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- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
finding homes for dogs and vice versa. The Wagaroo website describes the company as “a team of fun humans with years of dog experience and a desire to create a healthier, happier marketplace for matching dogs and people.” “We can help... View Details
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
channels. But it still struggled when it came to capturing advertising dollars to its online video platform. The social video website wants to be a "brand-safe" platform that major marketers use to advertise their video ads.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412074-PDF-ENG The New York Times Paywall Vineet Kumar, Bharat Anand, Sunil Gupta, and Felix Oberholzer-GeeHarvard Business School Case 512-077 On March 28, 2011, The New York Times website... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
revenue from the shipping fees because these are orders that qualify for free shipping." As one might expect, customers who visited the seller's website more frequently, as well as more recently, exhibited the highest demand and... View Details
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
reviewed by patients often enough for the overall ratings to carry credibility. The number of hotel night stayovers far exceeds the number of doctor visits. The same chicken-and-egg issue faces all website developers: you need consumers... View Details
- 02 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?
Over the past decade, socially-focused websites have attracted hundreds of millions of users and changed the social fabric in fundamental ways. The likes of eHarmony and Match.com enable us meet new people. Platforms including Facebook,... View Details
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
According to the Financial Times, "Anonymous encouraged 'hactivists' to download a simple tool-known as the 'low orbit ion cannon'-that allows their computers to be used to inundate the targeted website with requests and bring it... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
studying the impact of Craigslist, a website providing classified-advertising services, on local U.S. newspapers. We exploit temporal and geographical variation in Craigslist's entry to show that newspapers with greater reliance on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
regulations may be outdated in the era of Uber—not to mention other successful companies in the so-called sharing economy, such as the travel home-rental website Airbnb (currently valued at $25.5 billion). But he argues that it’s... View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy
between two of your friends," he says. "You get social credits with them, such that when you go and ask them for a favor later, they will do what you ask them to. And they will do it fast." American Express's OPEN Forum, a website where... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’
"Richard Sherman sets Twitter off." T-shirts emblazoned with "Don't you ever talk about me" are now available on Sherman's website for $29.95. Sherman was among the panelists at a recent forum entitled "Unrealized... View Details
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
posted on walls and websites by using their codified set of values and principles as a strategic guidance system. They gain business advantages from actions they take based on the societal responsibility these statements imply, as Banco... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
potential participants in their ecosystems.” Leveraging the momentum and great reviews on Amazon, the company started selling through its direct-to-consumer websites as well as penetrating other sales channels. For example, Anker also... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
technology-adoption decisions, I’ve been examining how the virtual space can substitute for the physical space, by looking at tech adoption at Stack Overflow, which is like a Q&A website for coders. It’s been surprising to see that... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether to grow their startup at a measured pace and focus on improving operational effectiveness, or raise a new round of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
experience, but they’re not set up to gather the anecdotes from all of their staff in order to come up with generalizable insights. So, I thought, how can we bridge the gap between the insights that research is producing with the managers who we’re trying to learn from... View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
paragraphs to Google, which, by 2001, already was the 15th largest website in the United States. Despite this traffic, Google’s ecosystem impact was still modest at the time. The company was still a year away from adopting the paid search... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
but online dating websites force them to screen by searchable attributes (such as income, or religion). We demonstrate that people spend too much time searching for options online for too little payoff in offline dates (Study 1), in part... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
Editor's note: Please see related story, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It's Effective. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the companies themselves, but also to investors, the countries... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim