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- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
(HMM12). The revamped software would be hosted exclusively on HBP’s server rather than on its clients’ servers, allowing updates to take place continuously. Given the change, accounting standards required HBP to change the recognition of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
incompatibility. We also investigate how factors such as exclusive content and hardware-only adopters affect compatibility incentives. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55682 January 4, 2019 Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
they look at on the global rankings? Bill: There are two basic fundamental systems. One is by reputation and one is by output. What output do you measure? Usually today it is primarily research output in a certain number of publications, almost View Details
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
other way round. We investigate as well how factors such as different platform production costs, exclusive content, and endogenized royalty rates affect compatibility incentives. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
family life, connection to others, and faithfulness to yourself seem doomed to vie in a terminal contest for your exclusive attention. It's easy to feel stupid when you compare yourself to the celebrity successes, easy to feel inadequate... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
attention. Exclusivity is still the norm, but the consensus around it is slowly shrinking." The Consolidation Myth Choices made in conflict policies can influence the size and distribution of agencies that the industry can support. This... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
alternative coding of variables. In two-stage models we also find that prominent venture capitalists might help their portfolio companies by steering them to effective technology strategies, in this case active participation in the IETF, and not simply by lending... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Companion Paper Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien Abstract This is a companion paper to paper No. 08-010. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-092.pdf Exclusivity and Control (revised) Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Robin... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
mismatch can create. First, hierarchical industry organizations can "lock out" certain types of innovation indefinitely by perpetuating established business practices. Second, even when the vertical hierarchies produce highly innovative sectors in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
annual meeting, the majority of shareholders vote against the exclusive pay package. The B case compares the remuneration committee perspective (and their rationale for using discretion to award the bonuses) as well as the shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers
agreement to pay Media General $142 million for its weekly and daily newspapers and real-estate holdings, and a credit agreement that included a $400 million term loan. Speculating about Buffett's apparent change of heart regarding newspaper ownership, Esty points to... View Details
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
policies emphasizing exclusivity in agency-client relationships. A typology of conflicts that have arisen in the United States shows the variety and complexity of contemporary conflicts. Cases of conflicts reported in the trade literature... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
they do on 50 million viewers. So FIFA drives up the value of those eyeballs by selling exclusive broadcasting rights to only one broadcaster per country rather than splintering attention among multiple outlets. In Brazil for example, the... View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
distribution services (GDSs)—such as SABRE—to reach travel agents. But GDSs held significant tactical advantages. For example, GDSs had signed long-term exclusive contracts with the corporate customers who were American's best customers.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
Elfenbein Publication:Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 28, no. 1 (2012) Abstract We explore the relationship between exclusivity and state-contingent control rights using a sample of over 100 Internet portal alliance... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
for a historic opportunity. He became the third employee of Intel, working for the legendary Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce. As talented as he was as an engineer, Grove became an even better manager, as we learn from exclusive excerpts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
quality products when they use a tying strategy. In this paper, we empirically explore this question by examining Google’s decision to tie its new reviews product to its search engine. We experimentally vary the content displayed above Google’s organic search results... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
investments that normally would have been the exclusive territory of venture investors. Many of these forays into unfamiliar territory were made in none-too-sound companies at excessively high valuations. Not surprisingly, most ended... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
until this point, momentum was a strategy employed nearly exclusively by hedge funds, and thus not an available investment strategy to most individual investors. This case highlights the difficulties in implementing this "mutual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
deregulations also led to a dramatic increase in "churning" at the lower end of the size distribution, where new startups fail within the first three years following entry. This churning emphasizes a new mechanism through which financial sector reforms impact... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace