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- October 2011 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
LinkedIn Corporation
By: Francois Brochet and James Weber
The case is set at the end of the first public trading day of LinkedIn, an online professional network company. It provides information on the company's business model, financial statements, competitive landscape, and IPO terms, to help the reader critically assess the...
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Growth and Development;
Earnings Management;
Risk Management;
Valuation;
SWOT Analysis;
Emerging Markets;
Business Model;
Information Technology;
Competitive Strategy;
Web Services Industry
Brochet, Francois, and James Weber. "LinkedIn Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 112-006, October 2011. (Revised January 2012.)
- October 2002
- Case
KnowledgeNet (B)
By: William A. Sahlman and Elizabeth Kind
Supplements the (A) case.
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Web Services Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Elizabeth Kind. "KnowledgeNet (B)." Harvard Business School Case 803-035, October 2002.
- January 2002 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Virtualis Systems (Condensed)
By: Michael J. Roberts and Jay O. Light
Focuses on a graduating HBS MBA who has been working part-time with a Web-hosting firm in California. Discusses the question of which of several "business models" make the most sense for the company to pursue.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business Model;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Cost vs Benefits;
SWOT Analysis;
Management Practices and Processes;
Web Services Industry;
California
Roberts, Michael J., and Jay O. Light. "Virtualis Systems (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 802-130, January 2002. (Revised March 2002.)
- December 2000
- Background Note
Internet Access Providers
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Daniel Green
Describes the Internet access provider business model. First, it defines the model and presents different ways to categorize access providers. Second, it offers a summary of the various ways that Internet access providers create value for their customers. Next, it...
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Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Daniel Green. "Internet Access Providers." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-304, December 2000.
- September 2000 (Revised January 2016)
- Case
Netflix (2000)
The CEO of a successful Internet start-up must decide whether to delay the company's initial public offering following a significant decline in the NASDAQ market during the spring of 2000. The company's CFO is asked to reevaluate the company's projected cash flow needs...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Contracts;
Initial Public Offering;
Cash Flow;
Service Delivery;
Financial Strategy;
Web Services Industry
Mayfield, E. Scott. "Netflix (2000)." Harvard Business School Case 201-037, September 2000. (Revised January 2016.)
- September 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
GetConnected.com
By: Rajiv Lal, Nilanjana R. Pal and Jodi L. Prins
Describes the situation faced by GCI.com in April 2000, soon after raising $12 million for their new venture. After hiring an advertising agency, management needs to decide on the nature of the advertising campaign to target the right set of customers with the right...
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Business Startups;
Business or Company Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Corporate Strategy;
Web Services Industry
Lal, Rajiv, Nilanjana R. Pal, and Jodi L. Prins. "GetConnected.com." Harvard Business School Case 501-025, September 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- September 1999 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
MarketSoft
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Diana S. Gardner
Greg Erman and Nancy Benovich-Gilby have assembled a team and selected a market for the launch of a high-potential venture based on using an Internet-based service to manage the flow of sales leads between principals and their distribution channel partners. Their...
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Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Diana S. Gardner. "MarketSoft." Harvard Business School Case 800-069, September 1999. (Revised October 2006.)
- April 1998
- Teaching Note
Industry.Net Teaching Note
By: Das Narayandas
Teaching Note for (9-598-034), (9-598-035), (9-598-036), (9-598-037), and (9-598-038).
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Web Services Industry
- February 1999 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Hotmail
Sabeer Bhatia, cofounder and CEO of Hotmail, is making efforts to finance and grow this business, which is based on free Web-based e-mail. Describes early, successful efforts at raising several rounds of venture capital and presents choices around a next stage of...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Internet;
Financing and Loans;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Startups;
Web Services Industry
Roberts, Michael J., and Shripriya Mahesh. "Hotmail." Harvard Business School Case 899-165, February 1999. (Revised June 1999.)
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Who, Me?
online, specifically to Tickle.com, a social interaction Web site founded and run by James Currier (MBA ’99). “Tickle is an interpersonal media company about everyone’s favorite subject: themselves,” Currier explained to the New York...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
HBS Contributors Report
budget and fund every area of activity at HBS, from faculty research and doctoral fellowships to technology, student financial aid, and case writing. The new report is also available on the Alumni Web site...
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meta
- 12 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Lawrence Summers on Market Capitalism’s Historic Opportunity
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Speaker: Lawrence H. Summers, Director of the...
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- Fast Answer
Affordable housing resources
information. They can be excellent sources for facts, statistics, reports, and can be a place to locate contacts to speak with about your research interest. Many trade associations include data on their Web pages and in their...
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- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment
can access an HBS database compiled by the authors through the alumni Web page at http://www.alumni.hbs.edu, where they may also compare their scores to HBS norms. The BCII diskette provided with the book performs all scoring operations...
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Bob Binstock
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Forwarding Address (LEFA) and password. If you haven't informed the School of your e-mail address and obtained your LEFA and password, contact the Alumni Records Office at 617-495-6438 or alumni_records@hbs.edu. The committee has also served as a focus group for...
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Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- February 2007
- Article
Here Comes XBRL
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Liv A. Watson and Mike Willis
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., Liv A. Watson, and Mike Willis. "Here Comes XBRL." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 2 (February 2007): 33–34.
- Portrait Project
Olivia vonNieda
unburdened, I felt free. To put it bluntly, some of my classmates have experienced more hardship in one day than I have in my entire life. In hearing my classmates’ experiences, I realized neither my privilege nor their struggles were unique. I finally saw the world as...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Online Elective for MBA Students
How to Live, as well as from articles on leadership from the Harvard Business Review and the business press. Student-written assignments based on topics under study were posted on discussion boards on the course’s Web site, as were...
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- September 2014
- Case
Balanced Scorecard at Delta/Signal Corp.
By: V.G. Narayanan
This auto parts company has just ousted its longtime CEO and founder, and the new, professional CEO is badly in need of a coherent strategy, clear objectives and metrics, and initiatives that are aligned with the strategy and objectives. Will the balanced scorecard...
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