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How Do You Manage an Off-Site Team? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this fictitious case study, HBR editor Regina F. Maruca explores the challenges of managing employees in the alternative workplace. Allison Scher is... -
Being Virtual: Character and the New Economy
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleGiven the changes wrought by the new economy, it makes sense for companies to pursue ever-greater levels of flexibility. But does it make sense for human... -
8 Best Practices for Creating a Compelling Customer Experience
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The CEO of Roblox on Scaling Community-Sourced Innovation
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Are Super-Apps Coming to the U.S. Market?
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How Do You Manage an Off-Site Team? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this fictitious case study, HBR editor Regina F. Maruca explores the challenges of managing employees in the alternative workplace. Allison Scher is... -
Should You Start a Generative AI Company?
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleTwo questions entrepreneurs need to answer before launching a new venture. -
Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve
Fundraising Digital ArticleInvolving people in the evolution of your idea makes them invested in its success. -
How Do You Manage an Off-Site Team? (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this fictitious case study, HBR editor Regina F. Maruca explores the challenges of managing employees in the alternative workplace. Allison Scher is... -
Innovating in Uncertain Times: Lessons from 2022
AI and machine learning Digital ArticlePlus strategies for driving transformative growth in 2023. -
How Luxury Brands Are Manufacturing Scarcity in the Digital Economy
Innovation Digital ArticleLessons from Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, and Gucci. -
Do Customer Communities Pay Off?
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleNew research says they do, in spades, especially for online businesses. -
The Rebirth of Software as a Service
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWhat sparked a SaaS crash in 2022 - and why its best days are still to come. -
Future Space: A New Blueprint for Business Architecture
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleAlthough the Internet is an essential conduit for many business activities, it isn't rendering the physical world any less important, as the failures... -
The CEO of Bayt.com on Building an Internet Culture Where There Is No Internet
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleIn the early days of the internet, the author was studying electrical engineering at Stanford, excited by the possibilities of the new technology. Later,... -
Cautionary Tales from Cryptoland
Technology & Operations Big IdeaWeb3 is off to a rocky start. Optimists may rattle on about progress on the horizon, but at present the space is rife with fraud, hacks, and collapses.... -
Designing an Inclusive Metaverse
Blockchain Digital ArticleHow principles of “design justice” can ensure virtual spaces truly work for everyone. -
Can Absence Make a Team Grow Stronger?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSome projects have such diverse requirements that they need a variety of specialists to work on them. But often the best-qualified specialists are scattered... -
Dawn of the E-Lance Economy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleIn this eye-opening article, Thomas W. Malone and Robert J. Laubacher of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology look at how a new kind of organization... -
How to Invest in Social Capital
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBusiness runs better when people within a company have close ties and trust one another. But the relationships that make organizations work effectively...
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Collaborative Filtering, Technology Note
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Collaborative filtering is explained. Collaborative filters leverage the online community to make personalized recommendations to each end-user by comparing... -
Social Strategy at Nike
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Nike, which first started experimenting with social media and networking in 2004, has been consistently reducing its spending on traditional advertising.... -
BroadVision
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details BroadVision develops software that allows Internet-based businesses to gather information about their online customers and deliver customized information... -
China Supply Chain and COVID-19
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details On March 11, 2020, The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic. The pandemic brought production,... -
(Water) Public-Private Partnerships: The Economics
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details With frequent water main breaks, leaking pipes, and lead contamination, the water infrastructure of many countries is in bad shape, and improvements are... -
Work from Anywhere: The HBR Guides Collection (5 Books)
Management Book95.00View Details Everything you need to get your best work done, no matter where you do it. For many, working remotely is a dream come true. For others it comes with stress,... -
TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova? (Abridged)
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea - helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing... -
1933: Germany's Economic Crises (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In January 1933, German president Paul von Hindenburg confronted the dilemma of whom to appoint as chancellor in the midst of the Great Depression, polarization... -
CashDrop (B1)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details After the events in CashDrop A, Flores-Martinez received two concrete offers from VC funds for his startup business, CashDrop. This case describes the... -
Magic: the Gathering - Harnessing an Engaged Player Community
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case study discusses Magic: the Gathering (Magic), a collectible card game that is owned by Wizards of the Coast (Wizards), a subsidiary of Hasbro.... -
Managing Teams in the Hybrid Age: The HBR Guides Collection (8 Books)
Management Book160.00View Details Lead your hybrid team to success. The strictly nine-to-five office routine no longer exists, and you may be managing a team that works in several different... -
MySQL Open Source Database in 2004
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2004, MySQL was a small, $10 million Scandinavian software company that seriously challenged the big three IT companies, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle,... -
Breastcancer.org: Fundraising Challenges of a Social Enterprise in a Crowded Market
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Breastcancer.org (BCO), a small, Pennsylvania-based non-profit organization with a $5.4 million annual budget in 2020, was looking ahead several months... -
Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Snap, the disappearing message app, went public at $17 per share on March 2, 2017, making its two 20-something founders the youngest self-made billionaires... -
E-Commerce Analytics for CPG Firms (C): Free Delivery Terms
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details The E-Commerce Analytics group at the traditional CPG firm was in charge of compiling various online sales reports, as well as making data-driven recommendations... -
Virtual Reality and the Gaming Sector 2017
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This brief note explores the emerging possibilities of virtual reality and its potential as a gaming platform. -
CashDrop (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In July 2020, Ruben Flores-Martinez had launched a startup, CashDrop, which provided easy and cheap sales options for small businesses. The COVID-19 pandemic... -
E-Commerce Analytics for CPG Firms (B): Optimizing Assortment for a New Retailer
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details The E-Commerce Analytics group at the traditional CPG firm was in charge of compiling various online sales reports, as well as making data-driven recommendations... -
Linux in 2004
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details A new technology platform conceived in the early 1990s, Linux developed into a force to be reckoned with in the operating system marketplace. At first,...
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Collaborative Filtering, Technology Note
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Collaborative filtering is explained. Collaborative filters leverage the online community to make personalized recommendations to each end-user by comparing... -
Social Strategy at Nike
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Nike, which first started experimenting with social media and networking in 2004, has been consistently reducing its spending on traditional advertising.... -
BroadVision
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details BroadVision develops software that allows Internet-based businesses to gather information about their online customers and deliver customized information... -
How Do You Manage an Off-Site Team? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this fictitious case study, HBR editor Regina F. Maruca explores the challenges of managing employees in the alternative workplace. Allison Scher is... -
Being Virtual: Character and the New Economy
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleGiven the changes wrought by the new economy, it makes sense for companies to pursue ever-greater levels of flexibility. But does it make sense for human... -
8 Best Practices for Creating a Compelling Customer Experience
Customer strategy Digital ArticleTakeaways from an analysis of the American Customer Satisfaction Index. -
The CEO of Roblox on Scaling Community-Sourced Innovation
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleRacing toward the future of human coexperience in a safe and civil community -
Are Super-Apps Coming to the U.S. Market?
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleSomething super-ish is more likely than a true WeChat equivalent. -
How Do You Manage an Off-Site Team? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this fictitious case study, HBR editor Regina F. Maruca explores the challenges of managing employees in the alternative workplace. Allison Scher is... -
Should You Start a Generative AI Company?
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleTwo questions entrepreneurs need to answer before launching a new venture.