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- 03 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?
As a polarizing US presidential election nears, moderating controversial content on social media poses a pressing problem for tech giants. But no matter how many employees they hire, lines of code they write, or new content policies they implement, major View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
what exactly customers are asking for, and when. Slang.ai’s offerings are also customizable, with a portfolio of digital voices from which to choose and background sound elements that can be branded. “We’re focusing on not just the... View Details
- October 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Red Flag Software Co.
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Tarun Khanna, David Lane and Elizabeth Raabe
In 2005, just five years after its formal launch, Beijing-based Red Flag Software was the world's second-largest distributor of the Linux operating system and was expecting its first annual profit. On a unit basis, Red Flag led the world in desktops (PCs) shipped with... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Competitive Advantage; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Globalized Markets and Industries; Information Technology Industry; Distribution Industry; Beijing; United States
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, David Lane, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Red Flag Software Co." Harvard Business School Case 706-428, October 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Article
Network Effects Aren't Enough
By: Andrei Hagiu and Simon Rothman
In many ways, online marketplaces are the perfect business model. Since they facilitate transactions between independent suppliers and customers rather than take possession of and responsibility for the products or services in question, they have inherently low cost... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Network Effects; Market Participation
Hagiu, Andrei, and Simon Rothman. "Network Effects Aren't Enough." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 4 (April 2016): 65–71.
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
open platforms and then provide a brief history of open digital platforms. I go on to argue that the success of open platforms in competition with vertically integrated firms... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
individual cow health and behavior, empowering farmers and providing peace of mind as they make better high-value livestock management decisions on breeding, disease, and feed programs. EnergAI - Aron Sass (MBA 2025), Balint Varga - EnergAI delivers an AI-powered View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
first truly numerate generation?” That question led to the creation of Zearn’s digital platform for learning math, which Sharma says is not only backed by research but also inspired by examples of... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 19 Apr 2018
- News
One Last Pitch
open, her father standing outside. “There has to be a better way to support recovery,” he said. Gastfriend partnered with his own father, Dr. David Gastfriend, an expert in addiction psychiatry, to create DynamiCare Health, a digital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Swimming with the Stream
shifting in the streaming era. The Remix Before release Old Model: Find the right label New model: Find the right platform If you’re an independent artist, music distribution platforms like TuneCore and CD... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Web
HBS - From The Dean
dynamism of our campus while building on the knowledge and skills we had gained in hybrid learning and remote work. Our new normal will be to take what we’ve always done well—teaching and research—and infuse it with new tools and View Details
- Web
HBS - From The Dean
digital transformation, which means creating a digital research infrastructure and a delivery platform where we can scale our impact exponentially. The third engine is... View Details
- April 2005 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Monster Networking
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and David Andrew Vivero
The management at Monster.com, the leading U.S. provider of online recruitment services, must decide how to proceed with Monster Networking (MN), a new business launched in late 2003. MN helps users identify other individuals who can offer career advice. Monster.com... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Social and Collaborative Networks; Recruitment; Service Industry; Employment Industry; United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and David Andrew Vivero. "Monster Networking." Harvard Business School Case 805-145, April 2005. (Revised February 2006.)
- 15 Mar 2019
- News
A Model of Drive and Impact
Pablo Fernandez Alvarez (GMP 17, 2014) is cofounder of Clicars, an e-commerce platform in Spain that allows users to buy and finance refurbished cars hassle-free. In this interview, Fernandez explains the business model, the reasons... View Details
- April 2005 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Yahoo! Messenger: Network Integration
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Describes Yahoo!'s management of the launch of version 6.0 of its Instant Messenger (IM) product, which incorporates features from 12 other Yahoo! properties, including Search, Music, Games, Photos, Personals, News, and Shopping. The integration of features from so... View Details
Keywords: Integration; Business Units; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Competitive Advantage; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Yahoo! Messenger: Network Integration." Harvard Business School Case 805-102, April 2005. (Revised June 2006.)
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy
some social media platforms soar while others fizzle, and how business can use them to generate profit. "I have always been fascinated that humans interact online when we can interact offline as we have for thousands of years," says... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
should clarify though, that our analysis cannot be extended to other occupations like lawyers or doctors. I would never want to select my doctor on the basis of online reviews rather than their training and education. I think there is a big distinction. Lagace: How... View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
The Making of An Internship: Impact
influence an organizations’ success longterm. Watch as three Class of 2017 students highlight the projects they worked on during their summer internships, and the impacts they made. Francesca Ioffreda created the business case for a new View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
Health Care: Data-Driven Diagnosis Robert Wah (AMP 175, 2008) President, American Medical Association; Global Chief Medical Officer, Computer Sciences Corporation “We’re entering the third phase of health information technology. The first phase was to get off of paper... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
traditional products are transforming into smart connected products and ecosystem platforms at a rate much faster than most organizations think. Schaeffer andSovie show how this reinvention is made possible: by AI and View Details