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- June 2025
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Redefining the Edge: Jahez’s Strategic Pivot in Saudi Arabia’s Food Delivery Battle
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Ahmed Dahawy
Jahez made its mark in Saudi Arabia’s food delivery market by serving customers willing to pay more for reliable, high-quality service—a segment largely overlooked by other platforms. As the company grew, it expanded into the mass market and developed a network of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
of McAfee and EMC. “Security people recognize they are in the business of pattern recognition. It has happened before, but in a much more human way.” BrightPoint’s business model is built on sharing. The company makes software platforms... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
Kentucky, a set of structures so large they are typically measured in acres—900, all told—not square feet and have their own zip code. But big can be a downside for GE’s makers. Kevin Nolan, VP of technology at GE Appliances, offers the... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
accelerated sharply in the U.S. economy. In this paper, we identify several other industry-level changes that have occurred during the same time and argue that they are consistent with an increased use of information technology (IT). We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online
syllabus 5-6 hrs Module 1 Marketing in the Digital Era Explore digital technologies and innovations introduced by direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies, their associated marketing risks and challenges, and how to reshape your marketing... View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
platform has a single provider that solely controls its technology, for example, Federal Express, Apple Macintosh, or Google. With a shared platform, such as Visa, DVD, or Linux, multiple firms collaborate in developing the platform's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
Web platform for the company's business-to-business Web communications services. They wanted to move quickly to outsource the project, but first they desperately needed critical advice on the architecture of the platform. Fortunately,... View Details
- 27 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape
approaching these issues in isolation, WayCool has devised a comprehensive platform aimed at bridging institutional gaps and fostering trust across the value chain. Their commitment to building sustainable relationships underscores a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Global Perspectives
second-largest continent: Africa. “Policymakers, investors, and builders can learn from the African experience, where public-private partnerships and deployments of technologies are illuminating new ways to approach the task of funding... View Details
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/217069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-001 Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather It is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
world of advertising by transforming the way Americans watched television. BCM had developed a technology to make television "clickable," enabling viewers to interact with the content on their television screens. By April 2009,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
levers differently, which partly explains the variation in Walmart's performance throughout the years. Under Sam Walton, the company's performance improved due mainly to the adoption of new technologies as well as low prices obtained from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
wayfinding app, and your digital and mobile alerts. Fans need to know there's contact tracing and there's a way for them to know if someone was infected with COVID and they need to figure out who they interacted with, there's a lot of View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
billion in venture capital money, an all-time record and 35% more than the previous year. The opportunities to bring new technological breakthroughs to the sector are massive, whether it be in robotics, remote sensing, biological products... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
An online shipping platform that uses social networks and smartphones. Low-cost medical care and monitoring that helps seniors to live at home. The "Skype" of broadband, offering free Internet service. On an April morning known as "Super... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
innovation processes could be a major blind spot and a potential liability. Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just 21% think that View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
If you want to be awed by the pace of technological advancement over the past few decades, compare the capabilities of a bulky PC from 1984 with those of a sleek smartphone in 2016. You’ll find stark differences. But if you want to be... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
processing, storage, and communication costs have long been an important constraint on innovation and a reason for innovative activities to take place inside the boundaries of an organization. However, exponential technological progress... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
experiences. Coming from a business development background, I had never thought about working on the operational side of a business. But my Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Class – taught by the amazing Feng Zhu – inspired me to... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
for strategic problem formulation and problem solving relative to which deviations and counterproductive moves can be specified and measured. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55554 Multi-Homing and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman