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- 16 Sep 2009
- News
Facebook: 300 million people, checking out photos of women
- March 2009 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Zopa: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Lending
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Isabel Fernandez-Mateo and David Chen
Zopa, a U.K.-based peer-to-peer lending company, connected individual lenders and borrowers via an online interface. The company charged a small fee for completed loan transactions but has not turned a profit. Zopa offered two platforms, Markets and Listings. Markets... View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Market Participation; Digital Platforms; Social and Collaborative Networks; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, and David Chen. "Zopa: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Lending." Harvard Business School Case 709-469, March 2009. (Revised September 2011.)
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
source software ("OSS"). What drives companies with large, proprietary software portfolios to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in OSS? We approach this question by grouping a sample of OSS projects into clusters and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Failures
By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj J. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Failures." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-494, March 2013.
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Strategy
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-496, March 2013.
- March 2010 (Revised April 2013)
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Designing Social Strategy
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
This note outlines the process of designing a social strategy. View Details
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Designing Social Strategy ." Harvard Business School Module Note 710-472, March 2010. (Revised April 2013.)
- January 2007
- Background Note
Choosing Corporate and Global Scope
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Introduces students to the study of corporate strategy, while providing an overview framework for understanding international strategy. Focuses on questions of scope and ownership. Examines both horizontal and vertical integration. Underscores the point that economies... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Investment; Framework; Global Strategy; Ownership; Corporate Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Choosing Corporate and Global Scope." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-496, January 2007.
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Platforms
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Platforms." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-498, March 2013.
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Platforms
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Platforms." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-495, March 2013.
- January 2008 (Revised March 2013)
- Teaching Note
Friendster (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Teaching Note for [707409] and [707410]. View Details
- October 2007
- Teaching Note
Procter & Gamble: Organization 2005 (A) & (B) (TN)
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Teaching Note to 707519 and 707402. View Details
- March 2008 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
MySpace
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, David T. Chen and Carin-Isabel Knoop
The case, set in late 2007, examines what MySpace—the largest online social network—should do to respond to its agile competitor, Facebook. Since its inception MySpace had experienced phenomenal growth, acquiring 20 million members in its first 20 months of operation,... View Details
Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Information Technology Industry
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, David T. Chen, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "MySpace." Harvard Business School Case 708-499, March 2008. (Revised June 2011.)
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Failures
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Failures." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-497, March 2013.
- March 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Course Overview Note
Competing with Social Networks: Overview
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Overview." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 713-500, March 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
- March 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Strategy
By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj J. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-499, March 2013. (Revised March 2013.)