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- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
cases, films are produced independently and distributed by studios under revenue sharing agreements, which give studios 30% to 40% of the revenue stream. Under either regime, the studio determines and pays for the allocation of scarce...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217059-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-065 Responsibilities to Society This module note for students outlines an approach to help managers deliver on their responsibilities in relation to society. The approach...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
government blames business for acting irresponsibly. Much of the public blames the rich and elite for exploiting everyone else. Parties on each side work hard to amplify these accusations, but their efforts do nothing to help solve the...
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by Nitin Nohria
- 23 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
A Lifelong Friendship: From Classmates in Cameroon to Roommates at HBS
grew up in Cameroon and have known each other most of our lives. We share many of the same lived experiences, including our first business venture in high school renting out venues to organize parties over the holidays. It’s probably not...
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Being a Student Mom at HBS - MBA
discuss this topic and we plan to keep this conversation going in the years ahead. During my second year at HBS, I decided to find a way to integrate my interest in the topic of motherhood into my studies. My classmate Carina Rutgers and I had the opportunity to turn...
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- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
services, what benefits have they realized? Do they gain competitive advantage? A: It sure looks like Amazon and eBay are strengthening their positions and continuing to grow by using Web services well. I studied an effort by IBM and its View Details
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by Sara Grant
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
Hagiu and Altman provide a framework for doing so. They lay out four specific ways in which products and services can be turned into platforms and examine the strategic advantages and pitfalls of each: (1) opening the door to third...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
look more like a full-blown auction. Another defining feature is that there are multiple interests—in the fence example, price is important but so are quality and timeliness. A third feature of a negotiauction, and maybe the most...
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by Julia Hanna
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
(sent in by class-notes secretaries) Games 1972J. Section A started our bingo game in the second term of our first year (1971). Cards had the names of roughly a third of the class (24 of 75) on them (5 each for B, I, G, and O and 4 plus...
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- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
professionals can make and investments that only the firm can make, while at the same time minimizing distortions in decisions that either party could make (e.g., promotion and marketing of professionals' services, price setting, choice...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Henry McGee: From HBO to HBS - MBA
be, but women now make up 40% of the student body. The same trend is true for U.S. minorities—not many when I was here but now they represent one out every four students at the school. There’s also been tremendous growth in the number of international students—more...
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
observed that "the automobile has provided the means for people to work collectively and live separately, allowing them to choose where they will live, work, and socialize like no other product does. This independence is a core value in...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
business opportunity. For example, in an equity spin-off, a diversified firm's businesses are split apart into independent entities, each with its own common stock. Spin-offs can make sense when a high-growth business is being held back...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
rather this erroneously imputed utility that lingers in memory. Here we review the roles of these streams of utility in shaping preferences, and discuss how neuroimaging offers unique possibilities for disentangling their independent...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Business School. The module outlined in this note also can be used as the basis for a short standalone course on the role and responsibilities of business in society. The framework developed in this module centers on managing harms to View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
in the advertising business. It worked for everyone. We all acquired a slight accent at that time.” A: India got its independence in 1947, and even in the 1960s the country was still very heavily influenced by the British Raj. I learned...
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- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
competitors can help grow the market for your products and services, thereby boosting your sales at a time when, with the U.S. slowdown entering its third year, new revenue is exceedingly hard to find. Moreover, the presence of a...
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by David Stauffer
- Web
1.18 FIELD Global Capstone - MBA
assistance and evacuation services if warranted as well as lost document assistance. This service is a supplement to, not a substitute for, health insurance. Therefore, a student may incur personal charges in the event a third View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
remain vital to Boeing's ongoing operations today. COVID-19: Mankind’s Bitter Battle, A Blueprint to Conquer an Epidemic By Rajendra K. Aneja (AMP 175, 2008) Independently published When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, author...
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- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
Mexican history, he found a common thread running through the country's various shifts of power: reliance on a third party to enforce the rules (such as property rights) that make it possible to do business....
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by Julia Hanna