Safaricom – Competing through direct and indirect network effects
Safaricom – Strategy execution or Monopoly? Should the Government save the competition?
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Bitcoin: can it be a mainstream currency?
Bitcoin is a digital currency based on a peer to per electronic cash system. The rise of Bitcoin well illustrates the power of an ecosystem and the network effect.
Bill.com – Do network features mean network effects?
Is business-to-business (B2B) payments platform Bill.com competing successfully with network effects?
Skype: how a Northern European peer-to-peer software has conquered the world thanks to network effects
Once the ultimate savior of long-distance relationships (no matter what their nature is), Skype has been increasingly challenged by new digital players, What’s app in particular. How did Skype make itself so relevant, and how does it capture enough value to be acquired 8.5 billion USD by Microsoft in 2011?
Linux won the servers, but dead on desktop
Linux is present in very different markets where it has had vastly different results. What explains those differences?
Rent the Runway – Value creation through fractional ownership
Exploration of whether RTR can continue to capture value amidst new competition.
Swing-by-swing: Network Effects Drive Success for(e) this Golf App
Swing-by-swing (SBS) is a GPS enabled golf application (app) that gives players precise yardage estimates based on where they are standing on a given golf course. SBS also provides a digital scorecard so players can keep track of their scores, […]
Go-Jek : Uber for motorcycles in Indonesia
Class of 2011 HBS friends turned business rivals. How an Indonesian start-up has succeeded in making the Uber of motorcycles.
“Fasten” Your Seatbelts – Gunning for Uber Late in the Game
New startup Fasten looks to disrupt Uber’s dominance in Boston by eliminating surge pricing and taking fixed $1 cuts from drivers
World of WarCraft: The most successful game ever?
Blizzard’s effective strategy to grow its World of WarCraft network led to an online population that would make any developer jealous.