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- February 1999 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Onsale, Inc.
By: Youngme E. Moon
Onsale has been a pioneer in electronic commerce, offering excess and refurbished goods using an online auction format. The company is now planning to become a player in the highly competitive world of first-run computer merchandise as well. However, unlike other...
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Business Model;
Transformation;
Customers;
Brands and Branding;
Auctions;
Network Effects;
Strategic Planning;
Competitive Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Retail Industry
Moon, Youngme E. "Onsale, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 599-091, February 1999. (Revised May 1999.)
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
from NBER Working Paper No. 6011, April 1997, Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 98-024, 1997) Abstract We model the equilibrium price and quantity of risk transfer between firms and financial...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
strategy is selling cities on something citizens need. In Bigbelly’s case, the company aims to leverage the power and connectivity already embedded in the waste stations for a public increasingly hungry for data. Not only are Wi-Fi...
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- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
apply across the region. Let me just highlight a handful of those: Demand for management and management education is growing rapidly. Management (and business) is seen as a major force for change, growth,...
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- 1998
- Chapter
Reengineering Channel Reordering Processes to Improve Total Supply-Chain Performance
By: J. Hammond and Theodore H. Clark
Keywords:
Supply Chain Management;
Performance Improvement;
Distribution Channels;
Management Practices and Processes
Hammond, J., and Theodore H. Clark. "Reengineering Channel Reordering Processes to Improve Total Supply-Chain Performance." In Global Supply Chain and Technology Management. Vol. 1, edited by Hau Lee and Shu Ming Ng. POMS Series in Technology and Operations Management. Miami: Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 1998.
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Previous studies have documented wide variation in health-care spending and prices; however, the causes for the variation in supply purchase...
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Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
organizational structure has become the norm in several industries, it has received little attention from academics and consultants. Garvin and Levesque set out to fill that gap in management thinking with...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Reflecting on my service
dependably meeting the demands of the high stakes and high pressure environment. More than just surviving, the Marines taught me how to thrive in the intensity and ambiguity...
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- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
School Case 907-046 Describes Lazard's situation in 2001, and supplies context for the subsequent negotiation between its Chairman and his hand-picked successor. In 2001...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 4/5
other, and finally demand the communities, companies, and institutions that represent you also reflect on and act on their role in perpetuating...
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- 24 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
My Classroom Experience During Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program
When the email arrived – “HBS SVMP Decision Available Online” – it caught me by surprise. I took a breath and read the message: Accepted! As I planned my trip to attend HBS’s Summer Venture in Management Program, I saw scenes of Cambridge...
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- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
Users will learn how to produce and interpret demand curves and calculate the price elasticity of demand. The concepts of revenue, costs, contribution margin, gross margin,...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
women's beauty products enterprise Tweezerman faced the dilemma that every entrepreneurial growth company eventually confronts: "How much bigger can we get—can we handle the risk, the scale, the exposure, and the View Details
- 26 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Baker Library's Latest Collection: Little Black Library
Boston’s only Black-owned bookshop, and placed the substantial order. The bookshop is now a Harvard vendor, and will continue to supply titles as the library grows. Much as her...
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- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
complex interplay between reducing reliance on fossil fuels and the growing demand for vital minerals like cobalt. Exploring innovative solutions, from recycling critical minerals to implementing regulations...
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- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
Limits To Leadership Being the chief executive of any company is a demanding job. Carrying out the responsibilities of a CEO in a professional service firm is exceptionally challenging because the position lacks the inherent power View Details
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by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
address the diverse values and interests of their companies' stakeholders. Publisher's link: http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=4059 May 2015 Environmentally Responsible Supply...
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Carmen Nobel
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
theoretical illustrations and Monte Carlo simulations to validate our claims. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52743 Executive Education in the Digital Vortex: The Disruption of the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
Gareth Olds grew up toeing the poverty line. For years his parents struggled to support three children in Anchorage, Alaska, where food costs run high. His stepfather held down a steady but low-paying job as a dental assistant, and his...
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- 30 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest Over Colgate?
commercially available version of GPT-3 to elicit thousands of simulated customer responses and found that AI can produce demand patterns that resemble those of human studies. “Utilizing this tool, which is...
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