Publications

Profile

Deborah A. Farrington

from a former HBS section mate who was the CEO of a small California startup named NetLedger. “He said to me `Debby, I know a lot of smart venture capitalists and quite frankly, you’re the only one I like,’” Farrington said.... View Details

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

issues. This should help big business seeking global markets. At the same time, Biden’s proposals to “build back better—in America” and ensure investment in technology and innovation in all 50 states will provide a shot in the arm for... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

regions. Lessem makes the case for “integral advantage,” a philosophy including nature and culture, technology and economy, all accommodated by an integral polity. Around the world, the failure of a society to develop is not due to its... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Case Study: The Doctor Deficit

marketplaces are often “winner take all,” and Nomad is not alone in pursuing a technological fix to health care staffing; delaying expansion risks ceding ground to new competitors. Which path should the company take? The Answers: Having... View Details

Keywords: April White

11 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time

lot of the concepts we learned in TOM (RC class Technology and Operations Management) about bottlenecks to ensure that our clients were quickly attended to.” Adding to the challenge of managing their volunteer team was the evolving... View Details

April 2011 (Revised June 2011)
Case

Internet Securities, Inc.: Path to Sustainability

By: Lynda M. Applegate, William R. Kerr and Ryan Johnson

Founded in 1994 when the Internet was still a "toy for techies," the case is set in 1998 when Internet IPOs were red-hot. Internet Securities provides hard-to-find financial, business, economic, and political information on emerging markets. Information from over 600... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Model; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Cash Flow; Initial Public Offering; Analytics and Data Science; Growth and Development Strategy; Valuation

Web

HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

co-working office space at 114 Western Avenue and creating co-working space at 25 Travis Street housing both HBS Online and the HBS Information Technology group. IT security, digital infrastructure, data, and analytics play an... View Details

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

values while remaining unwavering in ethics, integrity, and—to use the twenty-first century word—the highest standards of corporate citizenship. All of this could be done with strategic use of IBM technology and innovation. Yet IBMers in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2017
Case

BlaBlaCar: The Road Ahead...

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Arun Sundararajan, Emilie Billaud and Caroline Caltagirone

In 2017, the co-founders of BlaBlaCar—the world’s largest long-distance carpooling company—reflected on the evolution of their venture and the way forward. BlaBlaCar had reached critical mass and size; yet staying still was not going to be enough to be relevant and... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Transformation; Decision Making; Values and Beliefs; Growth and Development Strategy; Digital Platforms; Network Effects; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Transportation Networks; Transportation Industry; Web Services Industry; France; Europe

January 2025
Case

AI Meets VC: The Data-Driven Revolution at Quantum Light Capital

By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Sophia Pan

Ilya Kondrashov, CEO of Quantum Light Capital, was driven to harness AI for identifying high-potential scale-ups. Collaborating with Nik Storonsky, founder of Revolut, the duo observed that most venture capital (VC) decisions were heavily influenced by emotion, with... View Details

04 May 2017
News

Going the Distance

leadership practices and organizational culture in the business world.” Beyond his near-weekly speaking engagements, Frey continues to help Utah’s economy as an angel investor who is focused on commercialization of technologies emerging... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

technological advances in transportation, spatial characteristics of population distributions, and advances in farming technologies have led to a dominant economies-of-scale model of production,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Georges F. Doriot

in promising but risky startup ventures into a groundbreaking industry that reshaped the landscape of American business. Though the terms “visionary” and “genius” are overused in today’s amped up media environment,... View Details

September 2010
Teaching Note

The Challenges of Launching a Start-Up in China: Dorm99.com (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for 307075. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Capital; Investment; Joint Ventures; Product Launch; Business and Government Relations; Entrepreneurship; Opportunities; Business Startups; Problems and Challenges; Social and Collaborative Networks; Beijing

July 2022 (Revised February 2024)
Teaching Note

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-055. When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique... View Details

March 2019 (Revised April 2021)
Case

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli

When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique product. Fifteen years later, the... View Details