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- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
Wilkins (MBA '70), and Terry L. Jones (MBA '74) and awards for civic and community service to Benaree Pratt Wiley (MBA '72) and Kenneth A. Powell (MBA '74). (Powell was also recently elected president of the HBS African-American Alumni... View Details
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54476 Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace By: Gu, Grace, and Feng Zhu Abstract—As an intermediary improves trust between... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Back to School
how you position the school in the marketplace or how you help students figure out whether this is the right place for them, it’s problem-solving, and I love that,” she says. Now that she’s found her own niche, Whitney has long-term plans... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216076-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-094 Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Acquiring the First Thousand Customers By 2016, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were pervasive among the highest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
for the GLF, the board this year has organized around three committees, each with a variety of projects. Priority one for the Alumni Career Services Committee, chaired by Andy Waite (MBA ’93), is assisting with the successful launch of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Bridging the Gap
Anas Aljumaily (MBA 2017) Elian Pres-Gurwits (MBA 2018) Cofounders, Gently Concept: Focused on urban markets, Gently is a last-mile delivery service that uses predictive analytics, electric trucks, and “nano-fulfillment” centers to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Measuring Impact
founders of firms that collectively have an indelible impact on the world economy by creating jobs, fostering prosperity, and bringing innovative products and services to market.” In addition to measuring alumni entrepreneurship, the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
systems for finding elite technical graduates. In addition, CarOrder.com made use of CollegeHire.com, a Trilogy portfolio company that provides a sophisticated online service to place high-tech college... View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
months of the pandemic writing about marketplace design tactics that could provide support—for example, by leveraging delivery marketplaces to bring food to the elderly or by distributing hand sanitizer more... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
successful online marketplace Care.com. Marcelo, the fifth of six children, was raised in a tight-knit family. Her parents, who eloped in their late teens, did not fall into stereotypical gender roles. “My... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
free-market competition. While market liberalization internationally is still evolving, the consumer benefits of the competitive marketplace are pretty compelling. Putting any one carrier in charge of the infrastructure that forms the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
went from leading portal to overextended venture incubator in just one year. The founder and owner was removed, and Yu, 36, was left to pick up the pieces. As chairman and CEO, he is now restructuring and refocusing the company to be a digital View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
Business School Case 817-103 Catalant: The Future of Work? Catalant, founded in 2013 as an online marketplace where MBAs could bid on consulting projects posted by small- to medium-sized businesses, had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
twenty years ago the company was unprepared for changes in the marketplace as competitors emerged that offered clients individual pieces of the technology package, such as a database program or storage device. This brought about increased... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success
arrive, rather than strictly the job search they pursue while they're here." Nonetheless, MBA Career Services launched new efforts to help the January cohort build the skills and relationships needed for successful recruiting without the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Negative Ad Power
believe the charges. It’s unheard of for consumer marketers to run ads that name their competitor but not themselves. What accounts for the difference? The primary reason we see more negative advertising in politics than in the commercial View Details
- Web
Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
largest wireless carriers. SupplierMarket Jon Burgstone, MBA 1999 Asif Satchu, MBA 1999 SupplierMarket.com (purchased by Ariba) is an online marketplace for buying and selling manufactured direct materials.... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
part of the HBS's Arthur Rock Center Accelerator program last year. ShelfLife is a B2B marketplace that enables small businesses to take advantage of economies of scale in the food and beverage packaging supply chain. “Specialty food and... View Details
- Profile
Adam Kanner
live events without cannibalizing full price tickets or hurting the brand, he could fill a huge market niche. In 2009, Kanner, MBA ‘98, started ScoreBig, an online ticketing service with a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC EDUCATION Online learning tailored to the skills gap of the unemployed Boston is an education mecca, but with the emergence of online education and MOOCs (massive open View Details