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- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
founded a regional marketing effort to brand or market the area, but then shifted focus to building clusters. Examines the motivations of companies and company executives to get involved in regional competitiveness efforts and provides a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
doubling down in China, where over half of its workers are based. Yang aspires to introduce new competitive strategies to the entire textile and apparel industry, and to be a leader in positive economic development in China. Esquel is...
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- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
time. Book link: http://www.e-elgar-business.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=12519 Small and Medium Firm Lending in Mexico: Lessons and Current Issues Authors:Rodrigo Canales and Ramana Nanda Publication:In Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009,...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
from a high-end watchmaker that will do just one thing—tell time—but do it in style. "Features
don't always get you there," Tyneski said. Several panelists argued that the cell phone of today is not the ideal platform for...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
open platforms and then provide a brief history of open digital platforms. I go on to argue that the success of open platforms in competition with vertically integrated firms...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
indistinguishable from one another. Fabs 4 and 5 both came online in 1979, each more efficient and more expensive than their predecessors. From humble beginnings, manufacturing was well on its way to becoming one of Intel’s competitive...
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- 11 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups
The coronavirus pandemic is spurring job applicants to seek positions at big companies and avoid startups in what new research calls an economic “flight to safety.” Job applicants using AngelList Talent, the largest online recruitment View Details
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by Rachel Layne
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
all a matter of trust. How do I know I can trust you?" At first, you think he's questioning your honesty. Then you decide to treat it as a request for further information. You pull your price list out of your briefcase and set it in...
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by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
and behaviors permanently. Their coping mechanisms may become ingrained and define a new normal. In addition, the competitive landscape will have changed. A competitive shakeout along with new product...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
delivery business in a number of countries, including the UK, France, Italy, Brazil, and Canada. It went public in 2014, became a FTSE-100 company in 2017, and is currently worth $5 billion. That’s the price of an incorrect answer to...
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- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
while users who are influenced by listings' visual presentation and page position became more likely to click on Google's own Flight Search listing. The authors consider implications of these findings for competition policy and for online...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
Liquidity Dean Jay Light began his introductory remarks by characterizing the crisis and collapse of housing prices as a test that has exposed how fragile the recently evolved U.S. financial system is. "Leverage, transparency, and...
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- 07 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?
This week, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, a major set of rules and incentives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from America's power plants. The plan requires each state to meet a...
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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
are restructuring the economy and changing the nature of competitive advantage.” “The computer scientists and engineers developing AI don’t necessarily speak the language of business,” Lakhani adds. “HBS is training leaders to be fluent...
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Susan Young
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
Timex or Polar, the fact that you can't wear it in the water is a drawback—something that hasn't been discussed much in the media. We also don't yet know how well it will hold up to abuse in the gym. Finally, the $350 asking price is...
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- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
out an application in minutes, and get an answer the same day and money in their bank account the next day, they flocked to the new lenders. Some issues arose quickly, though, such as high prices and bad actors charging hidden fees. The...
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- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review Finding the Platform in Your Product: Four Strategies That Can Reveal Hidden Value By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Elizabeth J. Altman Abstract—Five of the 10 most valuable companies in the world...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2006
- Teaching Note
Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 (TN)
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note to 706447.
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- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
Download working paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w20667 Multi-Sided Platforms By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Abstract—We study the economic tradeoffs that drive organizations to position themselves closer to or further away from a...
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Carmen Nobel
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
LendingClub, and Kabbage—entered the marketplace. They revolutionized the customer experience by providing a streamlined application process and faster decision-making. It seemed as if these new entrants would someday dominate the market, but banks still maintained...
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