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Overview

ECONOMICS OF THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICEC INDUSTRY

Professor Silk’s recent research has been focused on the economics of the advertising and marketing services industry. He has conducted econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on the... View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

outwardly the situation smells of economic anarchy. Where are the market forces, when thousands of talented programmers—and even many commercial firms—spend inordinate amounts of time writing and sharing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

lengthy time horizons. Therefore, on top of this categorization of activities, it is necessary to overlay a coordination system: an explicit definition of processes, responsibilities, and structures to bring... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

February 2013 (Revised March 2013)
Case

Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers

By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred

This case illustrates the importance of choosing a primary customer as the basis for organization design. Cross Country Group managers adjusted resource allocation, organization design and performance measures over time to transform Cross Country Group from an... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Gap; Entrepreneurship; Auto Industry; Insurance; Performance Management; Performance Measurement; Performance Measures; Performance Pressure; Decisions; Family Business; Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Customer Focus and Relationships; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

brought an extra white shirt for the afternoon; the first would be gray by the time they got back to the office. A manufacturing hub for everything from Buster Brown socks to Chris-Craft boats—with plenty of steel View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

14 Oct 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments

Keywords: by Jakub W. Jurek & Erik Stafford

01 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The Africa Business Conference at HBS: Reimagining the Road Ahead

speaking invitations from me and Cedric and joined us in Boston. It was the first time we gave the topic a standalone panel at the Conference, View Details

29 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

from each Kickstarter project, including the comments from the customers and updates posted by the entrepreneur. The researchers then manually collected data for actual delivery times View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

for a second restaurant location after a successful first location. The lesson I remember is that, when you start out, you spend the time getting everything exactly right: the best location, best chef, best manager, best opening date,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

not focused on them. In this paper we argue for greater recognition of repositioning costs, provide a repositioning cost typology, and demonstrate the fertility of this approach with a simple model of inter-firm competitive interaction in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

anything, as the leading employees of Google China are jumping ship to take jobs with Baidu and other competitors. Google will soon be down to a skeleton shift in China and, if they are permitted to stay, they will have a tough View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

replacing one toxic worker, which is almost double the figure a company gains from hiring a “superstar.” A superstar in the top 1 percent of performers adds $5,303 in increased performance to a company’s profit, Minor’s paper Toxic Workers shows. “Every View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

tech + healthcare, energy, government, education, etc. How does the Tech Club assist students as they search for summer and full time employment? We are a conduit for companies to post jobs online View Details

19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

describe them at our Wednesday-morning staff meeting and ask, 'Who has the interest and time to tackle this?'" says Garry Curtis, executive vice president at Washington,... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

even more vigorously to assert who they are socially, psychically, and culturally," remarks Koehn. "As a value proposition, luxury goods are very sensitive to timing View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

Web

Virtual Job Search Teams - Alumni

program, you will meet virtually with a career coach and your team of fellow HBS alumni. You will leave the program with completed self-assessment, updated collateral, networks identified, and more. Program... View Details

17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

Companies face a growing yet largely undetected threat to their worker productivity, employee retention and, ultimately, competitive advantage: the needs of employees who are caregivers. The aging population, an increasingly female workforce, View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

26 Jun 2013
News

How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case

resources beyond his current control to pull the project together. He successfully raced to get TV Guide's TV Game distributed to both high-end and discount retailers (priced accordingly) in time for... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

Web

Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

Flows... Cash Conversion Cycle Time Value of Money Featured Exercises Balance sheet and financial ratios exercises Calculate net present value 6-7 hrs Module 3 Capital Markets Build a strong understanding of... View Details

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

gravitas all around his work and reputation. But at the same time he was a scholar who reached a number of distinct groups of people. Yes, he established business history as important View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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