Publications

2019
Working Paper

Real Exchange Rate Behavior: New Evidence from Matched Retail Goods

By: Alberto Cavallo, Brent Neiman and Roberto Rigobon

We use a dataset containing daily prices for thousands of matched retail products in nine countries to study tradable-goods real exchange rates. Prices were collected from the websites of large multi-channel retailers and then carefully matched into narrowly-deﬁned... View Details

Keywords: Purchasing Power Parity; Online Prices; Real Exchange Rate; Macroeconomics; Currency Exchange Rate; Price; Internet and the Web

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June 2015
Case

Beacon Group of Hong Kong: Finding Light in the Shadow Education Industry

By: Christopher Marquis, Qi Li and Guy Leung

After more than 25 years of operation, Beacon Group had grown from having 3 small classrooms on the fourth floor of a commercial building, to a network of 21 centers across Hong Kong with over 60,000 students enrolled per year. The key long-term challenge for the... View Details

Keywords: Online Education; Education; Tutoring; Incentives; Hong Kong; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Family Business; Education Industry; Hong Kong

Article

Exclusivity, Contingent Control Rights, and the Design of Internet Portal Alliances

By: Josh Lerner and Dan Elfenbein

We explore the relationship between exclusivity and state-contingent control rights using a sample of over 100 Internet portal alliance contracts. We find that stronger exclusivity arrangements are associated with more frequent usage of contingent control rights. For... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Contracts; Governance Controls; Internet and the Web; Ownership

December 2010
Case

Digital Divide

By: Sunil Gupta

In November 2010, Charles Henry, chief marketing officer of a major consumer packaged goods company, was trying to convince his senior managers to enhance the digital presence of the company's brands by significantly increasing their online marketing budget. However,... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Digital Marketing; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Information Technology

November 1990
Case

Chemplan Corp.: Paint-Rite Division

By: Paul A. Vatter

An exercise with data that allows a discussion of regression analysis as a tool for forecasting and understanding structure. View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Framework; Analytics and Data Science; Mathematical Methods

March 2000 (Revised May 2000)
Case

Evolution of eCoverage in the Online Insurance Market, The

David Riker, the founder and chairman of eCoverage, an online insurance company, describes the various phases of company development, such as presenting a business plan, gathering a management team, getting the word out, and running the site. View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Internet and the Web; Business Startups; Insurance Industry

1994
Chapter

The Virtual Organization: Bureaucracy, Technology, and the Implosion of Control

By: N. Nohria and J. D. Berkley

Keywords: Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Power and Influence

October 2001
Article

The On-Line Auction Phenomenon: Growth, Strategies, Promise, and Problems

By: Gillian Ku and Deepak Malhotra

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Auctions; Growth and Development; Strategy; Problems and Challenges

25 Jun 2014
News

A Man on a Mission

"My wife says I flunked retirement," says Julian Earls (PMD 37, 1979) with a laugh. Maybe so, but he clearly has never flunked anything else. The holder of 10 university degrees, including six honorary doctorates, the recipient of government service awards from two US... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; NASA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

physiological state of the human body. A much better method is to get information about the DNA, RNA, and proteins. Understanding that information will help us detect a disease before it becomes... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Technology; Technology; Technology

Web

Usage and Policies - Research Computing Services

About Us Usage and Policies 2ms For information about our terms of service and acceptable use policies, please see the below pages. Eligibility Except where noted in our terms of service and policy documentation, an active appointment or... View Details

2008
Working Paper

Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality

By: Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III

This paper analyzes changes in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services (A&MS) industry using publicly released data that have been largely ignored in past discussions of the industrial organization of this industry, namely those available... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Mergers and Acquisitions; Revenue; Analytics and Data Science; Surveys; Marketing; Measurement and Metrics; Rank and Position; Competition; Advertising Industry; Service Industry; United States

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01 Apr 1999
News

New Releases

authors. The chapter on Technology and Operations Management (TOM) opens with a vignette that illustrates McArthur's ability to "think big." After a meeting in 1984 with Kim Clark, his future successor, McArthur asked the young professor... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2009
News

The Fab Four

competitor acquired the company’s technology and Novak-ovich was back at HBS, this time as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR). “My primary charter was to help students who were interested in starting businesses upon graduation,” says... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information

November–December 2020
Article

Rethinking the On-Demand Workforce

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Allison Bailey and Nithya Vaduganathan

As companies struggle with chronic skills shortages and changing labor demographics, a new generation of talent platforms, offering on-demand access to highly trained workers, has begun to help. These platforms include marketplaces for premium expertise (such as Toptal... View Details

Keywords: Talent Acquisition; Platforms; Skilled Labor Recruitment; Gig Economy; Talent and Talent Management; Selection and Staffing; Internet and the Web; Strategy; Digital Platforms

23 Mar 2017
News

Using Data to Explore Uncharted Territories

08 Dec 2015
News

Living the Legacy

When Ray Kusisto (MBA 1986) graduated from Harvard Business School, he knew he had been part of a unique experience. “I still feel that way,” says Kusisto, now CEO of Ortho NorthEast, the premier orthopedic clinic and specialty center in northeast Indiana. “I trained... View Details

September 2024 (Revised January 2025)
Exercise

Building an AI First Snack Company: A Hands-on Generative AI Exercise

By: Iavor I. Bojinov

Although the term 'Generative AI' (GenAI) is widely recognized, its practical application in daily workflows has yet to be understood. This exercise introduces students to GenAI tools, demonstrating how they can be seamlessly integrated into professional work practices... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Brands and Branding