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- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
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Site Credits - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
Services, Harvard Business School Digital Photography : Boston Photo Inc.; Imaging Services, Harvard College Library Editing : Julia Collins, Katherine Fox, Abigail Thompson Exhibition Design : Chris Danemayer, proun Design Exhibition... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
BALLMER: Microsoft plans to remain on the cutting edge of digital media technology. If you think that the last decade produced a torrent of consumer high-tech innovation — notably personal computers, broadband Internet access, cell... View Details
Anthony Soohoo
a Fortune 100 company. He led one of the largest digital transformations in history, delivering multi-billion dollars of incremental revenue and record profits, catalyzing Walmart Home to become the nation’s largest retailer for home... View Details
- 2022
- Working Paper
Exclusive Dealing and Entry by Competing Two-Sided Platforms
By: Cristian Chica, Kenneth Chuk and Jorge Tamayo
We study competition between horizontally differentiated platforms offering exclusive and non-exclusive contracts to one side of the market (content providers). The introduction of non-exclusive contracts in addition to exclusive contracts softens the competition for... View Details
Keywords: Two-Sided Markets; Platform Price Competition; Network Externalities; Exclusive Contracts; Multi-homing; Digital Platforms; Price; Competition; Contracts
Chica, Cristian, Kenneth Chuk, and Jorge Tamayo. "Exclusive Dealing and Entry by Competing Two-Sided Platforms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-092, March 2021. (Revised February 2022. R&R International Journal of Industrial Organization.)
- June 2014
- Supplement
Ad Classification at Right Media — slide supplement (widescreen)
By: Benjamin Edelman
Right Media considers systems and policies to make sure that ads are only shown on web sites where they are appropriate, and vice versa. Setting standards is particularly challenging given the large and growing marketplace, the numerous participants, their diverse... View Details
- April 2013
- Article
First-Party Content and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets
By: Andrei Hagiu and Daniel Spulber
The strategic use of first-party content by two-sided platforms is driven by two key factors: the nature of buyer and seller expectations (favorable versus unfavorable) and the nature of the relationship between first-party content and third-party content (complements... View Details
Keywords: Two-sided Platforms; Platform Strategy; Technology; Information Technology; Performance Expectations; Strategy; Digital Platforms
Hagiu, Andrei, and Daniel Spulber. "First-Party Content and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets." Management Science 59, no. 4 (April 2013): 933–949.
- December 1996 (Revised July 2002)
- Background Note
Note on Marketing and the Internet
By: John A. Deighton, Alison Berkley and John Barabino
The World Wide Web is new, a comprehensive marketing environment. It is a medium for direct marketing, for retailing and distribution, for the delivery of service and product elements, for marketing research, and even for posting and testing prices. This note explores... View Details
Deighton, John A., Alison Berkley, and John Barabino. "Note on Marketing and the Internet." Harvard Business School Background Note 597-037, December 1996. (Revised July 2002.)
- 25 Mar 2018
- News
Modernizing Infrastructure Management
make it better. “So when I left HBS, I set out on the path to find a business to acquire. I was very fortunate that I found the company I did. gWorks got its start helping counties digitize all their county records into an interactive map... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Scapegoating and Discrimination in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Airbnb
By: Michael Luca, Elizaveta Pronkina and Michelangelo Rossi
We present evidence that discrimination against Asian-American Airbnb users sharply increased at the
start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a DiD approach, we find that hosts with distinctively Asian
names experienced a 20 percent decline in guests relative to hosts... View Details
Keywords: Discrimination; Behavioral Economics; Market Design; Health Pandemics; Prejudice and Bias; Digital Platforms; Design
Luca, Michael, Elizaveta Pronkina, and Michelangelo Rossi. "Scapegoating and Discrimination in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Airbnb." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-012, August 2022. (Revised March 2023.)
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Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence
By: Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
Dominant platform businesses often develop products in adjacent markets to complement their core business. One common approach used to gain traction in these adjacent markets has been to pursue a tying strategy. For example, Microsoft pre-installed Internet Explorer... View Details
Keywords: Tying; Platform Strategy; Google; Product; Quality; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Market Entry and Exit
Kim, Hyunjin, and Michael Luca. "Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence." Management Science 65, no. 2 (February 2019): 596–603.
- January 2019 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Ribbon Home: iBacking for Real Estate
By: Marco Di Maggio and Sarah Gulick
In November 2018, Shaival Shah, the founder and CEO of Ribbon Home had to decide on the next steps for the company. Ribbon had introduced a program that backs consumers with cash offers without creating a loan structure in order to help them compete with iBuyers, such... View Details
Keywords: Consumers; Real Estate; Property; Finance; Digital Platforms; Business Model; Decision Making; Real Estate Industry; Technology Industry
Di Maggio, Marco, and Sarah Gulick. "Ribbon Home: iBacking for Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 219-059, January 2019. (Revised November 2020.)
- January 2017
- Background Note
Making Virtual Reality Real
By: Feng Zhu, Sarah Mehta and David Lane
This note describes virtual reality and augmented reality technologies and describes the main consumer products on offer in 2016 as well as their manufacturers. It also surveys existing applications of virtual and augment reality technologies. View Details
Keywords: Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Oculus; Google; HTC; Magic Leap; Microsoft; Samsung; Software; Niantic; Digital Platforms; Technology Adoption; Applications and Software; Technology Industry
Zhu, Feng, Sarah Mehta, and David Lane. "Making Virtual Reality Real." Harvard Business School Background Note 617-013, January 2017.
- April 2015 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Resuscitating Monitter
By: Benjamin Edelman and Wei Sun
After a Twitter API change and policy change block his fledgling startup, solo entrepreneur Alex Holt evaluates his options. Should he double-down with a major investment in new servers, rewriting his app from scratch, and charging users for a service that he had... View Details
Keywords: Platform Strategy; Envelopment; Dependence; Social Media; Business Strategy; Vertical Integration; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Advertising Industry; Information Technology Industry; Australia
Edelman, Benjamin, and Wei Sun. "Resuscitating Monitter." Harvard Business School Case 915-027, April 2015. (Revised December 2015.) (request a courtesy copy.)
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The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Production Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Production: A Cooperative Enterprise Baker Library | Historical Collections | Site Credits | Digital Accessibility Contact Email: histcollref@hbs.edu... View Details
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The Product - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Introduction Chapter Images The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Product: Consumer Relations Baker Library | Historical Collections | Site Credits | Digital Accessibility Contact Email: histcollref@hbs.edu © President... View Details
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The Collection - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Collection: Data Analysis Baker Library | Historical Collections | Site Credits | Digital Accessibility Contact Email: histcollref@hbs.edu © President and... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Brazil
Use the tools on the right side of the results screen to refine your search Statista Digital Market Outlook: Brazil-specific statistics on ecommerce, View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
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A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
transformative mission. Alice, for example, is a Brazilian startup upending the health care industry, offering insurance coverage combined with proprietary primary care, delivered digitally and in person, as Latin America works to catch... View Details
- 07 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands
If there were a theme to Kate Twist’s (MBA 2008) career, it would be building brands known for the emotional connection they foster with their consumers. Twist is experienced in directing powerful consumer brands. She cofounded the View Details