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- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
presents the results of a study that investigated the use of the underdog effect in marketing. The idea of triumphing over disadvantages by impassioned determination is said to be a powerfully positive image, which can lead consumers to choose a brand over its larger...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
capitalists to fund big bets on technology, research universities that mint PhDs, and a clear legal framework that protects intellectual property. In stark contrast, companies in developing countries lack these advantages. But does this...
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- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
business strategy is closely tied to its research strategy, which emphasizes extensive internal discovery and development capabilities leading to organic growth along with explicit external alliances and collaborations to supplement its...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
to communicate with each other at will, then repeated the experiment. The result of increased communication was a significant reduction in inventory swings. The paper resulting from that experiment (and probably a lot of other research...
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- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
recent proliferation of work regarding customer lifetime value. However, extant research in this area is silent regarding how to assess the profitability of customers in a networked setting. In such settings, the presence of one type of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
a select number of games in 2007 and 2008 the researchers also analyzed where the pitchers threw the ball over the plate. They found that when the umpire and pitcher were of a different race or ethnicity, the pitchers were less likely to...
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- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
expression of glee on her face; or he thinks of a crucial Red Sox game and a slide into base that turned around a 0-3 deficit for the team.) Finally, ask yourself what you could do. Drawing on research he’s done with Francesca Gino and...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
management to the wrong kinds of tasks. As he put it, " in places where creative solutions are needed time management or micro management is a difficult concept to grasp." Francis Wade said that "Our research reveals that...
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by James Heskett
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
For decades, major retailers offered customers only two methods of purchasing: directly at the store or from catalogs sent through the mail. With the advent of the Internet, retail companies that offered only one or two channels suddenly...
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- January 2000
- Supplement
Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Report 1998/1999
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Supplements National Income Accounting and The Origins of National Income Accounting.
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- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
distinctive methods of prediction to investors and businesses and thrived in the boom years that followed World War I. Yet, almost to a man, they failed to predict the devastating crash of 1929. Despite their failures, this first...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
standards with international standards. I can't say what accounting standards will look like in ten years, but I can say that globalization will have been a major force in determining what they are. Given this situation, many accounting View Details
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
How can online advertising fraud be detected and prevented? What should we look at, where should we look, and what methods and tools should we use? These questions are relevant to anyone who buys online advertising. According to HBS...
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- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
possibility and addressed the possible practice on its merits and demerits. As Shadreck Saili put it, " all other methods we use seem to be part of neuromanagement any method that can be used to refine...
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by James Heskett
- March 2019 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Fetchr: A New Way of Last Mile Delivery
By: V.G. Narayanan and Eren Kuzucu
By mid-2016, five years of aggressive growth had transformed Fetchr from a small logistics startup to a 1,000-employee, full-fledged last-mile delivery company operating across four countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Already beneficiaries of the...
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Startup;
Decision;
Financial Strategy;
UAE;
KSA;
MENA;
Cost Accounting;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Transformation;
Cost Management;
Strategy;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Logistics;
Service Delivery;
Supply Chain Management;
Performance Evaluation;
Mathematical Methods;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Transportation Networks;
Middle East;
United Arab Emirates;
Dubai;
Bahrain;
Egypt;
Saudi Arabia;
North Africa
Narayanan, V.G., and Eren Kuzucu. "Fetchr: A New Way of Last Mile Delivery." Harvard Business School Case 119-018, March 2019. (Revised May 2019.)
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
leading investment banker during the bubble. About him Forbes wrote: "...in Quattrone's shop research was expected to serve the bankers' interests. The Internet craze had led analysts at every investment bank to issue glowing reports...
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by D. Quinn Mills
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Education Leveraging Crowdsourced Peer-to-Peer Assessments to Enhance the Case Method of Learning By: Avery, Jill Abstract—Many marketing educators use the case method to help their students strengthen their...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
Consumers," HBS professor John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld, research director of Canada's Mobile MUSE Consortium, pinpoint 5 qualities of success in this new world of digital media marketing. In this new reality, it's the consumer who...
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- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
for download. Fair (and Not So Fair) Division Author:John W. Pratt Abstract Drawbacks of existing procedures are illustrated and a method of efficient fair division is proposed that avoids them. Given additive participants' utilities,...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
They do not convince employees that management wants to know the truth and is ready to act. Quite the reverse—all too often, these methods lead to cynicism, and cynicism is the enemy of commitment to change. In one highly regarded company...
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by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat