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- September 2, 2021
- Article
The Digital Economy Runs on Open Source. Here's How to Protect It.
By: Hila Lifshitz-Assaf and Frank Nagle
Free and open source software (FOSS) is essential to much of the tech we use every day—from cars to phones to planes to the cloud. While traditionally, it was developed by an army of volunteer developers and given away for free, companies are increasingly taking a more... View Details
Keywords: Free And Open-source Software; FOSS; Open Source Distribution; Applications and Software; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Policy; Cybersecurity
Lifshitz-Assaf, Hila, and Frank Nagle. "The Digital Economy Runs on Open Source. Here's How to Protect It." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (September 2, 2021).
- 07 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Art of Haggling
additional time in the cottage, and the buyer takes care of winter maintenance concerns. Win-win solutions like that could leave both parties better off than a straight cash deal. In academic circles, the former approach is called View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
- March 2010 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (A)
By: Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini and Renee Kim
In 2008, Andres Velasco, Chile's Finance Minister, was under mounting criticisms over his fiscal policy. As the world's largest copper producer, Chile was benefiting from the rise in copper prices, which had more than tripled since 2003. Copper revenues translated into... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Metals and Minerals; Investment Funds; Policy; State Ownership; Wealth; Chile
Alfaro, Laura, Dante Roscini, and Renee Kim. "Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-019, March 2010. (Revised May 2013.)
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
distribution of recipients across different groups by age, race, diagnosis, and blood type. "This gives policymakers the ability to focus on what's important and relevant," he adds. "Right now, they focus more on what the... View Details
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
corporate managers use information provision to encourage subsidiaries' adoption of advanced management practices. Focusing on the distribution of expertise across subsidiaries, we propose that corporate managers elect an information... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 2013
- Case
Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home
By: Frank V. Cespedes and James Kindley
The Clique Pens Writing Implements division of U.S. Home is a manufacturer of a full line of pens, pencils, markers, and art supplies. Despite solid sales, division president Elise Ferguson has seen gross margins drop from 42% in 2010 to just over 36% in 2012 as a... View Details
Keywords: Production; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Compensation and Benefits; Sales; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Cespedes, Frank V., and James Kindley. "Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-525, December 2013.
- 21 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?
February 2021, for example, 72 percent received stimulus checks and half of them planned to invest those funds. To test their work further, researchers examined how Hong Kong’s similar cash payouts affected its markets, and found a... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
section of stock returns, also predicts excess bond returns. These relationships remain in place even when bonds and stocks become "decoupled" at the index level. They are driven by a combination of effects including correlations between real View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
create value. We extend this theory to address value appropriation. A product or process design that is modular with respect to intellectual property (IP) allows firms to better capture value in situations where knowledge and value creation are View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52217 2016 Monetary Policy Through Asset Markets: Lessons from Unconventional Measures and Implications for an Integrated World Forward Guidance in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
NPEs appear to behave as opportunistic patent trolls. NPEs sue cash-rich firms-a one standard deviation increase in cash holdings increases a firm's chance of being targeted by NPE litigation more than fourfold. We find moreover that NPEs... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
Working Papers Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences Authors: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract We investigate, using firm-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2021
- Book
In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded
transcontinental railroads and transatlantic telegraph cables. Some built vast trading networks—warehousing, packaging, and distributing the country’s agricultural resources. Others created massive factories churning out oil, steel,... View Details
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
pay the U.S. statutory rate no matter where it invested and would make the decision on purely pretax rates of return. The goal of that regime is to leave the distribution of capital undistorted. Indeed, this path of thinking has been... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
Publications August 2013 University of Chicago Press Innovation Policy and the Economy By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
Ioannou, and George Serafeim Abstract We investigate the effect of a corporate culture of sustainability on multiple facets of corporate behavior and performance outcomes. Using a matched sample of 180 companies, we find that corporations that voluntarily adopted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
its leaders distribute authority and delegate decision-making. Too often, leaders only communicate how digital transformation will improve the company’s performance. Instead, they must develop a narrative—a human-centric story—for how... View Details
- 03 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?
drain from the suburbs, and redefine demographics in many locations, says Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor at HBS. In The Changing Geography of Work: Priorities for Policy Makers, published recently by the Organisation for... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these exams deters guessing from women more than men, disadvantaging female test takers. We consider data from a large-scale, high-stakes View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Mar 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: LEGO
play" and "quality in every detail" that was distributed to everyone in the company. Like his father, Godtfred paid careful attention to every aspect of the business, applying, for example, his knowledge of material science... View Details