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- 2007
- Working Paper
Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals
By: Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers and Max H. Bazerman
We report on a field study demonstrating systematic differences between the preferences people anticipate they will have over a series of options in the future and their subsequent revealed preferences over those options. Using a novel panel data set, we analyze the... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Decision Choices and Conditions; Attitudes; Conflict and Resolution; Emotions; Film Entertainment; Cognition and Thinking; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Milkman, Katherine L., Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman. "Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-099, June 2007. (Revised July 2007, December 2007, April 2008, September 2008, January 2009.)
- 2013
- Working Paper
Do Display Ads Influence Search?: Attribution and Dynamics in Online Advertising
By: Sunil Gupta
As firms increasingly rely on online media to acquire consumers, marketing managers feel comfortable justifying higher online marketing spend by referring to online metrics such as click-through rate (CTR) and cost per acquisition (CPA). However, these standard online... View Details
Kireyev, Pavel, Koen Pauwels, and Sunil Gupta. "Do Display Ads Influence Search? Attribution and Dynamics in Online Advertising." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-070, February 2013.
- 10 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?
payment. But what about after taking a ride-share ride? Or after getting a haircut? Many of those establishments prompt tipping either through their online app or on a tablet at checkout. Have you been surprised by the prompt? You’re not... View Details
Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette
- 22 Jun 2015
- News
Online Education: From Skeptic to Super Fan
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Using an online platform to reinvent education
With more than 350 million lessons delivered worldwide, on everything from arithmetic and physics to history and art, Salman Khan (MBA 2003) is on a mission to provide a free education for anyone, anywhere, through his not-for-profit Khan Academy. Students young and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
Felix Oberholzer-Gee came close when he cut ahead in line, all in the name of research. Here’s what companies can learn about long lines and social behavior. Lessons from the Browser Wars The first-mover advantage is well chronicled, but it didn’t help Netscape when... View Details
- 20 Aug 2020
- Book
From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives
For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- June 2011
- Teaching Note
PatientsLikeMe: An Online Community of Patients (TN)
By: Sunil Gupta and Jason Riis
Teaching Note for 511093. View Details
- 24 Apr 2019
- News
Can Online Tools Help Employees Build Resilience?
- Article
Fake AI People Won't Fix Online Dating
Computer-generated images may inspire even more distrust and surely won’t lead to the love of a lifetime. View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Dating Services; Internet and the Web; Ethics; AI and Machine Learning
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Fake AI People Won't Fix Online Dating." Bloomberg Opinion (January 16, 2020).
- 2025
- Working Paper
Algorithmic Assortment Curation: An Empirical Study of Buybox in Online Marketplaces
By: Santiago Gallino, Nil Karacaoglu and Antonio Moreno
Most online sales worldwide take place in marketplaces that connect sellers and buyers. The presence of numerous third-party sellers leads to a proliferation of listings for each product, making it difficult for customers to choose between the available options. Online... View Details
Keywords: Algorithms; E-commerce; Sales; Digital Marketing; Internet and the Web; Customer Satisfaction
Gallino, Santiago, Nil Karacaoglu, and Antonio Moreno. "Algorithmic Assortment Curation: An Empirical Study of Buybox in Online Marketplaces." Working Paper, 2025.
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology
alumni all over the world to contact each other via e-mail and to find the latest HBS news, publications, faculty research, and alumni offerings listed on the School's area on the World Wide Web. "This is the latest development in the ongoing View Details
- 23 Sep 2013
- News
That Online Review May Really Be Too Good to Be True
- 27 Jun 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Effect of Payment Choices on Online Retail: Evidence from the 2016 Indian Demonetization
- 24 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Optimal Deterrence when Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid In Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Connecting people and policymakers in a conversation online
address a social problem. Sze accomplished this by founding The Agora, “an online town hall for all” to give more people a louder voice—one heard directly by elected officials and other policy makers. “Democracies are not as democratic as... View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
- News
Navigating the potentially murky world of online reviews
- 20 Mar 2018
- News
Has online grocery delivery reached a tipping point?
- December 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (C): The Internet Changes the Game
Investigates how the rise of the Internet as a vehicle for renting and buying movies has disrupted the video rental industry and how market leader Blockbuster Inc. can and should respond to these developments. Explores how the emergence of e-commerce affects the degree... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Decisions; Technological Innovation; Competition; Change Management; Service Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Coughlan, Peter J., and Jenny Illes. "Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (C): The Internet Changes the Game." Harvard Business School Case 704-462, December 2003. (Revised April 2004.)