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- July 2018 (Revised January 2021)
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RunKeeper
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
The case examines the focus of an early stage company and how venture capital can distort a founder’s view. It encompasses issues such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage Funding; Pivot; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Model; Health Industry
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "RunKeeper." Harvard Business School Case 819-020, July 2018. (Revised January 2021.)
- March 2015 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
American Well: The DTC Decision
By: Elie Ofek and Natalie Kindred
In late 2013, telehealth company American Well, which developed a digital platform that allowed patients to conduct online medical consultations with physicians, is considering pursuing a direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategy. Founded in 2006, American Well had, to date,... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Telehealth; Telemedicine; American Well; Schoenberg; Boston; Israel; Technology; Online Care; Direct-to-consumer; DTC; Health Insurance; Affordable Care Act; Health Care Reform; Accountable Care Organizations; Technology Change; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Digital Marketing; Strategy; Competition; Information Technology; Marketing; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Entrepreneurship; Marketing Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States; Israel
Ofek, Elie, and Natalie Kindred. "American Well: The DTC Decision." Harvard Business School Case 515-032, March 2015. (Revised December 2016.)
The Big Ditch
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but... View Details
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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting
different diverse backgrounds.” It was also at HBS that Leahy learned she could utilize her skillset in strategy consulting to contribute to an iconic brand. “I ultimately went to do my internship at Nike in the Corporate Strategy... View Details
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
a traditional gas-fired system due to lower utility bills and greater energy efficiency. Heat pumps can also insulate from the effects of energy price spikes. Next, making the switch will enable homeowners to take control of their climate... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Activity-Based Costing
analysis for a customer service department for its first fiscal quarter. The percentage of time spent on activities is determined from employee surveys. Once activity quantities are known or forecast, cost-driver rates are used to allocate the department's costs on... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson
- 2022
- Working Paper
Rethinking Explainability as a Dialogue: A Practitioner's Perspective
By: Himabindu Lakkaraju, Dylan Slack, Yuxin Chen, Chenhao Tan and Sameer Singh
As practitioners increasingly deploy machine learning models in critical domains such as healthcare, finance, and policy, it becomes vital to ensure that domain experts function effectively alongside these models. Explainability is one way to bridge the gap between... View Details
Keywords: Natural Language Conversations; AI and Machine Learning; Experience and Expertise; Interactive Communication; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Lakkaraju, Himabindu, Dylan Slack, Yuxin Chen, Chenhao Tan, and Sameer Singh. "Rethinking Explainability as a Dialogue: A Practitioner's Perspective." Working Paper, 2022.
- 19 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
company growing crops hydroponically in the US. Their method of growing uses 80% less water, 90% less land, and 95% less shipping fuel than long-distance field grown produce. Utilizing greenhouses allows BrightFarms to grow and deliver... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
may not be practical for restaurant dining, utilizing transparent screens or other physical barriers to demarcate table separation, limiting the number of individuals at each table, expanding outdoor seating, health and safety training... View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
data. Flexibility is important. Revisit your conclusions and pivot as needed. Utilizing short-term KPIs (30-day, or so) is one way of monitoring decisions and assessing performance. This is a period of continuous learning. The lessons may... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
such as Sustainable Investing , Power and Influence for Positive Impact , and more. Working with MBA Students Summer Associates Students play a valuable role for organizations in tackling issues that utilize their analytic and strategic... View Details
- 29 Mar 2022
- Book
5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
Group, formed in 1945 as a builder of utility vehicles and now a conglomerate spanning a number of industries, helps educate 90,000 girls in schools each year. “That's a very important thing,” says Jones, “that a company can allocate... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
use criteria Utilizes time stamped data, where available, to automatically incorporate patient-specific transaction times Automates public reporting of outcomes and costs Providers, IT vendors, policy makers, and payers will need to... View Details
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Medical Records on Hospital Utilization Costs" with Luminita Enache, Xue Guo, and Eddie Riedl. Jonas Heese : Winner of the 2021–2022 Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics for “When Executives Pledge Integrity: The Effect... View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows
(MBA 2022) and Christopher Edward Dee (MD 2021). Patrick's research focuses on utilizing real-world behavioral data from smartphones to characterize patient quality of life and to develop adaptive interventions using reinforcement... View Details
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Events - Business History
Tarun Khanna, the conference focused on the intersection of oral history, business, and the Global South, offering a unique space for interdisciplinary discussions. The goal was to bring together a community of scholars who have utilized... View Details
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Utilizing time-driven activity-based costing to determine open radical cystectomy and ileal conduit surgical episode cost drivers by Janet Baack Kukreja, M.D., M.P.H.a,b, Mohamed A. Seif, M.D.a, Marissa W. Mery, M.D.c, James R.... View Details
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National Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
nation or region utilizes its people, capital, and natural endowments to produce valuable goods and services.” — Michael Porter Clusters and Economic Policy White Paper, October 2009 View Details
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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School, the book became a standard textbook in business schools. Lehman Brothers also issued bonds for public utilities and branched into the business of advising on mergers and acquisitions. Within a generation, the firm... View Details
- December 2023
- Article
When Should the Off-Grid Sun Shine at Night? Optimum Renewable Generation and Energy Storage Investments
By: Christian Kaps, Simone Marinesi and Serguei Netessine
Globally, 1.5 billion people live off the grid, their only access to electricity often limited to operationally-expensive fossil fuel generators. Solar power has risen as a sustainable and less costly option, but its generation is variable during the day and... View Details
Kaps, Christian, Simone Marinesi, and Serguei Netessine. "When Should the Off-Grid Sun Shine at Night? Optimum Renewable Generation and Energy Storage Investments." Management Science 69, no. 12 (December 2023): 7633–7650.