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Network Effects Aren't Enough
By: Andrei Hagiu and Simon Rothman
In many ways, online marketplaces are the perfect business model. Since they facilitate transactions between independent suppliers and customers rather than take possession of and responsibility for the products or services in question, they have inherently low cost...
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Keywords:
Digital Platforms;
Competition;
Internet and the Web;
Network Effects;
Market Participation
Hagiu, Andrei, and Simon Rothman. "Network Effects Aren't Enough." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 4 (April 2016): 65–71.
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Mookerjee Picked as First Director of New HBS India Research Center
categories, including innovation in the technology and biotech sectors, business models, and marketing strategies needed to reach India’s 600 million middle-class consumers. More than a dozen faculty members have already committed to...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
participate in clinical trials. On March 29, Kapoor and his wife devised a solution: WorldWithoutCOVID.org, a nonprofit public health initiative that connects medical researchers with willing volunteers. A longtime student of View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
How to Think About Networking
Your network is the most valuable job hunting tool in your tool kit; right alongside an impactful resume. A well-developed and maintained professional network is the best way to safeguard against career or...
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- January 2006 (Revised October 2007)
- Background Note
Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Students
Provides an overview for students of the MBA elective course Managing Networked Businesses (MNB). MNB focuses on management challenges in businesses that exhibit network effects. The first section of the note explains that such businesses comprise a large and growing...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Capital Structure;
Business or Company Management;
Network Effects;
Organizational Design;
Business and Government Relations;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Competitive Strategy
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Students." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-103, January 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
- Apr 25 2012
- Testimonial
The Power of the OPM Network
- Article
Narrow Networks on the Health Insurance Marketplaces: Prevalence, Pricing, and the Cost of Network Breadth
By: Leemore S. Dafny, Igal Hendel, Victoria Marone and Christopher Ody
Anecdotal reports and systematic research highlight the prevalence of narrow-network plans on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplaces. At the same time, Marketplace premiums in the period 2014–2016 were much lower than projected by the Congressional...
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Dafny, Leemore S., Igal Hendel, Victoria Marone, and Christopher Ody. "Narrow Networks on the Health Insurance Marketplaces: Prevalence, Pricing, and the Cost of Network Breadth." Health Affairs 36, no. 9 (September 2017).
- 2006
- Working Paper
Entrepreneurship and Business History: Renewing the Research Agenda
By: Geoffrey Jones and Rohit Daniel Wadhwani
Jones, Geoffrey, and Rohit Daniel Wadhwani. "Entrepreneurship and Business History: Renewing the Research Agenda." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-007, July 2006.
- September 1991 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
Microsoft's Networking Strategy
By: David B. Yoffie
Keywords:
Network Effects;
Networks;
Business Strategy;
Information Technology;
Information Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Microsoft's Networking Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 792-021, September 1991. (Revised May 1994.)
- Research Summary
Research Overview
Globalization and innovation are two key forces that will shape individual and business success in the 21st century. To thrive, individuals and organizations must collaborate effectively across cultural lines to solve pressing business problems and develop new products...
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- Web
A Network for Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
The Social Enterprise Initiative is a focal point for the creativity and energy of our worldwide community. This network includes students and alumni with backgrounds in all sectors who seek to engage in socially-driven pursuits at...
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- October 2014
- Module Note
Market Design in Online Businesses (Abridged)
By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
The purpose of this note is to characterize the challenges entrepreneurs may face in creating a well-functioning ecosystem of users, and to equip entrepreneurs with tools to overcome these obstacles. The note is meant to accompany the final module of the "The Online...
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Keywords:
Platform Design;
Network Effects;
Market Design;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Industry;
Advertising Industry
Coles, Peter, and Benjamin Edelman. "Market Design in Online Businesses (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Module Note 915-016, October 2014.
- May 29, 2018
- Article
Building Your Own Network When You're Part of a Family Business
By: Josh Baron and Judy Lin Walsh
Baron, Josh, and Judy Lin Walsh. "Building Your Own Network When You're Part of a Family Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 29, 2018).
- December 2006 (Revised October 2007)
- Course Overview Note
Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Educators
Provides an overview for educators of concepts covered in the MBA elective course, "Managing Networked Businesses," (MNB). MNB focuses on management challenges in businesses that exhibit network effects. Such businesses comprise a large and growing share of the global...
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- Research Summary
Current Research
Ian studies extrinsic rewards -- monetary incentives from formal compensation systems, as well as other formal and informal external rewards-- in order to help businesses understand the tensions and tradeoffs inherent in motivating employees. His research takes a... View Details
- Research Summary
"How Social Networks Moderate Loss Aversion"
The literature on consumers’ relationships with their brands emphasizes that, when people form relationships with brands that mirror their social relationships, the norms of social relationships are used as guiding principles in their interactions with...
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- 17 Nov 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Network Effects in Countries’ Adoption of IFRS
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by Karthik Ramanna & Ewa Sletten
- 31 May 2018
- Blog Post
Yes, Introverts CAN Network Successfully: A Brief How-To for People Who "Hate" Networking
Jonathan Shepherd, Corporate Relations Director, HBS, openly acknowledges the fundamental contradiction between introversion and networking. "By definition," he notes, "an introvert gains energy being by themselves, as opposed to others. Also by...
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