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- 06 Mar 2021
- News
What is a Celebrity Worth?
- 13 May 2018
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Executives learn how to lead digital disruption
- 09 May 2017
- News
If You Were Lorde’s Manager What Would You Do?
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
succeeds. But I think the more interesting way to ask that is, what does that look like when it fails? AM: Yeah. We walk into a lot of situations where it has failed. I'll give you a very simple one. We did some work with Uber at the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
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Step Change
adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased Careem for $3.1 billion in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
That distinction more likely belongs to Uber and Netflix, Yoffie notes. Uber could never have existed in a 3G world, and ubiquitous mobile video was impossible before 4G. The real winners are the companies... View Details
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- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
Middle East three years before Uber arrived there (Uber purchased the company for $3.1 billion in 2019), and Anghami, a music streaming service that debuted in the MENA region with Arabic and international music a full six years before... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Perspective: The Morning After 9/11
a pioneering program at Uber to help thousands of employees prepare to succeed and lead. Back in 2001, having just completed her third year of teaching at HBS, she wouldn’t answer to “Professor Frei,” encouraging students to use her first... View Details
- 21 Feb 2018
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
individuals, foundations, and endowments to invest in conventional farmers as they go organic. “We're a little bit like the Uber of farming, in that farmers have the knowledge base and the skills and all of the equipment necessary to do... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
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The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
or was it by choice? Soltes: When I think of some of the most innovative businesses today, Uber and Airbnb are prime examples of businesses that were fundamentally based on engaging in alleged violations of law in some jurisdictions.... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
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A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
Ghose, but they didn’t have easy access to stores and meals through the early months of the pandemic. “We partnered with Uber and WhatsApp in #SeniorPatrol,” says Ghose. “People would reach out via the Robin Hood Army WhatsApp chatbot to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
Anthony Tan and COO Hooi Ling Tan (no relation to one another) expanded their Grab car-hailing app to Jakarta in June 2014. Later that year, Uber launched its car service in the city. Grab had started as MyTeksi in Malaysia in 2012,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
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Is the Auction House of the Future Online?
online-only model requires limited physical infrastructure, allowing Paddle8 to expedite sales and charge a commission of 8 to 15 percent, well below some auction houses’ 20 to 25 percent commissions. For Julka, it’s the sharing economy by another name. “It is similar... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
trajectory,” Frei says. “The threat is to any company in the industry: If someone else is improving at a faster rate than me, even if I’m better than them today, I won’t be better than them tomorrow.” But as Frei knows firsthand—she has worked with View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Vision: To Go-Go
brands and 1,200 employees, spread across four countries. Foodology delivers 200,000 orders a month through apps such as Uber Eats and the Latin American unicorn Rappi, and it has fulfilled more than 2 million orders since launch.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
beauty industry? MMB: I think everyday beauty services like Drybar are the next phase. With Uber and Airbnb, the younger generation is really used to services on demand. For us that translates into a concept called X Bar, an on-the-floor... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
Professor Ramana Nanda and his colleague asked: Did the crowd choose to fund the same theater projects that expert judges would have? The answer: yes, and then some. “Our findings highlight the wisdom of crowds,” Nanda says. “Trend number one: Everybody will be an... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
invest in the women who make the industry run. Each brightly colored bag of Kahawa 1893 features a prominent QR code that allows purchasers to give to the women behind the beans. “People have been very receptive to the idea,” says Nyamumbo. “Customers tip at... View Details