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  • January 2018
  • Supplement

Jumia Nigeria PowerPoint Supplement

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Founded in 2012, Jumia Nigeria, a startup effort by Germany-based Rocket Internet, aimed to become an African Amazon. The company entered the nascent market and immediately enjoyed an uptick in consumer spending fueled by the strength of Nigeria’s oil-based economy. By... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Marketplace; Inventory; Nigeria; Africa; Ecommerce; Funding; Business Ecosystems; Business Ecosystem; Competition; Business Model; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Logistics; E-commerce; Retail Industry; India; Nigeria; Africa
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Jumia Nigeria PowerPoint Supplement." Harvard Business School PowerPoint Supplement 718-468, November 2017.
  • January 2018 (Revised March 2019)
  • Teaching Note

Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (A) and (B)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
Founded in 2012, Jumia Nigeria, a startup effort by Germany-based Rocket Internet, aimed to become an African Amazon. The company entered the nascent market and immediately enjoyed an uptick in consumer spending fueled by the strength of Nigeria’s oil-based economy. By... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Marketplace; Inventory; Ecommerce; Funding; Business Ecosystems; Competition; Business Model; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Logistics; E-commerce; Retail Industry; India; Nigeria; Africa
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 718-467, January 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
  • January – February 2012
  • Article

How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power, and Timing in Redundant Communication

By: Paul Leonardi, Tsedal Neeley and Elizabeth M. Gerber
Several recent studies have found that managers engage in redundant communication; that is, they send the same message to the same recipient through two or more unique media sequentially. Given how busy most managers are, and how much information their subordinates... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Media; Information; Groups and Teams; Projects; Management Style; Power and Influence; Motivation and Incentives; Technology
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Leonardi, Paul, Tsedal Neeley, and Elizabeth M. Gerber. "How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power, and Timing in Redundant Communication." Organization Science 23, no. 1 (January–February 2012): 98–117.
  • Web

A Commitment to Sustainability | About

electricity from our solar panels (solar renewable energy credits [SRECs], which represent the environmental benefit, are sold to the Harvard Utility to meet its state renewable energy requirements), natural gas used in boilers,... View Details
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Accuracy First: Selecting a Differential Privacy Level for Accuracy-Constrained ERM

By: Katrina Ligett, Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth, Bo Waggoner and Steven Wu
Traditional approaches to differential privacy assume a fixed privacy requirement ϵ for a computation, and attempt to maximize the accuracy of the computation subject to the privacy constraint. As differential privacy is increasingly deployed in practical settings, it... View Details
Keywords: Differential Privacy; Empirical Risk Minimization; Accuracy First
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Ligett, Katrina, Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth, Bo Waggoner, and Steven Wu. "Accuracy First: Selecting a Differential Privacy Level for Accuracy-Constrained ERM." Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality 9, no. 2 (2019).
  • November 2014
  • Case

Nestlé SA, 2014

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2014, Nestlé was the largest producer of packaged foods and beverages in the world. 2013 revenues were $103.7 billion and operating profits $16.1 billion (15.5% of sales). The company owned 29 mega brands, each generating more than Euro 1 billion ($1.25 billion).... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Acquisitions; Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Nutrition; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Europe
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Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Nestlé SA, 2014." Harvard Business School Case 715-428, November 2014.
  • 2003
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The Slow Pace of Fast Change: Bringing Innovations to Market in a Connected World

By: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Innovation's encounter with the market results in a game of both high risk and high stakes. Often its outcome defies common sense: Superior new products flop, unlikely ideas become runaway hits, and—despite rapid technological advances and intense... View Details

Keywords: Game Theory; Network Effects; Innovation and Invention; Product Marketing; Economics
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Chakravorti, Bhaskar. The Slow Pace of Fast Change: Bringing Innovations to Market in a Connected World. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
  • 08 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Silos That Work: How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Collaborate

meetings and Teams chats. The researchers were not given access to the contents of the emails, meetings, and chats, only their frequency rates within organizations and the communication patterns they revealed. The sheer size and scope of... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 14 Dec 2007
  • Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

speed from launch to maturity is faster than ever before. Marketers can do three things to delay the inevitable forces of commoditization. Innovate. A new product that better meets consumer needs, even an upgrade of an existing product,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 12 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

most viable to meet a home’s holistic heating and cooling needs. Here are the most important components of TCO and how they may drive meaningful cost differences: Government incentives: the Inflation Reduction Act makes owning a heat pump... View Details
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Terms of Use - Alumni

without notice to users any user content that does not meet the standards set by the Alumni Website Full Terms of Use (pdf) . Email My Class or Section/Alumni Messaging Service The Alumni Messaging Service has been provided to facilitate... View Details
  • 02 Nov 2023

HBS Information Session in Salt Lake City

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to... View Details
  • 29 Aug 2023

HBS Information Session in Mexico City

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to... View Details
  • 15 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

not just with their immediate coworkers, but also people they meet at conferences, workshops, networking events, and collaborations across companies. In addition, he says, workers should be receptive to the people reaching out to them.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 17 Feb 2022
  • Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

that encourage individuals to contribute in their own, unique ways to the common purpose, within certain bounds defined by leaders and with the expectation that individuals will meet rigorous performance expectations. These cultures... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
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Financial Aid - Alumni

leadership annual donors. Learn More CONNECTING DONORS & STUDENTS Donors who establish a fellowship fund and members of the HBS Fund Investors Society at $50,000+ levels are invited to meet student beneficiaries at our annual MBA... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

Writing a Case as a Student at HBS

great way to do independent academic research. Depending on the topic, case writing allows you to conduct primary research and meet case protagonists. Some students have leveraged such research to find new jobs or expand their... View Details
  • 03 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Five Ways to Build Community at HBS

joy and made me feel more confident that HBS would have a community for me. 2. Reach Out to New Friends Before START (Orientation) Week There’s nothing wrong with waiting until you arrive on campus before starting to meet new people.... View Details
  • 25 Oct 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing

you're using the fintech personal loan for the right reason,” Di Maggio says. “This type of loan needs to be used as a consolidation tool or as a bridge loan to meet a specific, temporary need.” The loans should not be used to finance... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking
  • 14 Jul 2016
  • Blog Post

Dating at HBS

fiancé Drew in discussion group during their first year at HBS. We checked in with her to learn more about dating during business school, and how common it is for sparks to fly between classmates on campus.  Do many people meet potential... View Details
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