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- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
Arnott and Lillian Jing Wu, "The Winners Curse: Too Big to Succeed," Social Science Research Network, Organizations & Markets: Structures & Processes in Organization eJournal, Vol. 4, No. 54, July 17, 2012, website... View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
Jeff Bussgang, general partner, Flybridge Capital Do you know how to get the most from your investors? Below, I have outlined the basic asks (table stakes) as well as suggestions for deeper asks. What to ask for Hiring Table stakes: Referrals and warm introductions... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
inductively shows that consumers deem information flows acceptable (or not) based on whether their personal information was: 1) obtained within versus outside of the website on which the ad appears and 2) stated by the consumer versus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether to grow their startup at a measured pace and focus on improving operational effectiveness, or raise a new round of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
highlighting the work performed by the government of an archetypal town increased trust in government and support for government services. In Study 2, residents of Boston, Massachusetts, who interacted with a website that visualized... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
wrought with misinformation. The leader in this space was the website Craigslist, which was the most highly trafficked classifieds site in the world and the tenth most visited site in the United States despite introducing almost no... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
regulations may be outdated in the era of Uber—not to mention other successful companies in the so-called sharing economy, such as the travel home-rental website Airbnb (currently valued at $25.5 billion). But he argues that it’s... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
competitive strategy? Renowned for the cutting-edge websites that it developed to market major Hollywood movies and leading consumer brands, the firm had won numerous awards and garnered considerable attention within the advertising... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
potential participants in their ecosystems.” Leveraging the momentum and great reviews on Amazon, the company started selling through its direct-to-consumer websites as well as penetrating other sales channels. For example, Anker also... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
technology-adoption decisions, I’ve been examining how the virtual space can substitute for the physical space, by looking at tech adoption at Stack Overflow, which is like a Q&A website for coders. It’s been surprising to see that... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
School Case 813-145 CloudFlare, Inc.: Running Hot? In July 2012, the cofounders of CloudFlare, a Silicon Valley startup that protects websites and accelerates their traffic, are considering the implications of five employees' resignations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
(C):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/806101-PDF-ENG PunchTab, Inc. Ramana Nanda, William R. Kerr, and Lauren BarleyHarvard Business School Case 812-033 PunchTab was a Silicon Valley start-up, founded in 2011, that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Working PapersSecuring Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract Read the news of recent computer security guffaws, and it's striking how many problems stem from online advertising. Advertising is the bedrock... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
through a website compared with existing customers, suggesting that categories other than pants might have prompted them to buy online. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/2TKEYULIQKLUFANjs0Nt][/div] Another notable trend: In the US and... View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
article they describe how to properly design and execute A/B and other controlled tests, ensure their integrity, interpret results, and avoid pitfalls. They argue that if a company sets up the right infrastructure and software, it will be able to evaluate ideas not... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
and research applications, yet little is known about their relation to prices in physical stores where most retail transactions occur. I conduct the first large-scale comparison of prices simultaneously collected from the websites and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
collections for sale on the Paddle8 website to carefully selected, globally dispersed members. The firm aims to help galleries overcome their geographic limitations and to make art more accessible to a wide range of new collectors with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
network—should do to respond to its agile competitor, Facebook. Since its inception MySpace had experienced phenomenal growth, acquiring 20 million members in its first 20 months of operation, and another 70 million a year later, to become the most visited View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
government worked for the American people, digitally. The seeds of USDS had grown out of the rescue of HealthCare.gov, the federal website meant to allow consumers to shop for private health insurance. Its launch and crash in October 2013... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
substantially fewer violations. With improved compliance, channel prices increase by 2% without loss in volume. The reduction in violations is particularly stark among authorized retailers with lower sales volume, those that previously operated unapproved View Details