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- 21 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Merchant or Two-Sided Platform?
- January 2014 (Revised December 2014)
- Case
GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Preble
GenapSys, a California-based startup, was soon to release a new DNA sequencer that the company's founder, Hesaam Esfandyarpour, believed was truly revolutionary. The sequencer would be substantially less expensive—potentially costing just a few thousand dollars—and... View Details
Keywords: DNA Sequencing; Life Sciences; Business Model; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Genetics; Business Strategy; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., Joseph B. Fuller, and Matthew Preble. "GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome." Harvard Business School Case 814-050, January 2014. (Revised December 2014.)
- 12 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Pay Workers More So They Steal Less
Bigger paychecks for retail employees could generate significant payoffs for employers by reducing worker theft and raising the level of moral behavior in the workforce, a new study shows. Tatiana Sandino, an associate professor in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
Miller vowed to hide his criminal past from the business world—a secret he managed to keep for more than 40 years. That was back in 1982, when arrest and prison records were recorded on paper, stored in filing cabinets, and were much... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
and Yaron Yehezkel Abstract In the context of platform competition in a two-sided market, we study how ex-ante uncertainty and ex-post asymmetric information concerning the value of a new technology affects the strategies of the platforms... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
New Video: Books@Baker Interview with Felix Oberholzer-Gee Click to watch. Some companies gain advantage by commanding premium prices. Others lean on their world-class talent. But, a small slice of companies manages to do both—and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- March 2008 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
Transparent Value LLC
By: Sharon P. Katz, Krishna G. Palepu and Aldo Sesia, Jr.
Leading index company Dow Jones recently signed a license and joint marketing agreement with Transparent Value LLC, the creator of a new fundamentals-based valuation methodology. The agreement allowed Dow Jones to offer a family of indexes based on the Transparent... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Stocks; Price; Performance Expectations; Mathematical Methods; Valuation
Katz, Sharon P., Krishna G. Palepu, and Aldo Sesia, Jr. "Transparent Value LLC." Harvard Business School Case 108-069, March 2008. (Revised February 2009.)
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and author of the forthcoming book, Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments. Booking isn’t alone. Other companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix are also taking advantage of View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things
Credit: Martin Barraud Here’s a tip for persuading people to finish more tasks, buy more products, or donate more money: Simply present assignments, requests, or items as arbitrary sets, rather than as individual units. New research... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Mar 2021
- HBS Case
The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?
The result is a new HBS case, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations,” which grapples with the question of how justice might be done for victims of the massacre a century after it occurred—as well as the larger question of what... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
problem yet, but at some point I imagine it could be," Ton surmises. "Opening stores in new markets is typically not a way to sustain internal promotions." Growing Pains? The case turns on the... View Details
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
If women wanted to shake up their makeup regimen 10 years ago, Sephora was the place to go. Beauty product junkies loved Sephora’s candy store-like display of sample-size face creams, glittery lip glosses, and eyeshadows in every shade imaginable, allowing them to test... View Details
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
Since 1953, the regional bank Credito Emiliano has accepted curious collateral for small-business loans: giant wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Known locally as Credem, the bank is the subject of a new Harvard Business School case... View Details
- 22 May 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
Many products in those sectors are sold in a bundled form, so bundling strategies have always been a key topic for media and entertainment firms. But I learned that the rise of digital channels is introducing new questions. Executives are... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End
anchor tenants was not the most significant determining factor in a site’s sustainability. Instead, successful redevelopment of the area surrounding the stadium, or an easily recognizable design (such as Beijing’s Bird’s Nest) had a... View Details
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
linguistic, value)-are core to explaining field re-emergence. Although new or discontinuous technologies tend to displace older ones, legacy technologies that are seemingly "dead" can re-emerge, thrive, and even co-exist with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
through a new course for MBA students, Why You Should Care: Creating the Conditions for Excellence, co-taught with Senior Lecturer and venture capital guru Amy Schulman. Together, they created a course unlike any other at the school, both... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
South Africa; and M-PESA, an initiative launched by the mobile network operator Safaricom (in conjunction with Vodafone) to offer a new type of financial service to the poor residents of Kenya. Ultimately, the more successful of the two,... View Details