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- November 2000 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Tellme Networks, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Nicole Tempest
Tellme, an early-stage, venture-backed company based in Silicon Valley, leverages speech-recognition technologies to provide: 1) a "voice portal" with news and other information accessible through any telephone, and 2) turnkey application development and hosting...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Digital Platforms;
Business Conglomerates;
Business Startups;
Internet and the Web;
Venture Capital;
Technology Adoption;
Internet and the Web;
Brands and Branding;
Information Technology;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Nicole Tempest. "Tellme Networks, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 801-319, November 2000. (Revised November 2005.)
- November 2000 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Ventro: Builder of B2B Businesses
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Meredith Collura
Enables a thorough analysis of Ventro (formerly known as Chemdex), which builds and operates multiple B2B marketplace companies. Examines Ventro's business model and strategy as well as the company's operating, technical, and management expertise. Part of the...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Entrepreneurship;
Technological Innovation;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
SWOT Analysis;
Organizational Structure;
Business Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Meredith Collura. "Ventro: Builder of B2B Businesses." Harvard Business School Case 801-042, November 2000. (Revised June 2001.)
- November 2000
- Case
FireDrop
By: William A. Sahlman and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the evolution of FireDrop, a new venture-backed company that has developed a new platform for e-mail communication. The FireDrop application--called a Zaplet--allows for e-mails to be continually updated so they are current when read (rather than when sent)....
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- November 2000
- Case
Geocast Network Systems, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Christina L. Darwall and Elizabeth Kind
Geocast, a venture-backed start-up, had developed innovative technology for "datacasting" broadband information and entertainment content to an external hard drive, where it was cached for later retrieval by a Web-enabled PC. By using terrestrial TV, direct broadcast...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Information Management;
Technological Innovation;
Marketing Channels;
Corporate Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Web Services Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Christina L. Darwall, and Elizabeth Kind. "Geocast Network Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 801-211, November 2000.
- October 2000 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Garage.com (A)
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Elizabeth Kind
Silicon Valley's Garage.com matches venture capital and corporate angel investors with high-tech start-ups that are looking for early stage funding. As a Web-based service, Garage.com fields inquiries from entrepreneurs and investors around the world, and is eager to...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Internet and the Web;
Expansion;
Operations;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Global Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Brands and Branding;
Information Technology Industry
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Elizabeth Kind. "Garage.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 601-064, October 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
- October 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Handspring
By: Myra M. Hart and Mary Rotelli
Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins, founders of Palm Computing, have launched a new venture--Handspring. They are preparing for an IPO in the spring of 2000. When the markets begin to collapse and their investment bankers suggest a significantly lower price, they must...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Investment Banking;
Initial Public Offering;
Valuation;
Business Processes;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry
Hart, Myra M., and Mary Rotelli. "Handspring." Harvard Business School Case 801-112, October 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- October 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
BizRate.com
By: Youngme E. Moon
BizRate is a market research firm that collects point-of-purchase customer feedback data from retailing merchants. It then makes its findings available to consumers in the form of "BizRate star ratings," which are displayed on its website. To date, its primary revenue...
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Keywords:
Business Education;
Marketing Channels;
Internet and the Web;
Customer Relationship Management;
Trust;
Business Model;
Marketing Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Business Divisions;
Debates;
Retail Industry
Moon, Youngme E. "BizRate.com." Harvard Business School Case 501-024, October 2000. (Revised March 2001.)
- October 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Digitas (A): Strategic Interactive Group
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, David Lane and Courtenay Sprague
Kathy Biro, president of Digitas, an e-strategy consulting firm, has successfully grown out of the company's roots in the strategic interactive group. Her challenges now include managing the integration of the SIG with Digitas's other component, direct marketing firm...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Business Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Integration;
Expansion;
Business or Company Management;
Business Model;
Organizational Design;
Consulting Industry;
Massachusetts
Kanter, Rosabeth M., David Lane, and Courtenay Sprague. "Digitas (A): Strategic Interactive Group." Harvard Business School Case 301-052, October 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- September 2000 (Revised August 2011)
- Teaching Note
AGENCY.COM (A) and (B) TN
By: Ashish Nanda and Thomas J. DeLong
Teaching Note for (9-800-061) and (9-800-062).
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- September 2000 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Chapters.ca
By: Michael J. Roberts, Rajiv Lal and Walter J. Salmon
Describes the challenges facing the online site associated with Canada's largest bricks-and-mortar bookseller. Presents a variety of lenses for examining the economic model of the online versus traditional book-selling business, and asks students to identify the...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Business Model;
Entrepreneurship;
Product Marketing;
Business Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Canada
Roberts, Michael J., Rajiv Lal, and Walter J. Salmon. "Chapters.ca." Harvard Business School Case 801-158, September 2000. (Revised July 2001.)
- September 2000 (Revised October 2006)
- Teaching Note
Wildfire Communications, Inc. (A) and (B) (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-396-305) and (9-396-306).
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- September 2000 (Revised June 2002)
- Supplement
Overview of E-Business Pricing Models
By: Lynda M. Applegate, W. Earl Sasser and Kristin Kohler
Supplements National Logistics Management.
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Applegate, Lynda M., W. Earl Sasser, and Kristin Kohler. "Overview of E-Business Pricing Models." Harvard Business School Supplement 801-182, September 2000. (Revised June 2002.)
- August 2000
- Case
Beansprout Networks
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Rasheea Williams
Beansprout Networks is a 3-year-old Internet company designed to foster effective communication between parents and the pediatricians and child-care providers who care for their children. With a significant headstart in the marketplace, it has attracted considerable...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Human Resources;
Employees;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Culture;
Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Amabile, Teresa M., and Rasheea Williams. "Beansprout Networks." Harvard Business School Case 801-079, August 2000.
- August 2000 (Revised September 2000)
- Case
Extraprise
By: Srikant M. Datar, Krishna G. Palepu and Sarah S. Khetani
In the three years since it was founded, the Boston-based Internet strategy consulting firm, Extraprise, has changed its strategy three times. Jennifer Gabler, the CFO, considers what kinds of control systems she can put in place to ensure the company can continue to...
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- July 2000 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Catalyst Medical Solutions
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M.J. Bohmer and Naomi Atkins
Faced with a drop in the NASDAQ, four eHealth entrepreneurs must decide between two distribution strategies for their new company's technology. The team, comprised of three full-time resident physicians and an MBA, has developed software to enable electronic...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Health Care and Treatment;
Distribution;
Strategy;
Venture Capital;
Applications and Software;
Partners and Partnerships;
Borrowing and Debt;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., Richard M.J. Bohmer, and Naomi Atkins. "Catalyst Medical Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 601-014, July 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
- July 2000 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Petstore.com
Petstore.com is one of four contenders for leadership in the highly competitive online pet supply business. Petstore.com faces decisions regarding potential merger partners and how to brand its service within the website managed by its ultimate merger partner,...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Internet and the Web;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Partners and Partnerships;
Internet and the Web;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Retail Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Petstore.com." Harvard Business School Case 801-044, July 2000. (Revised October 2000.)
- July 2000 (Revised April 2011)
- Supplement
Greeley Hard Copy, Portable Scanner Initiative (B)
By: Michael L. Tushman and Daniel Radov
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Production;
Product Development;
Information Infrastructure;
Business Divisions;
Organizational Structure
Tushman, Michael L., and Daniel Radov. "Greeley Hard Copy, Portable Scanner Initiative (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 401-004, July 2000. (Revised April 2011.)
- June 2000
- Case
Lifeline Systems, Inc. (A)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis
Lifeline Systems provides emergency response equipment to the elderly who live at home. The company uses local hospitals to market, sell, and install these units in homes, while the hospital monitors and calls for aid to respond to emergency calls from the elderly...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Product Marketing;
Sales;
Problems and Challenges;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Managerial Roles;
Service Operations;
Information Infrastructure;
Age;
Service Delivery;
Restructuring;
Crisis Management;
Health Industry;
Service Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Marilyn Matis. "Lifeline Systems, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 600-099, June 2000.
- June 2000
- Teaching Note
Vermeer Technologies (C), (D), and (E) TN
Teaching Note for (9-397-081), (9-397-082), and (9-397-085).
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- June 2000 (Revised June 2003)
- Teaching Note
Arrow Electronics, Inc. TN
By: Das Narayandas
Teaching Note for (9-598-022).
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