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  • 18 Oct 2010
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services
  • 28 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars

auction may not be a good predictor of the final outcome, because much of the bidding activity takes place just before the end. One good reason for this delay is that early bidding reveals intentions and information that may be exploited... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Web Services; Technology
  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

adaptation and argue that organizations suffer inertia when they fail to change as quickly as the environment. Although the tire firms delayed closing redundant capacity, they responded fairly quickly to the introduction of radial tires... View Details
Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto
  • 20 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

been diligent in filing lawsuits—they’re filing plenty of lawsuits. But Uber is fighting back. Often the company’s strategy has been to delay regulators’ every complaint, trying to get their service that much more entrenched so it will be... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance
  • 08 Mar 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

efficiency, remote troubleshooting, and customer personalization—has been delayed despite wide acceptance by many experts that the existing power system is falling far short of America's energy needs. In 2009, energy demand in the United... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities
  • 10 Dec 2007
  • HBS Case

One Laptop per Child

additional teachers?" Hot Competition Even as the OLPC experienced delays in securing orders, potential competitors were taking notice. The so-called bottom-of-the-pyramid market was now a focus of attention from mainstream PC... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer
  • 06 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

When Product Variety Backfires

lead to choice deferral; consumers simply give up and delay choice. Other times, we find, it can drive consumers toward another brand that offers a simpler assortment. In a sense, the consumer is saying, "I can't decide which product... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin; Consumer Products
  • 09 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

are experts at diagnosing and solving a variety of issues for their clients, are struggling to apply their own management principles internally.” To regain equilibrium, over the past two years, some major consulting firms have meaningfully slowed recruiting and have... View Details
Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting
  • 09 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears Authors:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract I develop a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

complete, and advertisers can extend this delay both to improve detection of improper partner practices and to punish partners who turn out to be rule-breakers. I capture these relationships in a screening model with View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

delayed the effective restructuring. “Right now the index funds are saying [that they] are not here to directly intervene in boards,” says Viceira. “Instead, they are promoting better corporate governance, voting for rules that make... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 11 Aug 2014
  • HBS Case

The Business of Behavioral Economics

month if they purchased a certain amount of healthy food, recorded by purchase receipts. But the reward is delayed until the end of the month, decreasing the likelihood it will work. Why? Blame the behavioral economic principle of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Health
  • 20 Jul 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All

This scenario may sound familiar, unfortunately: Your flight begins with poking and prodding by the TSA agent, all to wait for the inevitable delayed departure. Boarding extends the indignities: more waiting while your section is called,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Air Transportation; Sports; Travel
  • 09 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 9

Course MaterialsAirbus A380—Turbulence Ahead Harvard Business School Case 609-041 Multiple delays of the Airbus A380 have shocked analysts and investors alike. What are the causes of these delays and how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Making Money Making Movies

Therefore, within each country, the theatrical and video window can be closely aligned. Across countries, the delay between video windows should be largely driven by the delay between theatrical windows. It... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

the best of the automobile—private on-demand service to many destinations, no delays for others to get on or off, and great flexibility for later expansion. Add the key advantages of public transit—a dedicated guideway without View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value

surprise to industry observers, but the SEC's reaction did. On October 4, the SEC unexpectedly announced that it was indefinitely postponing the implementation of shareholder proxy access, pending the outcome of the lawsuit. A Natural Experiment The View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

into the business to the day the product departs the shipping dock. The researchers encouraged businesses to think of that order as the actual customer, and watched as they routed that person here and there among departments, perhaps ignored by an inattentive clerk or... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
  • 17 Nov 2020
  • In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

will also be on the rise. Retailers that had invested in advanced omnichannel capabilities and order management technology before the pandemic will see their efforts rewarded. Other retailers will have a hard time keeping up with demand. Customers: Expect View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail
  • 30 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

including Nina Simone, Etta James, and Marvin Gaye. After over a quarter century of success with this model, where she paid as much as $144,000 in annual rent, Jackie must decide whether to continue renting, proceed with the building of a new theater that will cost at... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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