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  • 17 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

conspicuous successes in online commerce came from companies that already had a pretty good catalog or direct mail business. Staples and Dell migrated successful catalog businesses onto the Web. Merck-Medco... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail
  • June 2014
  • Teaching Note

Google Glass

By: Thomas Eisenmann
In early 2014, business development executives at Google were formulating a distribution strategy for Glass, a wearable computer that projected information on a display viewable with an upward glance. Options, which were not mutually exclusive, included 1) continuing... View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Distribution Channels; Technology Adoption; Product Marketing; Computer Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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Eisenmann, Thomas. "Google Glass." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 814-116, June 2014.
  • 14 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

Harvard Business School; and Jeffrey Prince, Indiana University. The study notes, for example: We devote a more or less fixed amount of time online each week. We don’t allocate more time when something new... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services
  • 23 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

Tightly packed workers and other weak protections allowed COVID-19 to sweep through American slaughterhouses during the past year, infecting at least 45,000 employees and killing an estimated 240 people. To Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories
  • February 2000 (Revised November 2002)
  • Case

QuickenInsurance: The Race to Click and Close (A)

By: Lynda M. Applegate
ES Technologies started in 1976 as a storefront in Tempe, Arizona selling personal computer kits to hobbyists. Twenty years later, revenues exceeded $3.5 billion, and the business had evolved from a computer store to a master reseller and full-line integrator of... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Structures; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry; Arizona
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Applegate, Lynda M. "QuickenInsurance: The Race to Click and Close (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-295, February 2000. (Revised November 2002.)
  • 17 Dec 2015
  • Cold Call Podcast

Designing a Great Community

Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani
  • 08 Oct 2019
  • Blog Post

Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity

In a snapshot of the PresenceLearning leadership team taken this spring, CEO Kate Eberle Walker (MBA 2005) stands, smiling, just right of center. She’s flanked by three other women and four men—the gender-balanced C-suite she had been determined to build when she took... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
  • October 2009 (Revised June 2011)
  • Case

Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture

By: Frances X. Frei, Robin J. Ely and Laura Winig
On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its board of directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies.... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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Frei, Frances X., Robin J. Ely, and Laura Winig. "Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture." Harvard Business School Case 610-015, October 2009. (Revised June 2011.)
  • February 1999 (Revised May 1999)
  • Case

Onsale, Inc.

By: Youngme E. Moon
Onsale has been a pioneer in electronic commerce, offering excess and refurbished goods using an online auction format. The company is now planning to become a player in the highly competitive world of first-run computer merchandise as well. However, unlike other... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Transformation; Customers; Brands and Branding; Auctions; Network Effects; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Retail Industry
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Moon, Youngme E. "Onsale, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 599-091, February 1999. (Revised May 1999.)
  • 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

in much the same way that historical perspectives helped to shape the first generation of endogenous growth theories. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55039 September 21, 2018 Harvard Business Review... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • June 2019
  • Case

Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Expanding from One to Many Millions of Customers

By: Thales S. Teixeira
By 2019, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were among the highest-growing internet startups around. These marketplaces sought to match suppliers of assets for rent, physical products, or services with customers demanding them. Among the most notable... View Details
Keywords: Airbnb; Etsy; Uber; Growth Hacking; Two-Sided Markets; Digital Marketing; Customer Acquisition; Two-Sided Platforms; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Customers; Acquisition; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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Teixeira, Thales S. "Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Expanding from One to Many Millions of Customers." Harvard Business School Case 519-087, June 2019.
  • April 2019
  • Case

Walmart Update, 2019

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
In 2019 Walmart was still the world's largest company, with over $500 billion in annual revenue and operations around the world. Although it had mostly vanquished its rival discount retailers in the U.S., it was struggling to find the right growth strategy. Facing a... View Details
Keywords: E-Commerce Strategy; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Range; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; E-commerce; Retail Industry
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Yoffie, David B., and Daniel Fisher. "Walmart Update, 2019." Harvard Business School Case 719-504, April 2019.

    Jeffrey F. Rayport

    Jeffrey F Rayport is a faculty member in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the School’s MBA and Executive Education Programs and on HBS Online. His primary focus in teaching and research is growth-stage technology... View Details

    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity

    By: Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
    Can new data sources from online platforms help to measure local economic activity? Government datasets from agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau provide the standard measures of economic activity at the local level. However, these statistics typically appear only... View Details
    Keywords: Economy; Analytics and Data Science; Local Range; Social and Collaborative Networks
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    Glaeser, Edward L., Hyunjin Kim, and Michael Luca. "Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-022, September 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
    • April 2021
    • Case

    Codecademy: Where to Next?

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Max Mailman and Sarah Ascherman
    In March 2020, Zach Sims, co-founder and CEO of online education platform Codecademy, prepared for a meeting with his Chief of Staff Kunal Ahuja to discuss the company’s goals. Codecademy billed itself as the largest online resource for computer science literacy and... View Details
    Keywords: Monetization Strategy; Business Model; Change Management; Venture Capital; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Teams; Marketing Channels; Product Marketing; Network Effects; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; United States
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    Rayport, Jeffrey F., Max Mailman, and Sarah Ascherman. "Codecademy: Where to Next?" Harvard Business School Case 821-093, April 2021.
    • July 2021 (Revised January 2024)
    • Case

    Fynd

    By: Ranjay Gulati, Kairavi Dey and Rachna Tahilyani
    Fynd is a fast-growing venture that in 7 years since its founding has become India's largest omnichannel retail company with real-time access to over 9,000 stores' offline inventory. It started as a B2B business supporting retailers who didn’t have an online business,... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Model; Acquisition; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry; Communications Industry; India; Mumbai
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    Gulati, Ranjay, Kairavi Dey, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Fynd." Harvard Business School Case 822-006, July 2021. (Revised January 2024.)
    • February 2000 (Revised April 2003)
    • Case

    InSite Marketing Technology (A)

    By: Lynda M. Applegate, Genevieve J.S. Feraud and Sheila L Marcelo
    Introduces students to products and services that improve customers' online shopping experience. Also discusses the challenges of marketing new product concepts and finding funding for start-up ventures. View Details
    Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Financing and Loans; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Service Delivery; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Service Industry; Web Services Industry
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    Applegate, Lynda M., Genevieve J.S. Feraud, and Sheila L Marcelo. "InSite Marketing Technology (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-279, February 2000. (Revised April 2003.)
    • December 1999 (Revised February 2001)
    • Case

    CVS: The Web Strategy

    By: John A. Deighton and Anjali C. Shah
    How should America's second-largest pharmacy chain respond to the challenge from online drugstores? What threat does the web pose to bricks and mortar distribution of prescription drugs and the other items that make up 50% of a drugstore's sales? This case describes... View Details
    Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Marketing Channels; Distribution Channels; Service Operations; Corporate Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Web Services Industry
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    Deighton, John A., and Anjali C. Shah. "CVS: The Web Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 500-008, December 1999. (Revised February 2001.) (request a courtesy copy.)
    • 16 Dec 2015
    • Video

    Designing a Great Community

    • October 2009
    • Simulation

    Strategy Simulation: Competitive Dynamics and Wintel

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
    In this online simulation students study the dynamics of cooperation and competition between two markedly different businesses that both rely on the flow of PC sales. Playing the role of Microsoft or Intel, students determine product release schedules and pricing, as... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Motivation and Incentives; Negotiation; Software; Computer Industry
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    "Strategy Simulation: Competitive Dynamics and Wintel." Harvard Business School Simulation 710-802, October 2009.
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