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      • October 2020
      • Case

      When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s

      By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin
      During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting...  View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Policy; Government And Politics; Health; History; Rights; Media; Organizations; Business And Community Relations; Religion; Social Psychology; Identity; Prejudice And Bias; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Journalism And News Industry; Media And Broadcasting Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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      Nicholas, Tom, and Christian Godwin. "When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Case 821-002, October 2020.
      • August 2020
      • Case

      Skillz: Esports and Skill-Based Mobile Gaming

      By: Andy Wu, David B. Yoffie and George Gonzalez
      Founded in 2012, Skillz offered a platform for mobile app developers to monetize skill-based games via prized tournaments. Skillz had over 20,000 registered developers that had created thousands of Skillz-powered games played by over 30 million registered users...  View Details
      Keywords: Video Games; Mobile; Esports; Software; Games, Gaming, And Gambling; Mobile Technology; Growth And Development Strategy; Technology; Multi-sided Platforms; United States
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      Wu, Andy, David B. Yoffie, and George Gonzalez. "Skillz: Esports and Skill-Based Mobile Gaming." Harvard Business School Case 721-358, August 2020.
      • July 2020
      • Supplement

      Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line

      By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
      Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika was just 21 years old when she launched her startup, Instabeat, which had developed the first real-time bio-feedback device for swimmers to monitor and improve their performance. It had been an extremely testing 10-year journey to...  View Details
      Keywords: Start-up; Wearables; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Technology; Hardware; Strategy; Operations; Management; United States; Lebanon
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, Nicole Tempest Keller, and Alpana Thapar. "Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line." Harvard Business School Supplement 821-012, July 2020.
      • July 2020
      • Technical Note

      Digital Natives Growing Without a Sales Force

      By: Das Narayandas, Michael Norris and Amram Migdal
      This brief case describes the rise of so-called digital natives (also called born-in-digital) in the 2000s and 2010s that successfully grew without a sales force. The case highlights the emergence of business-to-business Internet and cloud-based companies and their...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth And Maturation; Customers; Customer Focus And Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Innovation And Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Sales; Technology; Information Technology; Internet; Online Technology; Software; Technology Adoption; Information Technology Industry; Australia; North And Central America; United States; Illinois; Chicago; California; san francisco
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      Narayandas, Das, Michael Norris, and Amram Migdal. "Digital Natives Growing Without a Sales Force." Harvard Business School Technical Note 521-019, July 2020.
      • July 2020 (Revised November 2020)
      • Case

      Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

      By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko
      For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for urban Indian families. Over the 2010s,...  View Details
      Keywords: Buildings And Facilities; Business Growth And Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms And Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family And Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization And Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; United States
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      Wing, Christina R., and John Masko. "Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 621-018, July 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
      • May 2020 (Revised October 2020)
      • Teaching Note

      San Francisco Ballet: On 'Pointe' for the Future

      By: Rohit Deshpandé and Nicole Tempest Keller
      An examination of the strategic challenges facing the SF Ballet in 2019 due to changes in demographics, lifestyles, and the city of San Francisco itself  View Details
      Keywords: Social Enterprise; Entrepreneurship; Arts; Demographics; Business And Stakeholder Relations; Strategy; United States; san francisco
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      Deshpandé, Rohit, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "San Francisco Ballet: On 'Pointe' for the Future." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 520-115, May 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
      • February 2020 (Revised August 2020)
      • Case

      San Francisco Ballet: On 'Pointe' for the Future

      By: Rohit Deshpandé and Nicole Tempest Keller
      The SF Ballet was regarded as one of the top ballet companies in the world. It had an enviable earned revenue percentage of almost 50% and had an internationally recognized ballet school. However, by 2019 the Ballet faced a number of challenges. Ballet was a European...  View Details
      Keywords: Arts; Business And Stakeholder Relations; Demographics; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Cultural Entrepreneurship; United States; san francisco
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      Deshpandé, Rohit, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "San Francisco Ballet: On 'Pointe' for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 520-054, February 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
      • December 2019
      • Teaching Note

      Ripple: The Business of Crypto

      By: David B. Yoffie
      The case explores Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s mission to disrupt the global payments industry by leveraging the cryptocurrency XRP. Students will learn about Bitcoin and the blockchain industry, as well as Ripple’s unique crypto business model. The case provides an...  View Details
      Keywords: Payment Systems; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Fintech; Business Startups; Business Model; Disruption; Strategy
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      Yoffie, David B. "Ripple: The Business of Crypto." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 720-418, December 2019.
      • November 2019
      • Supplement

      Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL

      By: Chiara Farronato, Alan MacCormack and Sarah Mehta
      This multimedia supplement accompanies the case “Innovation at Uber: the Launch of Express POOL” (case no. 619-003). Set in March 2018, the case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. This multimedia supplement...  View Details
      Keywords: Innovation And Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Technology; Mobile Technology; Software; Technology Platform; Technology Industry; California; san francisco
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      Farronato, Chiara, Alan MacCormack, and Sarah Mehta. "Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 620-702, November 2019.
      • November 2019 (Revised June 2020)
      • Teaching Note

      Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL

      By: Chiara Farronato and Sarah Mehta
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 619-003. Set in March 2018, the Case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. The Teaching Note offers guidance for instructors who wish to use the case either with or without its dataset...  View Details
      Keywords: Innovation And Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Technology; Mobile Technology; Software; Technology Platform; Decision Making; Technology Industry; California; san francisco
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      Farronato, Chiara, and Sarah Mehta. "Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 620-034, November 2019. (Revised June 2020.)
      • October 2019
      • Teaching Note

      Google: To TVC or Not to TVC?

      By: William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg
      A Teaching Note for the "Google: To TVC or Not to TVC?" case study (HBS#820-048). The case discusses recent controversies regarding how Google manages temporary help agency workers, workers supplied by vendors, and independent contractors ("TVCs"). Such TVCs reportedly...  View Details
      Keywords: Workforce; Independent Contractors; Talent Management; Silicon Valley; Google; Employee Attitude; Employee Compensation; Employee Engagement; Future Of Work; Innovation; Innovation And Strategy; Inequality; Talent Acquisition; Labor; Talent And Talent Management; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Employees; Attitudes; Innovation And Management; Human Resources; Information Technology Industry; United States; san francisco
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      Kerr, William R., and Carl Kreitzberg. "Google: To TVC or Not to TVC?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 820-049, October 2019.
      • September 2019 (Revised December 2019)
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      Google: To TVC or Not to TVC?

      By: William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg
      In late 2018, evidence emerged that many of Google’s temporary help agency workers, vendors, and independent contractors (“TVCs”) were unhappy with the company. TVCs, who reportedly made up 49.95% of Google’s 170,000-person global workforce, had raised concerns of...  View Details
      Keywords: Workforce; Independent Contractors; Talent Management; Silicon Valley; Google; Employee Attitude; Employee Compensation; Employee Engagement; Future Of Work; Innovation; Innovation And Strategy; Inequality; Talent Acquisition; Labor; Talent And Talent Management; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Employees; Attitudes; Innovation And Management; Human Resources; Equality And Inequality; Information Technology Industry; United States; san francisco
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      Kerr, William R., and Carl Kreitzberg. "Google: To TVC or Not to TVC?" Harvard Business School Case 820-048, September 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
      • July 2019
      • Case

      Instabeat—One More Lap?

      By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
      This case follows Lebanese entrepreneur, Hind Hobeika, an engineer and competitive swimmer who spends seven years trying to launch a wearable heartrate monitor and motion sensor to help swimmers track their performance while swimming. While the Beirut-based...  View Details
      Keywords: Startup; Manufacturing; Prototyping; Female Protagonist; Business Startups; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Hardware; Technology; Design; Organizational Culture; United States; Lebanon
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, Nicole Tempest Keller, and Alpana Thapar. "Instabeat—One More Lap?" Harvard Business School Case 820-005, July 2019.
      • May 2019
      • Teaching Note

      JUUL and the Vaping Revolution

      By: Michael W. Toffel, Trevor Fetter, John Masko and Sarah Mehta
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 619-006.  View Details
      Keywords: Electronic Cigarettes; E-cigarettes; Vaping; Nicotine Replacement; Juul; Juuling; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Online Advertising; Customers; Innovation And Invention; Innovation Strategy; Marketing; Ethics; Brands And Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Social Issues; Technology; Technology Industry; san francisco
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      Toffel, Michael W., Trevor Fetter, John Masko, and Sarah Mehta. "JUUL and the Vaping Revolution." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 619-068, May 2019.
      • April 2019 (Revised February 2020)
      • Case

      Ripple: The Business of Crypto

      By: David B. Yoffie and George Gonzalez
      The case explores Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s mission to disrupt the global payments industry by leveraging the cryptocurrency XRP. Students will learn about Bitcoin and the blockchain industry, as well as Ripple’s unique crypto business model. The case provides an...  View Details
      Keywords: Payment Systems; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Fintech; Business Startups; Business Model; Disruption; Strategy
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      Yoffie, David B., and George Gonzalez. "Ripple: The Business of Crypto." Harvard Business School Case 719-506, April 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
      • 15 Apr 2019
      • Panel Discussion

      Panel on the Impact of Corporate Governance on Corporate Culture, including Safety Culture

      By: Lynn S. Paine
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Panel on the Impact of Corporate Governance on Corporate Culture, including Safety Culture." Forum on Governance, Management, and Safety Culture, California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, April 15, 2019.
      • February 2019 (Revised October 2019)
      • Teaching Note

      The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact

      By: Vikram S Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Sarah Mehta
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 318-041.  View Details
      Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; Equity; Investment; Measurement And Metrics; Financial Services Industry; san francisco
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      Gandhi, Vikram S., Caitlin Reimers Brumme, and Sarah Mehta. "The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 319-003, February 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
      • November 2018 (Revised January 2020)
      • Case

      JUUL and the Vaping Revolution

      By: Michael W. Toffel, John Masko and Sarah Mehta
      In the summer of 2018, San Francisco–based electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) maker JUUL Labs, was experiencing exponential growth. Sales of its JUUL e-cigarette had increased by 783% over the preceding year, projected revenues for 2018 topped $940 million, and the...  View Details
      Keywords: Electronic Cigarettes; E-cigarettes; Vaping; Nicotine Replacement; Juul; Juuling; Advertising; Online Advertising; Customers; Innovation And Invention; Marketing; Ethics; Brands And Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Social Issues; Technology; Technology Industry
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      Toffel, Michael W., John Masko, and Sarah Mehta. "JUUL and the Vaping Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 619-006, November 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
      • October 2018 (Revised August 2020)
      • Case

      Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL

      By: Chiara Farronato, Alan MacCormack and Sarah Mehta
      Set in March 2018, the case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. This product offers a reduced price to riders willing to carpool, walk a short distance to/from their pick-up and drop-off points, and wait a...  View Details
      Keywords: Innovation And Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Technology; Mobile Technology; Software; Technology Platform; Decision Making; Technology Industry; California; san francisco
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      Farronato, Chiara, Alan MacCormack, and Sarah Mehta. "Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL." Harvard Business School Case 619-003, October 2018. (Revised August 2020.)
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      Navigating Talent Hot Spots

      By: William R. Kerr
      Innovation clusters like San Francisco and Boston have long had an outsize impact on the global economy, and their influence keeps growing. In 2017, for instance, America’s ten largest tech hubs accounted for 58% of U.S. patents. Globally, cities such as Tokyo, Paris,...  View Details
      Keywords: Talent And Talent Management; Innovation And Invention; Urban Scope; Industry Clusters; Innovation And Management
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      Kerr, William R. "Navigating Talent Hot Spots." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 5 (September–October 2018): 80–86.
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