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TheLadders (teaching materials) with Peter Coles, Brian Hall, and Nicole Bennett

Coles, Peter A., Benjamin Edelman, Brian J. Hall, and Nicole Bennett. “TheLadders (A).” Harvard Business School Case 908-061, April 2008. (Revised March 2015.) (educator access at HBP. request a courtesy copy.)

Despite strong appeal among job seekers and outside recruiters, TheLadders’ corporate job listings seem to lag. Could raising prices help solve the problem? TheLadders considers this strategic paradox.

Supplments:

The Ladder (B) – Supplement (HBP 914017)

The Ladder (C) – Supplement (HBP 916017)

Teaching Materials:

The Ladder – Teaching Note (HBP 909005)

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Opening Dot EU (teaching materials)

Edelman, Benjamin. “Opening Dot EU (A).” Harvard Business School Case 908-052, March 2008. (Revised April 2008.) (educator access at HBP. request a courtesy copy.)

EURid considers possible market mechanisms to allocate initial domain names within the Internet’s newly-created “dot EU.” European Union regulations and community norms substantially constrain EURid’s approach, preventing the use of the most natural economic mechanisms (such as auctions).

Supplement:

Opening Dot EU (B)- Supplement (HBP 908053)

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Akamai Technologies (teaching materials) with Thomas Eisenmann, and Eric Van den Steen

Edelman, Benjamin, Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Eric J. Van den Steen. “Akamai Technologies.” Harvard Business School Case 804-158, March 2004. (Revised June 2010.) ( educator access at HBP. request a courtesy copy.)

As the leading content delivery network, Akamai helps Internet companies deliver Web site content to end users with fewer delays and lower costs. Describes the strategic management challenges facing Akamai in early 2004. The company is poised to offer its next generation of services for enterprise customers, which will allow them to run Internet-enabled applications (“Web services”)—on demand, with minimal capital investment—from Akamai’s network of 15,000 servers located in ISP facilities at the Internet’s “edge”—close to end users. Many large enterprise software companies have developed proprietary platforms for creating and managing Web services. Akamai must decide which of these software companies would be attractive partners and whether it can and should remain uncommitted to a platform as it helps customers deploy Web services. A rewritten version of an earlier case.