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June 2016 (Revised March 2017)
Technical Note

Disintermediation in Two-Sided Marketplaces

By: Benjamin Edelman and Philip Hu

Two-sided marketplaces often risk disintermediation: users may rely on the marketplace to find each other but then perform related future transactions—or even the current transaction—without the platform’s involvement and without paying any fees the platform may... View Details

Keywords: Disintermediation; Strategic Behavior; Circumvention; Undercutting; Uber; Airbnb; Handy; Upwork; Etsy; eBay; Monster.com; Google; Competitive Strategy; Multi-Sided Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Transportation Industry; Accommodations Industry; Service Industry; Advertising Industry

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19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

products like lip and eye cosmetics, although less so for foundation, because it is more expensive and needs to be a good match with skin tone. Achieving sustainable success in the beauty industry is another matter. It is fiercely... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

based technology to both the supply (dispatch companies) and demand (passenger) sides of the distribution chain. By doing so, MyTeksi will improve the matching process between taxi fleets and passengers (similar to UberCab). Qweek Roman... View Details

28 Nov 2018
HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

says. “I think that’s a big reason why Target’s adoption of a data-driven approach has been so successful.” Related Reading: Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores? Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

receive invaluable feedback at each round of the Competition. $315,000 in cash plus in-kind prizes! Read More Rock Accelerator This innovative, immersive, and competitive yearlong program supports 20-25 Rock Summer Fellow teams with up to $1,500 in seed capital, View Details

11 Apr 2016
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Pian Shu, Harvard Business School

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

new employer-employee matched data, the authors find that firms provide at best partial insurance to their workers. An increase in firm-level uncertainty is associated with a decline in total compensation, especially in variable pay. They... View Details

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About Us - Research Computing Services

Matching Large Language Models (LLMs) Machine Learning Natural Language Processing Revise and Resubmit Support Simulations Visualizations Software Licensing (login required) HBS has university-wide licenses for most research software... View Details

17 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

applications—a process comprising about 600,000 individual data-entry tasks. The research team matched that data to meteorological data in Tokyo during that period. (Tokyo is a city that sees its share of sunny weather and torrential... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

were not strong enough to prevent the growth of private labels in Europe, but they were sufficient to maintain Unilever's strong position in higher margin products. It was able to leverage knowledge of brands and products between countries throughout the world, View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

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Clubs & Consulting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

more. See All Clubs . The Consulting for Impact Club (CFI) matches Harvard MBA candidates with global nonprofit and social impact focused organizations for engagements spanning the academic year. During this time, pairs of students... View Details

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Bloomberg: mutual funds

assets, age, return, or objectives. Example Screens for widely-used criteria are also available. Click on Results (bottom right of screen) to run your search. A list of matching funds will appear. If using Bloomberg Professional, to... View Details

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Research Computing Services - Faculty & Research

and matching Review of papers and assistance addressing reviewers' comments Identification and testing of new methods and approaches The expertise of RCS staff includes: Statistical analysis Predictive modeling Machine learning Natural... View Details

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

reservation. With Marriott, it’s a manual system with software sprinkled in to make human processes more effective. But Airbnb is fundamentally digital. And that means every human bottleneck is pushed out. You have algorithms matching... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

match Build sustainable success with the help of complements and network effects Who Will Benefit Mid-Career Professionals General Managers Consultants and Investors Develop a powerful, value-based strategy to achieve greater success for... View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

cannot provide tax advice. Do I have to write a thank-you letter to my donor? Fellowship recipients are matched with the donors who make this program possible. Donors appreciate hearing about your work and how the fellowship has supported... View Details

20 Dec 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

How to Design a Better Customer Experience

Google, Microsoft, and Fedex, to foster creativity, deepen learning, and solve complex problems.) Thomke became a certified LSP facilitator and then spent more than a year working on the design of his class, with the intent of creating a student learning experience to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Entertainment & Recreation

28 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

Stern and her colleagues’ research found that BTD drugs spent 23 percent less time in the final stage of clinical trials as compared to a matched set of drugs that came to market just before the BTD program was launched. “It hints at... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical

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Research Design - Impact Investments

of the fund managers. The goal of this project is to build upon previous work from the Private Capital Research Institute (PCRI) and the Harvard Business School Private Capital Project which has spent years matching private equity funds... View Details

16 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

work-from-anywhere, we still need to occasionally meet colleagues in person for social purposes.” Marrying flight and patent data Choudhury and colleagues examined flights from every airport worldwide—5,015 in all—between 2005 and 2015. Then, they View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Air Transportation

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