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Jonathan Evans

greater fluency in the integrative work critical to creating cutting-edge products with sound strategy and management. And it has also underscored a deep humility for the potency of teamwork to drive impact. What are you most looking... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entertainment / Media

01 Mar 2017
News

Swimming with the Stream

customers. Gandhi, who released her first EP, Voices, in October and heads off on tour this month, has done stints at both Spotify and Interscope Records, which provided her with unique insight as she planned promotion and distribution for the EP. Here, she offers an... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Online AI Course | HBS Online

diverse applications of AI, machine learning, predictive modeling, and data science Explore ethical AI-related challenges to implement it responsibly and manage risks Develop the skills and frameworks to shape your organization’s digital transformation View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Screen Grab

Union address in January. YouTube is the biggest, most visible platform for this shorter-form, nontraditional content, but other multichannel networks are springing up to offer a differentiated experience to win viewers. Jason Kilar (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

September 2018 (Revised January 2020)
Case

Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (A)

By: Feng Zhu, Susan Athey and David Lane

In summer 2016, four of Australia’s top five banks petitioned regulators for permission to bargain collectively with Apple over the terms under which they would support its digital wallet, Apple Pay. They argued that doing so would force concessions from Apple that... View Details

Keywords: Payment Methods; Mobile Payment; Apple; Banks and Banking; Cooperation; Problems and Challenges; Policy; Digital Platforms; Banking Industry; Australia

January 2017 (Revised August 2019)
Case

X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Is Amazon a Friend or Foe? (A)

By: Feng Zhu and Angela Acocella

Three years after launching his brick-and-mortar store, X Fire Paintball and Airsoft, Steve Herbert Sr. and his sons began selling products on Amazon.com’s third-party Marketplace, and online sales expanded rapidly. Over time, X Fire noticed that products of which it... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Competition; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Small Business; Retail Industry; Canada

01 Jun 2015
News

Ink

Book Review: Learning from Bill, Andy, and Steve The tuxedoed trio looking out from the cover of Harvard Business School Professor David B. Yoffie’s new book on strategy can be seen as the modern-day Mount Rushmore of business. At their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Apple; Microsoft; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

07 Feb 2018
News

Helping Startups Give Back

Foundation of Canada, notes, “They rarely have the cash or the time.” Four years ago, Goldstein helped launch the Upside Foundation to provide a platform for early-stage and high-growth companies to pledge a percentage of profits from... View Details

September 2018 (Revised January 2020)
Supplement

Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (B)

By: Feng Zhu, Susan Athey and David Lane

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Payment Methods; Mobile Payment; Apple; Banks and Banking; Cooperation; Problems and Challenges; Policy; Digital Platforms; Banking Industry; Australia

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HBS Entrepreneurs Collection | Baker Library

HBS Entrepreneurs Collection In 2001, HBS initiated a two-year oral history project to capture the stories of some of the most significant entrepreneurs of the time. The interviewees speak on a common set of themes including their development as entrepreneurs, View Details

26 Jun 2025
Blog Post

Partner with a Student Club

Looking to connect with more students at HBS? Partnering with student clubs is a great way to build relationships, promote your brand, and discover our MBA talent. Harvard Business School has more than 50 career-related student clubs, offering strategic View Details

09 Mar 2021
Blog Post

New BEI Director: Lynn Schenk

chair, Professor Mike Toffel, to refine and implement a strategy designed to leverage BEI’s intellectual capital, its network, and its executional capabilities. She will also be responsible for overseeing BEI’s overall View Details

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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog

new ventures, and investors. Students will develop their strategy through simulated negotiation exercises, experience from guest speakers, and practice in the field along-side experts. Learning Objectives: To get a sense for the... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Think globally, crowdfund locally

E ric Sonnier (MBA 2014) cofounded Local Lift (formerly Equity Endeavor) to help small businesses find the resources to make enhancements to their operations. The crowdfunding platform Sonnier launched with HBS classmate Broderick... View Details

October 2013
Article

Ad Revenue and Content Commercialization: Evidence from Blogs

By: Monic Sun and Feng Zhu

Many scholars argue that when incentivized by ad revenue, content providers are more likely to tailor their content to attract "eyeballs," and as a result, popular content may be excessively supplied. We empirically test this prediction by taking advantage of the... View Details

Keywords: Ad-sponsored Business Models; Media Content; Blog; Revenue Sharing; User-generated Content; Platform-based Markets; Blogs; Business Model; Digital Platforms; Commercialization; Digital Marketing

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20 Aug 2015
Blog Post

AVICII: REFLECTIONS ON MANAGING THE BRAND OF A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR

and foremost, the entire company is structured around the idea of creation and creativity. While technology runs platform companies like Spotify and Apple, and marketing runs record labels like Capitol and Sony, creativity and creative... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

own profits when one side is subsidized in equilibrium. By contrast, if platforms make positive margins on both sides, the same investment has the regular, expected effects. Our analysis implies that the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2015
News

Euro Vision

financial services. "But over time, those differences are going away," he says. "I wouldn't want to typecast any of them, because entrepreneurs move around very fluidly. You can do anything anywhere." If Rimer went to Germany looking only for the next SoundCloud, the... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

September 1996 (Revised April 1997)
Case

GO Corporation

By: Josh Lerner, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad and Paul C. Yang

GO faces a crisis in March 1991 when Microsoft announces the introduction of a competing operating system for pen-based computers. GO's managers must work with its venture financers, Kleiner Perkins, to redesign its financing, alliance, and product development... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Digital Platforms; Competition; Private Equity; Adaptation; Crisis Management; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry