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Peggy Yin | MBA

contexts fraught with warring economic priorities while blossoming in communities using digital platforms to express true, untold stories. Learning from these narratives at the intersection of technology and business showed me how we can... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund

people to work at promising start-ups. Vinamea (Gurvan Rallon and Cornelius Frey, both HBS ’12): A platform that allows people to rent a portion of a vineyard and receive their share of the year’s vintage. Zumper (Anthemos Georgiades, Tom... View Details

Keywords: awards

25 Jun 2020
News

Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic

video conferencing platform Zoom exploded. In the case “Zoom Video Communications and COVID-19,” authors Associate Professor Scott Duke Kominers and George Gonzalez, the center’s senior researcher, examine Zoom’s strengths and weaknesses... View Details

04 Jun 2018
Blog Post

How to Create a Presence Without Being Present

recruiters who need to create a meaningful presence for MBA candidates – without necessarily being physically present. Use CPD’s online resources Start with the obvious: post your positions in the Career & Professional Development recruiting View Details

Keywords: All Industries

January 2018 (Revised February 2018)
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Making Markets

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Scott Duke Kominers

Explains how to identify and capitalize on marketplace design opportunities. Defines markets and marketplaces and describes the basic functions of each. Discusses attributes (e.g., heterogeneity of participants' preferences and asymmetry in available information) that... View Details

Keywords: Marketplaces; Two-Sided Markets; Entrepreneurship; Market Design; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Auctions

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01 Jun 2022
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Eyes in the Skies

custom-built satellites and a proprietary analytics platform to gather and analyze satellite images for commercial customers. Image by Lincoln Agnew Image by Lincoln Agnew Minnick credits several technological advances with putting... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

03 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description

job description to make it stand out from the crowd. When you are ready to post your job to HBS candidates, log in to the HBS recruiting platform 12twenty" to do so. Make the job title count Be specific and use searchable keywords that... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2015
News

3-Minute Briefing: Rehito “Ray” Hatoyama (MBA 2008)

think Hello Kitty is just for kids, but it’s for all ages. For example, a lady might want a Hello Kitty golf bag or jewelry for herself. We also have a licensing partnership with the hard rock band KISS. We don’t believe this is a dilution—it’s really about making... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hello Kitty; Arts, Entertainment; Special Design Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2014
News

Rethinking the Fashion Beat

fully staffed online magazine, BoF has emerged as one of fashion’s most respected and read sources, delivering reviews of runway collections, profiles of industry insiders, and news and analyses of markets both established and emerging to hundreds of thousands of... View Details

Keywords: Alyssa Giacobbe; fashion; Retail Trade

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Jake Flomenberg

experience as Co-President of the TechMedia club shape your career goals within the technology sector? My time serving the TechMedia Club was a great opportunity to reflect on my personal interests within the technology sector. I was able to use the club as a View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Dec 2022
News

Business as a Force for Good in Society

effort is the newly established Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), an ambitious, interdisciplinary enterprise that provides a research-based platform for the School’s faculty to examine many of the most critical... View Details

17 Jun 2019
Working Paper Summaries

The Comprehensive Effects of a Digital Paywall Sales Strategy

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung, Ho Kim, and Reo Song; Media & Broadcasting

2016
Working Paper

Controlling Versus Enabling

By: Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright

Revenue sharing between principals and agents is commonly used to balance double-sided moral hazard. We provide a theory of how, when such revenue-sharing is optimal, a principal allocates control rights over decisions that either party could make. We show that the... View Details

Keywords: Control Rights; Decision Authority; Employment; Independent Contractors; Organizational Theory; Digital Platforms; Governance Controls; Ethics; Vertical Integration

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14 Mar 2014
News

Start-up Takes the Legwork out of Shopping

Keywords: fashion; start-up; Personal Services; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

15 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

benefits of sharing data, which can then be used to more quickly identify the most pressing targets and design trials to address them. Innovations to the typical clinical trial model are also being used. In an adaptive platform trial, for... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Pharmaceutical

15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

reality by recording and releasing her first single, March Eleven, on all music streaming platforms and she also launched the next phase of her career in banking. You may be surprised to see someone both recording music and working in... View Details

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Online AI Course | HBS Online

the collision between traditional and AI-powered companies, and that clash’s impact on digital transformation. Highlights Iavor Bojinov, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Stéphane Bancel, CEO, Moderna Dr. Melissa Moore, Chief... View Details

09 Jun 2015
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Media

different insights into developing and executing a successful social media strategy. Brand Manager's Guide to Losing Control Social media platforms have taken some of the marketing power away from companies and given it to consumers. Jill... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Advertising

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Lavinia Teodorescu | MBA

get help on any problem, from immigration to bankruptcy. Professional goals: I am currently working on my own startup, Gala, and our goal is to become a global hub for inclusive fashion. Our platform uses a user-centered approach instead... View Details

07 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 7

Digital Platform: A Playbook for Strategists By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—The ubiquity of Internet access has caused a sharp rise in the number of businesses offering platforms that connect users for communication or commerce.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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