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- 25 Jan 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment
- 05 Mar 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
CPC/CPA Hybrid Bidding in a Second Price Auction
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by Benjamin Edelman & Hoan Soo Lee
- November 2012 (Revised November 2013)
- Case
Generator Hostels: The Way Out
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Lisa Strope
Josh Wyatt, Director of Patron Capital Partners, needs to make an exit decision for a successful investment in Generator Hostels. After five years of explosive growth and in the middle of a financial crisis, Wyatt needs to evaluate Patron's alternatives: IPO the...
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Retsinas, Nicolas P., and Lisa Strope. "Generator Hostels: The Way Out." Harvard Business School Case 213-069, November 2012. (Revised November 2013.)
- 06 May 2012
- News
FTC Wants in on Google Antitrust Action
- 17 Jun 2016
- News
Invisibilia: How Learning To Be Vulnerable Can Make Life Safer
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4-5 hrs/weekApply by June 10$1,750Certificate Winning with Digital Platforms Professor Feng Zhu Thrive in the age of digital platforms. 5 weeks, 6-7 hrs/weekApply by August 5$1,850Certificate Earn a Certificate of Specialization by taking...
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- September 2014
- Teaching Plan
Linden Lab: Crossing the Chasm
In early 2009, managers at Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, faced decisions about the company's growth strategy. Despite profound initial skepticism about demand for a user-generated virtual world that was not a traditional game, Second Life was...
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Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Linden Lab: Crossing the Chasm." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 815-053, September 2014.
- September 2013
- Case
Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Homestrings is an online investment platform for overseas diasporas to link financially with their home countries. The founder believes crowd-funding can become a pillar for development, but U.S. regulatory hurdles and resources constraints are substantial. The company...
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Diasporas;
Investments;
Regulations;
Africa;
Crowd-funding;
Development Finance;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Financial Services Industry;
Africa;
United States
Kerr, William R., and Alexis Brownell. "Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development." Harvard Business School Case 814-031, September 2013.
- August 2013 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Coursera
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hyunjin Kim
By providing free and open-access online courses at a large scale, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms seek to innovate the business models of the traditional higher education industry. In a little over a year, Coursera had grown at a rapid rate to emerge as a...
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Business Models;
Strategy;
Competition;
Business Model;
Internet and the Web;
Higher Education;
Competitive Advantage;
Education Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Hyunjin Kim. "Coursera." Harvard Business School Case 714-412, August 2013. (Revised September 2015.)
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
and displacement effects of immigrants on female employment—and provide evidence that none of them can account for a quantitatively relevant fraction of our results. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54796 View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-027.pdf Platform Envelopment Authors:Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Due to network effects and switching...
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Sean Silverthorne
- October 2021
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(180) Days of Quibi
By: David J. Collis and Terrence Shu
Mobile streaming app Quibi was ready to take the entertainment world by storm at its April 2020 launch. Backed by $1.75 billion, influential investors from Hollywood to Wall Street eagerly anticipated early success for this brainchild of Meg Whitman, former CEO of...
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Collis, David J., and Terrence Shu. "(180) Days of Quibi." Harvard Business School Case 722-377, October 2021.
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
How Can Managers Avoid Greenwashing?
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Health Care Delivery
- 28 Nov 2017
- Video
Blavatnik Fellow Creates Virtual Brain Biopsy Software
- 05 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Survival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit
- 21 Mar 2014
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Harvard Business School Launches First Online Offering
- August 2017 (Revised June 2018)
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Enpara.com: Digital Bank at a Crossroad
By: Sunil Gupta and Eren Kuzucu
In March 2017, Elsa Pekmez Atan (MBA 2004), was wondering about the future of Enpara.com, a digital-only banking platform of QNB Finansbank. Since its launch in October 2012, Enpara had been successful in attracting over 600,000 customers by appealing to digital savvy,...
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Innovation;
Competition;
Banks and Banking;
Business Model;
Product Launch;
Competitive Strategy;
Integration;
Innovation and Invention;
Decision Making;
Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Digital Transformation;
Banking Industry;
Turkey
Gupta, Sunil, and Eren Kuzucu. "Enpara.com: Digital Bank at a Crossroad." Harvard Business School Case 518-030, August 2017. (Revised June 2018.)
- 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...
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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.