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- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assesses the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going forward. Through informal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
Benjamin G., Michael Luca, and Daniel Svirsky Abstract—Online marketplaces increasingly choose to reduce the anonymity of buyers and sellers in order to facilitate trust. We demonstrate that this common market design choice results in an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
companies that have enormous potential, certainly potential to earn more than $100 million to $500 million a year in revenue. Entrepreneurs have to be realistic when assessing their own business's potential. Is the business concept one that can scale? Is the industry... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
generation. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/318109-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-043 Dianrong: Marketplace Lending, Blockchain, and 'The New Finance' in China No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 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
Keywords: Markets; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Analytics and Data Science; Market Design; Digital Platforms; Market Transactions; Marketplace Matching; Supply and Industry; Analysis; Price; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; North and Central America; United States; Michigan; Detroit
Farronato, Chiara, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb, and Julia Kelley. "StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 621-107, April 2021. (Revised July 2021.)
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
like partners and coaches than bosses and controllers in the traditional sense. Finally, the most senior executives in the organization should be engaged every day with the first-line: working with them in the marketplace and in customer... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 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
- 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
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
all sorts of elements of the digital marketplace that our existing legal frameworks are not particularly well-suited to deal with.” About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social media editor for Harvard Business School Working... View Details
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
"It's about going back to the basic roots and origins of retailing," says Alvarez. "Talk to the customer, listen, find out what they want, and get it for them. "When you combine this with a keen understanding of trends in the View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
commit often substantial resources to vetting new technologies through processes that aim to affirm their viability and marketability (or lack thereof). In doing so, firms reduce the chance that new products will falter in the marketplace... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Harvard Business School Case 516-017 Flipkart: Transitioning to a Marketplace Model Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, cofounders of India's largest e-commerce company, Flipkart, were reviewing the foregoing Facebook post, which had gone... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne