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- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
over the network--may be destroyed. There is an answer to this problem: distributed networks with maximum connectivity (all nodes connected to each other by alternate paths similar to a fish net) with the capability of self-repairing...
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by James Heskett
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
political leaders, educational institutions, and local alumni. In Europe, a group of executives and professionals, all HBS alumni, form the European Leadership Council (ELC), which provides advice on the work of the ERC. Cynthia Churchwell: Tell us a little about the...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
appropriate data. The U.S. film industry deploys two distinct allocations of property rights, which differentially affect marginal returns on a particular class of investments. In many cases, films are both produced and distributed by...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
big and five times as productive as the typical backyard chicken. The incongruity of Vinod Kapur's elegant appearance and his subject matter struck me as fascinating, but the most intriguing element of the presentation was how he arranged...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
hearts. That is what health tech entrepreneur turned public leader Todd Park said, and I agree. Hire people with a set of modern skills around user-centered design, product management, UX and UI, or software engineering, and who have...
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by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
products or services look beyond their self-interest and work to collectively build the institutional infrastructure, they—and society as a whole—are more likely to prosper. Publisher's link:...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
through affective mechanisms. Working Papers Innovation, Reallocation and Growth By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom, and William Kerr Abstract—We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
pharmacists did, their cut-rate prices on popular brand-name packaged goods posed a major threat to mom-and-pop businesses like Gleason’s. So she and other traditional retailers began arguing that pineboards practiced predatory pricing, selling View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
product according to how valuable it is to the customer. "The case also proved useful in dealing with other complex issues related to distribution and market segmentation, two very important issues in...
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by Garry Emmons
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
PublicationsFinancial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade Authors:Bo Becker, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen Publication:Review of Corporate Finance Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Exporting firms face significant up-front costs in View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
life-saving health products and services, whether to distribute them for free, or whether to give additional incentives for individuals to use them. This note describes the latest, cutting-edge research on...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
production of low-income rental housing. While it has grown into the largest source of new affordable housing in the U.S. and its structure is now being replicated in other programs, the LIHTC has also drawn skepticism and calls for its...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
acquisition and brand-building, products and services that are often free or deeply discounted, and abundant funding provided by exuberant capital markets."The problem," he says, "is that everyone understands the strategy,...
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by Peter Jacobs
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
Publications 2006 Stanford University Press Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future By: Groysberg, Boris, and Paul M. Healy Abstract—Wall Street equity analysts provide research products and services on publicly traded companies...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
minutes at minimal cost with no branding or design skills required. As it sets out to raise its Series B, the founders make some critical changes to their business model, moving to a subscription model and adding additional products and...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
three projects: Debian, a complete non-commercial distribution of Linux; the GNU Object Model Environment (GNOME), which is a graphical user interface for Linux-based operating systems; and Apache, a public domain open source Web server....
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by Mallory Stark
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
distributed for several months. During this time, investors can buy or sell their "old" shares, but are unable to sell the shares they are about to receive. For example, if the stock splits 2-for-1, an investor who owns one...
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- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
and other distributions as opposed to purely growth. What, if anything, could Woolf and other farmers do to influence the outcome? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510033-PDF-ENG Looking for Opportunity in...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
Business School Case 806-044 Fred Khosravi is a serial medical device entrepreneur. In his latest venture, he must decide whether to sell now or continue to develop his current product and whether to market it, sell the company, or IPO....
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
firm's decision to emphasize a particular strategic orientation can depend on its competitors' orientation choices. Based on two studies of customer, technology, and production orientations, we show that the emphasis a firm places on a...
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Sean Silverthorne