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- July 2018
- Case
Financing Anghami's Growth
By: Ramana Nanda and Eren Kuzucu
In December 2012, less than two years into the founding of their music-streaming platform Anghami, cofounders Elie Habib and Eddy Maroun found themselves evaluating an unorthodox term sheet. Habib and Maroun needed to make a decision vis-à-vis the proposal put forth by...
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Keywords:
Growth;
Startups;
Copyright;
Business Startups;
Business Model;
Music Entertainment;
Decisions;
Technological Innovation;
Venture Capital;
Internet and the Web;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Product Development;
Expansion;
Digital Platforms;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Valuation;
Decision Making;
Middle East;
Lebanon
Nanda, Ramana, and Eren Kuzucu. "Financing Anghami's Growth." Harvard Business School Case 819-033, July 2018.
- June 2018 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Voice War: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri
By: David B. Yoffie, Liang Wu, Jodie Sweitzer, Denzil Eden and Karan Ahuja
By early 2018, voice-controlled intelligent assistants had become a major new front in the battle between the giants of the technology sector. "Voice War" focuses on Alphabet’s strategy for Google Assistant, its entrant in the voice assistant space, and asks how the...
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Keywords:
Alphabet;
Amazon;
Apple;
Strategy;
Technology;
Intelligent Assistants;
Smart Speaker;
Voice Assistants;
Voice;
Platform;
Technology Adoption;
Digital Platforms;
Competitive Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B., Liang Wu, Jodie Sweitzer, Denzil Eden, and Karan Ahuja. "Voice War: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri." Harvard Business School Case 718-519, June 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
- May 2018
- Article
Nowcasting Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change
By: Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
Data from digital platforms have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification and enable new measures of how neighborhoods change in close to real time. Combining data on businesses from Yelp with data on gentrification from the Census, Federal Housing...
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Keywords:
Forecasting Models;
Simulation Methods;
Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, And Changes;
Geographic Location;
Local Range;
Transition;
Analytics and Data Science;
Measurement and Metrics;
Economic Growth;
Forecasting and Prediction
Glaeser, Edward L., Hyunjin Kim, and Michael Luca. "Nowcasting Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change." AEA Papers and Proceedings 108 (May 2018): 77–82.
- April 2018 (Revised May 2018)
- Teaching Note
Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This Teaching Note helps instructors teach the HBS case, “Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant,” (HBS No. 318-104) presenting analysis of the case and a teaching plan to guide classroom discussions.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurial Ventures;
Innovation;
Scaling;
Global Corporate Cultures;
Global;
Cultural Context;
Mainstream;
Platform Strategies;
Ecosystem;
Digital;
Internet Of Things;
Business Model;
Change Management;
Disruption;
Global Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Leading Change;
Business Strategy;
China
- April 2018
- Supplement
Flipkart (B): The Ongoing Battle for India's E-Commerce Market
By: Sunil Gupta, Das Narayandas and Rachna Tahilyani
In 2017, both Flipkart and Amazon claimed leadership position in India's recently concluded key annual festive season sale, but it was too early to declare victory. Amazon continues to invest heavily in India. Competition from newer players is increasing. Media reports...
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Gupta, Sunil, Das Narayandas, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Flipkart (B): The Ongoing Battle for India's E-Commerce Market." Harvard Business School Supplement 518-097, April 2018.
- April 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Maersk: Betting on Blockchain
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
In March 2018, international shipping giant Maersk is getting ready to debut a trade digitization platform. Maersk hopes the platform will help streamline global trade since shipping goods internationally is an extraordinarily complicated and inefficient process....
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Keywords:
Maersk;
IBM;
Blockchain;
Shipping;
Shipping Line;
Trade;
Bitcoin;
Digitization;
Container Shipping;
Joint Ventures;
Ship Transportation;
Transportation Networks;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Applications and Software;
Shipping Industry;
Technology Industry
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Maersk: Betting on Blockchain." Harvard Business School Case 518-089, April 2018. (Revised July 2018.)
- March 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Cadre
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Scott Duke Kominers and David Lane
Late in 2017, CEO Ryan Williams and his team debated whether Cadre should become not only a technology-enabled investment manager, but also an online trading exchange providing high levels of liquidity for investors in commercial real estate (CRE) equity. Cadre was a...
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- March 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Supplement
ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (B)
By: Feng Zhu, Weiru Chen and Shirley Sun
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Outsourcing;
Disintermediation;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology;
Problems and Challenges;
Global Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
China
Zhu, Feng, Weiru Chen, and Shirley Sun. "ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 618-046, March 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- March 2018
- Teaching Note
Twine Health
By: Robert S. Huckman and Ariel D. Stern
In late 2014, Dr. John Moore (CEO), Frank Moss (chairman), and Scott Gilroy (CTO) of Twine Health (Twine) had to resolve several challenges that threatened to restrict the widespread dissemination of its sole product, Twine. Twine was a cloud-based platform that...
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- February 2018
- Case
Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
Amazon, Google, and Apple all offer their own smart speaker. The devices represent each firm's entry point into the connected home market. All three companies come into the space with their own strengths and weaknesses. Who will win?
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Keywords:
Apple;
Apple Inc.;
Google;
Amazon;
Amazon.com;
Google Home;
Homepod;
Echo;
Smart Home;
Connected Home;
Voice;
Artificial Intelligence;
Machine Learning;
Internet Of Things;
Smart Speaker;
Connected Speaker;
Intelligent Assistants;
Virtual Assistants;
Voice Assistants;
Alexa;
Google Assistant;
Siri;
Technological Innovation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Competitive Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Adoption;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Applications and Software;
Technology Adoption;
Digital Platforms;
Household;
AI and Machine Learning;
Electronics Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home." Harvard Business School Case 518-035, February 2018.
- February 2018
- Teaching Plan
Tesla in 2015
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Olivia Hull and Sarah Mehta
Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-081.
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Keywords:
Electric Vehicle;
Internal Combustion Vehicle;
Battery;
Product Distribution;
Platform Disruption;
Vertical Integration;
Patents;
Disruption;
Innovation and Invention;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Energy;
Entrepreneurship;
Leading Change;
Product Marketing;
Information Technology;
Digital Platforms;
Transportation;
Auto Industry;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Technology Industry;
Transportation Industry;
California
- February 2018 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Nancy Hua Dai
CEO Zhang Ruimin must plan how to accelerate the growth of self-managed microenterprises. Platforms were Haier’s business platforms operating in five major sectors: white goods transformation, investment and incubation, financial holdings, real estate, and cultural...
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Keywords:
China;
Microenterprise;
Appliances;
Platform;
Change;
Innovation;
Opportunities;
Entrepreneurship;
Digital Platforms;
Transformation;
Innovation and Invention;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
China
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant." Harvard Business School Case 318-104, February 2018. (Revised May 2018.)
- February 2018 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Rise of the Drones: Identified Technologies
By: Andy Wu and George Gonzalez
The founder and CEO of Identified Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based drone software and services company, faces a dilemma when San Francisco–based DroneDeploy begins to disrupt the industry with its drone software platform. Identified Technologies needs to consider...
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Digital Platforms;
Disruption;
Network Effects;
Computer Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Pittsburgh;
San Francisco
Wu, Andy, and George Gonzalez. "Rise of the Drones: Identified Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 718-482, February 2018. (Revised December 2019.)
- 2018
- Working Paper
The Welfare Effects of Peer Entry in the Accommodation Market: The Case of Airbnb
By: Chiara Farronato and Andrey Fradkin
We study the effects of enabling peer supply through Airbnb in the accommodation industry. We present a model of competition between flexible and dedicated sellers - peer hosts and hotels - who provide differentiated products. We estimate this model using data from...
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Keywords:
Peer To Peer;
Digital Platforms;
Market Entry and Exit;
Competition;
Accommodations Industry
Farronato, Chiara, and Andrey Fradkin. "The Welfare Effects of Peer Entry in the Accommodation Market: The Case of Airbnb." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 24361, February 2018.
- January 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (A)
By: Feng Zhu, Weiru Chen and Shirley Sun
ZBJ.com (ZBJ), an online platform that connects knowledge workers to small- and medium-sized enterprises, is China’s largest outsourcing platform. Founded by Mingyue Zhu in 2006, ZBJ had grown into a unicorn with 4,000 employees and a daily transaction volume of RMB15...
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Keywords:
Outsourcing;
Disintermediation;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology;
Problems and Challenges;
Global Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
China
Zhu, Feng, Weiru Chen, and Shirley Sun. "ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-044, January 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- January 2018 (Revised February 2018)
- Technical Note
Making Markets
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...
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Keywords:
Marketplaces;
Two-Sided Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Market Design;
Digital Platforms;
Marketplace Matching;
Market Participation;
Market Transactions;
Market Entry and Exit;
Digital Platforms;
Auctions
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Scott Duke Kominers. "Making Markets." Harvard Business School Technical Note 818-096, January 2018. (Revised February 2018.)
- January 2018
- Case
Viacom: Democratization of Data Science
By: Shane Greenstein and Christine Snively
In two short years, Viacom’s Data Science & Advanced Analytics team built a web platform called Science Central that allowed employees from Viacom’s 20+ cable networks to access television audience insights through three data science apps. In the past, employees would...
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Keywords:
Data Science;
Big Data;
Digital Platforms;
Analytics and Data Science;
Expansion;
Strategic Planning
Greenstein, Shane, and Christine Snively. "Viacom: Democratization of Data Science." Harvard Business School Case 618-016, January 2018.
- January 2018 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
STRIVR: Changing the Game in Virtual Reality
By: Rajiv Lal, Matt Denison, Robert Higgins and Scott Johnson
The CEO of a growing virtual reality company that trains athletes must decide whether or not to stay in sports or expand into other areas.
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Keywords:
Virtual Reality;
Strivr;
Internet Of Things;
Football;
Retail;
Training;
Startup;
Start-up;
Start-up Growth;
"Sports Organizations,;
Experiential Marketing;
Business Startups;
Technological Innovation;
Sports;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Digital Platforms;
Technology Adoption;
Sports Industry;
Technology Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Lal, Rajiv, Matt Denison, Robert Higgins, and Scott Johnson. "STRIVR: Changing the Game in Virtual Reality." Harvard Business School Case 518-048, January 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
- November 2017
- Case
iRobot: Moving Beyond the Roomba
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
The makers of the Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner, connected the latest version of their product to the Internet. This new feature opened up a wealth of new opportunities and challenges for the company.
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Keywords:
Irobot;
Smart Home;
Connected Home;
Roomba;
Vacuum;
Mapping;
Internet Of Things;
Connected Products;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Design;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Digital Platforms;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Consumer Products Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "iRobot: Moving Beyond the Roomba." Harvard Business School Case 518-055, November 2017.
- November 2017 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Redfin: Redefine Real Estate
By: Hong Luo and Huafeng Yu
Founded in 2004, Redfin envisioned a light-touch model in which clients self-served using the digital platform in exchange for a significantly lower fee than traditional agents. Realizing the narrow appeal of its initial model, Redfin had made significant changes to...
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Keywords:
Adaptation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Real Estate Industry;
North America
Luo, Hong, and Huafeng Yu. "Redfin: Redefine Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 718-430, November 2017. (Revised December 2019.)