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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure
The first in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have taken a leave from their careers to explore personally enriching projects off the beaten track. For some busy executives, spending... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web... View Details
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
Google, the "do no evil" company, gained entry into the Chinese search engine market last decade by agreeing to ban search results on topics deemed sensitive by the... View Details
- April 2000 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
H. E. Butt Grocery Company: The New Digital Strategy (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
Shows how the company's IT priorities have moved from primary supply chain restructuring to e-commerce. Shows the new organization structure created by the company. View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Supply Chain; Technology Adoption; Information Technology; Retail Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "H. E. Butt Grocery Company: The New Digital Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 300-106, April 2000. (Revised November 2003.)
- November 2000
- Exercise
Atlantis-Biovent Negotiation: Confidential Instructions for Atlantis
This two-party exercise illustrates bidding strategy in the context of settling a large insurance claim. Specifically, the claimant (Biovent) and the insurer (Atlantis) are asked to submit confidential offers to a dispute resolution Web site that will determine whether... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Bids and Bidding; Digital Platforms; Negotiation Process; Conflict and Resolution; Strategy; Internet and the Web
Wheeler, Michael A. "Atlantis-Biovent Negotiation: Confidential Instructions for Atlantis." Harvard Business School Exercise 801-262, November 2000.
- Web
Credits - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Credits Website Credits Supported by the de Gaspé de Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School Project manager: Karen Bailey, Historical Collections, Baker Library Production manager: Ben Dubrovsky, Baker Library Information... View Details
- June 2015
- Case
Beacon Group of Hong Kong: Finding Light in the Shadow Education Industry
By: Christopher Marquis, Qi Li and Guy Leung
After more than 25 years of operation, Beacon Group had grown from having 3 small classrooms on the fourth floor of a commercial building, to a network of 21 centers across Hong Kong with over 60,000 students enrolled per year. The key long-term challenge for the... View Details
Keywords: Online Education; Education; Tutoring; Incentives; Hong Kong; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Family Business; Education Industry; Hong Kong
Marquis, Christopher, Qi Li, and Guy Leung. "Beacon Group of Hong Kong: Finding Light in the Shadow Education Industry." Harvard Business School Case 415-082, June 2015.
- January 1998 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Chemdex.com
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Laurence E. Katz
An Internet start-up company is developing an online marketplace for specialty chemicals and reagents. David Perry has been named a runner-up in the 1st annual HBS Business Plan contest and now faces seed-stage financing questions--how much money to raise, at what... View Details
Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Laurence E. Katz. "Chemdex.com." Harvard Business School Case 898-076, January 1998. (Revised June 1999.)
- December 2001
- Case
Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Harden and Susan Saltrick
Sarah Vickers-Willis, HBS MBA 1999, faces a critical career decision: Does she redirect the Internet start-up she helped found or join in shaping a for-profit firm with a social mission? Sarah, a young Australian business executive, has always strived to "find space"... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Leadership; Internet and the Web; Social Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Business Startups
Hart, Myra M., Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Harden, and Susan Saltrick. "Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A)." Harvard Business School Case 802-111, December 2001.
- 08 Aug 2019
- News
Cloudflare Pulls the Plug on Hate Site
In the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso, Cloudflare’s CEO Matthew Prince (MBA 2009) announced that his web performance and security company... View Details
- February 2000 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
RadioShack
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Youngme E. Moon and Marie Bell
Outlines the transformation of RadioShack stores from a parts and accessories business to a provider of high bandwidth Internet access. View Details
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Youngme E. Moon, and Marie Bell. "RadioShack." Harvard Business School Case 500-081, February 2000. (Revised April 2000.)
- 24 Oct 2011
- News
Top 'Innovators' Rank Low in R&D Spending
- Article
Why the Wall Street Journal Online Will (Eventually) Go Free
Rayport, Jeffrey F. "Why the Wall Street Journal Online Will (Eventually) Go Free." Harvard Business Review Blogs (February 11, 2008).
- 21 Aug 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively
design. Deighton discussed how new sources of data starting to be generated by the Internet of Things will impact the advertising-based hegemony of Google, Amazon, View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo
that dizziness accompanying claims about all the wonderful ways the Internet is going to transform their lives. What they don't realize is that their fears make them discount... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- July 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Private Communications Corporation (A)
Ann Meceda is a soon-to-be MBA graduate. She has been working as the director of marketing in an Internet start-up, and now the founder wants her to become CEO. She must weigh the personal and business risks and assess her own objectives and tolerance for risks. View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Internet and the Web; Management Succession; Marketing; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Service Industry
Roberts, Michael J., and Nicole Tempest. "Private Communications Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-032, July 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
general discussion, moderated by Harvard Medical School faculty member Dr. Warner V. Slack, of how access to information and the logistics of insurance would change in a consumer-driven system. While... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
1983) guided his charges through a case about an online company named Neopets. The central question Eisenmann posed was: Should the company grow or stay about the same size? An... View Details
- 2001
- Case
Encyclopedia Britannica (C)
By: Vijay Govindarajan and Praveen Kopalle
In October of 1999, EBI offered a new Internet service at www.britannica.com. EBI provided access to the entire text and graphics of Encyclopedia Britannica absolutely free of charge. Its revenues came from on-line advertising, sponsorships, and a percentage of goods... View Details
Keywords: Online Technology; Online Advertising; Business Strategy; Information Publishing; Web Services Industry
Govindarajan, Vijay, and Praveen Kopalle. "Encyclopedia Britannica (C)." 2001. (Case No. 2-0009.)
- 11 Feb 2010
- Working Paper Summaries