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- July 2006
- Article
Dynamic Mixed Duopoly: A Model Motivated by Linux vs. Windows
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pankaj Ghemawat
This paper analyzes a dynamic mixed duopoly in which a profit-maximizing competitor interacts with a competitor that prices at zero (or marginal cost), with the cumulation of output affecting their relative positions over time. The modeling effort is motivated by... View Details
Keywords: Open Source Software; Demand-side Learning; Network Effects; Linux; Mixed Duopoly; Competitive Dynamics; Business Models; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Business Model; Mathematical Methods; Digital Platforms; Profit; Balance and Stability; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; SWOT Analysis; Competition; Price; Information Technology Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pankaj Ghemawat. "Dynamic Mixed Duopoly: A Model Motivated by Linux vs. Windows." Management Science 52, no. 7 (July 2006): 1072–1084.
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
also accounts reasonably well for the large gyration in stock prices over this period. Finally, the endogenous adoption mechanism plays a significant role in amplifying other shocks. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-134.pdf Farsighted View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Executives Without Borders is about. We make sustainable, knowledge-based investments that help to stabilize communities and, over time, make the world a better place. How do you choose which NGOs to help? We get involved with projects... View Details
- March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: Deciding about "Megadeals"
By: Anette Mikes
Inspired by one of the few banks that successfully weathered the 2007-2009 credit crisis, the case illustrates risk management in a corporate finance business. Chief executive Alastair Dowes has to decide if the risk governance process is adequate to uncover mega-risks... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Decision Making; Performance Evaluation; Credit; Balance and Stability; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Offer; Performance Effectiveness; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry
Mikes, Anette. Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: Deciding about "Megadeals". Harvard Business School Case 109-071, March 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
map of New York to drive in Los Angeles. As examples, the authors cite the ongoing movement for a U.S. balanced budget amendment; the IMF's use of the deficit to assess fiscal prudence; the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to limit U.S. deficits; and the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
improved job training and relocation incentives for workers, he sees a future of continued market expansion, business profitability, greater social equality, and the increased social stability that this can produce. Kuttner argues that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details
- Web
How Risky Trading Desks Turned into Lucrative 'Toll Booths' for Banks | Working Knowledge
prohibit big banks from using in-house trading desks for proprietary trading. Now, dealers formerly paid to bear risk using a bank’s balance sheet—opening these systemically important institutions to risk—now earn fees based on building client lists, Wallen says. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
venture and the founding team, putting that early split into disarray and imperiling the team. Splitting equity early can be valuable in maintaining team stability when a venture is just launching, but devising a static split doesn’t... View Details
- 23 Apr 2008
- Op-Ed
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations
regulatory structure proposed by the Treasury would consist of three key parts. In addition to its role as the nation's central bank, the Federal Reserve would act as a market stability regulator, focusing on systemic risk. It would take... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
artistic; Enhancing educational opportunities through the arts, about the arts, and in the arts; Increasing the stability of arts institutions and their capacity to serve the public; Promoting and encouraging other government agencies to... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- April 2003 (Revised July 2003)
- Teaching Note
Singapore Inc. (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-703-040). View Details
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
to distinguish between the effects of anticipated versus experienced downsizing as the event rippled through the firm's various work groups. Surprisingly, it was anticipated downsizing that proved more demoralizing to the creative process." In addition, work... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The HBS Climate Rising Podcast Reaches 50 (Episodes)
someday play a major role in stabilizing the climate. Our episodes provided an overview of the landscape and conducted deep dives into some technology- and nature-based solutions. These proved to be among the most challenging topics to... View Details
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Authors:Bettina-Elisabeth Klaus and Markus Walzl Publication:Journal of Mathematical Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We consider several notions of setwise stability for many-to-many matching markets with contracts and provide an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
most effectively stabilizes fluctuations under real external shocks. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=13-074.pdf Patent Trolls By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit G. Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
stabilize prices, develop a plan to rationalize capacity, and so on. The mentality was that all companies should share equally in the pain; then no one will get hurt too badly. Of course, this approach leads to a perpetually uncompetitive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
systemically dangerous part of the system, the commercial banks, and we exercised a much lighter touch elsewhere, leaving the rest of the financial system to innovate, be dynamic, and do everything that markets do so well.” This targeted approach, Moss believes, helped... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
the world, it has been the private sector that’s been critical to transforming the educational ecosystem. If we can stabilize and grow our university partners, this can forever change the trajectory of this great continent.” View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
considerable amount of high-quality research has been done regarding financial stability. Some of these steps were prompted by regulatory changes—or anticipation of such changes. But perhaps the biggest force in stabilizing the financial... View Details