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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
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NatureSweet
Alvarez, Jose B.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-518002-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer of fresh tomatoes with sales across the U.S. and $329 million in 2016 revenues. CEO Bryant Ambelang treated NatureSweet more like a consumer-packaged goods manufacturer than an agricultural producer, with a focus on consistency, branding, margin and price stability, and a frontline-worker-centric ...Starting at €8.20
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Brightcove, Inc. in 2007
Hagiu, Andrei; Yoffie, David B.Case HBS-712424-EStrategyBrightcove, a technology and services provider to content owners in the Internet television field, aimed to become a media distribution company in its own right. On October 30, 2006, it relaunched its Website-and, in effect, its business. With its new, consumer-facing home page, and with new offerings for advertisers and affiliates as well as video publishers, Brightcove sought to build a four-sided business (or "platform") around the rapidly exp...Starting at €8.20
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SAP: Industry Transformation, Teaching Note
Hagiu, Andrei; Yin, Pai-LingTeaching Note HBS-707578-EStrategyTeaching note to 707435.Starting at €0.00
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Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Alvarez, Jose B.; Buitrago, Jenyfeer Martinez; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-721023-EEconomicsArcos Dorados-McDonald's largest independent franchisee, covering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)-faced a pandemic that was disrupting the entire consumer foodservice business in 2020. With the exclusive right to own, operate, and sub-franchise McDoStarting at €8.20