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- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
maximizes joint utility); (2) an equilibrium selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple equilibria, which result in different utility levels for the users); and (3) a coordination problem (lacking perfect... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
majority of newsvendor settings. When demands are uncensored, subjects tend to order below the normative quantity when facing high margin and above the normative quantity when facing low margin, but in neither case beyond mean demand (a.k.a. the pull-to-center effect).... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to and marketing of an individually held commitment savings product lead to an increase in female decision-making... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
initial response to reports that customers were having trouble with the antennae on Apple's iPhone 4, its latest "superproduct." It was reported that he commented that iPhone 4 users would have to learn not to hold the phone by its lower... View Details
- 27 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy
affordability. Leading Through Innovation and SafetyWith 8-year battery warranties, a spotless safety record, and innovative products like the Halo Smart Helmet, Ather prioritizes trust, convenience and better overall experience. This... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
high impact." After a series of promotions, she became a member of the founding executive team of Apple software spin-off Claris, where, as VP international, she grew international revenue to 50 percent of the business. In 1992 she met Jeff Hawkins, an entrepreneur... View Details
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
result of equilibrium product differentiation when some facts are nonverifiable. We use the model to address several questions, including the impact of competition on bias, the incentives to report unpopular news, and the impact of owner ideology on bias. In general,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
letter from the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) asking him to shut down eDonkey, MetaMachine's popular file-sharing system. In September 2005, more than 30 million users relied on eDonkey to share digital files,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
advisors consider the important perspective of the CEO looking across the whole company. An example is Leading Breakthrough Innovation in Established Companies (Harvard Business School Press), which provides a longer reference set for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
constraints." M. J. Fleming cautioned, "If you (as a customer) have influence, you can lead in a horrible direction We should all be very careful of what we wish." To avoid these predicaments, Neil Jackson recommended,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
sole product was its eponymous mobile application (app) that allowed users to create collages from photographs and other images-face an important strategic decision in June 2014. Since its founding roughly two years earlier, the company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
critical purpose of allowing employees to recharge, but in the short term, translate to a loss of time that usually leads to reduced productivity. We evaluate the effects of two types of breaks (expected versus unexpected), and two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
experts in the health care field, to provide their views on various facets of one of this country's most important and complex problems. Bill George Professor of Management Practice, former chair and CEO of Medtronic, and author of 7 Lessons for View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
mouths have an opportunity to do something like Harley’s doing?” A prison conviction leads to multiple employment rejections After losing his father at age 15, Blakeman fell into hard drug use. After he was incarcerated in a Georgia... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
and policy change block his fledgling startup, solo entrepreneur Alex Holt evaluates his options. Should he double-down with a major investment in new servers, rewriting his app from scratch, and charging users for a service that he had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
From Concept to Product | Baker Library
Morse’s contributions as manager of black-and-white film research: “Since 1948 [Land’s] closest associate in developing and improving the sixty-second process has been a Smith arts major named Meroe Morse. . . . Land credits her with many important contributions,... View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 22
MaterialsThe Wen Group John A. Davis and Matthew G. PillarHarvard Business School Case 812-034 Three brothers who own and lead a second-generation family business in Hong Kong encounter problems of nepotism and governance and endure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
greater contact across the value chain and especially with end users builds the company brand and triggers opportunities for innovation. Rationale for thinking long-term. Sustainability is more than a buzzword for vanguard companies, and... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
implementing aggressive changes without a clearer mandate. That should lead the Biden administration to consider areas like infrastructure spending, expanding domestic capacity in PPE and pharmaceuticals, steps to provide additional US... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
companies have been shown to attract and retain talented employees, to increase the attractiveness of product and service purchases by like-minded customers, and to foster environments of creativity and community. “What does that lead to?... View Details