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28 Mar 2024
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IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

with sustainability targets due to various regulatory requirements and/or consumer pressure. These targets enable them to justify paying higher rent for a more sustainable building. This finding highlighted the impact that View Details

2019
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Network Effects

By: Andrei Hagiu and David B. Yoffie

Network effects are a key economic and strategic phenomenon in 'new economy' industries. They can, but do not necessarily, lead to market tipping, unless they outweigh customers' benefits from differentiation and are accompanied by high switching and multi-homing... View Details

Keywords: Network Effects

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01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details

Keywords: April White

March 2024
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Expanding the Bicester Collection to New York

By: Boris Vallee, Kirby Brand, Kristina Brown, Julie McCrimlisk, Chloe Sztabnik and Arthur Segel

Secretariat, if anyone remembers, won the triple crown at the Belmont Race Track on Long Island, located at the nexus of La Guardia, JFK Airports, the Long Island Railroad and multiple major highways. Belmont Race Track is now being rebuilt along with an adjacent UBS... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Urban Development; Brands and Branding; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; New York (state, US)

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Why HBS? - Doctoral

methodology required to pursue their research interests, including field studies, large-scale statistical analysis, consumer panel research, behavioral experiments and theoretical View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News

environment has very different economics. Local news outlets that once relied on monopoly-pricing power on the print side, and to a certain extent on the circulation side, just don’t have that in the digital media space. With a shift in... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

26 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind

those who bring their own bags are more likely to buy indulgent items like ice cream and cookies. Moreover, consumers tend to place a higher value on both organic products and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

population is approaching 110 million, the highest in the MENA region, with about half of its citizens between the ages of 15 and 45 and the range of mobile-phone penetration well over 90 percent. The market... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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Industry Information - Alumni

the global personal care and household product market. Recently, it has added features on a variety of subjects, and expanded coverage in fast-growing markets in Asia and Latin... View Details

01 Feb 2021
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Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

accumulated in the US to the point that they could fuel demand that outpaces supply, increasing inflation. Extended ultra-low interest rates may promote all kinds of unwise financial decisions and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

(SHAFR) for Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World (Oxford University Press, 2023). Mattias E. Fibiger : Recipient of a 2023–2024 HBS Required Curriculum (RC) Case Award for “Taiwan, Semiconductors, View Details

07 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts

discounted prices. That has the effect of stratifying consumers by their sensitivity to price, with bargain hunters willing to literally go the extra mile, and less sensitive customers going to the local... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

05 Aug 2013
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To Buy Happiness, Purchase an Experience

Make it a Treat (limiting access to our favorite things will make us keep appreciating them); Buy Time (focusing on time over money yields wiser purchases); Pay Now, Consume Later (delayed consumption leads to increased enjoyment); View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

It's no secret that digital technologies have transformed—and continue to transform—entire industries. The ability to grasp the implications of shifting technologies, from mobile devices to social media to machine learning, is critical for leaders across industries... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

since its creation has been remarkable, spurred by the demand for a high-quality online business education as a tool for career and personal advancement. Expanding its course portfolio with timely new... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

England, and Germany by examining the 200 largest corporations in those countries. In 2001, Chandler wrote Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics View Details

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Wilder House | About

of Consumers Gas and then chairman. Wilder received the School’s highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, in 1994. At the dedication of the building that bears his name, Wilder stated simply, “Without... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

demand shifts by season. Brands and retailers must correctly stock items in their customers’ preferred color, pattern, style, fit, and price without much historical data. “Most... View Details