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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
Illustration by Neil Webb Illustration by Neil Webb Josh Hoffman-Senn (MBA 2019) and fellow cofounder of LS, Jimmy Pemberton, launched their initial digital toolkit in 2021, after seeing fellow musicians search out supplemental income... View Details
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
interactions reduce inefficiencies from information asymmetry. Second, banks price loans to cross-sell other fee business. These effects are additive. A one standard deviation increase in both bank relationship strength and cross-selling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
In 1994, the World Wide Web was not yet a household name. A new company called Yahoo! had just developed a way to look for sites on the Internet -- the search engine. HotWired debuted as the first online magazine to carry advertisements.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
change,” says Childress. Why the shift in attitude? “Some people point to 9/11 as creating a heightened awareness of the world as an interconnected system and spurring a search for meaning,” observes Childress. “It may also be... View Details
- 04 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands
valuable brands list. The rival 2008 Interbrand ranking of the top 100 global brands included 13 financial services brands. Citi appeared on both lists. Today, with its brand reputation seriously damaged, Citi's stock price is in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
race to win new customers and e-reader converts. It will make the company a truly global entity, bringing it closer to its customers in Asia. And the acquisition will simplify the supply chain, driving down costs (the Kindle DX, introduced in June, comes with a $489... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
access. Second, an open platform may lead to higher investment than a proprietary platform. Third, opening one side of a proprietary platform may lower incentives to invest in platform quality. Fourth, the structure of access prices of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
supplement:http://hbr.org/search/710023-PDF-ENG Home Nursing of North Carolina Richard S. Ruback and Royce YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 212-120 Ari Medoff's (HBS '11) goal was to control his own professional destiny by owning his own company. His View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
would provide the specialists and the full range of necessary care for patients suffering from chronic diseases or disabilities such as diabetes or bad backs. Rather than leaving it to the patient to search for a specialist in one area,... View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
each other. If a Bank One customer, for instance, were interested in online banking, she might visit BankOne.com and learn what services the bank provides. She could also, however, surf over to Wingspanbank.com to find its more elaborate and competitively View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
fact, in direct competition with each other. If a Bank One customer, for instance, were interested in online banking, she might visit BankOne.com and learn what services the bank provides. She could also, however, surf over to Wingspanbank.com to find its more... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
Gotham Greens has an ongoing sustainable packaging team that stays abreast of new technologies as they emerge, continually searching for more sustainable options. Puri believes that a lack of suitable eco-packaging alternatives that... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
Strategies to Fight Ad-sponsored Rivals Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu Abstract We analyze the optimal strategy of a high-quality incumbent that faces a low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
price risks in upstream markets for fossil fuels. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706015 HCA, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 207-076 Focuses on the buyout of HCA by three private... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
retailers’ annual sales, so it is a critical time to get retail execution right. Dynamic pricing strategies must be carefully executed to maximize margins while driving volume. Inventory turns must be carefully monitored so that physical... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
of the "long tail" principle argue that lower transaction and search costs will lead to a shift away from hit content and cause more fragmentation in consumers' choices. This perspective is in sharp contrast with the more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Pham (MBA 2012) Simon & Schuster Traditionally, the word “mogul” has been attributed to men. But Pham has redefined it. Now, when you Google the word, the top search result is the company she founded, Mogul, a platform that enables... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
However, traditional options for improving the algorithm, such as hiring and training new employees, were time intensive and costly. Hastings decided to improve Netflix's software by crowdsourcing and began planning the Netflix Prize, an open contest View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808087 Two Brattle Center: A Mental-Health Clinic in Search of a Viable Operating Model Harvard Business School Case 408-103 Two Brattle Center (TBC) is a struggling... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
motivate employees to learn, may only yield performance benefits among those who are already highly engaged and motivated. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55888 In Search of Organizational Alignment... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman