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- 02 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories
afford to buy a $20,000 (and up) watch choose to do otherwise? "Marketers can convince consumers that buying their product is actually a farsighted behavior," Keinan says. "In that sense, consumers are investing in future...
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by Julia Hanna
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work By: Bandiera, Oriana, Andrea Prat, Renata Lemos, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We present evidence on the labor supply of CEOs and on whether family and professional CEOs differ...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Temptation at Work
- May 2021 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Airbnb During the Pandemic: Stakeholder Capitalism Faces a Critical Test
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Allison Ciechanover
As the COVID pandemic spread in early 2020, global travel ground to a halt. For Airbnb, the San Francisco-based platform for renting accommodations, the impact was both swift and severe as revenues plummeted more than 70% over the prior year. Responding to the sudden...
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COVID-19 Pandemic;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Crisis Management;
Leadership;
Digital Platforms;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Value Creation;
Decision Making;
Goals and Objectives;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Travel Industry;
Tourism Industry;
Service Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Allison Ciechanover. "Airbnb During the Pandemic: Stakeholder Capitalism Faces a Critical Test." Harvard Business School Case 221-050, May 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
- March 2021
- Supplement
Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (B)
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Sascha L. Schmidt and Sebastian Koppers
Carsten Schmidt, CEO of Sky Deutschland, needs to prepare for the auction of German soccer rights. Much was at stake. Not only was soccer the most widely watched sport in Germany, the company had long advertised that only Sky showed “every game, every goal.” In...
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Sports;
Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Intellectual Property;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Sports Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Germany
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Koppers. "Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-441, March 2021.
- 15 Apr 2015
- News
Review: Strategy Rules, by David Yoffie and Michael Cusumano
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
as an important political contribution. In a study of 573 Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2004 congressional races, 338 corporate donors that gave at least $10,000 to closely watched races—those races with greater uncertainty...
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by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The Brazil World Cup: Big Money for Billions of Eyeballs
- 05 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
The MBA Response: A Calling to Leadership & Service
Our Story In April of 2020, Sarika Mendu (MBA 2020) and Amina Mohamed (MBA 2020) watched their EC year turn upside down due to a sudden global lockdown and saw an opportunity for MBA students to get involved and help small businesses stay...
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- 11 Apr 2013
- Panel Discussion
From Per Capita to Pro Capita: Launch of the Social Progress Imperative
By: Michael E. Porter, Michael Green, Heather Hancock, Judith Rodin, Madhav Chavan and Ngaire Woods
What is a successful country? The global debate about development has, for decades, been focused on a single, economic measure of success: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita. But this tells us little about the real wellbeing of a nation or its sustainability. What...
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Porter, Michael E., Michael Green, Heather Hancock, Judith Rodin, Madhav Chavan, and Ngaire Woods. "From Per Capita to Pro Capita: Launch of the Social Progress Imperative." Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Skoll Foundation, United Kingdom, April 11, 2013.
- April 2013
- Teaching Note
Bluefin Labs: The Acquisition by Twitter
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
What is the value of Bluefin Labs's social listening data to Twitter? Acquired by Twitter in 2013, Bluefin had built a system that gathered millions of online comments in an effort to develop new metrics for TV programs and brand advertising. With data from Twitter and...
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- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Coronavirus Likely to Infect the Global Economy
- January 2012 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Hengdeli: The Art of Coexistence
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Nancy Hua Dai
In October 2011, Zhang Yuping, founder and chairman of Hengdeli, the largest Swiss watch retailer in the world, wondered how to work more closely with its key suppliers—Swatch Group, Richemont Group, LVMH Group, and Rolex Group—to maintain strong growth in the Greater...
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Deshpandé, Rohit, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Hengdeli: The Art of Coexistence." Harvard Business School Case 512-058, January 2012. (Revised January 2014.)
- 04 Nov 2015
- News
In Mobile Advertising, Timing Is Everything
- June 2013 (Revised November 2013)
- Case
Bluefin Labs: The Acquisition by Twitter
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
What is the value of Bluefin Labs's social listening data to Twitter? Acquired by Twitter in 2013, Bluefin had built a system that gathered millions of online comments in an effort to develop new metrics for TV programs and brand advertising. With data from Twitter...
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Measurement and Metrics;
Data and Data Sets;
Internet;
Software;
Communication Technology;
Advertising;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Acquisition;
Television Entertainment;
Advertising Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United States
Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "Bluefin Labs: The Acquisition by Twitter." Harvard Business School Case 513-091, June 2013. (Revised November 2013.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- February 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Women.com
By: Myra M. Hart and Sarah S. Khetani
Entrepreneurs Ellen Pack and Marleen McDaniel have founded a women's online network and watched it grow from an online subscription service in 1992 to one of the best known, widely visited women's networks on the web in 1999. While the company's vision has remained...
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Business Model;
Entrepreneurship;
Internet and the Web;
Partners and Partnerships;
Initial Public Offering;
Networks;
Transition;
Web Services Industry
Hart, Myra M., and Sarah S. Khetani. "Women.com." Harvard Business School Case 800-216, February 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
Second Wind
- 07 Apr 2020
- News