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  • 24 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

small and still relatively poor—it can't compare to the Chinese market, say, or to Brazil. But it has a very stable government, a solid financial and physical infrastructure, and a welcoming investment climate. It has vast potential as a... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 11 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

higher levels in the future," according to the report. Among the dozens of variables analyzed are production process sophistication, per capita Internet and cell phone use, intensity of local competition, financial View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

throughout the day and to explore the HBS experience with current students. Highlights from the second day included panel discussions on topics ranging from the union between the Internet and the urban View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • November 2016 (Revised July 2018)
  • Case

Selling on Amazon at Tower Paddle Boards

By: Thales S. Teixeira and David Lopez-Lengowski
By June 2012, Stephan Aarstol felt that he had successfully passed the first critical stage of his ecommerce business. As the founder and CEO of a standup paddleboard (SUP) business, he had built a strong relationship with Asian manufacturers, built a small warehouse... View Details
Keywords: Tower Paddle Boards; Amazon; E-commerce; Online Shopping; Distribution; Internet and the Web; Business Growth and Maturation; Marketing Channels; Distribution Channels; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry
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  • November 2015
  • Case

Upwork: Reimagining the Future of Work

By: Feng Zhu, Rory McDonald, Marco Iansiti and Aaron Smith
Upwork, the world's largest freelance talent platform, was the result of a merger between the two leading online freelancing companies in 2014, Elance and oDesk. After the merger, the company operated as Elance-oDesk and continued to manage two online... View Details
Keywords: Platforms; Employment; Digital Platforms; Market Transactions; Business Processes; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Job Search
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  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Alumni Books

Breakthrough Marketing Plans: How to Stop Wasting Time and Start Driving Growth by Tim Calkins (MBA ’91) (Palgrave Macmillan) Most marketing plans are a waste of time — too long, complicated, and dense — and... View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading U.S. chemical company, has been seeking ways to secure the company's foothold in China's emerging market since the late... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Wei Zhang (MBA 1999)

Facebook are all in the entertainment space. Alibaba Pictures doesn’t replicate a traditional Hollywood studio. We want to use the data and resources Alibaba has gathered in our e-commerce and internet ecosystem to create, market, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

How to Survive Past Start-up

— a common experience that might bind the entrepreneurs I wrote about and give the reader some focus. Serendipitously, I came across an article from Fortune, written in 1999 at the height of the Internet bubble. “For new MBAs at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade
  • April 2006 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

PayPal Merchant Services

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lauren Barley
In early 2006, PayPal management is deciding how to respond to Google's entry into online payments. PayPal, owned by eBay, has targeted online merchants outside eBay's auction community for its next wave of expansion. Google represents a potential threat to PayPal's... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Competition; Expansion; Service Operations; Auctions; Web Services Industry; Service Industry
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  • Fast Answer

Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry

financial fundamentals for valuation; equity research and investment firm data; For a multimedia learning module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction.   Industry and View Details
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Nagisa Manabe (MBA 1991)

automation in the Postal Service, but also this true attention to detail. It’s a little bit ironic, but we are doing much more marketing right now through direct mail, which is a very effective recruitment tool for engaging small... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 26 Feb 2014
  • News

The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)

HERMAND-WAICHE What's the story behind Adore Me? "I had always wanted to start a company in the United States and after three years at McKinsey & Company, and following my graduation from HBS, I felt ready to take the plunge. Prior to launching Adore Me, I partnered... View Details
Keywords: online shopping; fashion; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • 18 May 2015
  • News

The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)

Yahoo, the challenge is to catalyze growth at an Internet company with tremendous assets. I’m learning every day how to inspire people to challenge conventional wisdom, use data to drive decisions, and tackle roadblocks proactively. I’ve... View Details
Keywords: Google; Yahoo; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 01 May 2000
  • What Do You Think?

Can You Hard-Wire Performance?

marketing positioning in a customer's mind, and a way to keep an organization on its collective toes. But the concept is, in the opinion of readers, one that in application raises more questions than it answers. Among these are: (1) Are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • March 1998 (Revised February 2001)
  • Case

PlanetAll

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
PlanetAll is a Web-based contact manager that automatically updates users' contact information. In early 1998, the young company must decide whether to compete with large Web sites and become a destination site or to become an enabling technology for other contact... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Business Startups; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • 01 Apr 1999
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

club operations, development of continuing education, and the marketing of programs and services to alumni. Three committees have been formed to focus on these issues, and they are presently hard at work assessing the current status of... View Details
  • 11 Jun 2018
  • Blog Post

Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship

to work with Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life science technologies with significant market potential. Harvard's i-lab serves as the hub, providing fellows with space and the opportunity to join an entrepreneurial... View Details
  • Web

IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit - Blog - Business & Environment

Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production... View Details
  • Profile

Ann Chao

Accepted into HBS’ 2+2 program, Ann completed her college education then worked as a consultant for a German firm in Beijing. “Nuclear power, automotive, steel distribution, financial services – I got a good view of many different kinds of View Details