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- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
explaining why monetary policy was tight during the Great Depression. The paper shows that the evolution of policy was much more gradual and flexible after the Volcker disinflation, when the Fed was not generally deemed to have made an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 23 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 23
Todd Rogers and Michael I. Norton Publication: Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010) Abstract This article presents a dual interview based on a research study we conducted. Our study found that an artful dodger of questions was View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
is to suggest a (preliminary) taxonomy and research agenda for the topic of “firms, crowds, and innovation” and to provide an introduction to the associated special issue. We specifically discuss how various crowd-related phenomena and practices—for example,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
the company's bid for the advertising concession in Shanghai's 13 existing and planned subway lines. This is complicated by the fact that he is also a general partner in Gobi Partners, one of DMG's largest investors. The company is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
advertisers? Describes the online video market as of 2010 as well as YouTube's offerings to users, content owners, and advertisers. Provides information on the site's revenues and costs. Also contains detailed data on online video View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
learns that the most profitable 1% of the division's customers generate 100% of profits, and that two of the division's largest customers lose 50% of profits. The division has just finished a project to install a time-driven... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?
incredible user base,” he says, with 3 million subscribers—four times the number in 2019, despite the problems of 2021. The monthly customer churn rate of lost customers is less than 1 percent, and the videos the company produces are more... View Details
- 16 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers
low-wage jobs, the authors note. Those workers, along with younger first-time job seekers and adults reentering the workforce, are an untapped resource in the labor market. Many have the “soft skills” to complement emerging technologies, such as View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
advertising were not sufficient to replace the loss of print revenue, and many publishers had explored charging readers for content, with mixed success, where specialized sources like The Wall Street Journal successfully using the model, but several other View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook
capital.” What is a competitive advantage? Some industries, such as airlines, may have low profit margins, while others, such as pharmaceuticals, have higher ones—but within each of those industries, some firms are better at generating... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets
emotion.” Social media companies are well aware of this phenomenon, which is why their algorithms amplify highly emotional posts. They understand that showing users content that elicits emotion will keep... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one mechanism generating this relationship and argued that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to reward those who punish norm violators,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
iPad vs. Amazon's Kindle By: Adner, Ron, Jianqing Chen, and Feng Zhu Abstract— We study the compatibility decisions of two competing platforms that generate profits through both hardware sales and royalties from View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25
Economics & Management Strategy Measuring Consumer Preferences for Video Content Provision via Cord-Cutting Behavior By: Prince, Jeffrey, and Shane Greenstein Abstract—The television industry is undergoing a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 May 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?
countries. In China’s early-April draft, the proposed regulation “would require (generative AI) services to generate content that reflects the country’s socialist values.” Ironically, the list doesn’t... View Details
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
the class, and turn it in. Why? Because that's the secret. Winfrey: Is to pass it on. Brooks: To pass it on. Winfrey: To pass it on. So, I would answer that question and say, I am filled with contentment because I have all the elements of... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
- 17 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve
identify where you found patterns of highs and lows. These may surprise you; often, where you hypothesized there was the most pain in a process may be somewhere completely different. (Don’t do) focus groups. I am generally not a fan of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
consider new products, even though innovative, because they were content with their current suppliers? The researchers also tested the specific difficulties faced by African Americans in breaking up existing buyer-supplier relationships.... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
Abstract We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Informing Brand Marketing Practice
Susan M. Fournier is involved with several projects relating more generally to brand managment issues. These include boardroom-level projects (with Professors Thomas Madden and Franke Fehle of the University of South Carolina, and sponsored by Interbrand) on the... View Details