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01 Jun 2020
News

The Network Effect

COVID-related trials needing over 858,000 volunteers. “Every week, every day, every hour we can decrease the time for developing COVID-19 solutions will make a tremendous impact,” says Kapoor, who notes that the platform will soon begin... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; COVID-19; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

complementors, (2) "backward open" modular supply networks, and (3) "open exchange" platforms designed to facilitate transactions and other forms of social interaction. Whereas in 1980,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2021
News

Case Study: Let’s Dance

the model from one that prioritizes the studios to a teacher-first approach. In 2021 Bopsidy launched a social platform that allows the hobbyist and professional dancer alike to create a personal profile... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2022
News

Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us

social media sites like Facebook,” Lin says. The founders asked themselves how they might build the app if they had been designing for these users from the start. “We realized that it would look pretty different,” Lin says. They rebuilt... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

that the corporate social network had disrupted hierarchical structures and that the site was overloaded with information. To begin to remedy these problems, Høylie’s team modified the group architecture and issued guidance for View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Sep 2018
News

Game-Changing Analytics

the NBA’s Philadelphia ’76ers benefit from the analytic approach and technology platform Gelman helped develop to build the Kraft organization’s enviable connection with New England Patriots’ fans. “We help organizations develop a... View Details

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Turning Point: Crossover

with the foster kids there reinforced for me the power of coaching as a platform for teaching positive values and life skills, all while being involved in a game I love. A few years later, I began volunteer coaching the Illinois Warriors... View Details

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Greater China Club | MBA

Greater China Club The Greater China Club is aspired: (1) To engage HBS students in one of the world's most dynamic economies on business, economic, and social issues; (2) To create a platform for HBS... View Details

24 Mar 2017
News

Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named

solve clotting, infection, and clogging issues. Alumnus: Andrew Jones, MBA 1997 Region: Mid-Atlantic US Pawame: Making solar energy affordable in Africa through a microfinance approach using mobile payments. Alumnus: Alexandre Skander Allegue, PLDA 18, 2015 Region:... View Details

August 2019 (Revised October 2019)
Supplement

Preserving Trust at Care.com (B)

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Julia Kelley

The (B) case describes the company’s response and subsequent developments. View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Corporate Governance; Digital Platforms; Market Design; Emerging Markets; Trust; Technology Industry; United States

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21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

offer the same benefits. While use of social platforms has increased during the pandemic, with Facebook traffic rising by 50 percent in some countries, people don’t get a boost of oxytocin from these... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

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Education Club | MBA

Education Club The Education Club aims to provide students with a platform for shared learning and a cross-functional network to drive change and impact in education. Annual Events Career info sessions and 1-on-1 coffee chats for students... View Details

21 Sep 2015
News

Funding Progress Back Home

platform that facilitates diaspora and impact investing in Africa. Formerly a portfolio manager with the World Bank, where he helped African and other emerging nations set up foreign exchange and asset management activities, Guichard... View Details

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

the process of creating and evaluating new business and social impact ventures. Winners & Runners-Up Finalists 2024 Winners Play Crop Diagnostix: Dubilier Grand Prize Winner, Student Business Track, 2024 New Venture Competition video Play... View Details

06 Feb 2020
News

HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China

local and multilateral organizations on logistics—coordinating purchase, delivery, and customs—in their effort to contain the spread of the virus. At the same time, a group led by Ray Yang (MBA 2003), Mei Zhang (MBA 1996), and Andy Lin (MBA 2003) have used the View Details

20 May 2020
News

Keeping Families Connected

When millions of Americans started social distancing due to the spread of coronavirus, Caribu co-founder and CEO Maxeme Tuchman (MBA/MPP 2012) didn’t hesitate to lift the paywall on her company’s interactive video-calling platform, which... View Details

14 Jul 2021
News

The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)

and Alexia Sanchez. How are you using technology to address food insecurity? “Our technology has two main modules: Our sourcing platform uses artificial intelligence to maximize the amount of nutrients and minimize the total cost of the... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem

develop an impact investing conference in Shanghai. On December 19, 150 pioneers in social enterprise and impact investing, other practitioners, and academics in China gathered for engaging discussions about the topic. “As a native of... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Eyes in the Skies

custom-built satellites and a proprietary analytics platform to gather and analyze satellite images for commercial customers. Image by Lincoln Agnew Image by Lincoln Agnew Minnick credits several technological advances with putting... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

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