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  • 15 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

two-sided market, we study how uncertainty and asymmetric information concerning the success of a new technology affects the strategies of the platforms and the market outcome. We find that the incumbent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

IT Strategy: HBS IT Website Provides Easier Access to News and Support | Information Technology

expertise from Marketing and Communications as part of the work being done to refresh all HBS websites through the Web Content Management System Program. The new platform brings standardization, consistency,... View Details
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

assets; they aren't hamstrung by substantial resource allocation decisions, giving them remarkable flexibility. Now incumbent firms are seeing their competitive position eroded by technology, alternative staffing models, and other forces. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2004 (Revised October 2006)
  • Case

Electronic Arts in Online Gaming

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Justin Wong
Electronic Arts (EA), the world's largest independent video-game publisher, must decide whether to support Microsoft's initiatives in online gaming. Historically, EA has been platform-agnostic, releasing versions of its titles for all major console platforms. However,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Digital Platforms; Network Effects; Policy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Revenue; Segmentation; Sales; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Electronics Industry
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    Gil Addo

    Gil Addo is CEO and Co-founder of RubiconMD, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CVS Health. RubiconMD’s digital health platform empowers primary care clinicians with access to virtual specialist support to improve patient care.   Founded in... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare
    • 01 Jun 2011
    • News

    Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund

    people to work at promising start-ups. Vinamea (Gurvan Rallon and Cornelius Frey, both HBS ’12): A platform that allows people to rent a portion of a vineyard and receive their share of the year’s vintage. Zumper (Anthemos Georgiades, Tom... View Details
    Keywords: awards
    • 01 Dec 2019
    • News

    Case Study: Farming It Out

    to tackle more complex tasks like pruning and picking. The Question: For now, AGR is focused on nailing the initial market fit, Andersen says, but at some point he’ll have to face the question of empire building. Other companies have... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture
    • 01 Dec 2017
    • News

    Global Perspectives

    Shih, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice, who cochaired the one-week immersion with Dennis Campbell, Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Business Administration. “We started with a very basic question: ‘What should we really know about Southeast... View Details
    • 23 Aug 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Strategy for Small Fish

    strong example here, with the continued success of its Quicken application against Microsoft Money. The key is finding a large enough market that requires specialized capabilities. Leverage other capabilities from keystones. Effective... View Details
    Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
    • 14 Aug 2019
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption

    Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive InnovationChristensen's classic article from 2003 about the six keys to creating new-growth businesses. The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change Every successful social movement... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • Profile

    Jeff Nelson

    When he joined the single-family project-development group, he entered the eye of the storm. “I was in the division addressing the core problem – fixing the way mortgages originated in the first place.” With his colleagues, Jeff developed a third-party... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2006
    • News

    Faculty Research Online

    which athletes won and lost in Turin, but what about the companies and individuals looking for business gold? Professor Emeritus Stephen A. Greyser looks at the results and the possibilities ahead for the Summer Games in China. New Research Explores Multisided View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • Profile

    Blake Landro

    Making a dramatic shift in both industry and location, Blake decided to make a difference at Google, in Mountain View, CA, where he worked on Google Checkout, an online payment platform for small- to medium-sized businesses. “It had just... View Details
    • 26 Jul 2016
    • First Look

    July 26, 2016

    two-sided markets grew to scale, network effects kicked in as more consumers bred more suppliers and vice versa. But how did these platforms acquire their first customers at the time when they had so few... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Europe - Global Activities 2021

    Europe Europe Job-Matching Platforms Address the Refugee Crisis Pictured: The European refugee crisis continues to escalate—between 2011 and 2019 alone, more than 6 million people applied for asylum in the European Union. The assignment... View Details
    • 25 Feb 2020
    • News

    Action Plan: Just Breathe

    In the late aughts, Joe Burton (PMD 75, 2000) looked like a success story. In 2006, after a successful career in consulting and the C-suite of numerous public companies, he was named COO of McCann Worldgroup, overseeing $1.5 billion in View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • 01 Feb 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 1

    price, the content will tend to be exclusive unless there are sufficient market expansion effects. On the other hand, if the content provider maintains control of its pricing, the strategic interaction between prices set by the content... View Details
    • 29 Apr 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: April 29

    charged to developers and to hold passive expectations. We show that platforms with more market power (monopoly) prefer facing more informed users. In contrast, platforms with... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

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

    competitive? What are the legal, ethical and social implications of the choices you make? We will use theory and evidence from economics, law, and psychology to understand what your best strategy is, and to anticipate how the labor market... View Details
    • Web

    Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission | Working Knowledge

    you’re not able to invest there.” Moonfare’s story offers insights for any company seeking new growth opportunities as its target market matures. While PE returns have outpaced stock market gains in the... View Details