Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (380) Arrow Down

Show Results For

← Page 19 of 380 Results
Sort by

Are you looking for?

→Search All HBS Web
  • 17 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

afford to pass on any opportunity, no matter how small. They see business much like a game of PacMan—you can bag big fish only by learning to swallow small ones. The best entrepreneurs also recognize that trying out a business model on a... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
  • 29 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

customers on Valentine's Day, so we decided to offer the best customer service ever. We called every single customer and explained that our reshipment would be late. We sent a follow-up letter of apology from me and included a discount coupon on a future purchase. It... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

identity crisis of sorts because their jobs and their family roles no longer allow for the authoritative (some would say patriarchal) roles of the past. To compensate for this felt emasculation on the work and home fronts, men are now... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 05 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/919013-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 319-054 Corruption and Business in Emerging Markets The case is built around video clips from top business leaders in emerging markets who were interviewed... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

Finally, we overcome the computational burden of solving games of complete information with multiple equilibria by utilizing the GPGPU technology, using multiple processing cores in a graphics processing unit to noticeably increase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

Science When Novel Rituals Impact Intergroup Bias: Evidence from Economic Games and Neurophysiology By: Hobson, N., F. Gino, M.I. Norton, and M. Inzlicht Abstract—Long-established rituals in pre-existing cultural groups have been linked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

as the relevant risks. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/213019-PDF-ENG Angry Birds Gupta, Sunil, and Dharmishta RoodHarvard Business School Case 512-033 Within months of its launch in December 2009, Angry Birds, a mobile game... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

paper on studying the circumstances under which alignment will or will not happen. Using game theory, we find that, although misaligned economic incentives can play a role in explaining misalignment of planning behaviors, there is another... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

copyright infringement and forced the startup out of business. Similarly, taxi companies are now actively lobbying local governments to curtail Uber. “The whole issue of cutting the cord is a huge risk for [cable companies]” Other companies use alternative means of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 29 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

always like it, but I explained to them that they ought to have pride enough in their jobs to learn about this piece of equipment and what it did." He created a simple analogy to drive home the need for accurate measurement: If you... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

the city of Boston, Massachusetts, show that revealing the “submerged state”—ensuring that citizens can see the often-hidden work that government performs—enhances both perceptions of and engagement with government. In Study 1, viewing a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Apr 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

In the opening minutes of the only classroom video ever made of the man widely recognized as the world's leading authority on case-method teaching, Professor C. Roland ("Chris") Christensen carefully arranges desks in an empty... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

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 View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 24 Apr 2020
  • Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

Newton, Philip Rivers, Teddy Bridgewater, Dak Prescott, Jameis Winston, Ryan Tannehill, Marcus Mariota, and Case Keenum amongst others. Many have already found new homes—Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philip Rivers signed with the Indianapolis... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports
  • 05 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

ad auctions as a dynamic game of incomplete information, so we can study the convergence and robustness properties of various strategies. In particular, we consider best-response bidding strategies for a repeated auction on a single... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Feb 2007
  • First Look

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
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

and directed care as needed. The model aimed to improve care quality by enabling early interventions and reducing adverse events and to cut costs by allowing clinicians to care for a larger number of patients. Building on this and other offerings in its portfolio,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

diagnostic tests for screening. Screening games can apply to the cases where by-products, partner fidelity feedback, or host sanctions do not apply, therefore explaining the evolution of mutualism in systems where it is impossible for... View Details
  • 30 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

epic quest of trying to create that infrastructure and that new kind of commodities marketplace. And that's what we've been doing at FreeMarkets ever since. The anniversary date of the day I left GE was the end of February, five years ago. I probably got View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

Are you looking for?

→Search All HBS Web