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HBS Online Disruptive Strategy

Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time World's Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. Program Dates: April 3, 2019 - May 15, 2019 View Details

30 Jun 2017
News

Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand

the Girl Scouts of the USA, helped launch the ambitious G.I.R.L. brand platform to increase public awareness of the hundred-plus-year-old scouting organization beyond those ubiquitous boxes of cookies. When it comes to the Girl Scout... View Details

Keywords: April White

September 2017
Case

NBCUniversal Telemundo: Transforming Latino Television

By: Henry W. McGee, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Christine Snively

In August 2017, Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, considered how the Miami-based Spanish-language TV network Telemundo could succeed in a rapidly shifting media landscape. Over the past few years,... View Details

Keywords: Television Industry; Television Advertising; Broadcasting; Telecommunications; Internet; Television Entertainment; Internet and the Web; Advertising; Digital Platforms; Digital Marketing; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Miami

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IT Strategy: HBS IT Website Provides Easier Access to News and Support | Information Technology

engaging. In tandem, the IT Service Delivery team led an effort to build a new support portal to improve access to help information, support details, and service statuses. The teams ensured integration of the two sites was as seamless as possible. HBS IT also leveraged... View Details

25 Aug 2014
Blog Post

Working in Tech 4Dev

and NGO budgets are squeezed. The City of Los Angeles, for example, used our platform to crowdsource broken sidewalk locations for repair, saving the city a costly location survey estimated at millions. Ushahidid’s View Details

Keywords: Technology

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In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid: Strategies for Success - Recruiting

with the skills to lead in any environment, explore our resources for recruiting HBS talent . Technology: Use It, Don't Let It Use You Remote collaboration is easier than ever thanks to platforms like Zoom, Slack, Google Workspace,... View Details

15 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 15

people, and activities across numerous self-governing enterprises in ways that are advantageous for the group as well as for the designer's own firm or community. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-100.pdf Platform... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

Tan, MBA 2023 Komo is a food delivery platform that combines sustainability with beautiful & reusable foodware. ---------------------------------------------------- Circular Economy Contestants MoveItCarmen Marin de Leon, MBA... View Details

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

marketing, were as follows: Africa Angus Rowe, OPM 38 2009 LifeQube mobile clinic management Watch their pitch. Asia-Pacific Oliver Segovia, MBA '10 Jennifer Kelly, MBA '10 AVA invitation-only shopping platform Watch their pitch. Canada... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Sean Murphy | MBA

Sean Murphy Statistics, Secondary in Computer Science Currier 2020 Cohort 2 I am excited about the Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellowship as an ideal platform to learn from the diverse perspectives of students and faculty who... View Details

19 Dec 2016
Blog Post

The Making of An Internship: Impact

influence an organizations’ success longterm. Watch as three Class of 2017 students highlight the projects they worked on during their summer internships, and the impacts they made. Francesca Ioffreda created the business case for a new digital innovation View Details

Keywords: All Industries

25 Apr 2014
News

Think globally, crowdfund locally

E ric Sonnier (MBA 2014) cofounded Local Lift (formerly Equity Endeavor) to help small businesses find the resources to make enhancements to their operations. The crowdfunding platform Sonnier launched with HBS classmate Broderick... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Student turns family health crisis into online solution

CareSolver, is an online health care service platform that offers families customized care guides as well as educational material and resources. The goal is to help caregivers get better care for their aging loved ones at a lower cost.... View Details

September 2018 (Revised January 2020)
Supplement

Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (B)

By: Feng Zhu, Susan Athey and David Lane

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Payment Methods; Mobile Payment; Apple; Banks and Banking; Cooperation; Problems and Challenges; Policy; Digital Platforms; Banking Industry; Australia

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February 2018 (Revised December 2019)
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Rise of the Drones: Identified Technologies

By: Andy Wu and George Gonzalez

The founder and CEO of Identified Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based drone software and services company, faces a dilemma when San Francisco–based DroneDeploy begins to disrupt the industry with its drone software platform. Identified Technologies needs to consider... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Disruption; Network Effects; Computer Industry; Web Services Industry; Pittsburgh; San Francisco

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01 Dec 2020
News

Quantum Leap

Illustration by Edmon deHaro Even before we’ve seen the full potential of quantum computing in any material sense, the global market is estimated to reach $5.5 billion in the next five years. To begin to understand why, consider how it could transform the notoriously... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

New Venture Competition Winner, Social Enterprise Track: Lexi Lexi is an AI-powered medical interpretation platform that enables instant, accurate, and HIPAA-compliant communication between providers and patients across the care... View Details

18 Nov 2013
Op-Ed

Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?

that term, allowing its users to "consume" information in ways that were formerly unavailable to them due to cost, complexity, or both. The fact that half a billion consumers willingly engage on Twitter's platform confirms the viability... View Details

Keywords: by Chet Huber; Technology

14 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 14

http://hbr.org/2014/01/can-a-strong-culture-be-too-strong/ar/1 January 2014 MIT Sloan Management Review Strategic Decisions for Multisided Platforms By: Hagiu, Andrei Abstract—Multisided platforms such as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2018 (Revised January 2020)
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Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (A)

By: Feng Zhu, Susan Athey and David Lane

In summer 2016, four of Australia’s top five banks petitioned regulators for permission to bargain collectively with Apple over the terms under which they would support its digital wallet, Apple Pay. They argued that doing so would force concessions from Apple that... View Details