Connectivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

and Miklos Sarvary Publication:Marketing Science (forthcoming) Abstract Abstract: Media firms compete in two connected markets. They face rivalry for the sale of content to consumers, and at the same time, they compete for advertisers... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

important for effective practice, then it would seem that having some mechanism for connecting graduates to what is relevant would be very important. Q: Many business schools have adopted a leadership mission. Is leadership a path for the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School

community. The University has a new CDIO—how do your roles interact? Sherri Charleston and I are very aligned. We meet monthly individually and with the DIB Leadership Council, which is comprised of leaders in roles similar to mine in the professional schools and the... View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Around the World

facilitate faculty research and case development in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris, Buenos Aires, Mumbai, and Palo Alto. Palepu calls them “embassies of the School in terms of making connections around the world, being the faculty’s... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2020
News

The Devil You Don’t Know

diagnosis of the Great Depression, and many observers offered a similar diagnosis for the Great Recession that took root in connection with the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Consequently, the policy response focused, at least in part, on... View Details

13 Feb 2019
News

We’re All Going to Get Hacked

It’s looking for a particular pattern, probably a credit card pattern in this case, and didn’t find it. So it keeps on, every time it finds a new pathway—it just goes down it and marches down to the next computer, to the next computer, and then on and on. The corporate... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

stimulus money) coming from the federal government. After building new terminals, clearing rail lines, and raising bridges to accommodate cargo containers, the National Gateway will connect Mid-Atlantic ports with Midwest markets. The... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

Flows By: Horton, John, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—Digital labor markets are rapidly expanding and connecting companies and contractors on a global basis. We review the environment in which these markets take root,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

still see a connection between a professor from Harvard who comes to their country to study management in 2016 and the Englishmen who brought opium to their country in the early 1800s, ultimately triggering the end to Imperial China. They... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

perspective, and helps stimulate ideas and connections that I wouldn’t have otherwise encountered. Three books on the meaning of dignity and loss and sacrifice that I return to often are When the Legends Die: The Timeless Coming-of-Age... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14

Diversion, Rent Extraction and Competition Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien Abstract This paper studies search diversion by competing intermediaries connecting consumers with third-party stores. First, we show that endogenizing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

information asymmetry in credit markets and problems connected with this phenomenon. However, institutional aspects—particularly, how information is gathered and shared—have not been studied as thoroughly. Only recently has research been... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

are building an organization that incubates new charter schools and provides a suite of services for independent charters across the city. They have been instrumental in connecting national organizations like Teach For America and New... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

need it. Begin talking with people who actually are connected to what you want to do, so if you think you want to start a business that is technology-driven, start going to the MIT Enterprise Forum which meets monthly and is open to... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

03 Jan 2018
News

Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room

that is not directly connected to your situation, but that can help you find the door that you're walking past. And help you realize you don't have to stay where your thoughts are, but you can actually leave that scene and create better... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

The Accidental Pioneers

business schools and to Harvard University. "These alums are speaking to us with real candor and intimacy," says Kerry Herman, one of the researchers working on the case. "Their feelings about HBS and the connections they made here are... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

08 Jun 2018
News

My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses

learned how to go find value. I learned how to bring people with you as you're turning something around. Today I'm a founder. I've founded several companies. And those are the skills that never leave you. You know? I mean, the greatest way to create value is to be able... View Details

29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/418007-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-109 Ashar Group: Brokers and Co-opetition in the Life Settlement Industry Connecting life insurance policyholders with potential investors... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

found (or potentially found) in practice and whose hypotheses connect independent variables within the control of practitioners to outcomes they care about using logic they view as feasible. I provide several suggestions for how scholars... View Details