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- February 2024
- Case
ReSpo.Vision: The Kickstart of an AI Sports Revolution
By: Paul A. Gompers, Elena Corsi and Nikolina Jonsson
This case study explores the growth journey of Polish computer vision sports start-up ReSpo.Vision in an emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem. By providing 3D data and analysis to soccer clubs, ReSpo.Vision achieved significant milestones with a €1 million seed round, an...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Business Plan;
Experience and Expertise;
Talent and Talent Management;
Decisions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
AI and Machine Learning;
Analytics and Data Science;
Applications and Software;
Sports Industry;
Technology Industry;
Poland;
Europe
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
the Internet economy. It shares certain features with other incubators—mainly, it fosters a spirit of entrepreneurship and offers economies of scale. But its key distinguishing feature is its ability to give start-ups preferential access...
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- January 2022
- Teaching Plan
Just Arrived: Integrating Refugees in Sweden
By: Brian Trelstad and Emilie Billaud
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 321-040. Just Arrived is an online platform that matches newly-arrived immigrants in Sweden with employment opportunities. As one of several for-profit and non-profit start-ups in Europe that is looking to address the refugee crisis, the...
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- August 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Just Arrived: Integrating Refugees in Sweden
By: Brian Trelstad, Emilie Billaud and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej
Just Arrived is an online platform that matches newly-arrived immigrants in Sweden with employment opportunities. As one of several for-profit and non-profit start-ups in Europe that is looking to address the refugee crisis, the case enables a comparative analysis of...
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Keywords:
Immigration;
Refugees;
Employment;
Integration;
Business Model;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Employment Industry;
Sweden;
Italy;
Germany
Trelstad, Brian, Emilie Billaud, and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej. "Just Arrived: Integrating Refugees in Sweden." Harvard Business School Case 321-040, August 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- October 2016
- Case
Supercell
By: William R. Kerr, Benjamin F. Jones and Alexis Brownell
Supercell is a young Finnish smartphone game company with an unusual team structure and company philosophy. It is already one of Finland’s most valuable companies, and despite being only six years old, it has put up some impressive numbers: as of 2016, it has released...
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Keywords:
Supercell;
Finland;
Video Games;
Firm Structure;
Startups;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Groups and Teams;
Video Game Industry;
Finland
Kerr, William R., Benjamin F. Jones, and Alexis Brownell. "Supercell." Harvard Business School Case 817-052, October 2016.
- February 2023
- Supplement
Astyanax Kanakakis at norbloc: A Founder's Experience with the DIFC Fintech Hive
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
norbloc was founded in 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, by Astyanax Kanakakis and his co-founders, Vitalii Demianets and Sam Saatchi. Kanakakis and Demianets got to work to address a key gap in the industry: Know Your Customer (KYC) data sharing. As the first distributed KYC...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Organizations;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Digital Transformation;
Digital Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Technology Adoption;
Technological Innovation;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business and Government Relations;
Business Startups;
Financial Services Industry;
Technology Industry;
Banking Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Sweden;
Europe;
Singapore;
London;
United Arab Emirates;
Dubai;
Middle East;
Athens;
Greece
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "Astyanax Kanakakis at norbloc: A Founder's Experience with the DIFC Fintech Hive." Harvard Business School Supplement 423-066, February 2023.
- November 2019 (Revised April 2021)
- Technical Note
Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2017, the global market for rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 126 gigawatt-hours (GWh) valued at $37 billion, growing by $10 billion in two years. Once confined largely to consumer electronics and appliances, the rapid increase in demand was spurred by...
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Keywords:
Batteries;
Rechargeable Batteries;
Lithium-ion;
Lithium-ion Batteries;
Electric Vehicle;
Electric Vehicles;
Energy Entrepreneurship;
Energy Markets;
Energy Storage;
Battery;
Demand Uncertainty;
Demand Forecasting;
Supply & Demand;
Supply And Demand;
Capacity Planning;
Tesla;
Technological And Scientific Innovation;
Technological Change;
Technology Change;
Technology Commercialization;
Policy Change;
Subsidies;
Power/Energy;
Power Grid;
Energy Policy;
Developing Markets;
Alevo;
Samsung;
LG Chem;
CATL;
Northvolt;
General Motors;
Energy;
Entrepreneurship;
Technological Innovation;
Commercialization;
Policy;
Demand and Consumers;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Supply and Industry;
Emerging Markets;
Competitive Strategy;
China
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?" Harvard Business School Technical Note 720-371, November 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
- September 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World
By: John R. Wells, Carole A. Winkler and Benjamin Weinstock
In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016; many put the blame at the door of fake...
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Keywords:
Facebook;
Fake News;
Mark Zuckerberg;
Donald Trump;
Algorithms;
Social Networks;
Partisanship;
Social Media;
App Development;
Instagram;
WhatsApp;
Smartphone;
Silicon Valley;
Office Space;
Digital Strategy;
Democracy;
Entry Barriers;
Online Platforms;
Controversy;
Tencent;
Agility;
Social Networking;
Gaming;
Gaming Industry;
Computer Games;
Mobile Gaming;
Messaging;
Monetization Strategy;
Advertising;
Digital Marketing;
Business Ventures;
Acquisition;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Headquarters;
Business Organization;
For-Profit Firms;
Trends;
Communication;
Communication Technology;
Forms of Communication;
Interactive Communication;
Interpersonal Communication;
Talent and Talent Management;
Crime and Corruption;
Voting;
Demographics;
Entertainment;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Initial Public Offering;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geography;
Geographic Location;
Global Range;
Local Range;
Country;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Government and Politics;
International Relations;
National Security;
Political Elections;
Business History;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Information Management;
Information Publishing;
News;
Newspapers;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Knowledge Dissemination;
Human Capital;
Law;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Business or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Style;
Management Systems;
Management Teams;
Managerial Roles;
Marketing Channels;
Social Marketing;
Network Effects;
Market Entry and Exit;
Digital Platforms;
Marketplace Matching;
Industry Growth;
Industry Structures;
Monopoly;
Media;
Product Development;
Service Delivery;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Groups and Teams;
Networks;
Rank and Position;
Opportunities;
Behavior;
Emotions;
Identity;
Power and Influence;
Prejudice and Bias;
Reputation;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Status and Position;
Trust;
Society;
Civil Society or Community;
Culture;
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
Societal Protocols;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Customization and Personalization;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Horizontal Integration;
Segmentation;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Applications and Software;
Information Infrastructure;
Valuation;
Advertising Industry;
Communications Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Information Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Service Industry;
Technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Video Game Industry;
United States;
California;
Sunnyvale;
Russia
Wells, John R., Carole A. Winkler, and Benjamin Weinstock. "Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World." Harvard Business School Case 720-373, September 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207087 The Challenges of Launching a Start-up in China: Dorm99.com Harvard Business School Case 307-075 After graduating from Harvard Business School in June 2006, Ken Pao and...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
activity. We examine the responses of U.S.-based MNEs and domestic industrial production to a set of IPR reforms in the 1980s and 1990s. Following reform, MNEs expand the scale of their activities. MNEs that make extensive use of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
Internet/entertainment company Tencent, Supercell has a valuation of $10.2 billion, making it Europe’s first “decacorn” (a start-up with a $10 billion or greater value). Supercell’s success is due in part to its unconventional company...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Acelerex
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids...
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Keywords:
Energy;
Energy Sources;
Growth Management;
Expansion;
Global Strategy;
Cash Flow;
Energy Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Consulting Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Acelerex." Harvard Business School Case 720-360, July 2019. (Revised May 2021.)
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
default. Finally, companies are challenged to find ways to bring BOP initiatives to scale and sustainability within the time frames dictated by traditional corporate targets. In many BOP ventures, the true profit driver lies in volume...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
in partnered R&D projects. March 2015 Journal of Operations Management Collaboration in Multi-Partner R&D Projects: The Impact of Partnering Scale and Scope By: Mishra, Anant, Aravind Chandrasekaran, and Alan MacCormack...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
important strategic choice for the future. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617062-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-065 Luminopia: Improving Treatment for Visual Disorders Luminopia—a start-up founded in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
Repository Use in Scaling Service Operations By: Valentine, Melissa A., Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—To scale service operations requires sharing knowledge across the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental...
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by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- 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 platforms (MSPs), alongside...
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by Julia Hanna
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
is on Commercial space ventures have received more than $18.4 billion of investment since 2000, according to the Start-Up Space 2018 report from research firm Bryce Space and Technology. Weinzierl says recent progress by two of the most...
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