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Anthony Soohoo at Dot & Bo: Bringing Storytelling to Furniture E-Commerce
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Ciechanover, Allison M.; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-820036-EEntrepreneurshipAn examination of the first few years of San Franciso-based, fast-growing furniture and home accessory e-commerce startup, Dot & Bo.Starting at €8.20
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Anthony Soohoo: Retrospection on Dot & Bo
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Ciechanover, Allison M.; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-820037-EEntrepreneurshipA founder looks back at the issues at play in the final year of failed furniture e-commerce startup, Dot & Bo. He shares his perspective and learnings in the aftermath.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Networked Businesses: Summary Module
Eisenmann, Thomas R.Teaching Note HBS-808003-EStrategyInstructor's guide - not available for classroom use. Offers pedagogical guidance for instructors teaching the summary module of Managing Networked Businesses, an elective course described in "Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Educators." Also describes how the module materials can be adapted for use in an existing course on strategy, marketing, entrepreneurship, technology management, information systems, economics, or e-commerc...Starting at €0.00
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Quincy Apparel (B)
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Mazzanti, LisaCase HBS-815095-EEntrepreneurshipThe (B) case provides post-mortem analysis from Quincy's cofounders on why their startup failed and what they could have done differently. Explanations for failure focus on Quincy's ambitious value proposition and resulting operational challenges; cofounder conflict; poor approaches to hiring and motivating employees; a dysfunctional relationship with lead investors; and shortcomings in Quincy's go-to-market plan.Starting at €5.74
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Consumer Payment Systems - Japan
Edelman, Benjamin; Hagiu, AndreiCase HBS-909007-EStrategyIn 2008, the Japanese consumer payments landscape featured ongoing widespread use of cash, limited use of credit cards and rapid rise of e-money systems based on contactless technology embedded in cards and especially mobile phones. The case details the alliances that created new products, as well as the regulations that sometimes stood in the way. Throughout, the case identifies incentives for both consumers and merchants, including direct costs...Starting at €8.20
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Google Inc. (Abridged)
Edelman, Benjamin; Eisenmann, Thomas R.Case HBS-910032-EStrategyDescribes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. Reviews Google's recent strategic initiatives and the threats they pose to Yahoo, Microsoft, and others. Asks what Google should do next. One option is to stay focused on the company's core competence, i.e., developing superior search solutions and monetizing them through targeted advertising. Another option is to branch int...Starting at €8.20
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Google Inc.
Edelman, Benjamin; Eisenmann, Thomas R.Case HBS-910036-EStrategyThe case 'Google Inc.' describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. It reviews Google's recent strategic initiatives and the threats they pose to Yahoo!, Microsoft, and others. It also asks what Google should do next. One option is to stay focused on the company's core competence, i.e., developing superior search solutions and monetizing them through targeted advertisi...Starting at €8.20
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What's Your Google Strategy
Hagiu, Andrei; Yoffie, David B.Article HBS-R0904F-EStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Multisided platforms can lower your transaction costs and increase customer reach. But powerful MSPs like Microsoft, Google, and Apple have also tended to extract most of the value from their platforms, mainly because companies that played with them didn't adequate...Starting at €8.20
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Rent the Runway (Abridged)
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Goldfarb, Brent; Kirsch, David A.Case HBS-815055-EEntrepreneurshipTwo months after a successful launch In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether to grow their startup at a measured pace and focus on improving operational effectiveness, or raise a new round of venture capital sooner than originally planned. Raising more venture capital would allow RTR to aggressively expand its inventory and customer acquisition efforts, in order serve...Starting at €8.20
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Staging Two-sided Platforms
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Hagiu, AndreiCase HBS-808004-EStrategyFirms that aspire to develop two-sided platforms face a formidable challenge. Prospective users on each side will not invest in the platform until they are confident there will be enough users on the other side. Traditional strategies for dealing with this dilemma--subsidizing users or securing their exclusive affiliation--are costly and risky. Describes less costly staged strategies for building two-sided platforms. With the "vendor to two-sided...Starting at €8.20