Publications

April 2024 (Revised February 2025)
Teaching Note

eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-360.The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Value Creation; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Product Marketing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Bicycle Industry; Africa; Kenya

09 Nov 2011
News

Number One in Mobile Communications

February 2014
Technical Note

Mobile Broadband and the Telecommunications Industry in 2011

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Kerry Herman and Christine Snively

Mobile broadband carriers provide network access to the Internet for a range of devices (typically portable or mobile), including consumer devices such as smartphones, tablets and E-Readers, but also a host of new emerging devices. Mobile broadband networks enable data... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Communications Industry

December 1977
Supplement

Mobil Oil Corp. (B)

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November 1977 (Revised December 1977)
Case

Mobil Oil Corp. (A)

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Energy Industry

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March 2015
Case

Pinewood Mobile Homes, Inc.

By: William E. Fruhan and Wei Wang

January 1999 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Mobile Communications Tokyo, Inc.

Describes a young Japanese telecommunications equipment and software company. The founder and president, Hatsuhiro Inoue, has just seen revenues double over the last two years and expects further rapid growth. The company currently has three product lines:... View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Initial Public Offering; Financial Markets; Telecommunications Industry; Tokyo; United States

13 Oct 2020
Cold Call Podcast

Can Entrepreneurs Make Mobile Voting Easy and Secure?

Keywords: Re: Mitchell B. Weiss; Public Administration

December 2019 (Revised January 2022)
Supplement

Othellonia: Growing a Mobile Game

By: Eva Ascarza, Tomomichi Amano and Sunil Gupta

April 2005 (Revised June 2006)
Supplement

Evergreen Investments: Mobile CRM (B)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

04 Aug 2015
News

How Mobile Fundamentally Changes Marketing

February 2023
Teaching Note

Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa

By: Anywhere Sikochi

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-021. View Details

November 2019 (Revised December 2023)
Teaching Note

Othellonia: Growing a Mobile Game

By: Eva Ascarza, Tomomichi Amano and Sunil Gupta

Teaching note for case 520-016 View Details

August 2006
Teaching Note

Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland (TN)

By: Jeffrey Fear and Christian H.M. Ketels

Teaching Note to 707004. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Germany

September 2021 (Revised February 2023)
Case

Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa

By: Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Francesco Tronci

Harambe was a non-profit organization whose mission was to build an ecosystem to identify promising young African entrepreneurs and provide them access to training, markets, capital, and support networks. From 2007 to 2021, Harambe had grown to a network of 367... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Model; Strategy; Organizational Structure; Business Startups; Capital; Venture Capital; Social and Collaborative Networks; Networks; Developing Countries and Economies; Emerging Markets; Africa; South Africa