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How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

fundraising prowess was aided by his appreciation and use of all communications media, notably the Internet, to engage voters. Obama picked up where Howard Dean left off. He leveraged his website, the blogosphere, and even user-generated content (remember Obama Girl)... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

managers still need to seek other drivers of creativity. I Want My Functional Experts To Influence High-level Strategy Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer New research by HBS professor Anette Mikes and colleagues looks into how... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

You've held your own while negotiating dozens of successful deals. Even so, you want to take your game to the next level. What's the next step? There are plenty of guides that offer tips on negotiation strategies. As useful as these are... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

03 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains

was fair game to chat about. A typical chat might go: Full Stack Engineer: “I’m thinking of moving the ‘Learn More’ button to the bottom right of the home page.” CEO: “Sounds good. What do you think about... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

21 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer

Late-arriving luggage proved to be a parable about customer service for Harvard Business School professor W. Earl Sasser. In this excerpted transcript from a new video CD presentation, Sasser discusses how a seemingly harmless budget trim... View Details

Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

and best options in-store along with the electrical supplies and tools you will need to install the fixture. Online they carry an endless aisle of products and they provide videos and expert advice to help with installation. They do not... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

November 2017
Teaching Note

Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455. On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details

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Purchase

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

than prescriptions picked up at a pharmacy. Nevertheless, when home delivery is offered on an opt-in basis, the take-up rate is only 6%. We study a program that makes active choice of either home delivery or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

of home buyers, investors, and regulators. Using the latest research in psychology and behavioral economics, they present a new theory of belief formation that explains why the financial crisis came as such a shock to so many people—and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?

players who aren't yet significantly impacted by ecommerce and have some runway; Home Depot for example. They use the omnichannel strategy to help their businesses thrive instead of just survive. Home Depot... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

02 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?

overall, the companies that were successful had much higher performance. “Putting it into baseball terms, investors who relied on their gut feel had a lower batting average, but more home runs,” Huang says. In the current paper, she... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

06 May 2013
Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

Planning to ask a big company for a charitable donation? You may be wise to time your request around a huge sporting event—specifically, an event that takes place in the firm's home city. A recent research paper shows that enormous events... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

Negotiation Game simulates the experience negotiating the sale, purchase, or financing of a property. The class competes as either a lender, buyer, or one of two groups of sellers, Raleigh, North Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada. This is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2017
Research Event

The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy

The simple answer: Give customers a good reason to keep using the platform. For instance, Rover.com providers a calendaring system for pet sitters. For owners, the company creates a music video out of the photographs taken by the sitter... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Service

14 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

prompting a takeover, than at engaging in long-term corporate governance or operating issues. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-004.pdf Correlated Equilibrium and Nash Equilibrium as an Observer's Assessment of the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads

The Super Bowl isn’t just a mainstage for football’s two best teams. With over 100 million viewers tuned in, and 30-second spots going for more than $5 million, the big game also represents one of the highest stakes advertising events of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Telecommunications

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

Disney Company expects to lose up to $190 million on its summer fiasco The Lone Ranger, another star vehicle featuring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. Welcome to the risky strategy of "blockbusters," practiced increasingly by movie, TV, and recording companies;... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

became the marker," Deighton says. These days, marketing mavens realize that social media is best at building emotional bridges with consumers, done by inviting them to be part of the process. And so they are hard at work inventing playful View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

home removes the usual social signals about when to eat or drink. Don’t rely on feeling hungry or thirsty! Put meals and hydration times on your to-do list or set alarms if necessary. One of us recently witnessed a colleague pass out from... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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