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  • 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

between a standalone videogame console and a PC tailored to play videogames. It remained unclear, however, where along the spectrum from dedicated console to PC Microsoft should position the Xbox. Would it be an open platform like the PC in the sense that independent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

equal-division agreements. These endogenous framing effects may outweigh any overall social utility effects due to the mere presence of communication. In two studies, we find that non-binding talk about fairness within a three-party, complete-information View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007

include demeaning remarks, repeated threats to opt for a competitor, misrepresentations, repudiation of previously agreed provisions, last-minute demands, divide-and-conquer moves, and a waiting game that exploits the smaller firm's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

approach to the presidency. Their insights follow. Real estate rarely a zero-sum game John D. Macomber, Senior lecturer of business administration You have to start by distinguishing between a branding operation that’s supported by other... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

Julia Lee, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats Abstract—It may be possible to offer people a new understanding of their best-self concepts, leading to positive personal and social change. We developed theory about how best-self... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015

2004-2007. Results show that firms that are more environmentally damaging, particularly those in countries where they are more exposed to scrutiny and global norms, are less likely to engage in selective disclosure. We discuss contributions to the literature that spans... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

psychological scientists of the modern era. These readable essays highlight the most important contributions to theory and research in psychological science, show how the greatest psychological scientists formulate and think about their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

innovation. PDF not available. Intellectual Property Rights, Imitation, and Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Evidence Authors:Lee Branstetter, Raymond Fisman, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi Abstract This paper theoretically and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

he says, will become longer, fatter, and more profitable. Elberse set out to investigate whether Anderson's long-tail theory is actually playing out in today's markets. She focused on the music and home-video industries—two markets that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

also show that the internal control provisions of section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley make royalty arrangements based on self-reporting more attractive. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-100.pdf Toward a Theory of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • June 2024
  • Case

SnapTravel: Betting on 'Super.com'

By: Reza Satchu and Tom Quinn
This case explores SnapTravel, a travel startup offering discounted hotel rooms, and its founders’ desire to pivot to a “super app” that saved customers money across many different purchase types. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hussein Fazal and Henry Shi saw SnapTravel... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Business Startups; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Volatility; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Income; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Health Pandemics; Surveys; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Risk Management; Consumer Behavior; Game Theory; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Diversification; Expansion; System Shocks; Accommodations Industry; Technology Industry; Canada; United States; Las Vegas
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  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

more or less effective? Does bundling serve as a complement or substitute to network effects? To address these questions, we develop a consumer-choice model from micro-foundations to capture the essentials of our setting, the handheld video View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

Abstract—A central prediction of information economics is that market forces can lead businesses to voluntarily provide information about the quality of their products, yet little voluntary disclosure is observed in the field. In this paper, we demonstrate that the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
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design was by the late Professor Clayton Christensen. It starts with a grounding in the construction of business theories and bridging those theories to the world of practice. The hope is that we can then... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

game and that a passive approach is more profitable in today’s market. By adjusting your portfolio asset weights to match a performance index, you consistently earn higher rates of returns and come out on top in the long run. This book... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

disappointed. I said, “Oh my gosh, another segregated situation.” I thought that Harvard had run an unfair game of projecting itself as being so liberal. I associated the School with the Kennedy brothers and what they were trying to... View Details
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Verganti is Professor of Leadership and Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics – House of Innovation, where he is Director of The Garden – Center for Design and Leadership. He is also on the Faculty of the Harvard Business School, where he teaches Design View Details
  • 20 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

an equally skilled person in another location at a lower wage. Other countries have been improving their game with good skills compared to us and have better infrastructure in some cases than we do. We believe the US retains its core... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

Project Complexity and Systems Integration: Constructing the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games By: Davies, Andrew, and Ian Mackenzie Abstract—Our study of the London Olympics 2012 construction programme showed that systems... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

was assumed,” Sahlman says of the theory that he was increasingly inclined to challenge, “that the people involved were rational decision-makers, that the markets all worked, that everybody had access to the same information, and that... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)