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16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

and the development of incremental tradeoffs towards radical moves to create new business models, new forms of satisfying needs that drastically reduce costs and/or raise value perceived by customers. One important enabler of new business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

Church in the Oklahoma conference, which meticulously collected numbers on all aspects of the ministry, including pay, size of churches, and number of baptisms and conversions over a 43-year period. They found a direct correlation between the number of parishioners... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

Europe Research Center, which had already cooperated with me on the Total case, if we could take a closer look at BP. Beyersdorfer: During the case interviews, MacLeod, a former financial analyst, presented his project to us. He believed there was huge View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

27 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 27

model for explaining how network resources contribute to organizational performance. Reach is the extent to which an organization's network connects it to diverse and distant partners. Richness represents the potential value of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

production of the primary product in order to capture more value in the by-product market. In the latter case, all waste is converted into by-product. Because the two markets are linked through the firm's (proportional) production of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

ordinances at the local level. In contrast to other organizations, Target did not threaten to leave the state. However, its public statement in support of LGBT rights prompted a boycott against its stores. Adding to the difficulty was the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

How Small Wins Unleash Creativity

have to understand what they're doing and why," Amabile says, adding that it's important that the goals be reachable in a realistic time frame-owing to the idea of small wins. "So, for instance, rather than having the sole goal... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

values and tried many times to formulate the distinctive characteristics of the various services." In essence, the "Navy spokesmen attempted to distinguish between the Army as a 'manpower' organization and the Navy as a finely... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

the sources of value in education programs—on the future of executive education. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54353 Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Matrix: I. Disrupting the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

attention and energies on maximizing profit and financial value. This exclusive focus on profit and shareholder value maximization has led to environmental destruction and the concentration of wealth and power within the hands of a few.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

you’re interested in and find ways to connect with them. When you meet, articulate how you can contribute; engage your interviewers about their work; and offer expertise, advice, or contacts with no expectation of reciprocity. Suddenly you’ll be perceived as someone... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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

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