Real Time Payments - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Customers Want from Your Products

"Tell me about a time when you were in the same situation but you didn't buy a milk shake. What did you buy instead?" Sometimes, he learned, they bought a bagel. But bagels were too dry. Bagels with cream cheese or jam resulted... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott Cook & Taddy Hall; Consumer Products

July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
Case

Acelerex

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry

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Educators

Purchase

14 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

firm's capabilities to the client's needs. GEPs must be able to simultaneously manage a larger number of tasks, often under great time pressure. This case describes how a very effective GEP-Miles Everson, who was named one of the top 25... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?

corporation behind me when things weren’t working out. The impact of a bad decision or process was much greater with no safety net.” – Karen Young, CEO and founder, Oui Shave Startup with limited leadership experience. Working with a skilled group of founders leading... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

03 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 3

not need to optimize the timing of their equity issues. Consistent with these predictions, I use a unique panel of non-SEC-filing private U.S. firms to show that the average public firm holds twice as much cash as the average private... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

The 1950s onwards saw the beginning of the reconstruction of a new global economy. Between 1950 and 1973 the annual real GDP growth of developed market economies averaged around 5 percent. This growth was smooth, with none of the major... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

Research Summary

The Panama Canal

The Big Ditch is the first quantitative economic history of the Panama Canal and its effect on Panama, the United States, and the world economy. It makes three general arguments. First, that the Panama Canal was very important to... View Details

05 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

arbitration, backed by bilateral investment treaties and regional trade agreements, promised further protection. The new protections, however, had emerged without a real consensus on the part of investors' home countries and their hosts.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities

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Skydeck - Alumni

2025 Alumni Achievement Award describe a time when life put them to the test—and what came out of it The Working Parent Revolution Bright Horizons CEO Stephen Kramer (MBA 1997) on what modern parents really want from their workplace What... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

University Get ready for the real world. Stand out from the crowd and impress during interviews as you prepare for your next opportunity. You can also earn undergraduate academic credit for CORe in select course starts. By learning these... View Details

18 Jul 2023
News

The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

real world events, on that end of the spectrum. Audiences exchange precious time off from long jobs to engage with entertainment. I feel the stories they turn to should inspire them, uplift them, and at... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

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Accelerating Solutions - Business & Environment

Climate Change: Accelerating Solutions Climate Change: Accelerating Solutions A Roadmap for Leaders Key Insights There’s no time to waste when it comes to figuring out business’s role in driving global climate solutions. But it’s... View Details

06 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

http://hbr.org/product/flying-without-a-net-turn-fear-of-change-into-fuel/an/10297-HBK-ENG The Real Consequences of Market Segmentation Authors:Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

bonuses, relocation/moving expenses, and housing allowances will be added to the base salary to determine the applicant’s total guaranteed compensation. You were not sponsored for, nor did you receive reimbursement for, your MBA tuition or MBA-related expenses, be that... View Details

11 Aug 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements

Keywords: by William Schmidt & Ryan W. Buell

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

Call Ryan Serhant: How to Manage Your Time for Happiness Real estate entrepreneur, television star, husband, and father Ryan Serhant is incredibly busy and successful. He starts his days at 4 a.m. and often... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

in how designs are created and then turned into real things. Many management scholars and economists fall into the habit of thinking that innovation is something that firms uniquely do in order to make money. But Eric von Hippel and his... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

18 Oct 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

opposition to changes in energy and environmental policy is unbelievably strong. For the time being, public policy support in the form of subsidies or mandates is required if renewables are to be used." Learning From Government To... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services

2023
Working Paper

Algorithm Failures and Consumers' Response: Evidence from Zillow

By: Isamar Troncoso, Runshan Fu, Nikhil Malik and Davide Proserpio

In November 2021, Zillow announced the closure of its iBuyer business. Popular media largely attributed this to a failure of its proprietary forecasting algorithm. We study the response of consumers to Zillow’s iBuyer business closure. We show that after the iBuyer... View Details

Keywords: Algorithmic Pricing; Price; Forecasting and Prediction; Consumer Behavior; Real Estate Industry