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- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
clicked on search ads and became customers—with an increase of 5 million display ad impressions resulting in an additional 20 checking account applications through search after about five weeks. Based on that finding, one might View Details
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
higher on average and variable profits increased by 9.6 percent, according to the study. The model also predicted that algorithmic competition resulted in a modest decline of .9 percent in quantity purchased... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
We all know how political influence works: company X donates money to politician Y, and then that pol leans on regulator Z to go easy on his new best friend. In economic parlance, that circle of back-scratching is known as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers
Buffett's offer and wondered what he saw in the declining industry that others did not," notes Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor Benjamin C. Esty, the author, with senior case researcher Aldo Sesia,... View Details
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
for Refugees. Some forecasters expect the number of forcibly displaced migrants to climb to 1 billion as climate change makes more parts of the world uninhabitable. “They will affect you. They will affect me. They may be you View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
Working PapersSuperstars and Underdogs: An Examination of the Long Tail Phenomenon in Video Authors:Anita Elberse and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract The rise of online channels facilitates the distribution... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
retired." This led Illysa to comment, "One more reason we must choose not only our careers but our work places carefully: who do we want to become?" Heidi Olson wondered "if the change in hormones when gaining power is responsible for some of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
million times. I have learned a lot from the many, many conversations that have emerged around the talk. Some of these conversations have made me hopeful, but most have made me realize how far we must go to meet society’s urgent need for both more energy View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
approach to the “pitch or spec” dilemma by constructing a model that links this choice to writers’ past experience and their confidence level about this particular idea. The model also predicts the average... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?
predict a new world where drug treatments are customized to an individual's genetic makeup, and gene-based therapy can root out cancer and other diseases before they take hold... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2011
- Op-Ed
Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress
promising projects. Great people will leave basic research and move to more predictable pastures. And some great young people will decide not to go into research careers at... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
selected innovation, the proposed business model to commercialize the innovation, and the predicted competitor response. In addition, the business case should highlight the key unknowns that need to be... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
satisfy the new revenue expectations, and it was unclear whether the development hurdles could be overcome within the launch schedule. As a result, HP chose to target its small disk at the PDA and ultrathin... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
one in which your product had to operate 100 million miles from Earth and perform under a range of conditions which were hard to predict in advance), it was impossible to know up front exactly what form a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
this e-mail interview with Laura Linard.Linard: You write that a reason to study the historical role of government in risk management is to better "understand government and its role in the new economy." How would you... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
lifetime. Causes of interest and alumni’s approaches for addressing problems and opportunities will change, in sometimes predictable and... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
Boston predict which places might be violating public health regulations. And it is working with an education nonprofit in Watertown, Mass., Education Resource Strategies, to study how school districts spend... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
Watch out. Apple hopes to claim a new frontier on your wrist. The company announced its new Apple Watch on Tuesday, sending journalists and a bevy of other observers, online and off, into a flurry of... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
Twenty years has provided time to judge the success or failure of Theodore Levitt's predictions of a global economy populated by standardized products and marketing approaches. For the colloquium, a number... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
As the Wild West of the new communications frontier shakes out, Baldwin predicts that companies will use many iterations to combine producer- and user-created elements in their business strategies in an... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding