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  • May 2004 (Revised December 2004)
  • Case

Slingshot Technology, Inc. (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
Slingshot Technology Inc. (STI) is a privately held software start-up founded in 1995 focused on identifying emerging spaces in the IT services industry and partnering with vendors selling promising but unproven technologies in those spaces. The vendors used STI to... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Private Ownership; Opportunities; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Intellectual Property; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry
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  • April 1993 (Revised June 1998)
  • Case

Time Inc.'s Entry into the Entertainment Industry (A)

Richard Munro, Time Inc.'s chairman and CEO, must respond to a hostile tender offer from Paramount Communications. Paramount conditioned its bid on cancellation of Time's plans to merge with Warner Communications. Several months before the hostile Paramount bid, Time... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Market Entry and Exit; Mergers and Acquisitions; Global Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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  • Summer 2017
  • Article

Measuring Consumer Preferences for Video Content Provision via Cord-Cutting Behavior

By: Jeffrey Prince and Shane Greenstein
The television industry is undergoing a generational shift in structure; however, many demand-side determinants are still not well understood. We model how consumers choose video content provision among over-the-air (OTA), paid subscription to cable or satellite, and... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Service Delivery; Consumer Behavior; Television Entertainment; Service Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • 22 Oct 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Strategies to Fight Ad-sponsored Rivals

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Feng Zhu; Advertising
  • Research Summary

Moving Beyond Direct-to-Consumer

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

Changing consumer behaviors have redefined what it means to be direct to consumer ("DTC"). What once began online a decade ago as a distribution and disintermediation strategy has since evolved into a multifaceted approach for the modern-day brand.

The... View Details

  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses Authors:Edelman, Benjamin, and Michael Schwarz Abstract We consider market rules for the transfer of IP addresses, numeric identifiers required by all computers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Walter A. Friedman

    Walter A. Friedman is Director of the Business History Initiative and Lecturer.  He edits Business History Review with Geoff Jones. He specializes in business, labor, and economic history. He is author of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First... View Details

    Keywords: marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry
    • April 2020 (Revised October 2021)
    • Case

    SpaceX, Economies of Scale, and a Revolution in Space Access

    By: Matthew C. Weinzierl, Kylie Lucas and Mehak Sarang
    From the time he transformed the world of online banking, Elon Musk established himself as a bold innovator. After selling X.com to PayPal in 2002, he founded a series of revolutionary start-ups, starting with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). Hoping to "make... View Details
    Keywords: Space Tech; Space Access; Vision; Economies Of Scale; Technological Innovation; Emerging Markets; Commercialization; Finance; Aerospace Industry
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    • February 2020
    • Case

    Klöckner & Co: Steeling for a Digital World

    By: Scott Duke Kominers and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    Hoping to get ahead of potential digital disruption at Klöckner & Co.—one of the world’s largest steel and metal distributors—CEO Gisbert Rühl set up both kloeckner.i (KCI), an internal transformation arm, and XOM Materials (XOM), an independent industry platform. KCI... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Market Design; Digital Platforms; Markets; Industry Structures; Supply and Industry; Technology Adoption; Transformation; Digital Transformation; Steel Industry; Information Technology Industry; Europe; Germany
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    • 06 Oct 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

    lamebrained the idea. Also, we have difficult factor markets like energy, but that simply means that there are great opportunities for people with ideas for alternative energy. Were I rewriting the article today, I might emphasize the... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 04 Sep 2017
    • Blog Post

    HBS Startup Bootcamp and Founders Unfiltered

    don’t think people would buy that” or “I don’t know if that’s even possible.” My mindset started to change last fall when I attended SPARK, the 2016 HBS Entrepreneurship Conference. Hearing founders at the conference share their stories... View Details
    • 20 Feb 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: February 20, 2007

      Working PapersNone this week.   Cases & Course MaterialsFemale Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries Harvard Business School Note 807-018 Examines the extent of and challenges facing female entrepreneurs in developing countries.... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    HBS - The year in Review

    experienced colleagues. Assistant Professors Anjali M. Bhatt Organizational Behavior Julian De Freitas Marketing Summer R. Jackson Organizational Behavior Jung Koo Kang Accounting & Management Rebecca A. Karp Strategy Shirley Lu... View Details
    • Web

    Events - Business History

    and business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Dec 15 15 Dec 2023 Conference Using Oral History in Research This conference considered the ways oral history including the interviews undertaken by the Creating View Details
    • December 2019
    • Case

    Gary Vaynerchuk: #GaryVee

    By: Laura Huang and Sarah Mehta
    Fresh out of a public social media debacle, Gary Vaynerchuk needs to reconsider the approach he takes in leading his digital media agency, VaynerMedia. Founded in 2009 by Gary and his brother AJ, VaynerMedia has grown into an unconventional creative marketing agency.... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Business Growth and Maturation; Marketing; Social Media
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    • October 2019 (Revised December 2019)
    • Case

    Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys: A Power Couple

    By: Boris Groysberg, Annelena Lobb and Sarah Mehta
    Set in 2018, this case follows married couple and music industry titans Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys as they consider how best to use their platforms to achieve their goals. Since achieving professional success in the music industry early in their lives, Swizz and Keys... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment; Music Entertainment; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Goals and Objectives; Power and Influence; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Fine Arts Industry
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    • Web

    Curriculum - Business & Environment

    Acquisitions, Value Creation Under Polman's leadership, Unilever focused on long-term shareholder value accretion with a multi-stakeholder approach that emphasized global growth in revenues and earnings through deep penetration in rapidly growing View Details
    • November 2002 (Revised April 2004)
    • Case

    TCS: An Entrepreneurial Air-Express Company in Pakistan

    Introduces Khalid Awan, co-founder of TCS, an entrepreneurial air-express company in Pakistan. Awan has succeeded in building a sizeable company despite serious obstacles, including pressure from the public postal system, an environment prone to corruption, and a... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Leasing; Transportation Industry; United Arab Emirates; Pakistan
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    • March 2011 (Revised August 2012)
    • Case

    Groupon

    By: Sunil Gupta, Ray Weaver and Dharmishta Rood
    On November 4, 2011, Groupon, a marketing services company that promoted local businesses by selling deeply discounted vouchers for their products and services, completed its initial public offering that valued the company at $17 billion. Within a year Groupon's share... View Details
    Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Customers; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Marketing Channels; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation
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    • October 2000 (Revised November 2000)
    • Case

    Handspring

    By: Myra M. Hart and Mary Rotelli
    Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins, founders of Palm Computing, have launched a new venture--Handspring. They are preparing for an IPO in the spring of 2000. When the markets begin to collapse and their investment bankers suggest a significantly lower price, they must... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Investment Banking; Initial Public Offering; Valuation; Business Processes; Computer Industry; Technology Industry
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