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- January 1995 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Avalon Information Services, Inc.
By: Lynn S. Paine and Wilda White
The Privacy Review Committee of Avalon Information Services must decide how to deal with concerns voiced by its retail supermarket customers about the privacy of consumer data collected through Avalon's point-of-sale data collection program. One customer is proposing... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Safety; Demand and Consumers; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Information Technology; Ethics; Information Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Wilda White. "Avalon Information Services, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 395-036, January 1995. (Revised November 1996.)
- 08 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Decoding Inside Information
- Article
Buyer-Initiated vs. Seller-Initiated Information Revelation
Sales presentations are the core of the selling process where salespeople provide information to prospects. One challenge is that the amount of information available to be potentially communicated may exceed salespeople's ability to communicate or customers' ability to... View Details
- July – August 1985
- Article
How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage
By: Michael E. Porter and Victor A. Millar
The information revolution is sweeping through our economy. No company can escape its effects. Dramatic reductions in the cost of obtaining, processing, and transmitting information are changing the way we do business. View Details
Porter, Michael E., and Victor A. Millar. "How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business Review 63, no. 4 (July–August 1985): 149–160.
- October 1998
- Background Note
Welfare-to-Work Information and Statistics
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
Summarizes information on the national issue of hiring people from the welfare roles. Organized by topics relevant to business, this note reviews research findings and statistics and poses questions to assist business decision-makers in assessing a company's current or... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Recruitment; Risk Management; Planning; Programs; Research; Welfare
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ellen Pruyne. "Welfare-to-Work Information and Statistics." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-064, October 1998.
- September 2016 (Revised March 2017)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 3: Using Information for Performance Measurement and Control
By: Robert Simons
This module reading explains how managers use information to control critical business processes and outcomes. The analysis begins by illustrating how managers use information to communicate goals and track performance. Then the focus turns to the choices that managers... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Strategy Execution; Organization Process; Feedback Model; Innovation; Uses Of Information; Big Data; Benchmarking; Decision Making; Information; Performance Evaluation; Analytics and Data Science
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 3: Using Information for Performance Measurement and Control." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-103, September 2016. (Revised March 2017.)
- 1992
- Book
The Information Mosaic: How Managers Use Information
By: S. M. McKinnon and W. J. Bruns Jr.
Keywords: Information Management
McKinnon, S. M., and W. J. Bruns Jr. The Information Mosaic: How Managers Use Information. Hamilton, Ontario: Society of Management Accountants of Canada, 1992.
- 1992
- Book
The Information Mosaic
By: W. J. Bruns Jr. and S. M. McKinnon
Keywords: Information
Bruns, W. J., Jr., and S. M. McKinnon. The Information Mosaic. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1992.
- 19 Dec 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Innovating Without Information Constraints: Organizations, Communities, and Innovation When Information Costs Approach Zero
- May 2014
- Article
Information and Two-Sided Platform Profits
By: Andrei Hagiu and Hanna Halaburda
We study the effect of different levels of information on two-sided platform profits under monopoly and competition. One side (developers) is always informed about all prices and therefore forms responsive expectations. In contrast, we allow the other side (users) to... View Details
Keywords: Responsive Expectations; Passive Expectations; Wary Expectations; Information; Performance Expectations; Two-Sided Platforms; Monopoly
Hagiu, Andrei, and Hanna Halaburda. "Information and Two-Sided Platform Profits." International Journal of Industrial Organization 34 (May 2014): 25–35.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Information Avoidance and Image Concerns
By: Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler
A rich literature finds that individuals avoid information, even information that is instrumental to their choices. A common hypothesis posits that individuals strategically avoid information to hold particular beliefs or to take certain actions--such as behaving... View Details
Exley, Christine L., and Judd B. Kessler. "Information Avoidance and Image Concerns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-080, January 2021.
- Research Summary
Managing in an Information Age
Lynda M. Applegate's research focuses on the influence of information technology on markets and organizations. Her findings on the evolution of electronic commerce and on the role of information technology as an enabler of flexible and adaptive ... View Details
- August 2013 (Revised August 2014)
- Technical Note
Health Information Exchanges
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Kyle Bertke
Companion background note to AxSys. View Details
- July 1988 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
Bachman Information Systems
Konsynski, Benn R. "Bachman Information Systems." Harvard Business School Case 189-027, July 1988. (Revised October 1989.)
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Empirical Tests of Information Aggregation
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Information Dispersion and Auction Prices
- March 1993
- Background Note
Note on Information Technology and Strategy
By: Richard L. Nolan and Katherine Seger
Provides a context for the evolution of information technology in business organizations, explains the emergence of information as an important resource to be managed, and provides a framework for assessing the strategic potential of information in the firm. View Details
Keywords: Information; Information Management; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Adoption; Body of Literature; Archives; Annual Reports; Information Technology Industry
Nolan, Richard L., and Katherine Seger. "Note on Information Technology and Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 193-137, March 1993.
- 16 Feb 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Information Avoidance and Image Concerns
- Research Summary
Flexibility, Information Technology and Operations
Upton is now examining the role of Information Systems in determining long-term operational effectiveness. As Corporate Information Systems have become increasingly monolithic, the dangers of long-term inflexibility loom large. In manufacturing/operations, the... View Details
- November 1985
- Case
Riverside and DEC--General Information
A negotiation exercise between Riverside Lumber Co. and the Division of Environmental Conservation about reducing the effects of effluent discharge in a river. Students are assigned to a role and receive confidential information including a scoring system detailing the... View Details
Lax, David A. "Riverside and DEC--General Information." Harvard Business School Case 186-125, November 1985.