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  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

new product and, if so, what terms he should offer new and existing investors to finance the next phase of product development. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817066-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-018 Addicaid: Scaling a Digital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 15, 2015

GovDelivery, as the company became known, was one of the first companies to move governments into the cloud; one of the first to sell them software as a service (SaaS); and in 2007, the only one with 3 million citizens registered to use its View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

solutions in the form of software and hardware platforms, Intel Corporation, a leading semiconductor manufacturer in the United States, introduces a pilot project in India for testing a new platform that allows monitoring and demand... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • July 2024
  • Case

Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc
In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Interpersonal Communication; Cost vs Benefits; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Investment Banking; Stock Options; Financial Markets; Initial Public Offering; Institutional Investing; Price Bubble; Digital Platforms; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Agreements and Arrangements; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Performance Expectations; Work-Life Balance; Strategic Planning; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Rank and Position; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Happiness; Reputation; Status and Position; Well-being; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Canada
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  • 25 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine

more interest from potential employees when it is represented with the top investor badge than when it is not” In 2020, AngelList added graphic “badges” to job postings on the platform designed to highlight information about each startup.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 08 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

Internet. The second major category of e-business model comprises businesses that provide the platform upon which digital businesses are built and operated. The e-business model classification…suggests that there is a separation... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 8, 2016

that UGC on platforms ranging from Yelp to Facebook has a large causal impact on economic and social outcomes ranging from restaurant decisions to voting behavior. These findings often leverage unique data sets and methods ranging from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

Supplement (C), 108-035: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108035 Purchase Supplement (D), 108-036: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108036 Facebook View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 5

monetize online access to content. Programming changes, new advertising strategies, and deals via online distribution platforms are presented as means to capture the value of online video consumption. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

the like. Right now, a developer must accept a dramatically reduced price for that kind of land. But PRT could connect outlying buildings directly to a subway platform and a restaurant district. A PRT-connected outlying building could be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation
  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

and how quoted prices might reflect expectations that are hard to justify. Regardless of which valuation method is employed (e.g., residual income, discounted cash flow, multiples), the case provides a platform (i) to map the firm's key... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2021 (Revised August 2024)
  • Case

Hotwire.com: Navigating Through Turbulence

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Manny de Zarraga and Eric Levine
On September 10, 2001, after speaking at an industry conference at New York’s World Trade Center, Hotwire co-founder Spencer Rascoff boarded a flight from Newark to San Francisco. After returning home, Rascoff awoke the next morning to a phone call informing him that... View Details
Keywords: September 11; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Disruption; Decisions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Growth Management; Digital Platforms; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Air Transportation Industry; Tourism Industry; San Francisco
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  • 14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

possibilities for expanding by building on the Clinic's platform of service delivery are investigated. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607013 Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2020 (Revised December 2022)
  • Case

Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Amy Klopfenstein and Amram Migdal
In November 2019, Sandra Richter, co-founder and CEO of Soofa, a network of advertising-supported digital bulletin boards, must decide between two different fundraising and expansion plans for her company. One plan entails raising $15 million in a Series A round and... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Model; Business Plan; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Decisions; Ethics; Geography; Geopolitical Units; Finance; Investment; Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Demand and Consumers; Network Effects; Media; Society; Urban Development; Sustainable Cities; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Business Strategy; Expansion; Relationships; Partners and Partnerships; Capital; Venture Capital; Advertising Industry; Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Cambridge
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  • 02 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

platform might be too good to be true. The company was crowdsourcing creative work, inviting people to both pitch ideas and create marketing videos — and promising to pay anywhere from a few hundred for the best concepts to several... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

commerce, and civic organizations, reinforcing the social fabric and engendering a strong sense of customer and community loyalty. Curation: Despite the increasing sophistication of online algorithms, online platforms have been unable to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 02 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 2, 2009

business practices, allowed businesses to connect with students at the individual level. At the same time, the creation of platforms for business-education learning brought system-level improvements. In particular, MCBRE's board of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Apr 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

homepage presents a provocative redefinition of brands as practical platforms that enable people to do things. In its words, "As brands become less the property of an organisation and more the banner of a movement, ownership will... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 18 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

panel agreed. Ullas Naik, managing director of JAFCO Ventures, noticed a trend toward more open operating systems. "People aren't buying dedicated servers," he said. "They're buying blades." The new thinking is to avoid huge packaged View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 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
Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

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