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  • 04 Dec 2019
  • Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

more variations that are randomly applied to customers. As important, he says, it must also agree to abide by the results. In his book, Thomke includes Booking as a case study, showing how running these kinds of experiments by the tens of thousands helped to transform... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 02 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving

perceived as a cool phenomenon with a ton of money to be earned if the model can be made to work. Nothing made the point better than former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s founding of the startup CloudKitchens. The economics are appetizing... View Details
Keywords: by Lena Ye and Geoffrey Jones; Food & Beverage
  • Web

Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

management, business development, sales, or marketing role. "As someone who’s worked in a large company for the past 20-plus years, it gave me the foundation and vocabulary to engage more confidently in the venture capital and View Details
  • Web

Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

information systems for Salomon Brothers. In 1981, with the idea for a technology company that would bring greater transparency and fairness to the financial system, he launched a small startup in a one-room office. Today, Bloomberg L.P.... View Details
  • 27 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 27

http://bit.ly/BuySocialzStrategyBook August 2013 Marketing Letters Structural Models of Complementary Choices By: Berry, Steven, Ahmed Khwaja, Vineet Kumar, Andres Musalem, Kenneth C. Wilbur, Greg Allenby, Bharat Anand, et al.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2005 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

eAccess, Ltd.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Masako Egawa and Ariko Ota
The managers of eAccess, Japan's third largest provider of digital subscriber line (DSL) service, must decide whether to enter the mobile communications business. Japan's mobile services are among the world's most expensive, and incumbent carriers' profits are high. To... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Diversification; Policy; Business Startups; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Communications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Japan
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  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

waste into by-product. In some cases, when the markets for the primary and by-products are "separable," it is optimal to convert only a portion of the waste into by-product and disposing of the rest. In other cases, when the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Unite Lebanon Youth Project in Lebanon. PREPARING GLOBAL LEADERS Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley Made in Italy Hands-on Learning About Global Markets View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • April 2001 (Revised March 2003)
  • Case

XUMA

By: Andrew P. McAfee and Kerry Herman
XUMA is a Silicon Valley start-up that builds customized eBusiness software suites for its corporate clients. This market is crowded with large players, including the major consulting and systems integration companies. To date, building these suites has been a very... View Details
Keywords: Production; Software; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology Industry; California
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  • 25 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

startups are family businesses or employ newly arrived immigrants willing to work for less. “If what we are capturing is a job where none would otherwise exist, it’s still a positive story, but there could be negative reasons too. A lot... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service
  • December 2004 (Revised July 2005)
  • Case

Extend Fertility

By: Myra M. Hart and Sylvia Sensiper
Focuses on the search for opportunity, the generation and evaluation of business concepts, creation of a business plan, and the start-up process. Follows experienced entrepreneur Christy Jones as she combines her business skills and personal experience to generate new... View Details
Keywords: Opportunities; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Gender; Business Startups; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 27 May 2022
  • Blog Post

Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

Southern California; Political Science Military experience: Aircraft Maintenance Officer, US Air Force Why did you decide to pursue an MBA? Instead of pursuing an MBA directly after my service, I decided to join an edtech startup in San... View Details
  • September 2016 (Revised September 2016)
  • Case

Spectio: A Digital Lighting Company

By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
Spectio Tech, founded in 2005, developed and implemented intelligent LED lighting solutions for the industrial market. Sensors and wireless connectivity embedded in its LED fixtures not only significantly reduced lighting-related energy use—by up to 90% in some... View Details
Keywords: Internet Of Things; IoT; LED Lighting; Start-up; Energy Efficiency; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Internet and the Web
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  • 14 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

startup to tackle product accessibility for the disability community. Many products and websites today are inaccessible to people with disabilities despite over 30 years of the Americans Disabilities Act which prohibits disability... View Details
  • Web

Judges - Alumni

M.B.A. from MITs Sloan School and holds an M.P.A. from Harvards Kennedy School. Can support startups with: - Early team issues - Fundraising prep - Commercialization support Industry Business Products and Services (B2B), Technology... View Details
  • Web

Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

investments that generated positive environmental and social impacts alongside healthy financial returns and had already invested in PEG’s Series A round the previous year. Should BHI commit to the Series B round? Key Themes: Investing in emerging View Details
  • September 2001 (Revised May 2006)
  • Case

Webvan

Examines Webvan's operations and the processes by which it delivers groceries that were ordered from the Internet to customers' homes. Recounts Webvan's history from founding through early 2001 and concentrates on the unique approaches to warehousing, delivery,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Failure; Business Startups; Consumer Products Industry; Service Industry
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  • 22 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 22

  PublicationsForward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance Authors:Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky, eds. Publication:Brookings Institution Press and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2011 Abstract The recent collapse of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2024
  • Case

Roja Garimella: Developing a Founder's Judgment

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
Roja Garimella’s path to becoming a founder was anything but straight. Setting her sights on a career in medicine since childhood, she committed to medical school with her acceptance to college. And yet, throughout her studies, she continually explored alternative... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Judgments; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry
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  • Web

2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

S. Bernstein (MBA 2006, DBA 2013) + More Info – Less Info Talent markets are shifting. Until recently, job seekers focused mainly on what organizations would hire them to do: organizations posted jobs, and people applied for them. For... View Details