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- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
through social learning) and costs (lower maximum solution quality due to a reduction in individual exploration for novel answers) relative to independent problem solving. In contrast to prior work, which has focused on how the presence and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-114.pdf Platforms and Limits to Network Effects (revised) Authors:Hanna Halaburda and Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Abstract We model conditions under which agents in two-sided matching markets would rationally... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
to create a framework to help managers think about their allocation challenges. The result was published in a recent paper, "Allocating Marketing Resources". Brand managers can be confronted with a complex, daunting task, the authors... View Details
Keywords: by 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
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
substantial variation exists across organizations with regard to management, suggesting frictions in the broader diffusion of management knowledge. We argue that peer networks may allow for the diffusion of productive management across... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
three adaptive functions: deceiving others, social status, and psychological benefits. We suggest potential directions for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50431 forthcoming Journal of Finance Resident View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
PublicationsThe Strategic Use of Brand Biographies Authors:Jill Avery, Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Juliet Schor Publication:Research in Consumer Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
an effort to differentiate by being more locally sourced and thereby fresher, as perceived by consumers, Chipotle was perhaps putting its brand at greater reputational risk.” Companies are increasingly outsourcing their food inspection... View Details
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
Network Utilization and the Impact of Academic Research in Marketing By: Rosenzweig, Stav, Amir Grinstein, and Elie Ofek Abstract—The forces that drive the impact of academic research articles in the marketing discipline are of great... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
publishers and retailers to social networks and gaming sites. Job growth on the Internet stands in sharp contrast to the US economy as a whole, which has suffered from high unemployment for years. The report found that the gross domestic... View Details
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
PublicationsiPhones for Friends, Refrigerators for Family: How Products Prime Social Networks Authors:Lalin Anik and Michael I. Norton Publication:Social Influence (forthcoming). Abstract We show that priming consumers with products... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708051 UnME Jeans: Branding in Web 2.0 Harvard Business School Case 509-035 This case introduces emerging Web 2.0 social media in virtual worlds, social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007
sectors beyond the original bath soap category. The development causes the brand team to take a fresh look at the clichés of the beauty industry. The result is the controversial Real Beauty campaign. As the campaign unfolds, Unilever... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 30
competition with perennial rival P&G increasing its focus on the oral care and emerging markets where Colgate had traditionally been untouchable. To defend its lead Colgate attempted to cover all fronts, leveraging brand equity,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 11, 2006
the following century. Firms employed marketing and marketing strategies to diffuse products and brands internationally despite business, economic, and cultural obstacles to globalization. The process was difficult and complex. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
$60 million foundation operates through a range of networks, among funders and grantees, to achieve broad impact. Funder networks and foundations that work through a network approach are relatively uncommon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 19, 2006
the largest segment. The case describes in detail the company's endeavors to develop its private brand in apparel. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=506054 Icebreaker: The China Entry... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 15
(C):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410118-PDF-ENG The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy Michael E. Porter, Carolyn A. Daly, and Andrew DervanHarvard Business School Case 710-463 In 2009 Children's Hospital of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
World War I, where she engaged with relentless competition in the upscale cosmetics market with her rival Elizabeth Arden. The case examines how Rubinstein created a luxury brand and enables a discussion of the impact of such View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
a series of six "filters" to answer this critical question. If a company is going to make the investment required to aggressively pursue an Internet opportunity, management needs to believe in each of the following: Online shopping will quintuple in the next... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs