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- 2020
- Working Paper
Digitization and the Demand for Physical Works: Evidence from the Google Books Project
By: Abhishek Nagaraj and Imke Reimers
The digital era promised to deliver a centralized repository of all pre-existing knowledge through mass digitization. However, concerns about cannibalizing demand for physical works have led publishers and authors to block the realization of this vision. We investigate... View Details
Nagaraj, Abhishek, and Imke Reimers. "Digitization and the Demand for Physical Works: Evidence from the Google Books Project." Working Paper, June 2020.
- May 2016
- Case
The Priceline Group: Booking a Place for the Future
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Anish Pathipati
The Chairman of the Priceline Group is considering the actions he must take to confront an evolving external environment, new direct competition, disintermediation and substitute offerings. Does his response require an increased coordination of each historically... View Details
Keywords: Operations Strategy; Service Management; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Operations; Service Operations; Travel Industry
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Anish Pathipati. "The Priceline Group: Booking a Place for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 316-177, May 2016.
- 1994
- Book
The Power of Commerce: Economy and Governance in the First British Empire
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. The Power of Commerce: Economy and Governance in the First British Empire. Cornell University Press, 1994.
- August 2011
- Supplement
Better World Books Video
By: Michael I. Norton, Fiona Wilson, Jill Avery and Thomas Steenburgh
This video contains an interview with David Murphy, CEO of Better World Books. Topics discussed include: the opportunities and constraints offered by having a social mission, an update on the company, and the future of Better World Books. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Management Teams; Business Model; Social Enterprise; Publishing Industry
Norton, Michael I., Fiona Wilson, Jill Avery, and Thomas Steenburgh. "Better World Books Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 512-701, August 2011.
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 29 Jun 2012
- News
New Books from Harvard Business School Faculty
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
Mauritius, even as its diverse peoples live under colonial rule. Weaving together the soaring hopes, fierce love, and heartbreaking tragedies of Vishnu’s proud Mauritian family, along with his country’s... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 2013
- Book
Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters
The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting And Prediction; Economic History; Economics; History; Risk and Uncertainty; United States
Friedman, Walter A. Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters. Princeton University Press, 2013.
- 1993
- Book
Globalization, Technology, and Competition: The Fusion of Computers and Telecommunications in the 1990s
By: S. P. Bradley, J. A. Hausman and R. L. Nolan
Bradley, S. P., J. A. Hausman, and R. L. Nolan, eds. Globalization, Technology, and Competition: The Fusion of Computers and Telecommunications in the 1990s. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1993, Korean ed.
- 14 Jan 2019
- News
The Top 10 Creative Leadership Books From 2018
- 28 Nov 2012
- News
A Novel Approach to Business Books
- 2024
- Working Paper
Fecal Microbiota Transplants —Too Simple to be Safe? Case Histories of Transformational Advances
By: Amar Bhide and Srikant M. Datar
By 2013, after many decades of very slow development and adoption, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation procedures were attracting widespread attention. This case history chronicles the: 1) pioneering fecal transplants performed in the 20th century; 2) development of the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Bhide, Amar, and Srikant M. Datar. "Fecal Microbiota Transplants —Too Simple to be Safe? Case Histories of Transformational Advances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-132, June 2021. (Revised May 2024.)
- Article
Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s
By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj
This article examines non-profit investments by business in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database, the study shows that more than three-quarters of such... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Oral History; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Emerging Markets; Reputation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; India; Chile; Colombia; Sri Lanka; Kenya
Giacomin, Valeria, Geoffrey Jones, and Erica Salvaj. "Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s." Business History 63, no. 7 (September 2021): 1113–1143.
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Business History Gets a Boost
A leader in the study of business history, HBS recently announced the creation of the Business View Details
- 03 Jan 2014
- News
Book Review: 'Fortune Tellers' by Walter Friedman
- Article
Levitz Furniture: A Case History in the Creation and Destruction of Shareholder Value
By: W. E. Fruhan Jr.
Fruhan, W. E., Jr. "Levitz Furniture: A Case History in the Creation and Destruction of Shareholder Value." Financial Analysts Journal (March–April 1980).