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Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A) (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Cohen, Wesley M.; Ingram, Kynon; Kothalkar, Tushar; Kuzemchenko, Maxim; Malik, Santosh; Meyn, Cynthia; Friar, Greta; Pokrywa, Stephanie HealyCase HBS-615S16Service and Operations ManagementIn 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings deterStarting at €8.20
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Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Cohen, Wesley M.; Ingram, Kynon; Kothalkar, Tushar; Kuzemchenko, Maxim; Malik, Santosh; Meyn, Cynthia; Friar, Greta; Pokrywa, Stephanie HealyCase HBS-615015-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings deterStarting at €8.20
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Videojet (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Sadun, Raffaella; Friar, GretaTeaching Note HBS-718410-EStrategyThis teaching note was prepared to aid classroom instructors in the use of "Videojet," HBS No. 717403.Starting at €0.00
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Weathering the Storm at NYU Langone Medical Center, Teaching Note
Sadun, Raffaella; Friar, GretaTeaching Note HBS-718506-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for case 616026.Starting at €0.00
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EducationSuperHighway
Steven Kaplan, Robert; Bildner, James; Kind, LizCase HBS-116027-EAccounting and ControlStarting at €8.20
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Alere, Teaching Note
Sadun, Raffaella; Friar, GretaTeaching Note HBS-718411-EStrategyTeaching note for case 717402.Starting at €0.00
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Affinity Labs, Inc.
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Kind, LizCase HBS-809019-EEntrepreneurshipIn November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold Military.com to. Within its first year of operations, Affinity Labs launched eight vertical portals including PoliceLink, NursingLink, TechCommunity, and IndiaOn. While the company was w...Starting at €8.20
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LinkedIn Corporation, 2012
Yoffie, David B.; Kind, LizCase HBS-713420-EStrategySince its inception in 2003, LinkedIn had become a leading Silicon Valley institution with a brand name that was recognizable throughout the U.S. and in many countries overseas. As of March 2012, LinkedIn was the world's largest professional network on the Internet with $522.2 million in revenue in 2011 and more than 150 million members in over 200 countries. Unlike other major social networking sites, LinkedIn focused exclusively on fostering co...Starting at €8.20
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Serious Materials
Steenburgh, Thomas; Kind, LizCase HBS-511111-EMarketingSerious Materials is a start up who is moving into clean tech markets. The company's first product, QuietRock, originated the sound proofing drywall category and created a steady stream of revenue. It was now considering how to expand its product line to compete in the rapidly developing green building markets. How should Serious Materials go to market when they launch their highly anticipated Serious Windows and EcoRock product lines? What do th...Starting at €8.20
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Google Glass
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Barley, Lauren; Kind, LizCase HBS-814102-EEntrepreneurshipIn early 2014, business development executives at Google were formulating a distribution strategy for Glass, a wearable computer that projected information on a display viewable with an upward glance. Options, which were not mutually exclusive, included 1) continuing to sell Glass directly through online channels; 2) creating an open platform to allow any eyewear manufacturer to create frames compatible with Glass; and 3) negotiating a partnershi...Starting at €8.20