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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
single individual has achieved so much in such a short time," with "Microsoft's technology accelerating the world economy." Most influential business leader Bill Gates Jack Welch Henry Ford Alfred P. Sloan Thomas J. Watson The runner-up... View Details
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
its historic status as a vendor of the Macintosh personal computer (PC) line. Mac sales remained vital to Apple's future, but they now accounted for less than half of its total revenue. The company's line of iPod media players, its iTunes online content store and its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
management tools for the city. He stayed on as an advisor to Menino, rebuilding the city’s 24-hour hotline and exploring how mobile apps could be utilized to make reporting issues more convenient for residents. In 2010, Osgood and Nigel... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
technology and we have the systems, and they'd work if only people would use them," Ashraf says. "But in doing that, we're not realizing that they should be part of the process. Asking them to apply something that's been generated... View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
quarter to prepare for that growth, adding staff and taking scores of inbound inquiries for Banyan’s services. “How does a bank quickly grow its portfolio while managing risk?” she asked. “They should definitely leverage technology and... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
devices, K-12 education, and lost income. By May 1, they had more than 18,000 users across all 50 states and were deploying $11,000 monthly in granted and donated ad spend. Working with several Harvard groups (including alumni), Community V COVID-19 leverages View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
The coronavirus crisis forced health care providers to mobilize in ways few could have predicted six months ago, revealing not only the system’s weaknesses but its profound ingenuity. Within weeks, providers worldwide set up drive-through... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
in addition to the already competitive mobile communication segment where the company's once dominant market share was heavily eroded. Mao had to decide on the pricing strategies for the company's various product lines, including fixed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
proprietary data from a mobile phone application through which residents can submit service requests to the city of Boston. Users who received photographic evidence that their service requests had been addressed were more likely to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
what motivated her to write The Dressmaker of Khair Khana. “I think stories are the best way to reach people you otherwise couldn’t,” she says. “But storytelling is just a start; you then have to mobilize people and support the push for... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
venture track, Sana Care wins with its low-cost mobile technology solution to performing cardiac diagnostic services in emerging markets. With trophies hoisted and handshakes all around, another contest... View Details
- February 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea – helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Business Organization; Change Management; Disruption; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Health Pandemics; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Channels; Network Effects; Digital Platforms; Product Design; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Social Issues; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Value Creation; United States; China
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Dan Maher, and Dan O'Brien. "TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?" Harvard Business School Case 821-087, February 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
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European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online
these Disclosures. These Disclosures concern In-scope Processing by any means, including hardcopy (such as paper applications or forms) and electronic means (such as websites and mobile applications). What Personal Data Do We Collect?... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
personnel data for newly hired college graduates within an Indian technology firm. We leverage the fact that the assignment of an employee to one of many production centers within the firm is uncorrelated with observable characteristics... View Details
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
Point’s market opportunity and growth rate but can be seen as a change in their growth strategy. The founder needs to decide his strategy for his next board meeting. Should he focus on past performance? Or should he spend time outlining boxC.in’s View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
under these conditions. After describing these foundational perspectives and more recent work that addresses this paradox, we outline several promising directions for research in this domain. We encourage researchers to develop integrative theoretical explanations, use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
business but also as a determinant of wealth and poverty, they will find a way back to becoming leading participants in the debates over the fundamental question of what makes an economy grow. 2. Innovation. Business historians have long explored the importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
something else—my passion’s in neuroscience and brain theory,” he told her. “The objective was—as soon as he could—to get back to working on the brain, and I had to buy into that to be his CEO,” says Dubinsky. Numenta is the fulfillment of that promise. The company’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
archival research from ten countries, including new material from Russia and China, much of it no longer accessible to researchers, this book examines how China sought to mobilize Asia, Africa, and Latin America to seize the revolutionary... View Details