Limits To Network Effects - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2009
News

A New Approach to Health-Care Reform

until we make sure that the treatments and services consumers are getting are effective and affordable, changing the way we consumers pay for the services doesn’t fix anything. What we need is a system of new value View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

global share have been dispersed across an increasing number of competitors—deconcentrating effects that the recent wave of mergers and acquisitions has barely begun to reverse. Yet more than one large... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Oct 2019
News

Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence

Lakhani, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration. He co-wrote the forthcoming book, Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World. Lakhani believes HBS has an... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Ambition; Pathbreaking Research; Artificial Intelligence

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

journals. “Academic research can be helpful, but it tends to be overly complex, hard to digest, and not backed by real quantitative insights from customer populations or engagements,” says Neale-May,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

organizations can work toward making people feel welcomed, then celebrated, and ultimately, cherished. Consider where your organization falls on the dial, and how it could improve to create a more collaborative and View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

2015
Other Teaching and Training Material

Marketing Reading: Digital Marketing

By: Sunil Gupta and Joseph Davin

Digital technology has changed how consumers search for information, interact with each other, and buy products. The popularization of these technologies has made it possible for companies to have a better understanding of their customers' decision journey and... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Buzz Marketing; Internet Marketing; Marketing; Marketing Management; Social Media; Social Networks; Viral Marketing; Word-of-mouth Marketing; Digital; Internet; Marketing Channels; Marketing Reference Programs; Online Advertising; Advertising Industry

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12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

situations in classroom discussion. It's not a bad way to learn, but Coval and colleague Erik Stafford felt the need for a classroom tool that would more effectively communicate the dynamic nature of their... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

14 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

cost of recent subway projects in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.), subways can be tough medicine. And cost aside, subways are no panacea—disruptive construction, limited residential connections, and for many routes, long trips due View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation

14 May 2007
Research & Ideas

The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team

the quality of their own work and to deliver it effectively to clients. Q: What is important now about knowledge workers from both a business and a theoretical perspective?... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 May 2024
Research & Ideas

How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

markets. That may be in part because there’s less redundant knowledge to begin with. The effect is highest when workers at the startups socialize. When startups share common areas like kitchens, the... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

partner levels. Firms therefore began aggressively hiring over the last four to five years, which in turn has significantly increased firm size and highlighted the limitations of existing partnership... View Details

Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?

it.” You Might Also Like: How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing) Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews Dog Eat Dog: Measuring Network View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

by networks of other people who can supply the thousand things it takes to fuel a business. Here is how William Sahlman, business educator and scholar, began a paper, "Some Thoughts on Business... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

they had eaten for dinner that evening. Those who had cheated had a harder time recalling the details of the experiment than those who hadn’t cheated. However, cheating had no effect on the ability to recall... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

individuals from DACs and “those transitioning from other industries reach these technology-forward jobs.”[80] For the electric vehicle charging network to effectively expand,... View Details

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

surveyed over 70 media professionals about their social networks, and then asked each to brainstorm about the future of the newspaper industry. When their ideas were ranked on the basis of creativity by independent judges, participants... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

Limits To Leadership Being the chief executive of any company is a demanding job. Carrying out the responsibilities of a CEO in a professional service firm is exceptionally challenging because the position... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

02 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy

according to Alexa Internet. The business-oriented social network has more than 300 million members, all of whom list their educational and professional achievements on the site in the name of professional... View Details