Transportation Network Company - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

regulators and platform companies to get together and discuss how best to coordinate the information that each of these parties has about service providers. Lagace: What does this mean for policymakers? Farronato: I think governments... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service

04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

individual pieces. My critical decisions at the earliest stage were thus to focus on themes such as Wall Street, leadership, consumption, the workplace, communications, and transportation that added up to a credible (and relevant) set of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

past. Health plans think of themselves as insurance companies because that is what they started out doing. Providers are organized around the old functional structure of specialties, rather than integrated care organizations. It is a lot... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

best ad in the world won't make a dent if its message and the cultural moment are not aligned. One of Holt's inspirations was to juxtapose how brands maintain cultural value in the face of cultural disruptions with research that examines how View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

company and a publicly-traded company. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507001 Arizona Department of Public Health: The Challenges of Preparing for a Public Health Emergency Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 23

(mHealth) used networked devices to distribute or collect medical information from patients and/or medical personnel. Given its low cost and broad reach, many wondered if and how mHealth could help solve the global health care crisis.... View Details