HBSP (USA)
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Social Networks: The Portals of Web 2.0
Bradley, Stephen P.; Bartlett, NancyCase HBS-708488-EInformation TechnologiesSocial networks have evolved into influential, compelling and persuasive systems, the portals of Web 2.0 and one of the most powerful media phenomena in 2008. This note provides a brief background and description of various social network sites including MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube. We also discuss recent trends and strategies stemming from the social network phenomena including widgets and online advertising.Starting at €8.20
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None of Our Business? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Fusaro, Roberta A.; Allmendinger, Glen; Tien, Lee; Dew, Nick; Bhaskar, RArticle HBS-R0412A-EInformation TechnologiesTracking technologies--in products and services like TiVo and electronic toll collection--make people's lives a lot more convenient. But the public is understandably concerned about the privacy issues such technologies raise. No one is more aware of those issues than Dante Sorella, CEO of Raydar Electronics, which develops and sells radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and readers. So Dante is troubled when executives from one of his client...Starting at €8.20
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Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (A)
Hsieh, Nien-he; Wing, Christina R.; Fournier, Emilie; Resman, AnnaCase HBS-619039-EInformation TechnologiesThis case covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the company founded by Elizabeth Holmes in 2004 to revolutionize the blood testing industry by creating a device that could provide from a small finger prick the same results and accuracy as intravenous blood draws. As founder and CEO, Holmes was hailed as the most successful female tech entrepreneur ever. In October 2015, however, a Wall Street Journal article exposed internal struggles and questio...Starting at €8.20