Internet - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2008
News

One-on-One with Jim Breyer

About half the deals are next-generation Internet companies such as Facebook, Brightcove, Prosper Marketplace, and Glam Media. The other half would be the more traditional technology-based deals where there is defensible technology and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2016
News

The People’s Pods

on the promise of podcast advertising JA: Another way of thinking about it is distribution. Distribution used to be so, so important to get content out there. And increasingly, that’s not so, because the Internet is “disintermediating”... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

24 Apr 2014
News

A business career comes full circle

an increasingly globalized economy. During his tenure at HBO, McGee grew home-video operations to more than 70 countries, and is credited for the early adoption of the Internet for marketing and program distribution. (Published April... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

Buy, Lie, and Sell High by D. Quinn Mills Prentice Hall Any investor or person involved in America's financial-services industry will be interested in Buy, Lie, and Sell High: How Investors Lost Out on Enron and the Internet Bubble. In... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing

channels are our most valuable customers.— Susan Vobejda, Gap Inc. Susan Vobejda (HBS MBA '97), senior director of brand management at Gap Inc., agreed with Nuzzo that the Internet works best in support of the company's efforts to sell in... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products; Retail

01 Mar 2006
News

Fast Lane to Country Lane

TOGETHERNESS: Mark and Kim Lackley based their furniture business in Vermont. Learn on someone else’s dime. That’s a lesson from HBS that served Kim Alley Lackley (MBA ’94) well as she made the leap from software and Internet start-ups to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores; Retail Trade

01 Oct 2001
News

Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming

installed in over 215,000 hotel rooms.) ATCOM was acquired by CAIS Internet in 1999 in a deal valued at $85 million. A stint as COO of OKbridge, the largest bridge club on the Internet, further whetted Bry's appetite for View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick; Arts, Entertainment

02 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy

Why are people so drawn to social media? The question long haunted Mikolaj "Misiek" Piskorski and eventually led to his new book, A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media. Drawing from years of research dating back to before Facebook, the book offers an... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

June 2024 (Revised August 2024)
Technical Note

Web3 Business Model Design for Entrepreneurs

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Liang Wu

Keywords: Web3; Internet and the Web

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Educators

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June 2007
Teaching Note

Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce (TN)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell

Keywords: Internet and the Web

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12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

transparent capital markets, stable legal system, innovative scientific and university systems, tolerance for income disparity, and culture that rewards people who pursue opportunities after assessing the risks. Q: Did the Internet... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

the Internet economy. It shares certain features with other incubators—mainly, it fosters a spirit of entrepreneurship and offers economies of scale. But its key distinguishing feature is its ability to give start-ups preferential access... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

01 Jun 1999
News

Sixth Annual Cyberposium an SRO Success

standing-room-only, jam-packed marathon of discussion panels, keynote addresses, product demos, and networking opportunities. Sponsored by the student-led High Tech and New Media Club, this year's Cyberposium, titled "Digital Junctions," focused on the ways the View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

mandate.” He reveals that with the fiber installed in the eighteen months since Netcom was launched, shareholder value has multiplied sixfold to $2.5 billion. “China’s Internet population will grow to several hundred million in the next... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information