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- 23 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up
convert inadvertent users to future customers, especially when there are potentially multiple alternative suppliers. Were there alternatives to explicit legal threats that could be used to increase compliance? Luo and Mortimer began... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
not clear how producers should place their bets." Should a company make ten movies at a cost of $10 million each, hoping that one or more will find a lucrative niche? Or would it be wiser to invest $100 million in one big bet on a View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
differences in their forecasts of future events (such as the profitability of a business being sold), attitudes toward risk and time, tax and regulatory status, market and technological knowledge and access, and so on. The third dimension of effective negotiation has... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 06 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Henry McGee: From HBO to HBS
Nick Nicholas, HBS ’64, he convinced me that HBO had the potential to revolutionize the industry. His vision was so compelling that I signed on and didn’t leave for 34 years when I retired and return to HBS. Starting with Nick, the... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
since many of the potential members reside in New York City. Donaher encourages anyone interested in the LGBTQ+ Forums to join the HBS Pride Alumni Association at presidents@hbspridealumni.org or contact him at pauldonaher20@gmail.com.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
not reach its full potential unless it had all the financial and human capital our company could muster. I suggested to our board that we sell all our other businesses and “double down” on Panera Bread. It wasn’t a popular decision but... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
hoped to leverage in a less-than-encouraging job market. Both are also well aware of their good fortune to have found specialized positions that fit their backgrounds yet offer great potential for personal and professional growth at a... View Details
Asa G. Candler
The breakthrough for Coca-Cola came shortly after the company was formed, when Candler realized the potential of his patent syrup not as a miracle drug, but as a simple soda fountain drink. Candler sent salesmen across the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- Web
Staff | Information Technology
more efficiently, we aim to unlock the potential of new research and ensure seamless learning experiences and career possibilities for participants. How can HBS IT help you make a difference? We’re here to help you identify and implement... View Details
- 08 Jul 2016
- News
So Why Don't You Have Your Dream Job Yet?
Big Think, “it's relatively easy to maximize one point on the triangle and it's often okay to maximize the second, but usually the third point slips.” Citrin, partner at executive search firm Spencer Stuart, offers a few potential... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
New Idea: On-Demand Package Delivery
potential customers on Facebook and LinkedIn, and purchase mover’s dollies to help them make deliveries. The cofounders successfully tested Boxxify throughout April and May in Boston’s Back Bay, where their research showed only 3 percent... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 07 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?
begins to answer. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Why do traditional customer lifetime value formulas break down in a networked setting, and how does your model address those shortcomings? Sunil Gupta: Traditional models of CLV estimate a customer's profit View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
who could double as a penny-wise administrator and a fundraiser. A mutual friend at Greylock recommended Timothy Armour (MBA 1975) to McCance as a potential consultant. Armour, who had some 20 years’ experience in development and... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
and hardiness identify as crucial: Control: Which facets of the situation can you potentially influence? Think about how a person you emulate and admire would act. Then, work with your team to identify all of the areas the team can have... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
box of cereal to a flat-screen TV. For every product, the researchers write, "the trend was such that willingness to buy was higher for the low-pay-ratio retailer." A Potential Downside? Still, the researchers wondered if there was a... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
Fleet management is expensive; so is wireless technology. But in the end Immediate Response is a cost saver for Progressive. The staffer may write the customer a check on the spot and such quick assessments end up reducing lawyer fees. It also substantially reduces the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
stock repurchases to net income is misleading and ignores two important factors: first, focusing on dividends and buybacks ignores the substantial (direct and indirect) equity issuances firms engage in; second, net income is a poor metric of income View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Changing the Culture
To address Dean Nitin Nohria’s concern that HBS can be a difficult place for some groups to thrive, the School has launched a new Culture and Community Initiative to ensure that all members of the community can achieve their full View Details
- 18 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'
migrants, which helped US firms speed the development of new technologies. “Knowledge transfers through social networks,” Choudhury says. “If a firm created mechanisms where the locals would work with migrants, then that knowledge would transfer and View Details