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- fall 1992
- Article
Information Politics
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Thomas H. Davenport and Laurence Prusak
Keywords: Information
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., Thomas H. Davenport, and Laurence Prusak. "Information Politics." MIT Sloan Management Review 34, no. 1 (fall 1992): 53–65.
- 23 Feb 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Trade Creditors' Information Advantage
- Research Summary
Managing in an Information Age
Lynda M. Applegate's research focuses on the influence of information technology on markets and organizations. Her findings on the evolution of electronic commerce and on the role of information technology as an enabler of flexible and adaptive ... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- Blog Post
Company Information Day Recap
A few weeks ago we successfully kicked off first-year recruiting with Company Information Day (CID). 49 companies representing 22 industries based in Boston, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, and more filled the HBS campus.... View Details
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Contact Information
Mail:
Jason Riis
Harvard Business School
Morgan Hall 187
Soldiers Field Road
Boston, MA 02163
Phone:
(617) 495-6361
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Contact Information
Office: Baker Library|Bloomberg Center 363
Email:dscharfstein@hbs.edu
Assistant: Ilona Steinhart
Email: isteinhart@hbs.edu
Tel: 617-495-0455
View Details- January 1995 (Revised July 1996)
- Background Note
Paving the Information Superhighway
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Geoffrey Bock and Janis Lee Gogan
Examines solutions to many of the information-sharing problems that limit growth of electronic commerce on the Internet. Serves as a basic primer for the use of electronic information exchange. While familiarizing the student with the basic tenets and terminology of... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Knowledge Sharing; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., Geoffrey Bock, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Paving the Information Superhighway." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-202, January 1995. (Revised July 1996.)
- November 1982 (Revised November 1984)
- Case
Information Resources, Inc. (A)
Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) is a small but rapidly growing marketing research firm. IRI's major product, BehaviorScan, provides the most completely controllable and measurable marketing program testing facility in the world. It includes UPC electronic scanning at... View Details
Clarke, Darral G. "Information Resources, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 583-053, November 1982. (Revised November 1984.)
- 16 Feb 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Information Avoidance and Image Concerns
- Article
Buyer-Initiated vs. Seller-Initiated Information Revelation
Sales presentations are the core of the selling process where salespeople provide information to prospects. One challenge is that the amount of information available to be potentially communicated may exceed salespeople's ability to communicate or customers' ability to... View Details
- Research Summary
Flexibility, Information Technology and Operations
Upton is now examining the role of Information Systems in determining long-term operational effectiveness. As Corporate Information Systems have become increasingly monolithic, the dangers of long-term inflexibility loom large. In manufacturing/operations, the... View Details
- October 1998
- Background Note
Welfare-to-Work Information and Statistics
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
Summarizes information on the national issue of hiring people from the welfare roles. Organized by topics relevant to business, this note reviews research findings and statistics and poses questions to assist business decision-makers in assessing a company's current or... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Recruitment; Risk Management; Planning; Programs; Research; Welfare
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ellen Pruyne. "Welfare-to-Work Information and Statistics." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-064, October 1998.
- July – August 1985
- Article
How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage
By: Michael E. Porter and Victor A. Millar
The information revolution is sweeping through our economy. No company can escape its effects. Dramatic reductions in the cost of obtaining, processing, and transmitting information are changing the way we do business. View Details
Porter, Michael E., and Victor A. Millar. "How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business Review 63, no. 4 (July–August 1985): 149–160.
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Emerging Information
offices in 18 countries. The firm's main product, ISI Emerging Markets, is a continually evolving resource of information covering emerging markets in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Contracting with local View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 21 Oct 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Market Interest in Nonfinancial Information
- January 1995 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Avalon Information Services, Inc.
By: Lynn S. Paine and Wilda White
The Privacy Review Committee of Avalon Information Services must decide how to deal with concerns voiced by its retail supermarket customers about the privacy of consumer data collected through Avalon's point-of-sale data collection program. One customer is proposing... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Safety; Demand and Consumers; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Information Technology; Ethics; Information Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Wilda White. "Avalon Information Services, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 395-036, January 1995. (Revised November 1996.)
- 08 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Decoding Inside Information
- May 2014
- Article
Information and Two-Sided Platform Profits
By: Andrei Hagiu and Hanna Halaburda
We study the effect of different levels of information on two-sided platform profits under monopoly and competition. One side (developers) is always informed about all prices and therefore forms responsive expectations. In contrast, we allow the other side (users) to... View Details
Keywords: Responsive Expectations; Passive Expectations; Wary Expectations; Information; Performance Expectations; Two-Sided Platforms; Monopoly
Hagiu, Andrei, and Hanna Halaburda. "Information and Two-Sided Platform Profits." International Journal of Industrial Organization 34 (May 2014): 25–35.