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- June 2013
- Background Note
Mobilizing an Online Business
By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
Entrepreneurs starting online businesses often need to mobilize multiple sets of users or customers, each of whom hesitates to participate unless others join also. This case presents several challenges with similar structure.
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Keywords:
Mobilization Strategy;
Network Effects;
Platforms;
Internet;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Two-Sided Platforms;
Technology Adoption;
Innovation Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Computer Industry
Coles, Peter, and Benjamin Edelman. "Mobilizing an Online Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 913-061, June 2013. (request a courtesy copy.)
- 31 Mar 2015
- News
How to Launch Your Digital Platform
- 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: David Weinstein and Write the World
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
David Weinstein, a lawyer and former Chief Administrative Officer of mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments, launched Write the World, a proprietary online platform that included a writing curriculum, essay prompts in distinct subject matter, and access to expert...
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Keywords:
Writing;
Online Platform;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Education;
Internet and the Web;
Competency and Skills;
Change Management;
Leadership
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Juliane Calingo Schwetz, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: David Weinstein and Write the World." Harvard Business Publishing Case 314-030, 2013.
- 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: David Weinstein and Write the World
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Teaching Note for Case 314-030. Following a successful career as a lawyer, Chief Administrative Officer of Fidelity Investments, and law school instructor, David Weinstein became a 2011 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. During his Advanced Leadership...
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Keywords:
Writing;
Online Platform;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Education;
Internet and the Web;
Competency and Skills;
Leadership;
Change Management
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Tessa Natanay Hamilton, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: David Weinstein and Write the World." Harvard Business Publishing Teaching Note 316-037, 2016.
- July 2021
- Article
Information Transparency, Multihoming, and Platform Competition: A Natural Experiment in the Daily Deals Market
By: Hui Li and Feng Zhu
Platform competition is shaped by the likelihood of multi-homing (i.e., complementors or consumers adopt more than one platform). To take advantage of multi-homing, platform firms often attempt to motivate their rivals’ high-performing complementors to adopt their own...
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Keywords:
Platform Competition;
Multi-homing;
Information Transparency;
Daily Deals;
Groupon;
LivingSocial;
Digital Platforms;
Information;
Competition
Li, Hui, and Feng Zhu. "Information Transparency, Multihoming, and Platform Competition: A Natural Experiment in the Daily Deals Market." Management Science 67, no. 7 (July 2021): 4384–4407.
- February 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Where to Grow Next at Online Marketplace OLX
By: Thales Teixeira, Leandro A. Guissoni and Samy Dana
The CEO of OLX Brazil, an online classifieds platform business, is debating among multiple paths to grow sustainably (i.e., profitably) without the need for investor money. The options under consideration are (1) penetration growth by focusing on the core, (2) new...
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Keywords:
Online Marketplace;
Growth;
Customer Acquisition;
Facebook;
Two-sided Network;
E-commerce;
Classifieds;
Naspers;
Schibsted;
Innovation;
Startup;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Model;
Innovation and Invention;
Business Startups;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Brazil
Teixeira, Thales, Leandro A. Guissoni, and Samy Dana. "Where to Grow Next at Online Marketplace OLX." Harvard Business School Case 519-064, February 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- 03 Jan 2022
- News
Pushing Social Media Platforms to Self-Regulate
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Platforms and Collaborations
platform from Art Technology Group, then in its infancy. This inherent flexibility has helped the platform age gracefully. Even after five years in use, a student team’s evaluation in the fall of 2000...
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- 2022
- Working Paper
Can a Website Bring Unemployment Down? Experimental Evidence from France
By: Aïcha Ben Dhia, Bruno Crépon, Esther Mbih, Louise Paul-Delvaux, Bertille Picard and Vincent Pons
We evaluate the impact of an online platform giving job seekers tips to improve their search and recommendations of new occupations and locations to target, based on their personal data and labor market data. Our experiment used an encouragement design and was...
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Keywords:
Online Platform;
Digital Platform;
Unemployment;
Encouragement Design;
Job Search;
Jobs and Positions;
Internet and the Web;
Well-being;
Outcome or Result;
Digital Platforms;
France
Ben Dhia, Aïcha, Bruno Crépon, Esther Mbih, Louise Paul-Delvaux, Bertille Picard, and Vincent Pons. "Can a Website Bring Unemployment Down? Experimental Evidence from France." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29914, April 2022.
- 03 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Platforms and Limits to Network Effects
- Web
Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
anything in between. Matt C.US Navy What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of Specialization Prove your mastery of leadership...
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- January–February 2019
- Article
Why Some Platforms Thrive and Others Don't
By: Feng Zhu and Marco Iansiti
In the digital economy, scale is no guarantee of continued success. After all, the same factors that help an online platform expand quickly—such as the low cost of adding new customers—work for challengers too. What, then, allows platforms to fight off rivals and grow...
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Zhu, Feng, and Marco Iansiti. "Why Some Platforms Thrive and Others Don't." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 1 (January–February 2019): 118–125.
- Web
Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
Analytics consists of approximately 40 hours of material delivered entirely online through the HBS Online course platform over an eight-week period. The Harvard Business...
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- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
When start-up thredUP launched its peer-to-peer online exchange for used children's clothes two and a half years ago, its creators were the latest generation of entrepreneurs competing online as multi-sided...
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by Julia Hanna
- Web
Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
I’ve found HBS Online's courses to be immediately applicable to my work, and they’ve made me a more productive member of our strategic team. Laura WingateStrategy Execution Participant What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of...
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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
Prepare for future professional opportunities and jumpstart your career by gaining an understanding of financial concepts, terms, and principles. Leading with Finance offered the perfect opportunity to refresh my core finance skills and interact with a global group of...
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of Specialization Prove your mastery of finance and accounting Earn by: completing any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization...
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
products, businesses, and just everything in life. Daniella PatrickInnovation Lab Product Manager at Accenture What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing...
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of Specialization Signify your deep expertise in strategy Earn by: Completing any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of...
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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of Specialization Prove your mastery of leadership and management Earn by: completing any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization Learn...
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