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  • 02 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

and the distribution of farm sizes remained extremely unequal. We identify two primary causes for the slow progress of reform: first, the high cost of implementing these programs was a major factor in reducing take-up. On the other hand, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

approaching these issues in isolation, WayCool has devised a comprehensive platform aimed at bridging institutional gaps and fostering trust across the value chain. Their commitment to building sustainable relationships underscores a... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Road Work

restaurants in the Los Angeles area. But after 25 years, the business went bust, and she relocated the family to her native Mexico when the Salas brothers were 12 years old. It’s a fitting origin story for Camino Financial, an online lending View Details
Keywords: banking; LatinX; small businesses; COVID-19; Finance
  • 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2430174 Eliciting Taxpayer Preferences Increases Tax Compliance By: Lamberton, Cait, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Two experiments show that eliciting taxpayer preferences on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

for Linux to take over Windows. The questions that we address are: Is Linux's superior demand-side learning sufficient to win out? What is the effect of forced procurement by governments and some large corporations on the long-run... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 13 Feb 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

backlogs and delays in numerous Patent and Trademarks Offices, and litigation over IP rights is expensive with an uncertain outcome. Moreover, local governments can succeed in transferring value to local firms and influencing global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 9, 2015

School Case 515-052 Philips Healthcare: Marketing the HealthSuite Digital Platform In June 2014, leading healthcare and consumer technology company Royal Philips (Philips) announced its HealthSuite Digital View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

fixing market capitalism? Business—not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 22 Mar 2017
  • Blog Post

3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow

eventually use our platform in order to make an impact.  2. Take advantage of opportunities to work with non-MBAs We are incredibly lucky to spend our first year talking about challenges in life and business with 94 smart, funny, candid,... View Details
  • 12 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

example, as the rate of patenting new inventions. We find that high levels of tertiary education, high investments in research and development, and a solid platform of information and communications technology are all essential. The... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 13 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

in expectation. We also show that by offering both CPC and CPA, an ad platform can weakly increase its revenues compared to offering either alternative alone. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-074.pdf Competition and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

latter to price lower and thereby increase total consumer traffic. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-010.pdf Exclusivity and Control Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Robin S. Lee Abstract We analyze platform competition for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three case studies—software, animation and mobile telephony—we illustrate two key sources of inefficiencies that this mismatch can create, all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

Hyunjin Kim, and Michael Luca Abstract—Can new data sources from online platforms help to measure local economic activity? Government datasets from agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau provide the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 30

Stanton Abstract—This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk, the world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts, where India is the largest country in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

India Arrives

meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Business and government officials arrived in force to talk up India’s growth, exceeding an annual rate of 6 percent for the last fifteen years. GDP growth hit 7.6 percent in 2005... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 22 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 22

MaterialsThe Wen Group John A. Davis and Matthew G. PillarHarvard Business School Case 812-034 Three brothers who own and lead a second-generation family business in Hong Kong encounter problems of nepotism and governance and endure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Innovation-Economics-Creative-Organizations/dp/1422143635/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351005820&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Architecture+of+Innovation The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 3

by the financial sector, a possible housing bubble, and an approaching referendum on Scotland's independence. Moreover, many claimed the UK was at risk of secular stagnation, a slowdown in economic growth caused by a structural deficiency in demand. What could the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

global cash flows: to achieve resource independence from other state actors. In the context of state-owned entities, the power-use hypothesis of standard resource dependence theory can be used to analyze the dependence of SOEs on other state actors, such as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne