Market Design - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

detailed panel dataset on supply relationships in the mobile telecommunications industry, we address the following questions: What factors contribute to a firm's ability to learn by supplying, and build technological and market... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Apr 2015
What Do You Think?

Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

hardware and software. A small number of basic functions repeatedly are put to good use by the typical user. They are the need-to-have functions. The functions thought by designers to be nice to have may enhance View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

01 Dec 2009
News

An Action Plan for Economic Recovery

POZEN: Offers a plan for overhauling the U.S. financial system to avoid a repeat of the recent market meltdown. Most books about the nation’s financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008

a program (PACT) in Boston to bring care to AIDS and TB patients who were not well served by existing care delivery systems. Describes PIH's programs in the developing world and the way in which lessons learned in these countries informed the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Sep 2021
News

Green House

five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath house matches its neighbors in the historic area; but in its construction, the building is an innovation—and a proof of concept that could ultimately spark a home-design revolution. A Passive House is View Details

18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

describe the enormous changes in the markets for therapies for rare diseases that have emerged over recent decades. The most prominent example is the fact that the profit-maximizing price of new orphan drugs appears to be greater today... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Milton Bradley

Bradley created a business that has become synonymous with fun, family games. Initially marketing British games in the US, Bradley went on to patent a variety of new games including Zoetrope or “Wheel of Life” and Historoscope, a... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Sep 2009
News

Ready for Launch

law for “38 seconds” before starting two other tech companies. Michelle Zatlyn (MBA ’09): Saskatchewan native with experience in product marketing and product management. The pair hatched the idea for what would become CloudFlare during... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Feb 1999
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Last July, the Alumni Board identified three issues of concern to both alumni and the School: continuing education, marketing HBS programs and other services to alumni, and club operations. The goal of the Board is to serve as the voice... View Details

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Thailand

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Thailand? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry reports across a variety of... View Details

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Taiwan

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Taipei to help me with FIELD Global Immersion? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry... View Details

25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

are not compartmentalized; rather a loss in one currency may impact trading in another. We also show that while the impact of a loss on subsequent trading decisions does linger, the affect declines sharply after a losing position is closed. The Impact of Web 2.0 on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jan 2002
What Do You Think?

Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?

bit wider for the implementation of systems designed to enable our behaviors as consumers to be tracked even more fully? What do you think? Original Article In the past several years, significant fears have been expressed concerning the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

PublicationsAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J.Chapman, Thomas J. Steenburgh Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract Prior research hypothesizes that managers use "real... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2004
News

The Sky’s the Limit

marketing for the budding business. “It provides all the charting information on your computer, but it also connects to Internet databases and brings in all the latest weather and other flight condition information.” Hamilton discovered... View Details

Keywords: Seattle Avionics; Transportation; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Mar 2013
News

Can't Knock the Hustle

POSEUR: A "living statue" mysteriously materialized A guerrilla-marketing campaign designed to promote a book about rapper and entertainment mogul Jay-Z became the subject of a recent EC case by HBS professor Anita Elberse. The... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2006
News

Inside Intel

for Integrated Electronics), Grove started as director of operations before rising through the ranks to COO in 1979. For the next two years he presided over an all-out crusade with the fearsome name of Operation CRUSH. Powered by Intel’s sales and View Details

Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

bankruptcy reorganization on June 1, 2009. What are some of the key issues the company faces? Three Harvard Business School faculty members--Joseph Bower, an authority on general management; Vineet Kumar, a marketing expert; and Dante... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

viable business out of their groundbreaking technology. The case raises issues in entrepreneurship and B2B marketing such as analyzing economic value to the customer, designing optimal price metrics,... View Details