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- 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53942 From the Digital to the Physical: Federal Limitations on Regulating Online Marketplaces By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Abbey Stemler Abstract—Online View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Bonnie (MBA '90), CEO of CNET, whose Web sites—not to mention a radio station and several print magazines—provide a wealth of information to technology buffs and buyers alike. Founded in 1992, CNET has fared so well in the marketplace...
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by Jim Aisner
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
information to provide." “Focusing on a single revenue source is the most profitable strategy when firms compete for consumer information” It's clear from their research that the marketplace has plenty of room for two types of Internet...
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- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
says. “We wanted to see if just making the notion salient that your donation could be better would be sufficient to trigger an excuse not to give at all.” Using the online marketplace Amazon Mechanical Turk,...
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by Michael Blanding
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
inventory holding, Amazon’s business model was more diverse. Amazon was primarily an online retail department store, offering a wide range of product categories, but it also maintained a significant third-party View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
Platforms Thrive and Others Don’t By: Zhu, Feng, and Marco Iansiti Abstract— In the digital economy, scale is no guarantee of continued success. After all, the same factors that help an online platform expand quickly—such as the low cost...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
long-tail view suggests that consumers will purchase an increasing number and a wider variety of videos, everything from Hollywood classics to obscure foreign films. Long-tail proponents believe that consumers have very different tastes, and View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
Prius, would be a good example. In spite of great technological innovation, the Prius drives like any other car on the road. As a result, consumers don't need to change anything about the way they interact with their automobiles. Other innovations, like View Details
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2019
participant enrollment. Online generated positive net cash flow for the first time, driven by additional market offerings and a growing learner base. Sustaining this growth—as the ways knowledge is created, delivered, and consumed are...
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- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
CarOrder.com, an online auto seller that began in Trilogy Software's corporate incubator. According to CarOrder.com founder Brian Stafford, the critical benefit that Trilogy provided was rapid access to world-class human capital....
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
alma mater and the companies I’ve worked at, I was only exacerbating the network gap.” Schrier, who is white, had met Hu virtually through the HBS network prior to their first year, and although they had been pursuing independent startups in the travel and View Details
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April White
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
platforms may coexist without the market tipping. Our model helps explain why platforms with different business models coexist in markets, including online dating, housing, and labor markets. Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Adam Kanner
live events without cannibalizing full price tickets or hurting the brand, he could fill a huge market niche. In 2009, Kanner, MBA ‘98, started ScoreBig, an online ticketing service with a “name-a-ticket-price” model that...
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Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture - Course Catalog
ourselves with basic theoretical perspectives on the product life cycle. Cases discussed include Casper Sleep, a DTC mattress company, that sought to evolve over time from a single mattress offering to the “Nike of Sleep.” Patch attempted to make a View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
home in Weston, MA “I knew that law was great training for logic, but I fell in love with business. I was passionate about starting my own company.” Inspired by her own frustration finding care for her sons and parents, Marcelo built the world’s largest View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216076-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-094 Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Acquiring the First Thousand Customers By 2016, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were pervasive among the highest...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54476 Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace By: Gu, Grace, and Feng Zhu Abstract—As an intermediary improves trust between...
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Dina Gerdeman
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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog
relevant are brands in today’s marketplace and what are the forces that are making brands more or less relevant to consumers? Is AI-based automation diluting brand value? Module 2: Brand Storytelling Key questions will include: What is...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
competitive marketplace with many different price points, including zero, the brand becomes absolutely critical.” Besides, he observes, those seeking to make money from yoga need to weigh the pluses and minuses of that authenticity....
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Deborah Halber