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- 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
versus Posted Prices in Online Markets By: Einav, Liran, Chiara Farronato, Jonathan Levin, and Neel Sundaresan Abstract—Auctions were very popular in the early days of internet commerce, but today online sellers mostly use posted prices.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
succeeded in producing and distributing My Name is Khan in the country. The first thing Fox did right? "They set up shop in India." The company's previous release of the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar to the Indian market View Details
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
financial returns but are also deeply committed to improving the environment and making a difference in people's lives. Robert Salas, CEO, wants a management system that communicates and motivates Amanco's three high-level goals. Initially, he View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
They recommend a more coherent strategy that divides CSR efforts into three categories including those related to philanthropy, operational effectiveness, and shaping the firm's business model to better create shared value. Consideration... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
and from other institutions with the goal of creating strategies to reignite America's economic future in the global economy. Porter is the Lawrence University Professor, and Rivkin the Rauner professor of business administration and head... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
ratios. Conversely, peer firms identified by Google and Yahoo Finance, as well as product market competitors gleaned from 10-K disclosures, turned in consistently worse performances. We contextualize these results in a simple model that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
connections and professional networks remain just as important as they were in the past. This places U.S.-trained Chinese, with business connections and local knowledge on both sides of the Pacific, in a great position to create... View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
Technologies' Systems Generation and Delivery Unit (SGDU), was charged with creating a single global company from a set of fragmented businesses in Asia, Europe, and the United States. To gain control over product decisions being made by... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
unite partners' objectives for creating a flexible supply chain; benchmark performance against other retailers; and evaluate and manage new technologies. Raman and Fisher provide specific, detailed metrics and techniques that can be used... View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
of employer-sponsored insurance—$4,500 in 2011. Absent the requirement that healthy people buy insurance, it is likely that the individual insurance market will consist primarily of sick people. They will have $ 4,500 to buy a policy with... View Details
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
are steps that major players working together in metropolitan areas can do to save their cities: When it comes to the elements of soft infrastructure such as education and healthcare, it's essential to create an environment for capital,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
were already geared up to apply these data to the asset location question. Q: Why are tax considerations often not considered by a significant number of households when making decisions about financial investments? A: Financial markets... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
intuits a developing bottleneck in the assembly line and creates a fix before a problem occurs. It's also the CEO who draws on years of experience to solve a strategy imbroglio that has paralyzed top staff. It's the venture capitalist—who... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
leveraging equal resources. In hyper-competitive industries, another way that managers can stay relevant and maintain success is by finding ways to get small advantages over their competitors. The NFL stands as a great example of a market... View Details