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- 14 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 14
(Dot) Com Karthik Ramanna and Rachna TahilyaniHarvard Business School Case 112-078 Anti-corruption web platform "ipaidabribe.com" leverages the transparency and anonymity of the Internet to encourage private citizens in India... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores
commerce, and civic organizations, reinforcing the social fabric and engendering a strong sense of customer and community loyalty. Curation: Despite the increasing sophistication of online algorithms, online View Details
- October 2023
- Case
CornerUp: Digitizing the Corner Store
By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, Stacy Straaberg and Diego Zainos De La Sota Riva
In July 2023, Jason Diaz, co-founder and CEO of CornerUp, assessed the progress of his business-to-business e-procurement software application (app) startup, founded in January 2022. CornerUp began as a fast-moving consumer packaged goods (FMCG) distributor in New York... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Small Business; Transition; Decisions; Social Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Disruptive Innovation; Market Participation; Digital Platforms; Trust; Business Strategy; Expansion; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Technology Industry; United States
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
allow enforcement to adapt more quickly to evolving technology, and it would have the benefit of likely being more predictable for firms. “Many economists think a digital regulator is necessary, not only for issues of pricing, but also privacy, data portability, and... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015
grounded in the competitive dynamics that may otherwise drive a race-to-the-bottom. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50203 forthcoming Journal of Business Ethics Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation for Corporate View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2013-winter/54215/how-to-identify-the-best-customers-for-your-business/ Prolonged Thought: Proposing Type 3 Processing Authors:Dijksterhuis, Ap, Madelijn Strick, Maarten W. Bos, and Loran F. Nordgren Publication:Dual Process... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Brokerage and Brokering: An Integrative Review and Organizing Framework for Third Party Influence By: Halevy, Nir, Eliran Halali, and Julian Zlatev Abstract— Brokerage and brokering are pervasive and consequential organizational phenomena. Prevailing models underscore... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
good news on corruption is that private citizens are coming forward as never before to expose corrupt practices—posting evidence of bribes paid through web-based platforms such as RosPil in Russia and I Paid a Bribe in India. "It's harder... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15
investigate the effect of a corporate culture of sustainability on multiple facets of corporate behavior and performance outcomes. Using a matched sample of 180 companies, we find that corporations that voluntarily adopted environmental and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7
policy solutions, a challenging proposition in a politically polarized environment. This paper focuses on how CEOs engage in the political process to encourage government policies that will foster sustainability transitions and address other View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19
Africa, Nike has decided to change its target market focus and to use digital and social media platforms to connect more extensively with consumers. In addition, Nike plans to launch innovative new boots and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
strained Linden Lab's technical infrastructure. Also, although Second Life had attracted a large, loyal base of early adopters, it was unclear whether their preferences were similar to those of mainstream consumers. In this context, management faced choices about View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
2005 book Jealousy of Trade, which explores the birth of economic nationalism and other social effects of expanding eighteenth-century markets. Markets, Morals, Politics brings together a celebrated cast of Hont’s contemporaries to assess... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26
When participation costs are large relative to the volume of traffic an ad platform can offer, an advertiser may forego use of an ad platform that the advertiser otherwise finds profitable. Mergers between... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2017
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New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
1990s, these two historical trends met, as the concept of sustainable development spread to large conventional corporations, and visionary green firms scaled or were acquired by conventional big businesses. The concept of sustainability became View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
between immigrants and natives. Results in this paper indicate that, even when diversity is economically beneficial, it may nonetheless be socially hard to manage. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55981... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016
households. The quality of the liquidity services provided by bank liabilities depends on their safety in case of default. Commercial bank debt is fully insured and thus provides full liquidity. However, commercial banks do not internalize the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
instance, Paulson says she recently had a conversation with an executive MBA student who is designing a platform for matching patients with mental health care providers and wanted to learn from the Immigration Policy Lab’s experience. “I... View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
small-business owners can take now Mills offers three recommendations to cash-strapped business owners: Focus on social media and email to reach customers. The coronavirus pandemic forced many analog companies to embrace digital... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006
possibilities for expanding by building on the Clinic's platform of service delivery are investigated. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607013 Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne