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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

either be evaluated as complete or not complete. What materials will I have access to after completing Launching Tech Ventures? + – You will have access to the materials in every prior module as you progress through the program. Access to course materials and the... View Details

September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
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Student Success at Georgia State University (A)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

Georgia State University had developed a reputation for driving student success by nearly doubling its graduation rate for students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It did so while growing its student body and the proportion of Black/African... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

to HBP, Executive Education, and HBS Online as operating expenses, in a profit-seeking enterprise they would in large part be considered cost of goods sold. These expenses include direct costs for staff compensation, specialized outside professional services in... View Details

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

platform owners may target the most successful complementors so as to appropriate value from their innovations, or they may target poor performing complementors to improve the platforms' overall quality. Using data from Amazon.com, we... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Mar 2015
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Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

four museums, including the acclaimed Tate Modern—has pushed the boundaries of what an art museum can be. Its journey may be both a road map and a caution for many institutions—cultural and business—as they begin to explore the promise of digital View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

will also explore implications of these changes for investing. Digital Platforms: The Business Model of the 21st Century Professor David Yoffie + More Info - Slides – Less Info - Slides Digital platforms have become the most successful... View Details

27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

development is fragmented and lacks a coherent and integrated theory and method for developing an effective organization. A 20-year action research program led to the development and evaluation of the Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)-a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2019
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What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

not be any sort of attack on this very fundamental right. On the other hand social media platforms still have an obligation to the public that they serve YouTube needs to redouble its efforts and be totally relentless in its quest to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

21 Apr 2021
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The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

organizations live-blog or live-tweet their corporate meetings or events to give employees a sense of the back-and-forth in the moment. The virtual platforms that companies are relying on these days offer a similar opportunity to invite... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

Affordable Housing Trust Fund, and will launch a research-based studio with the Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture in spring 2023. The studio, says Dlodlo, will focus on urbanism, innovative housing typologies, and new construction View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

27 May 2014
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First Look: May 27

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 to sell Glass directly through online channels, 2) creating an open View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2019
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Tech for the People

Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai HBS Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai (MBA 2017) was working as a technology and innovation advisor in the San José mayor’s office in the fall of 2017 when he began thinking about the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

03 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?

As a polarizing US presidential election nears, moderating controversial content on social media poses a pressing problem for tech giants. But no matter how many employees they hire, lines of code they write, or new content policies they implement, major View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Information Technology; Information Technology

20 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

For some gig workers, losing the flexibility to set their own schedules is equivalent to taking a 17 percent pay cut, according to new research that explores the wages and work habits of DoorDash drivers. App-based platforms that allow... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology

25 Aug 2014
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Working in Tech 4Dev

enterprise-focused and still in beta mode, but Ushahidi’s greater mission of technology for development—“tech4dev”—is worth writing more about. The company uses cloud-based technologies—your smartphone, your computer, and even SMS, to... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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Jake Flomenberg

experience as Co-President of the TechMedia club shape your career goals within the technology sector? My time serving the TechMedia Club was a great opportunity to reflect on my personal interests within the View Details

Keywords: Technology

06 Dec 2021
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HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

existing. Likewise, through its Executive Education Program and HBS Online, the School is educating business leaders about the latest technologies and how to capitalize on these new capabilities. The course she took, says Hopkins, covered... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

18 Nov 2013
Op-Ed

Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?

that term, allowing its users to "consume" information in ways that were formerly unavailable to them due to cost, complexity, or both. The fact that half a billion consumers willingly engage on Twitter's platform confirms the viability... View Details

Keywords: by Chet Huber; Technology

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

to the fact that anyone can access it from any computer as long as they have a browser, she said. Her company, Desktop.com, is building an integrated Internet desktop services platform and product in much the same spirit, to allow people... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Technology; Technology

16 Jul 2016
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Angie’s List Introduces 'Freemium' Model

Angie’s List CEO Scott Durchslag (MBA 1991) has made many changes to the venerable home-service review website since taking the helm in September 2015, including the creation of a new technology platform for... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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