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- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
discount voucher services is that as they grow, their customers necessarily come to resemble the general population. So long as discount voucher users tend to be low-end customers who are unwilling to pay... View Details
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
defining societal issue of the 21st century. The debate over “who gets what’ underlies policy debates ranging from taxation to health care to wages and permeates society at all levels, attracting increasing interest from policymakers, academia, and the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Digital Technology’s Profound Game Change for Marketers
field his generation should focus on, the field that would shape the future. Today's advice for aspiring graduates is also a single word: "software." In a sweeping Wall Street Journal article last summer, Netscape founder Marc... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
hang around with. He promises he won't share that information with anyone. Really? Would you trust him? Well, 2.3 billion Facebook users around the world do, but one thing we know about trust is that it's hard to earn and even harder to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
incremental change, Kanter explains. And early reviews indicate that Windows 8 feels like a journey into the unknown. She cites the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, who reports, "even its most devoted users won't recognize the... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
present a good laboratory: the selection mechanism is similar to other major arbitration forums; arbitration is mandatory for all disputes, eliminating selection concerns; and the parties choose arbitrators from a randomly generated list.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
Working PapersPlatform Envelopment Authors:Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Abstract Due to network effects and switching costs, platform providers often become entrenched. To dislodge them, entrants generally... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
George Serafeim, and David Wood Abstract—A new generation of corporate reporting-integrated reporting-is emerging that will help investors and other key stakeholders such as employees, customers, suppliers, and NGOs develop a deeper and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55514 January–February 2019 Harvard Business Review The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract— Innovative cultures are generally depicted as... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
In the six-year history of Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge, some types of articles have always been popular with our readers. Want to generate a lot of reader buzz? Then write about negotiation strategy, managing IT,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014
Quinoa-Häagen-Dazs connection? Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men Studies by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues reveal that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the View Details
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
networks is to middle managers, who may become obsolete when layers of managers are no longer needed to convey messages up and down the organization.” A year ago many people poked fun at Facebook as a place where kids shared their latest party news. Today more than 600... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
Publications 2013 pub Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings?: On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending By: Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Gillian M. Sandstrom, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—When are the emotional benefits of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
care providers such as doctors and hospitals placing profits before client needs (David Stahl, John Van Slyke, Roger Chen, Jan Fersing, Hugh Quick, among others); the agency problem separating payers such as individuals, businesses, and the Government from View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, and for much of that time, Facebook's stunning growth—more than 1.2 billion users worldwide—has been the story. That said, the core Facebook functionalities have remained essentially unchanged... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
in the research project (team size). The current study draws upon research from scientometrics, social networks, and resource availability and use and involves an empirical analysis of a sample of 1,329 articles published between 1980 and 2008 in top marketing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
written about the caregiving roles of employees and strengthening the education-to-work pipeline. The following is a transcript of questions posed by Instagram users and Fuller’s answers: Should we be worried about the current “worker... View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
Information Age business innovations include: Digital production and distribution technologies (broadband and wireless networks, sophisticated content creation, flexible knowledge management) An operating model (integrated supply chains... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
trying to secure specimens. Alongside primary medical education providers, a large number and wide range of other users are also trying to secure cadavers for their own needs. The continuing training of medical doctors, for instance,... View Details
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
run on Microsoft’s Windows platform, was the dominant web browser in the 1990s until squashed by Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer. In February 2015 there was the launch of Meerkat, an app that lets users broadcast live streaming video... View Details