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- April 2000 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
H. E. Butt Grocery Company: The New Digital Strategy (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
Shows how the company's IT priorities have moved from primary supply chain restructuring to e-commerce. Shows the new organization structure created by the company. View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Supply Chain; Technology Adoption; Information Technology; Retail Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "H. E. Butt Grocery Company: The New Digital Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 300-106, April 2000. (Revised November 2003.)
- January 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Silverado (A)
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Charles J. Woodard
Silverado has raised $50 million and launched its first product: an Internet-based trivia game with innovative software. In a highly uncertain environment, the young management team must decide whether to continue developing the product and whether to branch out into... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Strategic Planning; Internet and the Web; Decision Choices and Conditions; Product Launch; Business Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Rivkin, Jan W., and Charles J. Woodard. "Silverado (A)." Harvard Business School Case 703-441, January 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
adversarialism, relationships in place of transactions. They want to take their lives in their own hands and they are willing to pay for what we call the deep support that will enable them to do so. These new markets for deep support are an important force in the shift... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
publisher of Harvard Business School's NewBusiness, recently sat down with Tripsas to learn more about her research. Michael J. Roberts: How would you define the territory your work covers? Mary Tripsas: Essentially I look at the creation... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
how management and corporate boards of directors can best manage investor relations with activist stockholders such as hedge funds who are demanding major changes within a corporation to improve stockholder return. Beverage industry firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
Published Papers Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy? Journal of Financial Economics Samuel Antill “In United States, Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, firms are either reorganized, acquired, or liquidated. I show that decisions to liquidate... View Details
- November–December 2022
- Article
The Value of Descriptive Analytics: Evidence from Online Retailers
By: Ron Berman and Ayelet Israeli
Does the adoption of descriptive analytics impact online retailer performance, and if so, how? We use the synthetic difference-in-differences method to analyze the staggered adoption of a retail analytics dashboard by more than 1,500 e-commerce websites, and we find an... View Details
Keywords: Descriptive Analytics; Big Data; Synthetic Control; E-commerce; Online Retail; Difference-in-differences; Martech; Internet and the Web; Analytics and Data Science; Performance; Marketing; Retail Industry
Berman, Ron, and Ayelet Israeli. "The Value of Descriptive Analytics: Evidence from Online Retailers." Marketing Science 41, no. 6 (November–December 2022): 1074–1096.
- June 2001
- Case
GetConnected
By: Jay O. Light and Daniel J. Green
An embryonic Internet-based telecom marketing firm considers its first (seed) round of funding. They are choosing between a fixed price round and a discounted convertible round. View Details
Light, Jay O., and Daniel J. Green. "GetConnected." Harvard Business School Case 201-010, June 2001.
- December 1998 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Knot, The
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Matthew C. Lieb
An online wedding resource company is seeking an equity investment to grow the business. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Venture Capital; Value Creation; Internet and the Web; Finance; Expansion; Strategic Planning; Service Industry; Service Industry
Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Matthew C. Lieb. "Knot, The." Harvard Business School Case 899-116, December 1998. (Revised March 2000.)
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
accessible corporate archives in most countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It also permits a level of nuance that is hard to obtain even if written archives are accessible. Oral histories provide insights into why events did not occur as well as why companies... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
and written about Apple for the last decade, generating several case studies. His latest case, Apple Computer 2004, co-written with research associate Debbie Freier, was recently published by Harvard Business School Publishing. Yoffie sat... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- February 2001 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Dialpad Communications (A)
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Describes the evolution of Dialpad, a voice-over-Internet-protocol telephony company. Set in September 2000, CEO Brad Garlinghouse faces a dilemma: what to do about the large number of international users who use Dialpad to call the United States for free. He must also... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy; Investment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Venture Capital; Telecommunications Industry; California
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Dialpad Communications (A)." Harvard Business School Case 601-090, February 2001. (Revised August 2001.)
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
possibility that the effects of FDI differ by sector. Second, we differentiate FDI based on objective qualitative industry characteristics including the average skill intensity and reliance on external capital. Third, we use a new dataset... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2005
- Case
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), The
By: George C. Chacko, Anders Sjoman, Daniela Beyersdorfer and George Robert Nelson
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBEO) must decide how to respond to new competition in the market for financial options. Options have typically been a very liquid asset class, despite the fact that many single-name options are listed on the CBOE, the second largest... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Chicago
Chacko, George C., Anders Sjoman, Daniela Beyersdorfer, and George Robert Nelson. "Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), The." Harvard Business School Case 205-073, March 2005.
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
provides a mandate for restructuring. But survival is not the end goal. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply the first steps in repositioning and leading a company and industry through the crisis and in defining how business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2013
- Case
YouTube Channels
By: Sunil Gupta and Dharmishta Rood
In December 2011 YouTube launched a website redesign that made Channels the central focus of the site. This redesign was the company's first foray into a strategy designed to foster long-form user engagement. YouTube invested $100 million in 100 Channels, often created... View Details
- September 2009
- Teaching Note
HubSpot: Inbound Marketing and Web 2.0 (TN)
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
Teaching Note for 509-049. View Details
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
TopCoder (A): Developing Software through Crowdsourcing (TN)
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric Lonstein
Teaching Note for 610032. View Details
- 06 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?
dean for the Asian Initiative at Harvard Business School. He teaches courses on the international political economy. We asked Vietor about developments in the renewable energy industry in an e-mail interview. Sarah Jane Gilbert: What led... View Details
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
theories and developing new ones. Q: Professor Josh Lerner recently published an article ["Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation," Josh Lerner, Economic Review,... View Details