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In less than a decade, the Internet went from being a series of loosely connected networks used by universities and the military to the powerful commercial engine it is today. This book describes how many of the key innovations that made this possible came from... View Details

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March 2018
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GoFundMe: The Giving Layer of the Internet

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Allison M. Ciechanover

By 2017, GoFundMe is the world’s largest social fundraising platform. Gross donation volume is growing rapidly, yet the number of monthly campaign starts is relatively flat. The CEO contemplates a variety of growth initiatives. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Technology Industry

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June 2001
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Cisco Systems: Building Leading Internet Capabilities TN

By: Richard L. Nolan

Teaching Note for (9-301-133). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry

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October 1999 (Revised March 2000)
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HP Consumer Products Business Organization: Distributing Printers via the Internet

By: Rajiv Lal, Kirthi Kalyanam, Shelby Mc Intyre and Edie Prescott

In spring 1998, Pradeep Jotwani, vice president and general manager of the Consumer Products Business Organization of the Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), was contemplating the increasing success of e-commerce and its implications for his division. The consumer products group... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Marketing Channels; Business Processes; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Sales; Business Strategy; Information Technology; Consumer Products Industry

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September 2012
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Ringier - Building a Digital-Age Media Company

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Overview of the strategic re-orientation and diversification of Ringier, a Swiss based media company, as they confront the challenges of staying competitive and profitable in the new and increasingly digital media landscape. View Details

Keywords: Media And Publishing; Publishing; Media; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Diversification; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Switzerland

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November 1996 (Revised June 1999)
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Living on Internet Time: Product Development at Netscape, Yahoo!, NetDynamics, and Microsoft

By: Marco Iansiti and Alan D. MacCormack

Describes how four companies in the Internet software market approach product development. Drawing upon short case studies of three recent projects, students are invited to synthesize the common attributes of development practice in turbulent environments. View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Situation or Environment; Volatility; Risk and Uncertainty; Research and Development; Information Technology Industry; United States

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01 Oct 2000
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After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective

a huge difference in economies," Nolan stated, adding that since drugstore.com entered the field, many more health-related Internet companies have followed. "Once a dot-com comes into an industry, the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry

large companies like WPP. In industry consolidation, different companies have been combined, and the question is how to get the Internet piece positioned relative to the traditional piece happening. We are... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Publishing; Publishing; Publishing

01 Jun 2001
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Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution

Quick. What does the word “philanthropy” conjure up? Large foundations? Well-heeled patrons? Reams of direct mail? How about nimble start-ups, passionate entrepreneurs, and powerful technology? That’s the new world of philanthropy, one the View Details

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

August 2003
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Wintel (D): From the Internet to Multi-Market Coordination

By: David B. Yoffie

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry

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April 2001
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Marshall Industries TN

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Elliot N. Maltz and William A. Sahlman

Teaching Note for (9-899-239). For book only - not listed on case. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Transformation; Service Delivery; Technological Innovation; Compensation and Benefits; Distribution Industry

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December 2011 (Revised June 2014)
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From Paperback to the Future: The Penguin Group and Book Country

By: Mukti Khaire

Keywords: Publishing; Books; Publishing Industry

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01 Jun 2012
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What Industrial Policy?

"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to 25 percent. A number of economists howled against this so-called View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Agriculture; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2000
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Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time

When the number of Internet-based businesses took off in the mid-1990s, many long-standing rules for product innovation were blown away. Previous models of development based on a sequential process of planning and execution are not workable in the View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

December 2014 (Revised August 2024)
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HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry

By: Rory McDonald, Feng Zhu and Cheng Gao

In less than 10 years, cofounders Brian Sharples and Carl Shepherd had transformed HomeAway from just another Internet startup into the world's leading vacation-rental marketplace—a global online platform that links customers seeking vacation-home rentals to the... View Details