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Every firm has two strategies, we learn early on in the pages of One Strategy: Organization, Planning, and Decision Making. "Explicit" strategy is the one you read about in your company's planning memos and PowerPoint slides. The second, "implicit"... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Video Game

22 Oct 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Variation in Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem

Keywords: by Robert S. Huckman & Bradley R. Staats; Video Game; Video Game

24 Jan 2008
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry

Keywords: by Alan MacCormack, John Rusnak & Carliss Y. Baldwin; Video Game; Video Game

22 Jun 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Proprietary vs. Open Two-Sided Platforms and Social Efficiency

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Video Game; Video Game

15 Dec 2006
Working Paper Summaries

The Business of Free Software: Enterprise Incentives, Investment, and Motivation in the Open Source Community

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Gregory L. Richards; Video Game; Video Game

Leonard S. Riggio

the Barnes & Noble superstore concept with an in-store coffee shop and spacious reading alcoves. In addition, Riggio launched Barnes & Noble.com to compete with Amazon for on-line book sales and launched a successful video View Details

Keywords: Retail

10 Jan 2017
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Paying It Forward

“People find us because everyone has the same problem,” says Malay Kundu (MBA 2003) of his company, StopLift, which is using software and video technology to stop massive losses in retail profits due to theft and checkout fraud. “Retail... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Pinball Wizard

the city's most recognizable landmarks" filled with video and arcade games, where, for example, "electronic baseball games await players in a circular room designed like Yankee Stadium." Broadway City... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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Faculty Research Online

video games are all examples of multisided markets, where firms need to get two or more distinct groups of customers on the same platform or place. Assistant Professor Andrei Hagiu discusses this new field... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2014
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Feedback

the complementary app—select his league, venue, or team and his preferred content (e.g., only goals) and get the 30-second video sequences pushed to his phone. From the fan perspective, you don’t have to stick to the screen the whole time... View Details

10 Jul 2024
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Next Level

inclusion and investing into underrepresented communities,” she says. “Great games can come from anywhere. The company’s called Midwest as they are headquartered in Wisconsin and are focused on highlighting talent from underrepresented... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace

01 Mar 2015
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The Next Big Swing

in 1987, the game puts players in the manager’s seat, letting them make tactical decisions against a mathematical model that determines outcomes based on everything from how a batter has historically fared against a certain pitcher to the... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Clark; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

May 2024
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GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (B)

By: Joseph Pacelli and Sarah Mehta

This case accompanies “GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (A),” no. 124-005. It provides an update on pertinent events from 2021 to 2023. View Details

Keywords: Finance; Markets; Value; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; United States

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August 2004 (Revised March 2005)
Teaching Note

Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop-Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox (TN)

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Hillary Anger Elfenbein and Jenny Illes

Teaching Note to (9-403-090). View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Spain

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Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web

Fluid Teams and Fluid Tasks: The Impact of Team Familiarity and Variation in Experience

Optimal Deterrence when Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid In Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud

Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance:Evidence from Indian Software Services

Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code

One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution