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- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
similar amounts of technology. The common pattern was that the majority of customers in those markets had changing needs and wants, and their behavior was changing. Kost: Many of the companies you’ve studied gained a foothold in the... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
not see their role ‘as an enabler of direct public participation in decision-making through formats such as deliberative meetings, and do not believe there are personal benefits for investing in these activities.’ And yet if society is to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New 1908 Society Embraces Senior Alumni
reached the 60th Reunion mark back to campus each fall for a reunion. “It is wonderful that HBS is giving special recognition to its senior alumni with the formation of the 1908 Society,” says 102-year-old Albert H. (“Al”) Gordon (MBA... View Details
- 19 Nov 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
E-Santa: Is Retail Ready for Digital Christmas?
ticketing, ride-sharing, and online retailing. This paper identifies two downsides of dynamic pricing: opportunistic returns and strategic choice of payment method. Where Should We Build a Mall? The Formation of Market Structure and Its... View Details
- 19 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book
334-page e-book, The Landscape of Integrated Reporting, can be downloaded in .pdf format from the link at the bottom of the story. Selected remarks to the group made by HBS Dean Nitin Nohria are reprinted here. I am truly excited to have... View Details
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
Authors:Marcelo de Paiva Abreu and Felipe Tâmega Fernandes Abstract This paper surveys the formation and development of the insurance business in Brazil. It describes its origins, from colonial times and the imperial era to recent events.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
and nature of multinational firm activity. We examine aggregate data that captures the response of U.S. multinational firms to the formation of the ASEAN free trade agreement. Observed patterns guide the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
4 Challenges All Early-Stage Startups Face
skill-set to create a competitive advantage while others try to round out as many weaknesses as possible. Some form around friend groups, while others form around shared interests and commitment levels. Each of these formation criteria... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
amplify as they move up the chain, leading to a counterproductive combination of spiky order patterns and inventory shortages and surpluses. 53 To the extent that the Internet can help reduce information gaps and delays, it can be... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- Profile
Paris Wallace
app to recommend the best time for women to have intercourse to conceive. Wallace told Boston magazine that the company “may discover patterns and glean insights that would have been impossible for healthcare professionals to discern.”... View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
viewership numbers. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808121 MP3 Portable Audio Player Market Harvard Business School Case 608-119 The emergence of the MP3 file-based music format not only... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
well as strategists and policy makers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50820 in press Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being Long-term Health Implications of Students' Friendship Formation During the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
negative in the 2000s, a period during which Treasury bonds enabled investors to hedge macroeconomic risks. This paper explores the effects of monetary policy rules, monetary policy uncertainty, and macroeconomic shocks on nominal bond risks, using a New Keynesian... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
that follows an inverted U-shaped evolutionary pattern, wherein an increase in the small-worldliness of the system is followed by its later decline as a result of three factors: (1) the recursive relationship between the evolving social structure and individual actors'... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
the response of U.S. multinational firms to the formation of the ASEAN free trade agreement. Observed patterns guide the development of a model in which heterogeneous firms from a source country decide how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
once it’s safe to return to the office. PART ONE An Excerpt from Remote Work Revolution Distant but Connected Even if remote teams do a good job of promoting inclusivity and psychological safety, the remote format is an inherently... View Details
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
number of key questions for Google, including whether it is possible to reconcile these advertising formats with its current business philosophy. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507038... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
large-store formats, multiple-store formats and extensive channel blurring in the U.S. retail industry. Our analysis is based on aggregate segment-level data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS), the Monthly Retail Trade Survey... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
“waver” over time in the relative weight they put on them. The model predicts that good news about fundamentals can trigger large price bubbles. We analyze the patterns of cash-flow news that generate the largest bubbles, the reasons why... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
in goods, services, investments, and ideas led by multinational firms. Extensive research has sought to understand the geographic patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). This chapter reviews existing theories and evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne