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- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
such period on record. Significant financial failures returned to the marketplace in the late 1980s with the savings and loan crisis, followed by a rash of bank failures in the early 1990s that forced the government to recapitalize the... View Details
- November 2008 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Dilyana Karadzhova
a-connect was started in 2002 by three former McKinsey partners who wanted to develop an alternative business model consulting firm, which they have positioned as a high-end staffing company. The company has been very successful, growing to revenues of CHF 30 million... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Initial Public Offering; Selection and Staffing; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketplace Matching; Expansion; Consulting Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and Dilyana Karadzhova. "a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-036, November 2008. (Revised March 2011.)
- 30 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Harvard and HBS: The Next 100 Years
experiment" during a time of deep recession. In today's crowded marketplace of MBA programs, Harvard Business School remains distinctive. The intellectual agenda for Harvard Business School must become even more global. In coming... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
http://www.vcc.columbia.edu/files/vale/print/No_96_-_Wells_-_FINAL.pdf Working Papers Marketplace or Reseller? By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Abstract—Intermediaries can choose between functioning as a View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
"As different cultural traditions meet in the marketplace and inside organizations, managers face tough choices about the values that they and their organizations will live by," HBS professor Lynn Sharp Paine told participants... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 30 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?
off the shelf, and you take it home with you." The research team also kept track of brand consolidation, noting that companies were most likely to prune brands post-merger when the marketplace was crowded with similar products. But... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
industry. As more firms go public, an industry is 'put on the map'; analysts begin to track these groups of firms and to compare their values, developing a marketplace for investors which, in turn, spurs the growth of the firms."... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55493 Marketplace Scalability and Strategic Use of Platform Investment By: Li, Jin, Gary P. Pisano, and Feng Zhu Abstract— The scalability of a View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- March–April 2023
- Article
Market Segmentation Trees
By: Ali Aouad, Adam Elmachtoub, Kris J. Ferreira and Ryan McNellis
Problem definition: We seek to provide an interpretable framework for segmenting users in a population for personalized decision making. Methodology/results: We propose a general methodology, market segmentation trees (MSTs), for learning market... View Details
Keywords: Decision Trees; Computational Advertising; Market Segmentation; Analytics and Data Science; E-commerce; Consumer Behavior; Marketplace Matching; Marketing Channels; Digital Marketing
Aouad, Ali, Adam Elmachtoub, Kris J. Ferreira, and Ryan McNellis. "Market Segmentation Trees." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 25, no. 2 (March–April 2023): 648–667.
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54476 Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace By: Gu, Grace, and Feng Zhu Abstract—As an intermediary improves trust between two sides of its market to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads
year. And unlike for most TV advertising, viewers actually watch Super Bowl commercials. Which advertiser did best? It depends on whether we judge based on aesthetic aspects of the production or likely marketplace effectiveness. My... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
already determined that there's some truly fundamental reason to do so." Some question whether the "upside down" organization is an idea whose time has come. David Koltermann warns, "The potential revolution to turn management upside down is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216076-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-094 Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Acquiring the First Thousand Customers By 2016, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were pervasive among the highest growing internet startups... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Bonnie (MBA '90), CEO of CNET, whose Web sites—not to mention a radio station and several print magazines—provide a wealth of information to technology buffs and buyers alike. Founded in 1992, CNET has fared so well in the marketplace... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 2016
- Article
Peer-to-Peer Markets
By: Liran Einav, Chiara Farronato and Jonathan Levin
Peer-to-peer markets such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb allow small suppliers to compete with traditional providers of goods or services. We view the primary function of these markets as making it easy for buyers to find sellers and engage in convenient, trustworthy... View Details
Keywords: Peer-to-peer; Online Platforms; Matching; Innovation; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Market Design; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit
Einav, Liran, Chiara Farronato, and Jonathan Levin. "Peer-to-Peer Markets." Annual Review of Economics 8 (2016): 615–635.
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
Trumbull, that unfettered marketplace has "virtually disappeared." "Today, arguably no other economic actor in the advanced industrial countries—not the investor, not the worker, not the welfare recipient—enjoys a more thorough set of... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
short-term debt. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/Comparative_Advantage_paper_20140623.pdf August 2013 Management Science Marketplace or Reseller? By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Abstract—Intermediaries can choose... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
“ it is not an either/or but a coordinated process.” Art Stewart added, “In my view, culture must now be treated as an integrated strategy and viewed as a core asset for contributing to marketplace value and corporate valuation as well as... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
said. "If you look at companies like Cisco and others that depend less on R&D, you'll see they have taken a different model in the new economy. They essentially said, 'We will use the innovation in the marketplace, and we will signal to that View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
workflow, it’s very difficult to disintermediate,” Easterly said. Panelists also fielded this audience question: How do you overcome the challenges of introducing digital marketplaces in industries with slow technology adoption and rigid... View Details