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- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
run on Microsoft’s Windows platform, was the dominant web browser in the 1990s until squashed by Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer. In February... View Details
- December 2019
- Case
Walmart Ecommerce (A): Picking up the Pace
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case is an abridged version (part 1 of 2) of "Walmart's Omnichannel Strategy: Revolution or Miscalculation?" HBS Case No. 720-370. The (A) case discusses Walmart's early forays into online retail, as well as improvements made under Doug McMillon beginning in 2014.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Bentonville; Arkansas; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Walmart Ecommerce (A): Picking up the Pace." Harvard Business School Case 720-425, December 2019.
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
The National Geographic Society (TN)
By: David A. Garvin
Teaching Note for 311-002. View Details
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
In recent years, consumer review sites including Yelp, Citysearch, and TripAdvisor have become the first stop for recommendations on everything from dinner to dentists. Along View Details
- 02 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs
we are focusing on venture-backed firms in this study, the industries are those that are most common for venture capitalists to fund: Internet and software, biotechnology,... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 21 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?
The US government set out to support consumers and jolt the economy when it issued federal stimulus checks during the early months of View Details
- 05 Sep 2014
- Blog Post
CPD on the Road in Manila
the 40+ medians common throughout Europe and Japan. Labor continues to be one of the country’s biggest exports with overseas workers remitting cash to their families back home,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Ascent of Money
their support and concerns. Your Taxi Is Waiting Will a new category of “very light jets” shake up the business of flying? Three HBS entrepreneurs hope so. A look at the ups... View Details
- March 2020
- Module Note
Business Model Transformation in the Platform Age
By: Feng Zhu
Although some digital platforms are highly successful, most firms today are still traditional product- or service-based firms. To take advantage of the opportunities created by platform business models, traditional firms can work with existing platforms to become their... View Details
Keywords: Platforms; Platform Businesses; Platform Disruption; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Transformation; Digital Platforms
Zhu, Feng. "Business Model Transformation in the Platform Age." Harvard Business School Module Note 620-109, March 2020.
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
Choosing the right software platform is a critical task for developers. It can be a business life-or-death decision picking between Android or iPhone, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform, Xbox or... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
machine-learning algorithms running on massive on-demand cloud-computing platforms like Amazon Web Services. At the same time, a trifecta of trends—namely, the widespread... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
funding. Things have changed with the rise of the Internet and dot-coms; VCs now take a much more proactive role in View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
such as working with a team and making key decisions based on limited information. For French, now president of Westport, ConnecticutÐ based On-Link Corporation, a maker of electronic catalogs for online and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Strike Up the Broad(band)
could just as likely widen the divide between rich and poor, because information technology to date has generally increased the demand for skilled, higher-paid workers while... View Details
- 23 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit
As the children of civil servants living in northern India, siblings Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019) and Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) enjoyed educational advantages that millions of their lower-income peers did... View Details
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About the Institute About the Institute Contact Us Faculty & Staff Institute Associates Ludcke FAQs Institute Associates Institute Associates Kevin J. Bozic, Senior Institute Associate Dr. Kevin... View Details
- September 2002
- Case
Pura Vida Coffee
By: James E. Austin and Allen S. Grossman
Tells the story of two HBS graduates who sell gourmet coffee over the Internet to support an outreach ministry in Costa Rica. View Details
Austin, James E., and Allen S. Grossman. "Pura Vida Coffee." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 303-051, September 2002.
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
Since its official launch four years ago, the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise has flourished, providing ever-greater support and know-how for HBS students, alumni, and... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- Research Summary
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My current research builds on past research on the role of information, analytics and technology in transforming business and society. Over the past two years, this research focuses on how organizations partner to build innovation ecosystems that accelerate the... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Ecosystems; Leadership And Change Management; Organizational Adaptation; Innovation and Invention; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Organizations; Technology; Strategy; Web Services Industry; Web Services Industry; Web Services Industry; Web Services Industry; Africa; North and Central America; Middle East