Mobility - Publications - Faculty & Research

Superstar talent brings the kind of wattage that can power a business to the next level, as recent high-stakes decisions facing soccer legend David Beckham show. Two new Harvard Business School case studies examine the questions Beckham and his team pondered as he... View Details

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September 1996 (Revised September 1999)
Case

Mobil USM&R (A): Linking the Balanced Scorecard

By: Robert S. Kaplan

The CEO of the marketing and refining division of a major oil company is in the midst of implementing a profit turnaround. He transforms the strongly centralized, functionally-organized division into 17 independent business units and 14 internal service companies. The... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Measurement and Metrics; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Balanced Scorecard; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Energy Industry

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November 30, 2010
Article

Seven Social Transformations Unleashed by Mobile Devices

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport

Keywords: Technology; Digital Services; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Marketing

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January 2014 (Revised August 2014)
Teaching Note

Eko: Mobile Banking and Payments in India

By: Sunil Gupta

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06 May 2021
Podcast

Electrifying Mass Mobility: Uday Khemka, SUN Mobility

Decarbonizing our economy will require shifting transportation from fossil fuels to electricity generated by carbon-free sources. Uday Khemka (HBS MBA 1995), co-Founder and Vice Chairman of SUN Mobility, aims to accelerate mass adoption of electric mobility in India by... View Details

1993
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Mobile Exporters: New Foreign Investors in East Asia

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Trade; Asia

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2018
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Measuring Venezuela's Inflation Using Crowdsourcing and Mobile Phones

By: Alberto Cavallo

Keywords: Inflation; Crowdsourcing; Macroeconomics; Inflation and Deflation; Venezuela

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Mobile Apps: Possibilities and Pitfalls of Location-Based Marketing

By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz

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November 2013
Teaching Note

Research In Motion: The Mobile OS Platform War

By: Alan MacCormack, Brian Kimball Dunn and Chris F. Kemerer

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30 Sep 2020
Podcast

How San Antonio’s Project Quest facilitates upward mobility

In confronting the economic and social crises roiling the US in late 2020, it helps to have deep roots in local communities. San Antonio’s Project Quest brings to the task decades of success in advancing upward mobility in underserved areas. The nonprofit’s savvy,... View Details

July 2011
Case

Teach Plus: Mobilizing a New Generation of Teacher Leaders

By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary

This case profiles the evolution of Teach Plus, a non-profit organization founded on the premise that in order for public schools to continuously improve urban student achievement, teaching must become a career that motivates and retains effective early career... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Decision Making; Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Teaching; Cambridge; Boston

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