Data Network Effects - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007

Note 607-074 No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607074 Tickle Harvard Business School Case 807-100 Describes a set of decisions confronting the management team of a rapidly growing online... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

its implications for corporate governance and firm performance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51919 The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital By: Nanda, Ramana, Sampsa... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Matthew Boys

eBay, he “crunched data about site users” for about nine months, then transferred to Skype as a business analyst. “It was a fun company to work for,” says Matt. “We had a flat hierarchy – you could talk to anyone in the company. We had... View Details

04 Jun 2014
What Do You Think?

Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?

Summing Up Is the Potential Negative Impact of New Information Technologies on Customer Loyalties Overstated? Customers will remain loyal to brands that meet their needs, regardless of the effects of new information technologies on their... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products; Technology

08 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime

pay the penalty to regulators without it affecting your reputation.” The paper, When the Local Newspaper Leaves Town: The Effects of Local Newspaper Closures on Corporate Misconduct, confirms that the press serves as a watchdog and keeps... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Jun 2020
News

Staying the Course

education data company BrightBytes found that an estimated 30 percent of ed tech licenses that schools purchased were never used in the classroom, and nearly 98 percent weren’t used “intensely”—that is, students got less than 10 hours of... View Details

Keywords: April White; online education

01 Jun 2000
News

VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy

explained his focus on education and literacy by saying that "education is the key" for a new economy characterized by, and based upon, lifelong learning, multiple careers, and the acquisition and creation of intellectual property. His concern, he said, stemmed from... View Details

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

procedures to copy their ad campaigns out of Google. For example, Microsoft offers a 17-step procedure to copy Google AdWords ads into Microsoft adCenter. 10 I see no plausible pro-competitive effect of the quoted provision. Moreover,... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract We empirically document factors that influence how local operating managers use discretion to balance the tradeoff between service capacity costs and customer sensitivity to service... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

trying to raise money." Organizational behaviorists have known for years that third-party endorsements are critical to a young firm's success. Higgins and Gulati wanted to understand the origins and nature of these important relationships. The result is an HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

12 Nov 2019
News

Seismic Shift

thought the client wanted and needed. Her case was strong, the data sound. But the executives didn’t bite. “I just remember presenting this incredible data that spoke directly to the very thing they hired me... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Career Timeline - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

University Professor, the highest recognition awarded to a Harvard faculty member 2000 – Co-founds Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) 2000 – Co-founds FSG 2002 – Launches the Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) Affiliate View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

HBS Press Books in Brief Total Access: Giving Customers What They Want in an Anytime, Anywhere World. Regis McKenna, the renowned "father of high-tech marketing," sets forth a new marketing paradigm in which machines and networks do most... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

are (a) "strategic" mergers that are potentially used as mechanisms for competitor pre-emption, (b) systems effects of mergers including the impact of mergers on sector-wide diffusion of technologies, (c)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry

taverns,buffets & cafeterias -social media marketing and restaurant apps -brand management Mintel - consumer market studies and primary and secondary data analysis (primarily for European and US countries) for... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Research Is the Foundation

span more languages, geographies, and cultures than ever, requiring workers to communicate effectively to deliver results. I wanted to understand how a radical language change can bridge differences and facilitate cross-border... View Details

30 Oct 2015
Blog Post

4 Takeaways from HBS

challenged my conventional views of HBS. Here are a few of the things I learned during my time at HBS. 1. Don’t network It is common shared wisdom that a primary benefit of business school is the networking... View Details

11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

borrowers are defaulting less.” Before recent interest rate hikes, American homeowners had been reaping the benefits of record home prices, cashing out amid a buying frenzy. However, data from the National Association of Realtors showed... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

to be learned for all global companies as they confront language and culture challenges. Examining the strategic use of language by one international corporation, The Language of Global Success uncovers how all organizations might integrate language View Details