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- 16 Dec 2010
- News
The Emergent Arab World
scholarship; today, a computer search using the key words “Middle East” produces some 58 cases at the Harvard Business Publishing Web site. Almost all of them were written in...
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- 10 Sep 2008
- News
Thanks for the Memories
If you haven’t already taken a look at the HBS Institutional Memory Web site, don’t miss it: http://institutionalmemory.hbs.edu/. Since it was launched in February in conjunction with View Details
- Article
Moving from Engagement to a Real Marriage of Brand and Customer
Rayport, Jeffrey F. "Moving from Engagement to a Real Marriage of Brand and Customer." True (FleishmanHillard) (June 15, 2014).
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
live.” CAMH, he is confident, will be leading the movement. Unspinning the COVID web These three stories provide yet another example of how COVID-19 has mushroomed into...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Consultant on the Go
publicity and staying on task. While accumulating some 500,000 frequent-flier miles a year, Charan pursues his passion: helping executives solve problems. The northern India native would rather talk — in...
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- February 2011
- Case
oDesk: Changing How the World Works
By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and Jennifer M. Tydlaska
It is 2010, and Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk, is contemplating the next steps for his organization. Founded in 2004 in California, oDesk operates an online marketplace which matches Employers with Contractors. oDesk provides fact-based information on Contractors, including...
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Keywords:
Recruitment;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Marketplace Matching;
Corporate Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Consulting Industry
Groysberg, Boris, David A. Thomas, and Jennifer M. Tydlaska. "oDesk: Changing How the World Works." Harvard Business School Case 411-078, February 2011.
- May 2005
- Exercise
Forecasting the Adoption of E-books
By: Elie Ofek
Gives students an opportunity to understand the challenges inherent in forecasting the diffusions of innovations. Provides data for forecasting the adoption of electronic books. Students are encouraged to use the Bass Model framework, while being cognizant of its...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Framework;
Books;
Analytics and Data Science;
Product Launch;
Internet and the Web;
Technology Adoption
Ofek, Elie. "Forecasting the Adoption of E-books." Harvard Business School Exercise 505-063, May 2005.
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
MBA in a box over the Internet for 59 bucks. So the MBA title has come to mean less because the label now covers a rapidly proliferating set of...
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- 21 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?
The US government set out to support consumers and jolt the economy when it issued federal stimulus checks during the early months of View Details
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
standards of the Internet and willing to transfer databases to a "rival supplier" in the event of an unsatisfactory relationship...
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by James Heskett
- 03 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Ideological Segregation among Online Collaborators: Evidence from Wikipedians
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
In recent years, consumer review sites including Yelp, Citysearch, and TripAdvisor have become the first stop for recommendations on everything from dinner to dentists. Along View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
Fake It Till You Make It: Reputation, Competition, and Yelp Review Fraud
By: Michael Luca and Georgios Zervas
Consumer reviews are now part of everyday decision-making. Yet, the credibility of these reviews is fundamentally undermined when businesses commit review fraud, creating fake reviews for themselves or their competitors. We investigate the economic incentives to commit...
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Keywords:
Information;
Competition;
Internet and the Web;
Ethics;
Reputation;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Luca, Michael, and Georgios Zervas. "Fake It Till You Make It: Reputation, Competition, and Yelp Review Fraud." Working Paper. (May 2015. Revise and resubmit, Management Science.)
- 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;
Web Services 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.)
- Web
Shared Value Measurement - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
integrated shared value strategy and measurement process includes four steps. The Shared Value Measurement Process The above steps originate from View Details
- April 2000 (Revised May 2000)
- Case
Capital One Financial Corporation
By: Bharat N. Anand, Michael G. Rukstad and Christopher Paige
Designed to explore the structure, implementation, and sustainability of an information-based strategy (IBS) undertaken by Capital One during the 1990s. Particular issues of interest are the impact of mass customization on industry structure, the ability to transfer...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Customization and Personalization;
Industry Structures;
Internet and the Web;
Innovation Strategy;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Anand, Bharat N., Michael G. Rukstad, and Christopher Paige. "Capital One Financial Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 700-124, April 2000. (Revised May 2000.)
- Fast Answer
Municipal data and information sources for public entrepreneurship
over 500 local, regional, and national datasets from around the world, collected by data experts. Use your browser’s find feature, as there is very little indexing. USAFacts.org: USAFacts is a...
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- June 2011
- Case
CA Technologies: Bringing the Cloud to Earth
By: Marco Iansiti and Kerry Herman
Adam Famularo, general manager, Cloud Computing business, CA Technologies, and David Dobson, WVP and group executive, Customer Solutions Group, were preparing for a presentation on communicating and positioning CA Technologies' new strategy for cloud computing....
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Keywords:
Disruptive Innovation;
Product Positioning;
Expansion;
Internet and the Web;
Technology Adoption
Iansiti, Marco, and Kerry Herman. "CA Technologies: Bringing the Cloud to Earth." Harvard Business School Case 611-047, June 2011.
- September 24, 2021
- Article
A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy
By: Li Jin, Scott Duke Kominers and Lila Shroff
Platforms are fundamentally changing the contract between workers and companies—and the workers and creatives that create value for platform companies, and rely on platforms for their livelihoods, often have little power when it comes to getting their concerns...
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Keywords:
Gig Workers;
Decentralized Collective Action;
Internet and the Web;
Labor;
Labor and Management Relations;
Digital Platforms
Jin, Li, Scott Duke Kominers, and Lila Shroff. "A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (September 24, 2021).
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2.3.10 Use of the Harvard Name - MBA
name Harvard, or of any of the schools within the University, in web site identifications, e-mail addresses, and View Details