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  • 24 May 2023
  • Blog Post

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

Capital, drew applause for challenging the notion that digital apps, instead of skilled people, could solve climate problems. “We don’t need more digital solutions to save the... View Details
  • 28 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, February 28

success factors for managing business experiments at the “incubation moment,” which appear to improve the prospects of success. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52307 forthcoming Strategy Science... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Rosabeth M. Kanter

    Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; advertising; airline; apparel; arts; automobiles; banking; beauty products; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; chemical; clothing; communications; computer; consulting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; insurance industry; internet; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; medical supplies; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retail financial services; retailing; semiconductor; soft drink; software; sports; state government; telecommunications; textiles; tourism; toy; transportation; travel; utilities; wine
    • 16 Oct 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

    digitally enabled open platforms. I go on to argue that the competitive success of open platforms against closed platforms gave rise to the... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • February 2021 (Revised March 2022)
    • Case

    TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?

    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: Business Model; Business Startups; Business Organization; Change Management; Disruption; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Health Pandemics; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Channels; Network Effects; Digital Platforms; Product Design; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Social Issues; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Value Creation; United States; China
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    • November 2022
    • Teaching Note

    Proximie: Using XR Technology to Create Borderless Operating Rooms

    By: Ariel D. Stern, Alpana Thapar and Menna Hassan
    Founded by Nadine Hachach-Haram in 2016, Proximie was a digital medicine platform that used mixed reality and a host of digital audio and visual tools to enable clinicians, proctors, and medical device company personnel to be virtually present in operating rooms (ORs),... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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    • Web

    Louis-Philippe, "King of the French" - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

    Louis-Philippe were published during his reign, especially in newspapers such as Charivari and La Caricature. His conservative ministry, led by François Guizot and supported mainly by the upper bourgeoisie, was unresponsive to the View Details
    • August 2020 (Revised June 2021)
    • Case

    Skillz: Esports and Skill-Based Mobile Gaming

    By: Andy Wu, David B. Yoffie and George Gonzalez
    Founded in 2012, Skillz offered a platform for mobile app developers to monetize skill-based games via prized tournaments. Skillz had over 20,000 registered developers that had created thousands of Skillz-powered games played by over 30 million registered users... View Details
    Keywords: Video Games; Mobile; Esports; Applications and Software; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; United States
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    • February 2019 (Revised June 2019)
    • Case

    Where to Grow Next at Online Marketplace OLX

    By: Thales Teixeira, Leandro A. Guissoni and Samy Dana
    The CEO of OLX Brazil, an online classifieds platform business, is debating among multiple paths to grow sustainably (i.e., profitably) without the need for investor money. The options under consideration are (1) penetration growth by focusing on the core, (2) new... View Details
    Keywords: Online Marketplace; Growth; Customer Acquisition; Facebook; Two-sided Network; E-commerce; Classifieds; Naspers; Schibsted; Innovation; Startup; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Brazil
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    • March 2020 (Revised April 2020)
    • Case

    CarTrade

    By: Rajiv Lal and Shreya Ramachandran
    Vinay Sanghi, the founder and CEO of CarTrade, had been trying different business strategies to keep the company, which he founded in 2010 as an online marketplace for used and new cars, profitable and on track for growth. In a crowded and disorganized dealer... View Details
    Keywords: Online Marketplace; Automobiles; Customer Base; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Financing and Loans; E-commerce; Digital Platforms; Digital Marketing; Auto Industry; Retail Industry; India; Mumbai
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    • March 2024
    • Case

    Funderbeam: Teaming Up or Going Alone?

    By: Paul A. Gompers, Elena Corsi and Orna Dan
    Funderbeam, a global platform founded in Estonia to enable start-ups to run private syndications and secondaries while offering liquidity for private equity investors, was at a crossroads. Over its ten-year run, the company had expanded its services and areas of... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Business Exit or Shutdown; Transition; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financing and Loans; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Ownership Stake; Expansion; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; Estonia; Republic of Ireland; United Kingdom; Singapore
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    • March 2024 (Revised May 2024)
    • Case

    Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads

    By: Elie Ofek, Hema Yoganarasimhan and Alexis Lefort
    In the summer of 2023, Amperity management was facing a critical decision on its future direction. Given the dramatic changes occurring within the digital advertising ecosystem, as concerns over consumer privacy placed limits on the ability to engage in third-party... View Details
    Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Business Strategy; Digital Marketing; Price; Product; Business or Company Management; Advertising Industry
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    • February 2021 (Revised April 2024)
    • Case

    Shopify: The Conquest for Chinese E-Commerce

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Avani Patel, Samantha Lin and Ariel Yang
    In mid-2020, Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify, faced a critical decision on how to time potential expansion into the China market. Over the prior 15 years, his Canadian software-as-a-service company had grown from a small e-commerce solutions provider to a full service... View Details
    Keywords: Timing; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Service Operations; Business Model; Organizational Design; Change Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Health Pandemics; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Digital Platforms; Alliances; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Internet and the Web; E-commerce; United States; Canada; China
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    • 2005
    • Book

    Fit In Stand Out: Mastering the FISO Factor, The Key to Leadership Effectiveness in Business and Life

    By: Blythe J. McGarvie
    While studying and practicing business effectiveness, leadership expert Blythe McGarvie uncovered a vital lesson: successful leaders are systems thinkers. Two forces power business systems: integration (Fit In) and transformation (Stand Out). By mastering the FISO... View Details
    Keywords: Integration; Leadership; Transformation
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    • 17 Nov 2015
    • HBS Seminar

    Kevin Boudreau, Harvard Business School, London Business School

    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    Measuring Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change

    By: Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
    We demonstrate that data from digital platforms such as Yelp have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification, both by providing data in close to real time (i.e., nowcasting and forecasting) and by providing additional context about how the local... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Local Range; Transition; Analytics and Data Science; Measurement and Metrics; Forecasting and Prediction
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    • July 2024
    • Case

    Replika AI: Alleviating Loneliness (A)

    By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
    Eugenia Kuyda launched Replika AI in 2017 as an empathetic digital companion to combat loneliness and provide emotional support. The platform surged in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering non-judgmental support to isolated users. By 2023, Replika boasted... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Health Pandemics; AI and Machine Learning; Well-being; Technology Industry
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    • August 2010 (Revised August 2011)
    • Case

    Developing an App for That

    By: Hanna Halaburda, Joshua Gans and Nathaniel Burbank
    At a time when ever-rising smartphone sales are driven as much by demand for devices that run must-have third-party "apps" as by the quality of traditional voice and data services, there is a myriad of challenges facing the software developer who is looking to choose... View Details
    Keywords: Product Development; Competitive Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Banking Industry; Information Technology Industry
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    • November 2019 (Revised December 2020)
    • Case

    Grupo Éxito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry

    By: José B. Alvarez, Carla Larangeira, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Miguel Diaz Moreno
    Grupo Éxito, a leading South American retailer, faced declining market shares in Colombia in 2019 with the arrival of low-cost competitors and emerging digital trends. Originally founded in Medellín, Éxito had over the course of its seventy-year history evolved from a... View Details
    Keywords: Grocery; Market Share; Information Technology; Trends; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Colombia; Latin America
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    • 22 Mar 2016
    • First Look

    March 22, 2016

    forthcoming World Scientific Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets By: Iyer, Lakshmi Abstract—Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne