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- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
new digital economy, coupled with the growing size of the EC and IT sectors within the overall economy, we can no longer afford to further postpone attention to efficient business process interfaces between supply-chain trading partners....
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by Andrew McAfee
- Article
Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?
By: Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien
We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like): 1)...
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Market Intermediation;
Search;
Two-Sided Markets;
Platform Design;
Demand and Consumers;
Motivation and Incentives;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Distribution Channels;
Business Strategy;
Retail Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien. "Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?" RAND Journal of Economics 42, no. 2 (Summer 2011): 337–362. (2012 Winner for Best Paper on Competition Economics, Association of Competition Economics.)
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
face a host of challenges in the years ahead. For some retailers, ecommerce threatens to digitize the products they sell and leave them without anything meaningful to stock in their stores. For others, hyper-competitive online retailers...
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Anthony Soohoo
digital strategy that resulted in the company’s launch of their first over-the-top streaming service, as well as their first distribution partnerships with YouTube and Netflix. During his tenure, CBS.com...
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HBS - From The Dean
community. It was also a year when we made significant progress on several important priorities. At a moment when AI took center stage with the advent of ChatGPT, our own digital transformation—exploring how we can leverage data and...
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- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
release date. Doing so, however, would negate cost savings achieved by reusing film copies across staggered release dates. Studios could also limit a film's distribution to digital, not analog, screens, the copies tagged with electronic...
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- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
new digital technologies with a new logic of capitalism. What kinds of businesses and services do you think could be first in line? A: Exactly how distributed capitalism will emerge and develop will be an...
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by Martha Lagace
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
record 352,000 readers in fiscal 2022, reflecting the strong demand for high-quality digital and print content that gives managers and executives the tools to enhance both personal and organizational competitiveness. HBS Online revenues...
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- May 2024
- Teaching Note
The Meteoric Rise of Skims
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 524-023, "The Meteoric Rise of Skims."
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Brand;
Branding;
Direct-to-consumer;
DTC;
Influencers;
Influencer Marketing;
Fashion;
Growth;
Direct Marketing;
Influence;
Reputation;
Social Influence;
Consumer Goods;
Consumer Products;
Female Entrepreneur;
Female Protagonist;
Entrepreneurship And Strategy;
Brand & Product Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Online Followers;
Retail;
Retail Formats;
Retailing;
Online Retail;
Celebrities;
Celebrity;
Celebrity Endorsement;
Go To Market Strategy;
Apparel;
Startup Marketing;
Startups;
Brands and Branding;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Distribution Channels;
Digital Marketing;
Advertising;
Power and Influence;
Social Media;
Fashion Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
- October 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Red Flag Software Co.
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Tarun Khanna, David Lane and Elizabeth Raabe
In 2005, just five years after its formal launch, Beijing-based Red Flag Software was the world's second-largest distributor of the Linux operating system and was expecting its first annual profit. On a unit basis, Red Flag led the world in desktops (PCs) shipped with...
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Digital Platforms;
Competitive Advantage;
Applications and Software;
Business Startups;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Distribution Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Beijing;
United States
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, David Lane, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Red Flag Software Co." Harvard Business School Case 706-428, October 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- Web
Introduction - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Introduction More than 240,000 miles of railroad track laid down in the United States from the mid-to-late 1800s connected vast regions...
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- 2007
- Working Paper
Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?
By: Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien
We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e. inducing consumers to search more than they would like): i)...
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Keywords:
Demand and Consumers;
Motivation and Incentives;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Distribution Channels;
Business Strategy;
Retail Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien. "Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-010, August 2007. (Revised February 2009, May 2010.)
- February 2020
- Supplement
Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature
By: Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett
Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing so, the company developed direct...
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Operations;
Supply Chain;
Social Enterprise;
Product Development;
Distribution Channels;
Business Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Environmental Sustainability;
Science-Based Business;
Climate Change;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
United States;
Massachusetts
- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
input more valuable. Distributed supermodular complementarity (DSMC) exists when two or more independent actors can create complementary value by pursuing their own interests and will not find it advantageous to combine in order to...
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Dina Gerdeman
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2016
fiscal 2016, driven by notable successes in our revenue-generating units. Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) continued to manage volatility in its markets by enhancing its content offerings and investing in its digital platform. Executive...
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
is reinventing how organizations compete in the digital world. The School welcomed the first cohort of fellows at the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), bringing together researchers and practitioners to address...
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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
World Bank's Wolfensohn Highlights Challenges, Increased Role for Private Sector
twenty-five million kids don't go to school. There are too many people dying due to lack of vaccines, and the world is showing an increasing inequity in terms of the distribution of assets and income. The rich are getting richer, and the...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
distribution from the HBS endowment and current use gifts, are equally important to the School’s economic model. Funds from alumni giving provide additional financial stability and flexibility that are crucial to the School’s ability to...
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Research Links: Photographs - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroad Records Photographs Research Collections Secondary Sources Related Sites Research Links: Photographs Henry Villard Business...
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Delivered by fast service cars - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
planned system of fast distribution and replacements. Deliveries are made to dealers every few days by fast service cars. Typical of their up-to-the minute equipment, the illustrated truck is refrigerated, ventilated, insulated, to guard...
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