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- 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54476 Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace By: Gu, Grace, and Feng Zhu Abstract—As an intermediary improves trust between... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
competitive marketplace with many different price points, including zero, the brand becomes absolutely critical.” Besides, he observes, those seeking to make money from yoga need to weigh the pluses and minuses of that authenticity.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- Web
Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
profitability,” in placing particular emphasis on how ventures scale by achieving not just product-market fit, but profit -market fit. Classes cover a diverse array of tech and tech-enabled businesses, including e-commerce, ed-tech, SaaS, HR-tech, mobile apps and... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
corporate executives, government officials, and journalists, for allegedly spreading false rumors online about the market’s stability. And in a turnabout, authorities also announced they will not institute more interventions to rescue the... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
amenities, like a kitchen. And if you still prefer a hotel room, competition from Airbnb means you'll pay a lower price for it." Airbnb's rapid growth Airbnb, an online community marketplace where... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
method teaching and learning She and Mike Kamowski, a software engineer at Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster, started to build out a top-of-the-funnel solution for the dance community in 2018. Bopsidy launched the following year as an online... View Details
- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
says. “We wanted to see if just making the notion salient that your donation could be better would be sufficient to trigger an excuse not to give at all.” Using the online marketplace Amazon Mechanical Turk,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
Online Sales By: Teixeira, Thales S. Abstract—Consumers have become avid media multitaskers, moving seamlessly between their TVs and digital devices. Shorter TV commercials have reduced both the quantity and quality of consumer attention... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
data services through distribution partnerships with Brazil’s largest wireless carriers. SupplierMarket Jon Burgstone, MBA 1999 Asif Satchu, MBA 1999 SupplierMarket.com (purchased by Ariba) is an online View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53857 First Quarter 2018 Dialogue Beyond Engagement By: Hallowell, Roger, Hervé Coyco, and Randall White Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53796 forthcoming... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
Platforms Thrive and Others Don’t By: Zhu, Feng, and Marco Iansiti Abstract— In the digital economy, scale is no guarantee of continued success. After all, the same factors that help an online platform expand quickly—such as the low cost... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
Prius, would be a good example. In spite of great technological innovation, the Prius drives like any other car on the road. As a result, consumers don't need to change anything about the way they interact with their automobiles. Other innovations, like View Details
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
competitive context. This support translates into purchase intention, real purchase, and more favorable online reviews in a study of over 10,000 Yelp posts. We argue that this "framing the game effect" is mediated by consumers'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
hero-like efforts. Launched in 2007, Care.com is an online web portal for connecting families, caregivers and employers for child care, senior care, housekeeping, pet care and more. Today, more than 14.1 million members in 16 countries... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
Evaluation success will come in doing deals, emulating winners, and not making the same mistakes more than two, three, or four times. Case Study AOL: The One That Got Away Frans Kok shares with us the story about his decision not to invest in America View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
The similarity is about the need to make great first impressions, to really stand out in a crowded marketplace and figure out a way to find a personal brand and create that compelling 30-second elevator pitch. So in dating, singles are... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Leemore S., Igal Hendel, Victoria Marone, and Christopher Ody Abstract—Anecdotal reports and systematic research highlight the prevalence of narrow-network plans on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplaces. At the same time, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture - Course Catalog
perspectives on the product life cycle. Cases discussed include Casper Sleep, a DTC mattress company, that sought to evolve over time from a single mattress offering to the “Nike of Sleep.” Patch attempted to make a marketplace for carbon... View Details
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
platforms may coexist without the market tipping. Our model helps explain why platforms with different business models coexist in markets, including online dating, housing, and labor markets. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne