Platform Price Competition - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

procurement can be streamlined to avoid inadequate specification of the project’s scope and/or a bad selection process. For example, Senegal’s Infrastructure Council vets projects, the World Bank and other development finance institutions help to fund a proper set of... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

different operations to look beyond their silos to consolidate operations and share best practices to lower costs. Similarly, firms such as big-box retailers that centralize merchandising and distribution to deliver low prices must ensure... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

corporate culture— and not against the law in Germany until 1999. The competitive environment and permissive culture both played a role in the future bribery scandal. "There are three elements that lead individuals in companies to get... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

I’ve heard many ideas for reducing gun violence in the United States, but this was a new one on me. Mihir Desai, a finance professor at Harvard Business School, noted in a recent podcast that stock prices of gun manufacturers are severely... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation

08 Apr 2015
What Do You Think?

Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

the masters of disruption themselves providing attractive opportunities to those who would disrupt them? Clay Christensen's original concept of disruption is very simple. It concerns the successful development of products and simple solutions with less functionality... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

12 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 12, 2008

commoditization continue to drive shifts in the value chain. The case examines the commoditization cycle and contrasts integrated solutions such as the iPod-iTunes software-iTunes Music Store with emerging competition from other MP3... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Business leaders must respond to growing concerns about pollution, but both the environment and corporate coffers can be green, says Harvard Business School professor Forest Reinhardt. The key to success may depend on how the challenges are approached, said Reinhardt.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2016
First Look

February 2, 2016

Google's own Flight Search listing. The authors consider implications of these findings for competition policy and for online marketing strategies. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44724 Enhancing the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

2015 Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World By: Friedman, Jeremy Abstract—The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has... View Details

25 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 25

investment decisions. Our research, however, documents other critical criteria that investors use to make these decisions: the gender and physical attractiveness of the entrepreneurs themselves. Across a field setting (three entrepreneurial pitch View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 13

eligible for a discount on the purchase price conditional on their achieving the sales targets set by the franchisor. We show that car dealers (franchisees) who exclusively deal in cars of the brand offered by the franchisor receive... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 18

Cause of Returns to Organizational Status: Evidence from the grands crus classés of the Médoc By: Malter, Daniel Abstract—This paper addresses the recent debate about the causality of status effects and identifies the symbolic effect of status on the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Apr 2007
What Do You Think?

Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

07 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

is all this misconduct occurring now? A: I think it's the confluence of several factors: the use of powerful incentive packages, an exuberance that pushed equity prices to heights that were hard to justify economically and yet were very... View Details

Keywords: by Harvard Management Update

01 May 2000
What Do You Think?

Can You Hard-Wire Performance?

success hard-wired to results achieved by the machines. The trade-off between service levels, revenues, and profitability became less obvious, particularly given the intense price competition from foreign... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

to accomplish the following: mine your sales data to identify "homerun" products you're missing; reinvent your forecasting and pricing strategies; build end-to-end agility into your supply chain; establish incentives that align... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

where the goods are not priced but the services are. This is not to say that in the past, medical schools could not legally acquire cadavers from another program. A school could, for instance, call another school, even one out of state,... View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

13 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 13

strong brand, robust growth in international and domestic markets, and premium price and margins, Natura was consistently rated as one of the preferred places to work in Brazil. Its focus on social and environmental responsibility was a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2020 (Revised November 2023)
Case

COVID-19 Testing at Everlywell

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Olivia Hull

In March 2020, as COVID-19 spreads rapidly across the U.S., Everlywell founder Julia Cheek considers how to respond as a small start-up specializing in at-home lab testing. After making dramatic budget cuts, she decides to pivot the organization to address the... View Details