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Taking the Risk to Start a Company at Business School - MBA
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- April 2017 (Revised May 2022)
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King Digital Entertainment
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Davide Sola, Federica Gabrieli and Elena Corsi
Riccardo Zacconi was the co-founder and CEO of King Digital Entertainment, the video game company that had quickly established itself as the world’s leading maker of casual games for mobile devices after the sensational success of its game “Candy Crush Saga.” Zacconi...
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Entrepreneurship;
Information Technology;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Acquisition;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Video Game Industry;
Europe;
Sweden
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Davide Sola, Federica Gabrieli, and Elena Corsi. "King Digital Entertainment." Harvard Business School Case 817-117, April 2017. (Revised May 2022.)
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Student Research - Doctoral
competitive advantage. In this paper, we examine the relationship between the extent to which founders exploit their own technologically unique knowledge and subsequent new venture performance. Using... 2023...
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- 15 Oct 2019
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Bridging Business and Engineering
the world’s most dynamic ecosystems for technology, especially for startups and venture capital. During five years in the military fulfilling his required service, he gained firsthand technical experience as a member of the IDF’s Elite...
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Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow - MBA
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How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS? - MBA
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Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences - Health Care
Impact Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences Gaining Ground on ALS Re: Rob Blum (MBA 1991) Health Minute: How Can Technology Improve 21st Century Health Care Health Minute: How Can Companies Bring "Missing Drugs" to Market? More “Life...
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
its new Vision 2020 plan, a strategic plan for the evolving global corporation, which included developing a global vaccine business. August 2015 (Revised August 2015) Case Hoag Orthopedic Institute By: Robert S. Kaplan and Jonathan Warsh Two groups of orthopedic...
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2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018) - MBA
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- September 2013 (Revised January 2024)
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PAREXEL International Corp.: Scaling Up
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Natalie Kindred
Through the lens of biopharmaceutical contract research organization (CRO) PAREXEL, this case traces the evolution of the firm as it reinvents itself in response to the transformation of the CRO sector from a small, secondary cluster of firms into a major player with...
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Research;
Innovation and Invention;
Business Model;
Transformation;
Globalization;
Information Technology;
Competitive Advantage;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Natalie Kindred. "PAREXEL International Corp.: Scaling Up." Harvard Business School Case 314-056, September 2013. (Revised January 2024.)
- February 2021
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Threadless: The Renewal of an Online Community
By: Shane Greenstein, Karim Lakhani and Christian Godwin
Threadless, an online apparel company and artist community which Jake Nickell founded in 2000, continued to maintain its status as a top company in the online apparel industry during its second decade. From 2010 to 2020, Threadless continued to operate its...
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Business Model;
Decision Making;
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Innovation and Invention;
Leading Change;
Management;
Marketing;
Product Launch;
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Distribution;
Networks;
Sales;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Digital Platforms;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
North America
Greenstein, Shane, Karim Lakhani, and Christian Godwin. "Threadless: The Renewal of an Online Community." Harvard Business School Case 621-056, February 2021.
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Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows - MBA
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- 20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20
Components Organization (ICO) was an internal venture that was part of Intel's New Business Initiatives. It sought to initially develop and sell a high performance integrated CMOS image sensor module for cellular phones. ICO's opening...
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Martha Lagace
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A Pathway to Public Service: Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025) - MBA
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- August 2014
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Netflix in 2011
By: Willy Shih and Stephen Kaufman
Reed Hastings founded Netflix to provide a home movie service that would do a better job satisfying customers than the traditional retail rental model. But as it encountered challenges it underwent several major strategy shifts, ultimately developing a business model...
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Keywords:
Netflix;
DVD;
DVD-by-mail;
Streaming;
Online Entertainment;
Online Video;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Business Model;
Disruption;
Operations;
Service Operations;
Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Media;
Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Technology Platform;
Web;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Shih, Willy, and Stephen Kaufman. "Netflix in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 615-007, August 2014.
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Concessions Joseph O’Donnell R&R Robert Reiss Venture Capitalist Arthur Rock Extrusion Technology James Sharpe Temple, Barker & Sloane Carl Sloane C.D. Spangler Construction Co. C.D. Spangler Staples Thomas...
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- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
not take a great deal of capital nor technological expertise to launch an entrepreneurial venture in many beauty products—although for such a venture to have any hope of...
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- May 2016 (Revised January 2018)
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Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Acquiring the First Thousand Customers
By: Thales S. Teixeira and Morgan Brown
By 2016, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were pervasive among the highest growing internet startups around. These marketplaces sought to match suppliers of assets for rent, physical products or services with customers demanding them. Among the most notable...
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Airbnb;
Etsy;
Uber;
Growth Hacking;
Two-sided Market;
Internet and the Web;
Marketing Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Digital Marketing;
Business Startups;
Transportation Industry;
Accommodations Industry
Teixeira, Thales S., and Morgan Brown. "Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Acquiring the First Thousand Customers." Harvard Business School Case 516-094, May 2016. (Revised January 2018.)
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
technologies practice at McKinsey & Company, advising companies, institutional investors, NGOs, and governments around the world on the economic imperatives of resource productivity and climate solutions. Prior to that, he spent over a...
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The U.S. Job Search for International Students - MBA
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