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- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
you can have hundreds of competitors within the first hours of going live. Ideas are not important in China—execution is.” Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718426-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts
Business School. "That could be both potentially positive and negative. There is a lot of critically acclaimed artwork that could be systematically overlooked by crowds. On the other hand, you could imagine that experts aren't always good... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
on preventing them. She outlines five tactics that research has shown to be effective: encourage reciprocity. You can build trust and prompt other parties to disclose strategic information by sharing information yourself. Ask the right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
feature-level entry choices. In addition, we contribute to work on dominant designs, going beyond characterizing a dominant design as a set of technological choices to understanding cognitive convergence on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
style, and thus set prices that limit market penetration. The winning strategy diverges from this approach in almost every respect. When innovators develop products that people want to pull into their lives, they create markets that serve View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 31
and a 0.4 point (7%) increase in the maximum debt to EBITDA covenant. This translates to as much as a 4 percentage point increase in equity return to the leveraged buyout firm. Download the paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
various parties, from governments to auto manufacturers to consumers. The fledgling company has made good progress in both Israel and Denmark as the first two launch locations but faces a series of decisions on the best course of action... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
strategic choices that affect both the expected profits of the firm and their riskiness. Even if competition at first pushes the manager towards profit maximization as commonly argued, I show that further increases in competitive forces... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
non-core users when they are perceived as brand tourists. The brand tourism effect is mediated by core users' pride and moderated by brand patriotism and selectiveness of the brand. August 2013 Harvard Business Review The Limits of Scale:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How to be a Customer
order taker. The seller may be able to confirm or broaden your perspective. In some cases, you may even have expertise that can help the seller do a better job for you. Obviously, when demand exceeds supply, customers know they're View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The Joy of Spending
the rest of our lives." One way to think about it: forget the granite countertop or the pool—how much time are you going to spend in the house compared to the time you spend... View Details
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
some leverage in that. Bill: There is a little bit of leverage. Or at least “I'll help pay for." The lack of comparative information helps these rankings gain traction also because it gives you a sense... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
the people below you were paid. One consequence of the trend in going outside the company to hire a new CEO was that pay became set across a horizontal spectrum, decoupling it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
models—we need to go back to when consumers started paying attention to pricing online. The internet becomes widespread starting in 1994, and suddenly you can know the price of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
percent. “In 2004 and 2005, as these subprime loans started to emerge, it really wasn’t a particular problem because of the lag effect. People who couldn’t pay off these mortgages with toxic terms and... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
front lines, there are high numbers of residents exposed to the virus, and many others have experienced layoffs. In addition to illness, among the hardships people are feeling are hunger, difficulty paying rent, social isolation, and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Choosing the Right Student Loan | MBA
who intend to pay off their loans quickly. On the other hand, while federal loans have fixed rates, they may already be higher for you than private loan rates. You should also... View Details
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
contribute enough to pay their costs if they get sick. It is the same principle as in auto insurance. You do not buy car insurance the day before View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
the service. But that’s not going to happen because the largest investors in bonds — banks, insurance companies, and mutual funds — aren’t willing to pay because they think they do a much better job than the... View Details
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
never know. Second, suppose there was an ordinary banner ad on the Web. It could be on any site. And in the course of viewing that ad, just looking at it as you look on the page in which it appears, your... View Details