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  • 24 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

settings. They cried out for a theoretical explanation. So Eric von Hippel, Christoph Hienerth, and I teamed up to see if we could construct a theory to explain the phenomena. Q: Can you describe in general the pathways user innovations... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 01 Apr 1999
  • News

An Eye to the East

we can test our findings, knowledge, and theories developed elsewhere, as well as define new hypotheses that can be tested in other areas. We haven't just discovered Asia today, but we do need to strengthen our presence and increase our... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
  • 18 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 18

Organizational Forms and Community in the U.S. in 2005 Authors:Glenn R. Carroll and Magnus Thor Torfason Publication:City & Community 10, no. 1 (March 2011) Abstract Recent sociological theory and research highlights food, drink, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

negative effect of added competitors on incentives. Thus uncertainty and the nature of the problem should be explicitly considered in the design of innovation tournaments. We explore the implications of our findings for the theory and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

Authors:Scott Snook, Herminia Ibarra, and Laura Ramo Publication:Chap. 22 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana Abstract Despite the wealth of managerial and scholarly attention paid to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

Abstract—A central prediction of information economics is that market forces can lead businesses to voluntarily provide information about the quality of their products, yet little voluntary disclosure is observed in the field. In this paper, we demonstrate that the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 20

contributions to the literature that span institutional theory and strategic management and to the literature on information disclosure. Download working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1836472 Henry A. Kissinger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2022
  • News

Lesson Plans

I’ve observed it directly talking to teachers: extreme fatigue. People have theories about what’s causing it two years on Zoom, every week having changing COVID guidelines. Not just what’s going on in your work environment at the school... View Details
  • 17 Apr 2019
  • News

Give It to Me Straight

topic, aptly titled Radical Candor, was released in 2017, and she’s prepping a follow-up, which applies her theories to the topic of gender and justice at work. But on this episode of Skydeck, Scott and I start at the beginning—with the... View Details
Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Drilling Down

covers all aspects of the energy business. "One idea that I believe will be discredited is the mega-merger theory — that Texaco was too small to be relevant." "Fortunately, there are still strategies that allow a smaller operator to be... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

look at how business leaders, both insiders and outsiders, rose to power and how the demographics of leadership have changed over the past century. Among his other works, the most recent is Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
  • 28 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 28

Abstract—Theories of status rarely address unearned status gain-an unexpected and unsolicited increase in relative standing, prestige, or worth, attained not through individual effort or achievement, but from a shift in organizationally valued characteristics. We build... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

and Toby Stuart Abstract The corporate staff is central in theories of the multi-business firm, but empirical evidence on its function is limited. In this paper, we examine the high-level role of two units of a corporate staff through... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

the general Buenos Aires population, in spite of the large differences. On the Pricing of Intermediated Risks: Theory and Application to Catastrophe Reinsurance Authors:K. A. Froot and P. O'Connell Periodical:Journal of Banking and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

Back to School

There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details
Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran
  • June 2024
  • Case

SnapTravel: Betting on 'Super.com'

By: Reza Satchu and Tom Quinn
This case explores SnapTravel, a travel startup offering discounted hotel rooms, and its founders’ desire to pivot to a “super app” that saved customers money across many different purchase types. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hussein Fazal and Henry Shi saw SnapTravel... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Business Startups; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Volatility; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Income; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Health Pandemics; Surveys; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Risk Management; Consumer Behavior; Game Theory; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Diversification; Expansion; System Shocks; Accommodations Industry; Technology Industry; Canada; United States; Las Vegas
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  • 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016

small association with violations in the unauthorized channel. Last, we link our results to the literatures on agency theory, transaction cost analysis, and theories of price obfuscation. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

Bodie Abstract This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Class of 2022, for her work as an advocate of Reproductive Justice and Human Rights. Loretta was the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective (2005-2012) and co-created the theory of... View Details
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Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

their work impactful and useful for their target audience.” Cebisa Ncube Design Thinking and Innovation Participant Ideate, develop, launch, and scale digital products that give your venture a competitive advantage. “The course masterfully interwove design thinking... View Details