Filter Results
:
(4,453)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(4,453)
- People (7)
- News (1,015)
- Research (2,118)
- Events (49)
- Multimedia (96)
- Faculty Publications (1,687)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(4,453)
- People (7)
- News (1,015)
- Research (2,118)
- Events (49)
- Multimedia (96)
- Faculty Publications (1,687)
- Article
Why Build in Web3
By: Jad Esber and Scott Duke Kominers
A major change is coming to the internet. While today’s dominant platforms have guarded their troves of user data and maintained an advantage through network effects, new companies—working in what they're calling a “Web3” model—are proposing a new value proposition to...
View Details
Keywords:
Blockchain;
User Experience;
Digital Platforms;
Network Effects;
Internet and the Web;
Competition;
Web Services Industry
Esber, Jad, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Why Build in Web3." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (May 16, 2022).
- 06 Jan 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
The Future of Executive Development: The CLO’s Compass and The Executive Programs Designer’s Guide
- January 2011 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Matrix Capital Management (A)
By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane
Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale...
View Details
Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Asset Management;
Cash Flow;
Stock Shares;
Financial Markets;
Investment Funds;
Measurement and Metrics;
Mathematical Methods;
Strategy;
Valuation;
Financial Services Industry
Baker, Malcolm P., and David Lane. "Matrix Capital Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 211-017, January 2011. (Revised January 2015.)
- August 2021 (Revised November 2023)
- Supplement
Coats: Supply Chain Challenges
By: Willy C. Shih
Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour...
View Details
- 06 Mar 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Consumer Protection in an Online World: An Analysis of Occupational Licensing
- 13 Jan 2017
- News
The Content Trap: Lessons for Entrepreneurs
- November 2019 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Away: Scaling a DTC Travel Brand
By: Jill Avery and Joseph B. Fuller
Away, a direct-to-consumer, digital native e-commerce seller of travel luggage, is debating how to invest its latest round of venture funding. How quickly could and should Away scale and what were the most promising growth trajectories to maximize its potential? Three...
View Details
Keywords:
Brand Management;
DTC;
Brand Extension;
Lifestyle Brand;
Customer Segmentation;
Retailing;
Scaling And Growth;
Startup;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Marketing Channels;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Consumer Behavior;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Startups;
E-commerce;
Consumer Products Industry;
Travel Industry;
United States;
North America
Avery, Jill, and Joseph B. Fuller. "Away: Scaling a DTC Travel Brand." Harvard Business School Case 520-051, November 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
- December 2006 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
By: Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, founders of Microsoft and Apple respectively, have revolutionized the relationship between the individual and computer technology. Once the exclusive domain of academia and research facilities, computers can now be found in every area of...
View Details
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business History;
Technological Innovation;
Leadership;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Technology Industry
Mayo, Anthony, and Mark Benson. "Bill Gates and Steve Jobs." Harvard Business School Case 407-028, December 2006. (Revised March 2010.)
- April 2022 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
Mastercard Labs (A)
When Ajaypal (Ajay) Banga became the CEO of Mastercard in 2010, he shifted the company’s competitive focus from card networks to cash itself. Mastercard’s new vision of a “World Beyond Cash” distilled into a three-pronged framework: Grow the core business, Diversify...
View Details
Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Culture;
Culture Change;
Organizational Adaptation;
Organizational Effectiveness;
Alignment;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Innovation;
Innovation Ecosystems;
Ecosystem;
Diversity;
Collaboration;
Co-creation;
Learning Organizations;
Empowerment;
Globalization;
Agility;
Prototype;
Experiment;
Partnerships;
Operating Model;
Risk Management;
Metrics;
Payments;
Financial Inclusion;
Financial Industry;
Ambidexterity;
Corporate Innovation;
Innovation Lab;
Digital Transformation;
Digital Strategy;
Credit Cards;
Innovation Leadership;
Organizational Culture
Hill, Linda A., Sunil Gupta, Emily Tedards, and Julia Kelley. "Mastercard Labs (A)." Harvard Business School Case 422-080, April 2022. (Revised May 2022.)
- September 2022
- Case
Proactive for Her
By: Rembrand Koning and Kairavi Dey
Proactive for Her began amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in August 2020 as a digital platform to provide accessible, evidence-based, primary, preventive non-judgmental healthcare services for Indian women, who were often dissuaded from seeking help as premarital sex and...
View Details
Keywords:
Women's Health;
Healthcare;
India;
Start-up;
Telehealth;
Digital Platforms;
Health Care and Treatment;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Business Startups;
Health Industry;
Asia;
South Asia;
India
Koning, Rembrand, and Kairavi Dey. "Proactive for Her." Harvard Business School Case 723-351, September 2022.
- October 2023
- Case
Vida Health: Transforming Chronic Disease Treatment
By: William Sahlman and Nicole Tempest Keller
San Francisco based Vida Health, founded by Stephanie Tilenius, former vice president of Commerce and Payments at Google, was a B2B digital health startup focused on the treatment of cardiometabolic conditions, such as diabetes and obesity. Its innovative digital...
View Details
Keywords:
Corporate Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Health Care and Treatment;
Product Marketing;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Technological Innovation;
Health Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States;
California;
San Francisco
Sahlman, William, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Vida Health: Transforming Chronic Disease Treatment." Harvard Business School Case 824-001, October 2023.
- October 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Background Note
Book Publishing in 2010
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
Legacy book publishers wrangled with ebook retailers over royalty rates, release strategy, and distribution rights as customer demand for cheaper ebooks eroded publishers' profitable print formats. E-readers like Kindle, as well as Apple's iPad that invigorated the...
View Details
Keywords:
Price;
Information Publishing;
Books;
Disruptive Innovation;
Demand and Consumers;
Distribution;
Strategy;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Publishing Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Nancy Bartlett. "Book Publishing in 2010." Harvard Business School Background Note 711-419, October 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
- 01 May 2022
- News
Off the Shelf
Unlocking the Customer Value Chain
“Thales Teixeira brings a brilliant and incisive intellect—blending fundamental insights with practical guidance—to the urgent question of digital transformation. In the book, he gives us a roadmap for winning the right customers, and for keeping them, amidst...
View Details
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
location. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817063-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-093 Bringing Digital to Wimbledon It was mid-December 2016 as Alexandra (Alex) Willis read with satisfaction that The...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- March 2003
- Case
Compaq's Struggle
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and David Lane
In 1997, Compaq Computer was locked in price competition with industry leader Dell. Although Compaq sought to escape difficulty by acquiring Digital Equipment Corp. ,a maker of more lucrative servers and minicomputers, in 1998 the simultaneous effort to remain a...
View Details
Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Asset Pricing;
Alliances;
Competitive Strategy;
Computer Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and David Lane. "Compaq's Struggle." Harvard Business School Case 903-021, March 2003.
- 29 Jan 2015
- News