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    Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View

    The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content production model to produce and disseminate knowledge. While several prior studies have shown that the open-content production model can lead to... View Details
    • 22 May 2024
    • HBS Case

    Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

    Businesses that dismiss TikTok as merely a platform for teenagers looking to create and consume cat and dance videos do so at their own peril. That’s the message of a Harvard Business School case study tracing the video-sharing app’s explosive rise to the world's... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology

      Marco Iansiti

      Marco Iansiti, David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration,is a codirector of the Laboratory for Information Science at Harvard and of the Digital Initiative at HBS.

      Prof. Iansiti's research examines the digital transformation of companies and... View Details

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      • Research Summary

      Managing Product Development in Rapidly Changing Environments

      By: Alan D. MacCormack
      A consistent finding in many studies of innovation is the repeated failure of established firms when faced with radical changes in their core markets or technologies. Professor MacCormack's research takes the view that many of these failures can be attributed to the... View Details
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      The Role of Information Technology in the Provision of Services

      By: James I. Cash
      James I. Cash, Jr. is exploring the role of information technology in service management. Specifically, he is studying the implications of the ubiquity of information technology at three levels in service-providing organizations. (In the United States today, service... View Details
      • September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
      • Case

      Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur

      By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
      Marc Abrahams was a media entrepreneur who specialized in science humor. In 2008, he sought to boost the scale and monetization potential of his business. That business, called Improbable Research, encompassed a magazine (Annals of Improbable Research), a high-profile... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Personal Development and Career
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      • 29 May 2009
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Crafting Integrated Multichannel Retailing Strategies

      Keywords: by Jie Zhang, Paul Farris, Tarun Kushwaha, John Irvin, Thomas J. Steenburgh & Barton Weitz; Retail

        William A. Sahlman

        William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

        Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

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        • 2017
        • Book

        HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company

        By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
        Find, acquire, and run your own business. Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small... View Details
        Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurs; Small Companies; Small Business Finance; Negotiation; Due Diligence; Sourcing; Search Funds; Search; Deal Sourcing; Deal Structuring; Funnel; Debt Financing; Small And Medium Enterprises; Small Business; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation Deal; Ownership; Equity; Borrowing and Debt
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        • 16 Feb 2024
        • Research & Ideas

        As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers

        immigration policy during a period of growing skills gaps. In a quest for efficiency, they rely on AI-powered hiring systems that inadvertently exclude skilled candidates due to minor shortcomings in their qualifications, are difficult to navigate without robust View Details
        Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology
        • March 2023
        • Case

        MrBeast: Building a YouTube Empire

        By: Anita Elberse and Oliver Band
        Wednesday November 16, 2022 was a historic day in the ascent of Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, to the top echelon of YouTube creators. That day he became the YouTuber with the most subscribers ever—a total of 112 million. The meteoric rise of the 24-year-old... View Details
        Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Power and Influence; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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        • 2019
        • Book

        The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power

        By: Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer and David B. Yoffie
        The Business of Platforms explores the strategic, economic, and technology management challenges of digital platform businesses. We have five major themes in the book: 1) The world’s most valuable companies are all platforms, in part because platforms have... View Details
        Keywords: Strategy; Technology; Platform; Internet and the Web; Management; Competitive Strategy; Digital Platforms
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        • 07 Mar 2011
        • Research & Ideas

        Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back

        Internet boom, companies armed with nothing more than a PowerPoint presentation of a lousy idea could secure tens of millions of dollars—which sometimes gave them enough time to figure out a viable business plan through trial and error.... View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
        • Web

        Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research

        Finance Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students More Local Events Local Community Events Harvard Wyss institute- upcoming events Berkman Center for Internet and Society- upcoming events Harvard... View Details
        • 23 Apr 2013
        • First Look

        First Look: April 23

        disclosure subsidize consumers. And third, higher competition intensity tends to increase the volume of consumer information disclosed by firms. Our findings are particularly relevant to the business models of Internet firms and... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 2013
        • Dissertation

        Designing Freemium: A Model of Consumer Usage, Upgrade, and Referral Dynamics

        By: Clarence Lee, Vineet Kumar and Sunil Gupta
        Abstract. Over the past decade "freemium" (free + premium) has become the dominant business model among internet start-ups for its ability to acquire and monetize a large install-base with limited marketing resources. Freemium is a hybrid strategy where a firm offers... View Details
        Keywords: Discrete-Continuous Choice Dynamic Structural Models; Bayesian Estimation; Word-of-Mouth; Digital Services; Freemium; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Motivation and Incentives; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Reference Programs; Business Startups
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        • Web

        Finance - Faculty & Research

        engagement and support could put customer satisfaction and TagHive’s reputation at risk. Keywords: Business Model ; Marketing Channels ; Marketing Strategy ; Product Marketing ; Social Marketing ; Information Infrastructure ; Information Technology ; View Details
        • May 2021
        • Teaching Note

        From Globalization to Dual Digital Transformation: CEO Thierry Breton Leading Atos Into 'Digital Shockwaves'

        By: Tsedal Neeley
        Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 419-027 and 419-046. Thierry Breton, chairman and CEO of IT company Atos, faces a pivotal juncture. After spending eight intense years scaling the company globally to over 100,000 employees in 70 countries, he sees digital shockwaves... View Details
        Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Transformation; Strategy; Disruption; Employees; Competency and Skills; Training; Organizational Culture; Digital Transformation; Information Technology Industry
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        • 01 Sep 2023
        • News

        Solving for Z

        With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
        Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government
        • 27 Jun 2005
        • Research & Ideas

        Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

        Internet are bringing out a high-tech type of leadership that is common in America's high-tech sector. Entrepreneurial, innovative, hard-driving, very flexible, ambitious, optimistic, visionary in the technology and business aspects, they... View Details
        Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills