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  • 03 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 3

modules in conjunction with the firm's organizational boundaries and property rights. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2512209 Markets with Price Coherence By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Julian Wright Abstract—In View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

and displacement effects of immigrants on female employment—and provide evidence that none of them can account for a quantitatively relevant fraction of our results. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54796 Platform Competition:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • September 2020
  • Case

Uber at a Crossroads (2017)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Customer Satisfaction; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Price; Profit; Revenue; Investment; Government Legislation; Business History; Compensation and Benefits; Resignation and Termination; Employment; Wages; Lawfulness; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Style; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Product Design; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Attitudes; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Transportation Networks; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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    Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

    The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details
    • 27 Aug 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: August 27

    many managers overestimate the attractiveness of using IP to exert market power. Rather, the value of the various means to protect and benefit from IP depends on firm strategy, the competitive landscape, and the rapidly changing contours... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 17 Dec 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    The Rise of Medical Tourism

    would not go to India. Q: The term "medical tourism" is fairly new, but how new is the phenomenon of going overseas for medical treatment? A: When I was a college student in the United States I discovered that dental care was very expensive. Even back then,... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
    • 02 Aug 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: August 2

    the practice of business strategy for 30 years. The problem lies instead in what strategic leaders are not trained to do. In caricature, Porter's view casts strategists as practitioner economists who expertly analyze and manage market... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 10 Sep 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

    metrics to help determine how agile the company is, how agile it should be, whether it is moving in the right direction at the right speed, and which constraints are impeding progress. Surveys of internal and external stakeholders to... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
    • 19 Oct 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: October 19, 2010

    suitable for use in courses or modules in pricing, entrepreneurial management, strategy, or marketing. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811016-PDF-ENG Integrating Around the Job to Be Done Clayton M. ChristensenHarvard Business School Module... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 10 Aug 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: August 10

    article theorizes and tests empirically the conditions under which organizations' internal compliance structures are particularly likely to shape their compliance practices and outcomes. We argue that the institutionalization of these... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 27 Jun 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

    should Cantel consider? Should the company stick to infection control or add other products to its offering to leverage its customer relationships? How much would a drive into international markets help? And... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 20 Dec 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: December 20

    Organization: Dispute Settlement and the Rebalancing of Global Interests Authors:Arthur Daemmrich Abstract The World Trade Organization (WTO) features prominently in studies of international institutions, although it is often... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 01 Feb 2002
    • News

    It's academic. (Not!)

    (AMS), an international business and IT consulting firm. "The impact the professors were having on my sectionmates and me made a deep impression." Wasserman recalled that one of the most enjoyable aspects of his work life had been helping... View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 2009
    • Other Unpublished Work

    Steering Monetary Policy Through Unprecedented Crises

    By: David Moss and Cole Bolton
    In early April 2008, economic conditions in Europe appeared to be deteriorating on almost all fronts: sales figures were falling, business and consumer confidence were slumping, forecasts for European growth were being revised downward, and inflation was rising. In... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Inflation and Deflation; Central Banking; Interest Rates; International Finance; Policy; Crisis Management; Europe
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    • January 2020 (Revised May 2021)
    • Case

    Salary Finance US

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In October 2019, Dan Macklin, the newly-appointed chief executive of Salary Finance Inc., was weighing his options for the future of the business. The company’s value proposition was quite simple: partner with employers to offer employees affordable loans that were... View Details
    Keywords: Employees; Credit; Financing and Loans; Wages; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Growth Management; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • 16 Nov 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: November 16, 2010

    economy quietly shifted their focus from market failure to government failure over the second half of the twentieth century, they set the stage for a revolution in both government and markets, the full ramifications of which are still... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 25 Mar 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: March 25

    present day. The chapter focuses on the role of business enterprises as powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism after 1848 and up the present day. It shows how multinational firms have created and co-created markets and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 10 May 2020
    • Blog Post

    Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

    and the incredible team of students, faculty, and staff with whom we get to work every day. I feel incredibly lucky to have been a part of such a passionate, creative, and all-around fun team. Post-HBS Job: Wayfair Marketing team How do... View Details
    • 23 Apr 2013
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    First Look: April 23

    implement principles of open and distributed innovation.   Working Papers Competing with Privacy By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Andres Hervas-Drane Abstract—We analyze the implications of consumer privacy for competition in the marketplace. We consider a View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 13 Mar 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: March 13

    software and IT services industry as players seek to develop their capabilities for their growing domestic market. We describe the implications of our findings for CIOs in developed countries. Our main prediction is that the challenges of serving the domestic View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne