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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
What does cyberspace mean for physical retail space? Has online shopping changed the fundamentals of retailing? How should managers evaluate new in-store technologies? Harvard Business Review posed these questions to three retail... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
increase in experience, consistent with learning on the job. Answerers who focus on particular question categories provide answers of higher quality but earn lower pay per hour (perhaps reflecting a lack of versatility). Answers provided... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
BREW, while outlining the new opportunities for Qualcomm in emerging categories such as tablet computers, displays, and new operating systems for smartphones. Purchase this... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
small commercial vehicle, the Tata Ace. Positioned as a replacement for the three-wheelers that predominated as small commercial vehicles in India, the Ace create a new product category and enabled Tata... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Working PapersIntra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We use a new firm-level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries—close... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
and fitting the new product or technology into existing activities. Scenario 5: The Industry Convergence M&a The first four categories involve changing the relationships among a particular industry's... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
original price of the clock from $50 to $39 in order to spur sales, knew she needed to extend the existing product line or venture into new product categories in order to grow the company successfully.... View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
Importantly, these past track records also predict divergent future real outcomes in patents, patent citations, and new product innovations. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lcohen/pdffiles/dimalco.pdf Paying It Forward:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
Must-have features of yesterday are today's can-live-withouts. Trusted brands are especially valued and they can still launch new products successfully, but interest in new brands and View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
paper quantifies anecdotal evidence that Chinese firms are more diversified than similar firms in other countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-007.pdf Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted, from The New York Times to The Economist, and from talent management to the future of education. Synthesizing what these stories have in common, and drawing on the latest research in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
and identity change interacted. We find instances in which urgent focus on design change consumed top management attention and crowded out identity change; in which experimentation in design made it premature to develop a new identity;... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention
agencies. In 2010, these retailers would keep prices constant for about nine months on average. Today, that timeframe has narrowed to just three months, he says. That acceleration was especially true for categories like electronics and... View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
Resource Allocations across Social Categories Authors:Stephen M. Garcia, Max Bazerman, Shirli Kopelman, Avishalom Tor, and Dale T. Miller Publication:Special Issue on Behavioral Ethics: A New Empirical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
services firms are using digital information about their customers to offer them a whole new range of customized products under the category of fintech. Cities are using data from Google Street View to guide... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
temporary effect on aggregate inflation and no downward effect on other goods. Second, contrary to common beliefs, we find that controlled goods are consistently available for sale. Third, firms compensate for price controls by introducing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
firms otherwise sheltered from entry by standalone rivals may be vulnerable to an adjacent platform provider's envelopment attack. We analyze conditions under which envelopment strategies are likely to succeed. Download the paper:... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
When Rory M. McDonald was working on his PhD at Stanford University in 2007, it was the heyday of the lean startup in Silicon Valley. “It seemed like pretty much every week there was some new market category... View Details
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
the regional or national electorate. It is difficult to find renowned corporate leaders who fit this category because in business, typically, the Chameleons are weeded out before they reach the top. The world of politics is another... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
innovative activity across borders and to allow U.S. multinationals to form new affiliates abroad without the support of local joint venture partners. Thus, this paper points out that immigration can enhance the competitiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne