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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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México (C): Reforma y Crisis, 1987-1995
Pill, HuwCase HBS-703S07EconomicsDescribe la evolución de la economía mexicana y su relación con los mercados de capitales internacionales en el período previo a la crisis del peso de diciembre de 1994. Hace hincapié en la importancia de las políticas de Washington "consenso" en la estimulación de las entradas, y la incapacidad del sistema bancario mexicano a ellos intermedio de manera eficiente.Starting at €5.74
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Scaling a Startup: People and Organizational Issues
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-812100-EEntrepreneurshipThis note discusses the organizational challenges that startups often encounter as they begin to scale rapidly, along with approaches to addressing these challenges suggested by scholars, investors, and experienced entrepreneurs. The challenges fall into five broad areas: the need to formalize organizational structure; executive transitions; the need for management systems/processes; evolution of the board of directors role; and, preservation of ...Starting at €8.20
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The Tequila Crisis--1994-95 (Spanish version)
Pill, HuwCase HBS-707S29EconomicsDescribes the evolution of the Mexican economy and its relation to the international capital markets in the period leading up to the Peso crisis of December 1994. Emphasizes the role of "Washington consensus" policies in stimulating the inflows and the inability of the Mexican banking system to intermediate them efficiently.Starting at €8.20