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- November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Anthology: Pivoting the Business Model
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton
In July 2014, after 18 months and eight unsuccessful product launches, the CEO of Yabbly has agreed to sell his company to a larger, well-funded startup, providing a return of capital for his investors and a home for his team. Two weeks prior to the scheduled closing,...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Business Model;
Business Plan;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation Strategy;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Fairness;
Valuation;
Technology Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
North America;
United States;
Seattle
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Christopher Payton. "Anthology: Pivoting the Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 817-066, November 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- August 2009 (Revised November 2021)
- Module Note
What Are Business Models, and How Are They Built?
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Mark W. Johnson
Christensen, Clayton M., and Mark W. Johnson. "What Are Business Models, and How Are They Built?" Harvard Business School Module Note 610-019, August 2009. (Revised November 2021.)
- 2015
- Chapter
The Business Model: Nature and Benefits
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron
This paper considers the nature of the business model and its strategic relevance to negotiations. We elaborate a substantive definition of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models...
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Keywords:
Business Models;
Value Capture;
Value-Based Business Strategy;
Ambivalent Value;
Business Model;
Value;
Negotiation Deal
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron. "The Business Model: Nature and Benefits." Chap. 1 in Business Models and Modelling. Vol. 33, edited by Charles Baden-Fuller and Vincent Mangematin. Advances in Strategic Management. Emerald Group Publishing, 2015.
- July 2009 (Revised February 2010)
- Course Overview Note
Competing Through Business Models: Introductory Note for Students
To aid students in the EC course, “Competing Through Business Models.”
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Competing Through Business Models: Introductory Note for Students." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 710-409, July 2009. (Revised February 2010.)
- 22 Jun 2009
- News
Test-Driving a Foreign Business Model
- 31 Mar 2020
- News
Reinventing the Direct-to-Consumer Business Model
- 2015
- Working Paper
The Business Model: Nature and Benefits
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron
This paper considers the nature of the business model and its strategic relevance to negotiations. We elaborate a substantive definition of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models...
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Keywords:
Business Models;
Value Capture;
Value-Based Business Strategy;
Ambivalent Value;
Business Model;
Negotiation Deal
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron. "The Business Model: Nature and Benefits." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-089, May 2015. (Revised June 2015.)
- April 2010
- Article
From Strategy to Business Models and onto Tactics
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart
The notion of business model has been used by strategy scholars to refer to "the logic of the firm, the way it operates and how it creates value for its stakeholders." On the surface, this notion appears to be similar to that of strategy. We present a conceptual...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Competitive Strategy;
Value Creation;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Framework;
Negotiation Tactics;
Competition
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan Enric Ricart. "From Strategy to Business Models and onto Tactics." Special Issue on Business Models Long Range Planning 43, no. 2 (April 2010): 195–215.
- 2009
- Working Paper
From Strategy to Business Models and to Tactics
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart
The notion of business model has been used by strategy scholars to refer to "the logic of the firm, the way it operates and how it creates value for its stakeholders." On the surface, this notion appears to be similar to that of strategy. We present a conceptual...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Framework;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Value Creation
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan Enric Ricart. "From Strategy to Business Models and to Tactics." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-036, November 2009.
- Article
Platform Competition: Betfair and the U.K. Market for Sports Betting
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Neil Campbell
We examine two episodes of strategic interaction in the U.K. betting industry: (i) Betfair (an entrant multi-sided platform or MSP) vs. Flutter (also an MSP) and (ii) Betfair vs. traditional bookmakers. We find that although Betfair was an underfunded second mover in...
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Keywords:
Platform Design;
Betting;
Complements;
Competing Business Models;
Co-opetition;
Entry;
Multi-Sided Platforms;
Design;
Network Effects;
Business Model;
Competition;
Cooperation
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Neil Campbell. "Platform Competition: Betfair and the U.K. Market for Sports Betting." Special Issue on Platforms. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 28, no. 1 (Spring 2019): 29–40.
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
- April 2020 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
CredEx Fintech: Business Model Transformation During the Digital Era
By: Laura Huang, Raphael Amit and Xu Han
Founded in 2010, CredEx has been a fast and constant innovator in the microfinance industry in China. Tang Xia, CEO and co-founder of CredEx, has led the company through a number of profound business model innovations in response to external environment changes, which...
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Keywords:
Digitization;
Fintech;
Business Model;
Innovation and Invention;
Transformation;
Microfinance;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Huang, Laura, Raphael Amit, and Xu Han. "CredEx Fintech: Business Model Transformation During the Digital Era." Harvard Business School Case 420-080, April 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
- June 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Technical Note
Web3 Business Model Design for Entrepreneurs
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Liang Wu
- September 2003 (Revised February 2010)
- Teaching Note
Zipcar: Refining the Business Model (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-803-096), (9-806-717), and (9-806-718).
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- January 2003 (Revised February 2011)
- Tool
Business Analysis and Valuation Model (Version 5)
By: Paul M. Healy, Krishna G. Palepu and Jonathan Barnett
Once you enter company financial statements, this software enables you to standardize them to a common format, make any needed adjustments to the company's accounting, and make assumptions about the company's future performance. The model then provides financial ratios...
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- 15 Jan 2018
- News
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
- 20 Jul 2016
- News
How Amazon Adapted Its Business Model to India
- 2016
- Working Paper
Capital Requirements, Risk Choice, and Liquidity Provision in a Business Cycle Model
By: Juliane Begenau
This paper develops a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model in which households' preferences for safe and liquid assets constitute a violation of Modigliani and Miller. I show that the scarcity of these coveted assets created by increased bank capital...
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Keywords:
Capital Requirement;
Bank Regulation;
Demand For Safe Assets;
Business Cycles;
Bank Lending;
Risk Management;
Financial Liquidity;
Financing and Loans;
Capital;
Banks and Banking
Begenau, Juliane. "Capital Requirements, Risk Choice, and Liquidity Provision in a Business Cycle Model." Working Paper. (Revised September 2016.)
- October 2004 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
Mavens & Moguls: Creating a New Business Model
By: Myra M. Hart, Victoria Winston and Kristin Lieb
Mavens & Moguls is a "virtual" marketing-consulting firm of approximately 40 professionals. Examines the processes by which its founder, Paige Arnof-Fenn, learns the business, builds a power network of industry experts and potential customers, and uses this expertise...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Values and Beliefs;
Work-Life Balance;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Operations;
Networks;
Business Model;
Growth Management;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Consulting Industry
Hart, Myra M., Victoria Winston, and Kristin Lieb. "Mavens & Moguls: Creating a New Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 805-050, October 2004. (Revised November 2004.)