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  • December 2024
  • Article

Respect for Improvements and Comparative Statics in Matching Markets

By: Scott Duke Kominers
One of the oldest results in the theory of two-sided matching is the entry comparative static, which shows that under the Gale–Shapley deferred acceptance algorithm, adding a new agent to one side of the market makes all the agents on the other side weakly... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Marketplace Matching; Mathematical Methods; Market Design
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  • Winter 2013
  • Article

The New Patent Intermediaries: Platforms, Defensive Aggregators and Super-Aggregators

By: Andrei Hagiu and David B. Yoffie
The patent market consists mainly of privately negotiated, bilateral transactions, either sales or cross-licenses, between large companies. There is no eBay, Amazon, New York Stock Exchange, or Kelley's Blue Book equivalent for patents, and when buyers and sellers do... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Platforms; Intermediaries; Aggregator; Patents; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Distribution Channels
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  • June 2008
  • Article

Current State of Fellowship Hiring: Is a Universal Match Necessary? Is It Possible?

By: Christopher D. Harner, Anil S. Ranawat, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, Peter J. Stern, Shepard R. Hurwitz, William Levine, G. Paul DeRosa and Serena S. Hu
Currently, approximately ninety percent of the six hundred twenty graduating orthopaedic residents are planning on entering a post-graduate fellowship. Since January of 2005, two of the largest fellowship match programs, Sports Medicine and Spine Surgery, were... View Details
Keywords: Medical Specialties; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Employment; Market Timing; Marketplace Matching; Health Industry
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    Fred DeLuca

    Hoping to earn enough money to go to college, DeLuca borrowed $1,000 from a family friend and opened his first sub shop in 1965. Though he struggled for a few years, he did pay his way through college. After graduation, DeLuca jumped on the franchising boon in the fast... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Firm Visibility and Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from Seeking Alpha Coverage

    By: Pu Gu, Benjamin Yost and Yuan Zou
    This study investigates whether social media coverage influences a firm’s likelihood of being acquired. Specifically, we hypothesize that coverage of a firm on the Seeking Alpha platform raises its visibility to potential acquirers and M&A advisers (i.e., investment... View Details
    Keywords: Social Media; Mergers and Acquisitions; Marketplace Matching; Investment Banking
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    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Preference Intensities and Risk Aversion in School Choice: A Laboratory Experiment

    By: Flip Klijn, Joana Pais and Marc Vorsatz
    We experimentally investigate in the laboratory two prominent mechanisms that are employed in school choice programs to assign students to public schools. We study how individual behavior is influenced by preference intensities and risk aversion. Our main results show... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Education; Marketplace Matching; Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior; Personal Characteristics
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    • 01 Apr 1997
    • News

    HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

    idea for "Public and Private." "The standing joke around my office," she quipped, "was that if I had one more kid, I'd come back as managing editor!" "An executive who has a personal life and urges her employess to do the same will be beloved and better at... View Details
    • 14 Jun 2017
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Minimizing Justified Envy in School Choice: The Design of New Orleans' OneApp

    Keywords: by Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, and Oliver Tercieux; Education
    • 01 Mar 2017
    • News

    Starting Lineup: No Reservations

    Illustrations by Drue Wagner The Company The Founder The Pitch The News EatWith CEO Susan Kim (MBA 2003) Founded 2012 This online marketplace allows cooks to sell seats at their dinner tables. TripAdvisor is the latest investor in this... View Details
    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    Empowering Japan through e-commerce

    he developed a web-based shopping mall—Rakuten, which roughly means “optimism”—often called the Amazon.com of Japan. “We created an online marketplace where customers can interact with shop owners, and we empower our merchants to build... View Details
    • 30 May 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Market Makers Bid for Success

    languages in many countries. We've been building that infrastructure ever since. Since we started, we've added a lot of technology to the marketplace over time and utilized the World Wide Web. And we've changed the pricing model quite a... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology
    • 05 Apr 2016
    • News

    A Business Plan with Spice

    saffron fields of Afghanistan as cofounders of Rumi Spice, a company which imports one of the world’s most expensive foodstuffs and markets it to top chefs. “Connecting Afghan farmers to the international marketplace is something that's... View Details
    • 7 PM – 11 PM EDT, 10 Oct 2018

    HBX Strategy Execution

    Identify and solve your company's strategic challenges with an exclusive group of like-minded senior leaders via HBX Live, a real-time, interactive online classroom. Program Dates: October 10, 2018 - November 7, 2018 View Details
    • July 1996
    • Case

    Edmund's--www.edmunds.com

    Edmund's publishes an automobile price guide in books (600,000 units per year) and over the Internet (16,000 users a day and growing). The site can be visited at www.edmunds.com. In the marketplace, it makes money selling books. In the marketspace, they make their... View Details
    Keywords: Business or Company Management; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Information Publishing; Information Industry; Auto Industry
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    • 2007
    • Working Paper

    The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices

    By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth
    New gastroenterologists participated in a labor market clearinghouse (a "match") from 1986 through the late 1990's, after which the match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and... View Details
    Keywords: Health; Employment; Marketplace Matching; Selection and Staffing; Job Offer; Compensation and Benefits; Health Industry
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    • 25 Feb 2020
    • News

    Case Study: The Credit Bureau

    —Simon Pellas (MBA 2019) I’ve spent quite a bit of time on the B2B2C model in this industry. There are many stakeholders: Brokers will only adopt tech that will change the listing price or their fee structure. A free SaaS tool with View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate
    • 26 Nov 2019
    • News

    Collective Genius: Leading Innovation and Digital Transformation

    person can make to the organization, no matter what level that person is at. In fact, she says, many of the best ideas percolate from the bottom up. According to Hill, there are three interconnected capabilities necessary for innovation: Creative abrasion—encouraging a... View Details
    • 12 Apr 2011
    • News

    Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

    LifeQube mobile clinic management Asia-Pacific HBS Club of Shanghai Oliver Segovia, MBA '10 Jennifer Kelly, MBA '10 AVA invitation-only shopping platform Canada HBS Club of Toronto Zaheed Poptia, MBA '06 CardSwap online giftcard View Details
    Keywords: Multiple alumni
    • 12 PM – 1:15 PM EDT, 14 Apr 2021
    • Virtual Programming

    Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce

    Professor?Bill Sahlman?will discuss his new case, Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for Americas Workforce, with CEO and cofounder?Rachel Carlson. Guild connects employers and universities to provide employees with education as a benefit, transforming traditional... View Details
    • 24 Jul 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Business Summit: Business Education in the 21st Century

    data about the challenges facing the business education marketplace and presented qualitative information on innovations in top MBA programs. On the whole, MBA programs are in decline. Their value is being questioned, and they are seen as... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Srikant M. Datar; Education