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- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
several decades of experience with information technology. We've just moved from private networks to public networks, and I think that has a huge impact. The technology is revolutionary; yet in terms of how... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
disentangle two distinct consequences of the geographic co-location of competitors in the same industry. Geographic co-location increases the ease with which "communities of practice" can form, and these tightly interwoven social and professional View Details
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Privacy Notice SMS Terms Terms of Use FERPA Community Values & Honor Code Trademark Notice Cookies The following terms apply if you have opted in to receive information from HBS Online using automated dialing technology to call or text... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
therefore implies to manage the interaction with these interpreters, in order to access, share and internalize knowledge on product languages and influence shifts in socio-cultural models. Second, we propose a possible direction to scientifically investigate the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- March 2009 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Zopa: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Lending
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Isabel Fernandez-Mateo and David Chen
Zopa, a U.K.-based peer-to-peer lending company, connected individual lenders and borrowers via an online interface. The company charged a small fee for completed loan transactions but has not turned a profit. Zopa offered two platforms, Markets and Listings. Markets... View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Market Participation; Digital Platforms; Social and Collaborative Networks; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, and David Chen. "Zopa: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Lending." Harvard Business School Case 709-469, March 2009. (Revised September 2011.)
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
overlap, into four areas: competitive strategy, corporate strategy, global competition, and technology strategy. The largest of the subgroups, competitive strategy - essentially the core of the unit - looks at the techniques a firm uses... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
features of today's MBA experience. We all know that the effective use of technology is a priority at the School. How is this influencing the MBA Program? Technology is a huge part of the MBA experience. It... View Details
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
Open the Wall Street Journal on any given day, and you are likely to find at least one story about how technology is disrupting yet another industry, and the pressures companies face to innovate. And yet, for board members of companies... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
online travel guide business, he joined the Internet search giant as director of product management. He was the driving force behind the February 2011 launch of Social Search, which incorporates content shared or created on social media sites into Google search... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)
services, non-profits, or a business, so I took advantage of the HBS Leadership Fellows Program. The program offered me the unique opportunity to work in government through the MBTA at a time when they were looking to try something new and innovative and use View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
whether it’s national security or immigration or healthcare, all had climate implications and required climate considerations. So, for my next role, I joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and worked on a climate... View Details
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
Silicon Valley. We focused our research on these two regions because they're both technologically dynamic and because of previous research on the influence of networks on regional innovation. As we expected,... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
Manufacturing and information technology these days go together like bread and butter. But it wasn't always so. As Professor David Upton pointed out in a Global Alumni Conference panel titled "E-Commerce and the New Operations,"... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested in the intersection of business... View Details
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
relationship between the business and its customers. @hoc’s Persistent Communications technology creates a continuous Channel of communication between a company and its customers. Birchbox Hayley Barna , MBA 2010 Katia Ververis , MBA 2010... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
Societal and Political Dimensions of Innovation Innovation and Business Growth By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Innovation and the pursuit of new business opportunities are essential for growth at the firm level; moreover, they provide the foundation for an economy to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Searching for Professional Passion Through My VC Summer Internship
Andrew Schwab is from the Class of 2022 and is a proud member of Section I. He previously attended UC Berkeley before working in technology M&A advisory and tech global business strategy. At HBS, Andrew is the Chief Marketing Officer... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
Jeff Balash (MBA '73/74) was one of the eighty graduates who returned to HBS for the program. photo by Justin Knight Rapid changes in technology and the shifting realities of the global marketplace make lifelong learning a necessity for... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
communication technology that works with the same cellular spectrums that telecommunications companies use. Since that first experiment four years ago, Project Loon has improved balloon steerability, connectivity, and stamina—the balloons... View Details