Brien. "TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 822-112, February 2022. (Revised February 2023.)
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
All of the most valuable firms in the world today are platforms, starting with Apple, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. But platforms do not evolve in predictable ways, and there... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- January 2025
- Case
Netflix: Takedown Troubles
By: Clayton S. Rose, Tom Quinn and Maxim Pike Harrell
In October 2021, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent an all-staff email addressing backlash to comedian Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, The Closer. Released on October 5, the comedian’s depiction of the transgender community and other LGBTQ+ groups prompted... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Satisfaction; Cost vs Benefits; Demographics; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Strategic Planning; Adaptation; Decisions; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Rose, Clayton S., Tom Quinn, and Maxim Pike Harrell. "Netflix: Takedown Troubles." Harvard Business School Case 325-021, January 2025.
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty
school students) managed a $1 million budget, created and implemented a technology plan, and put an arts curriculum in place. At St. Mark's, Crotty realized she needed more... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
issues, as much as possible, should be managed by the family and the family council so that the board can focus on ensuring that the firm is well-positioned for the... View Details
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
Science Foundation. The developed platform offers an unprecedented view of the R&D-to-patenting innovation process and a close analysis of the strengths and limitations of the Industry R&D Survey.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
Journal of Law & Economics Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size: Evidence from India By: Alfaro, Laura, and Anusha Chari Abstract—This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12
world. What was next for the family firm and brand leader from northern Italy's Emilia-Romagna region? How would the singularly focused, consensus-driven firm fare in an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9
theoretical extensions of the proposed integrated theory. Read the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-056.pdf Turning Waste into By-Product Author:Deishin Lee Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Professional Development - Alumni
organizations designed to help experienced executives expand their global perspective and lead at a higher level. HBS Online Online courses, led by award-winning faculty, to help you master essential... View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18
managers-firms with the greatest information frictions prior to the rule change. We report three changes related to compensation after 1992 for division managers. First, within firms with dispersed managers, division View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Web
A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877
personal perspectives of the life and trajectory of a nineteenth—century firm—a firm that prospered at the height of the China trade and met its decline with the advent of new... View Details
- 04 Jan 2024
- News
Great Heights
In 2019, after more than a decade scaling the heights of product management in Silicon Valley, Lisa Kostova (MBA 2009) decided to take on a different kind of climb. Over a sabbatical year, Kostova trained for and summited Denali, which, at 20,310 feet, is the tallest... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
without realizing it Bazerman draws on the psychological study of ethical decision-making and applies it to negotiations in his recent Academy of Management Perspectives article, Bounded Ethicality View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Projects - Business History
activities of seven generations of one branch of the Medici family engaged in the manufacture and export of wool, and they remain unique in the annals of business history. Renaissance Medici wool View Details
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
in established companies. What can business leaders take away from his development of these ideas? A: The main takeaway is the absolute relentlessness of creative destruction and entrepreneurship. In a free economy, they never stop—never.... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015
negative impact on innovation at targeted firms: firms substantially reduce their innovative activity after settling with NPEs (or losing to them in court). Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47648... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021
surprisingly, the 10 most-read articles on Harvard Business School Working Knowledge reflected the mood swings of another challenging, complex year for managers and employees everywhere. The 10 most popular... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- May 1996 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A)
A large, lucrative power plant is negotiated for construction/operation by an American power company in India's evolving privatized power sector. The process of incorporating the project is captured in this case. The American company will own and operate the plant in... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Private Sector; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Agreements and Arrangements; Private Ownership; Projects; Energy Industry; India; United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Krishna G. Palepu, Ahu Bhasin, Mihir A. Desai, and Sarayu Srinivasan. "Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A)." Harvard Business School Case 596-099, May 1996. (Revised July 1998.)
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
body and can potentially be harnessed by organizations and governments. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=dunn%20aknin%20norton%20CD.pdf August 2013 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne