Marketplace - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

proposal, forcing E-Loan to come back with a better deal. Creating preferential access does not mean forging subpar deals; rather, it allows marketplace efficiencies to dictate decisions. By institutionalizing networking, an incubator... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

sight of the importance of e-business collaboration, Deninger affirmed. "All the trends in the marketplace point to that as a key factor in the future success of businesses in the manufacturing and operations area." Ted Fischer... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

organizationally. Q: What impact do these changes in the marketplace and organization have on the roles of today's managers? A: The seemingly endless waves of restructuring, downsizing, reengineering, de-layering, empowerment, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

organizations for long-term viability and success. What does "organizational renewal" mean as used in the program? Tushman: A successful company could be said to have a kind of franchise, that is, a niche in the marketplace... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

Having received one day of instruction in interviewing, the task force members talk with approximately one hundred employees and, if needed, customers about what they regard as the organization's strengths and the barriers that prevent it from competing in the View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

26 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

amenities, like a kitchen. And if you still prefer a hotel room, competition from Airbnb means you'll pay a lower price for it." Airbnb's rapid growth Airbnb, an online community marketplace where people can list and book short-term... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel

03 Sep 2014
What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

case, the entire organization has been structured to create a kind of talent marketplace in which employees are "buying and selling" ideas, jobs, and associates. At W. L. Gore & Associates, manufacturer of Gore-Tex,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage

03 Dec 2008
What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

thieves ...." Cole Woodson added, "The hope of nudging the economy in any direction is hoping for a miracle.... No securities of any type should even be allowed to be sold in the marketplace without government approval and some... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

They differentiated themseves in the marketplace by centering their strategy around social and environmental responsibility. They said, they don't want to be a "green" bank—they are a for-profit endeavor—but they want to do the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?

make big bets on projects I believed in." The implications for video retailers are a bit clearer. "As a retailer, you should expect that many titles will not sell at all, or in very small quantities, and organize accordingly," she says. Amazon's View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation

22 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

decade Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride let fans consume music on their own terms. He encouraged file-sharing, the remixing of his artists' songs and videos, and an environment in which "the audience is the record company." In the digital View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Be an Angel Investor

interact is also crucial. For example, in one opportunity at Capitalyst 3, a Web developer with $5 million in sales was raising its first round of capital on a $10 million valuation. Two comparable companies in the marketplace were worth... View Details

Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

Leemore S., Igal Hendel, Victoria Marone, and Christopher Ody Abstract—Anecdotal reports and systematic research highlight the prevalence of narrow-network plans on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplaces. At the same time, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2021 (Revised July 2021)
Case

StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)

By: Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb and Julia Kelley

Founded in 2015 by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, and Greg Schwartz, StockX was an online platform where users could buy and sell unworn luxury and limited-edition sneakers. Sneaker resale prices often fluctuated over time based on supply and demand, creating a robust... View Details

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08 Mar 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?

often had little choice before, and markedly reduced the uninsured rate. However, consumers in some states found that their new plans had narrower networks and their physicians weren’t always included. In 2016, some of the largest insurers pulled out of the state View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Dr. Gordon Moore, and Emily Boudreau

22 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

createdwealth in their lifetime. "They look at how they created value in thefor-profit marketplace and want to take a similar approach withphilanthropy," Emerson says. Joining this group are baby boomers, who will be recipients... View Details

Keywords: by Anne Kavanagh

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

which provides a year-round marketplace for locally sourced food and food products; and to help establish the New England Food System Resilience Fund with other funding partners. “Given the uncertain and fast-moving nature of the crisis,... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

18 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 18

may compete in the intraorganizational marketplace for influential ideas and the attention of decision makers. Specifically, as risk management becomes more tool-driven and toolmaking may become more prevalent, our study provides a more... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

07 Feb 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course

Wasserman says. This part includes case discussions of HBS graduate Vivek Khuller (MBA '99), who persuades classmates to cofound with him the electronic-ticketing company Smartix; Genevieve Thiers, who decides to bring in her boyfriend to help her build the caregiver... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

15 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

in ways that can be fixed with centralized mechanisms has led to a deeper understanding of some of the tasks a marketplace needs to accomplish to perform well. In particular, marketplaces work well when they... View Details