Platform Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

GovDelivery, as the company became known, was one of the first companies to move governments into the cloud; one of the first to sell them software as a service (SaaS); and in 2007, the only one with 3 million citizens registered to use its View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2024
News

Next Level

In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details

Keywords: Maggie Mertens; photos by Cameron Karsten; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

15 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

platform and emphasized his position as a Washington-outsider. He proved to be an unpredictable and incendiary candidate on the campaign trail, garnering much media attention and creating divisions within the traditional Republican base,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

invest in a medical technology company that licenses intellectual property from a privately held IP holding company based on a platform technology. Entrepreneurs Amar Sawhney and Fred Khosravi founded Incept LLC to commercialize their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1996
News

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

the explosive growth of the Internet." Detailing how the Internet is revolutionizing the communications industry, Taffel spoke of the "paradigm shifts" that new technology can bring and how they are frequently ignored by industry leaders.... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

10 Mar 2021
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

part of solving public problems Government that can scale: Harnessing platform techniques for innovation and growth The lessons unfold in the timely episodes Weiss has seen and studied: the US Special... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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tipping, pricing and growth strategies? Multisided Platforms (MSPs): The most important competitive battles in technology are no longer between standalone products or services, but between platforms. Many of... View Details

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

been the case in this country,” he says. JULY 31 As part of the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellows program, first- and second-year students participated in a diverse range of pursuits this summer, many of them focused on racial equity and justice. Among them:... View Details

06 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 6

ability to manage the other. Pursuing both journeys simultaneously is thus even more challenging than the challenges considered separately would imply. We argue that growth in a new industry may require skillful attention to both journeys... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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