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HBS - The year in Review
Wyss Awards winners are chosen by Doctoral students for their collaboration, mentorship, and support to developing future scholars. In addition, Assistant Professor Alexandra Feldberg View Details
- 21 Jun 2019
- News
When Tech Companies Compete on Their Own Platforms
- April 2018 (Revised November 2019)
- Case
JD: Envisioning the Future of Retail (A)
By: Feng Zhu and Shirley Sun
JD, China’s second largest e-commerce company by gross merchandise volume (GMV) after Alibaba, had expanded rapidly from 2012 to 2016. When the company celebrated its 13th birthday in 2017, Richard Liu, its founder, deliberated on the company’s growth strategies. The...
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Zhu, Feng, and Shirley Sun. "JD: Envisioning the Future of Retail (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-051, April 2018. (Revised November 2019.)
- June 2007
- Article
What Is the Impact of Software Patent Shifts? Evidence from Lotus v. Borland
By: Josh Lerner and Feng Zhu
Economists have debated the extent to which strengthening patent protection spurs or detracts from technological innovation. This paper examines the reduction of software copyright protection in the Lotus v. Borland decision. If patent and copyright protections are...
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Patents;
Information Technology;
Information Technology Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Feng Zhu. "What Is the Impact of Software Patent Shifts? Evidence from Lotus v. Borland." International Journal of Industrial Organization 25, no. 3 (June 2007): 511–529. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 11168.)
- February 2014
- Article
Responses to Entry in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers
By: Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
How do firms respond to entry in multi-sided markets? We address this question by studying the impact of Craigslist, a website providing classified-advertising services, on local U.S. newspapers. We exploit temporal and geographical variation in Craigslist's entry to...
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Keywords:
Digital Platforms;
Market Entry and Exit;
Internet and the Web;
Newspapers;
Advertising;
Journalism and News Industry;
Journalism and News Industry
Seamans, Robert, and Feng Zhu. "Responses to Entry in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers." Management Science 60, no. 2 (February 2014): 476–493.
- 2016
- Working Paper
The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market
By: Feng Zhu
Strategy scholars have documented in various empirical settings that firms seek and leverage stronger institutions to mitigate hazards and gain competitive advantage. In this paper, we argue that such “institution-seeking” behavior may not be confined to the pursuit of...
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Keywords:
Patent Wars;
Patent Litigation;
Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement;
Institutions;
Smartphone;
Patent Thicket;
Digital Platforms;
Patents;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Business Strategy;
Telecommunications Industry
Paik, Yongwook, and Feng Zhu. "The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-015, August 2013. (Revised March 2016.)
- April 2017 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Korea Telecom: Building a GiGAtopia (A)
By: Shane Greenstein, Feng Zhu and Kerry Herman
Korea Telecom (KT) has committed $4 billion in investments and R&D to build a GiGAtopia, essentially ushering in the next generation of mobile (5G) and wired infrastructure. CEO Dr. Chang-Gyu Hwang, and his team are considering which areas to prioritize in terms of new...
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Keywords:
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Technological Innovation;
Infrastructure;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Telecommunications Industry
Greenstein, Shane, Feng Zhu, and Kerry Herman. "Korea Telecom: Building a GiGAtopia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 617-014, April 2017. (Revised January 2020.)
- Web
Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Change" (Fall 2013). Feng Zhu: Winner of the 2017 Strategic Management Society Best Conference PhD Paper Award for “Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace with View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
explored by governments and the private companies that engage with them, as well as the potential political, social and commercial implications of these new partnerships. Why...
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- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Smartphone Industry By: Paik, Yongwook, and Feng Zhu Abstract—Strategy scholars have documented in various empirical settings that firms seek and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- November–December 2016
- Article
The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Industry
By: Yongwook Paik and Feng Zhu
Strategy scholars have documented in various empirical settings that firms seek and leverage stronger institutions to mitigate hazards and gain competitive advantage. In this paper, we argue that such “institution-seeking” behavior may not be confined to the pursuit of...
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Keywords:
Patent Wars;
Patent Litigation;
Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement;
Institutions;
Patent Thicket;
Smartphone;
Patents;
Corporate Strategy;
Mobile Technology
Paik, Yongwook, and Feng Zhu. "The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Industry." Organization Science 27, no. 6 (November–December 2016): 1397–1416.
- May–June 2019
- Article
U-Shaped Conformity in Online Social Networks
By: Monic Sun, Michael Zhang and Feng Zhu
We explore how people balance their needs to belong and to be different from their friends by studying their choices of a virtual-house wall color on a leading Chinese social-networking site. The setting enables us to randomize both the popular color and the adoption...
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Keywords:
Conformity;
Normative Social Influence;
Social Networks;
Field Experiment;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Behavior;
Attitudes;
Social Media
Sun, Monic, Michael Zhang, and Feng Zhu. "U-Shaped Conformity in Online Social Networks." Marketing Science 38, no. 3 (May–June 2019): 461–480.
- December 2014
- Case
HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry
By: Rory McDonald, Feng Zhu and Cheng Gao
In less than 10 years, cofounders Brian Sharples and Carl Shepherd had transformed HomeAway from just another Internet startup into the world's leading vacation-rental marketplace—a global online platform that links customers seeking vacation-home rentals to the...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Innovation;
Entrepreneurship;
Technology;
Acquisitions;
Operations Management;
Digital Platforms;
Acquisition
McDonald, Rory, Feng Zhu, and Cheng Gao. "HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry." Harvard Business School Case 615-036, December 2014.
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
strategic disclosure choices that have real consequences in both capital and labor markets. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51784 Ideological Segregation among Online Collaborators: Evidence from...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
subjective well-being. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-021_500f17e8-a78c-4301-a2be-755a1fdd6679.pdf Do Experts or Collective Intelligence Write with More Bias? Evidence from Encyclopædia Britannica View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
highlight the paradox that managed globalization has been a force for liberalization. Strategies to Fight Ad-sponsored Rivals Authors: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51107 Ideological Segregation Among Online Collaborators: Evidence from Wikipedians By: Greenstein, Shane, Yuan Gu, and Feng Zhu...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
and Competitive Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu Abstract We study...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
competition can impede the reputational mechanism. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-051.pdf Scale without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael...
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Martha Lagace