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The Powers That Be (Internet Edition): Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft
Rayport, Jeffrey; Kelley, Julia; Schwalb, NathanielCase HBS-818111-EEntrepreneurshipAs of early 2018, five U.S. technology companies-Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft-were among the largest companies in the world. Similarly, three Chinese technology firms-Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, or BAT-had emerged as global players due in part to the protection of China's "Great Firewall," which made it more difficult for foreign companies to compete in Chinese markets. As these companies continued to scale by branching into ne...Starting at €8.20
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Where Is Advertising Going. Into 'Stitials (Spanish version)
Rayport, JeffreyArticle HBS-F0805AMarketingIt's high time to shift our focus from the "avails" in media content to those in consumers' lives - that is, where, when, and how people might be receptive to relevant commercial messages.Starting at €8.20
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Where Is Advertising Going Into 'Stitials
Rayport, JeffreyArticle HBS-F0805A-EMarketingIt's high time to shift our focus from the "avails" in media content to those in consumers' lives - that is, where, when, and how people might be receptive to relevant commercial messages.Starting at €8.20
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Chewy.com (B)
Rayport, Jeffrey; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-818105-EService and Operations ManagementCohen and Chewy's other board members decided to fully insource order fulfilment, and commenced building an order fulfilment center near its 3PL partner's facility. As soon as the 3PL learned that Chewy would be managing its own order fulfilment, however, it decided to triple what it charged Chewy to fulfill each order. What should Chewy do?Starting at €5.74
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Scaling Swagbucks (A)
Rayport, Jeffrey; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-818070-EEntrepreneurshipIn mid-2014, Chuck Davis, chairman and CEO of Prodege LLC, parent company of the brand promotion business Swagbucks, is just a few weeks into his new role as the company's CEO. He has been tasked with helping the promising young company scale, something he has done successfully during prior stints as CEO at other young companies, but this situation presents him with some unique challenges. Prodege has a strong culture built around the deeply held...Starting at €8.20
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Chewy.com (A)
Rayport, Jeffrey; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-818079-EService and Operations ManagementIn late 2013, Ryan Cohen, cofounder and CEO of the fast growing online pet food and pet products retailer Chewy.com, has to make a "bet the company decision"-whether to keep working with Chewy's third-party logistics (3PL) provider to fulfill customer orders, or whether to take this critical function in-house. Cohen worries that the company's 3PL will not be able to serve Chewy's customers as it continues to grow, and reaching scale is essential ...Starting at €8.20
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Swagbucks
Rayport, Jeffrey; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-817068-EEntrepreneurshipIn early 2016, Chuck Davis, chairman and CEO of Prodege LLC, parent company of the brand promotion business Swagbucks, and Josef Gorowitz, Prodege's founder and president, must decide whether to acquire MyPoints, a competitor to Swagbucks, after a significant cultural transformation that the company has just gone through. Over the preceding two years, Davis and Gorowitz had grown Swagbucks from a relatively small venture staffed by people from G...Starting at €8.20
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Advertising's New Medium: Human Experience
Rayport, JeffreyArticle HBS-R1303E-EMarketingWe live in a media-saturated world, where consumers are drowning in irrelevant messages delivered from the web, TV, radio, print, outdoor displays, and a proliferating array of mobile devices. Advertising strategies built on persuading through interruption, repetition, and brute ubiquity are increasingly ineffective. To win consumers' attention and trust, marketers must think less about what advertising says to its targets and more about what it ...Starting at €8.20