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  • 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
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  • 11 Apr 2024
  • In Practice

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

students graduating from US schools who need a work visa). What about refugees, who are becoming more common globally? Research finds that refugees assimilate at an even faster rate into the economy and the workplace than general migrants... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 28 May 2024
  • In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

New graduates entering the job market will face a very different landscape from even a year ago, with a murky economy and potentially more limited career prospects. Though unemployment figures in the US remain near historically low... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • Web

Lifelong Learning - Alumni

enable ownership of digital assets? 377 01 Mar 2024 HBS Alumni Bulletin On the Radar An early warning system for the next generation of biosecurity threats Re: Matthew McKnight (MBA 2012); By: Janine White 713 01 Mar 2024 HBS Alumni... View Details
  • 13 Jul 2016
  • HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

New businesses often struggle finding their first customers. The challenge is even more difficult with startups in the sharing economy that launch as platforms connecting independent service providers with consumers. Take Uber. Its... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation
  • Web

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

O'Neill Alcoa, 1987–1999 Anthony J. F. O'Reilly H. J. Heinz Company, 1979–1998 Adolph S. Ochs New York Times, 1896–1935 David M. Ogilvy Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, 1954–1975 Ransom E. Olds Reo Motor Car Company, 1904–1915 Kenneth H. Olsen View Details

    Shane M. Greenstein

    Shane Greenstein is the Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration. He teaches in the Technology, Operations and Management Unit. 

    Encompassing a wide array of questions about computing, communication, and Internet markets, Professor Greenstein’s... View Details

    Keywords: computer; information technology industry; electronics; information; e-commerce industry; internet; software
    • 17 Aug 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    ‘Not a Bunch of Weirdos’: Why Mainstream Investors Buy Crypto

    $45,000 or less accounted for another 20 percent of the transactions. This shows, Di Maggio says, that the crypto market consists of “average US investors that are using crypto as an alternative asset class in their portfolio.” Impact of COVID-19 stimulus Fiscal policy... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand

      Magie Cheng

      Mengjie (Magie) Cheng is a Ph.D. student in Marketing at Harvard Business School. She received her B.S. in Finance from Chu Kochen Honors College at Zhejiang University and M.S. in Management Science and... View Details
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Platform Envelopment

      By: Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall Van Alstyne
      Due to network effects and switching costs in platform markets, entrants generally must offer revolutionary functionality. We explore a second entry path that does not rely upon Schumpeterian innovation: platform envelopment. Through envelopment, a provider in one... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Network Effects
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        Emily Truelove

        Emily Truelove is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches LEAD in the MBA program. She also teaches in executive education programs, including Leadership for Senior Executives,... View Details

        • Web

        Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

        top-ups, and a mix of hard and soft skills future-proof the Per Scholas formula? Erik Brynjolfsson on how AI is rewriting the rules of the economy 26 MAR 2025 | Managing the Future of Work The Stanford economist unpacks AI’s impact on... View Details
        • Web

        About - Business & Environment

        YUE Accelerator Philip Kuai is collaborating with Feng Zhu on projects related to tech entrepreneurship, sustainability, and emerging markets, including looking at how digitalization drives sustainability. Tom Clay (MBA 1997), CEO, Xtalic... View Details
        • January 2025
        • Case

        Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle

        By: Raymond Kluender and Emanuele Colonnelli
        In November 2024, Jim Chu, founder and CEO of Untapped Global, faced mounting internal tensions over the company’s strategic direction. Untapped had developed a data-driven revenue-based financing (RBF) model to address the “missing middle” problem—the $5.2 trillion... View Details
        Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Working Capital; Private Equity; Financial Strategy; Microfinance; International Finance; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit Sharing; Revenue; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Emerging Markets; Mission and Purpose; Small Business; Entrepreneurial Finance; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Nigeria; South Africa; Kenya; Uganda; California; San Francisco
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        • Web

        Podcast - Business & Environment

        building the infrastructure and investment models needed to scale the circular economy. Lauren explains how Closed Loop Partners supports the transition from a linear to a circular economy through capital management, innovation... View Details
        • 29 Jul 2019
        • Research & Ideas

        How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

        student Cirrus Foroughi and Barbara Larson, executive professor of management at Northeastern University. While digital technology has made workers more efficient and accessible than ever before, many companies have been slow to let... View Details
        Keywords: by Kristen Senz

          Ta-Wei Huang

          Ta-Wei (David) Huang is a PhD candidate in Quantitative Marketing at Harvard Business School. His research integrates causal inference and machine learning to address methodological challenges and unintended consequences in targeting, personalization, and online... View Details
          • 07 Jul 2022
          • HBS Case

          How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

          Might Also Like: Why Digital Is a State of Mind, Not Just a Skill Set Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Related reading from the Working Knowledge... View Details
          Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
          • Web

          Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

          introduces Allbirds as a footwear startup not only focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials but on decarbonizing the wider fashion industry. Background material highlights the growing... April 8, 2025 Harvard Business Review View Details
          • 17 Jan 2023
          • In Practice

          8 Trends to Watch in 2023

          As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
          Keywords: by Avery Forman