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2024
Working Paper

Determinants of Top-Down Sabotage

By: Hashim Zaman and Karim R. Lakhani

We investigate the conditions that motivate managers to impede the growth of talented subordinates due to fears of future competition for their own positions. Our research expands on existing tournament and contest theory literature that considers peer-to-peer... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Structure; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Evaluation; Organizational Culture; Management Skills

August 2018 (Revised September 2018)
Case

LendingClub (A): Data Analytic Thinking (Abridged)

By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler

LendingClub was founded in 2006 as an alternative, peer-to-peer lending model to connect individual borrowers to individual investor-lenders through an online platform. Since 2014 the company has worked with institutional investors at scale. While the company assigns... View Details

Keywords: Data Science; Data Analytics; Investing; Loans; Investment; Financing and Loans; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Model

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

School Supplement 811-051 Fox Island Wind Cooperative faces criticism from local residents. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811051-PDF-ENG Zopa: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Lending Mikołaj Jan Piskorski,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2007
Case

Update: The Music Industry in 2006

By: John R. Wells and Elizabeth Raabe

The global recorded music industry was undergoing a major transition in 2006. Sales had been declining for a decade, and consumers were buying music in new formats and through different distribution channels. CD sales still accounted for the majority of revenues, but... View Details

Keywords: History; Arts; Music Entertainment; Intellectual Property; Market Timing; Performance Evaluation; Trends; Music Industry

January 2015 (Revised April 2015)
Case

Zeal: Launching Personalized and Social Learning

By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An

Set in 2014, this case follows John Danner and his team at Zeal as they consider their product development strategy. In February 2013, serial entrepreneurs John Danner and Sanjay Noronha co-found Zeal, an education technology start up providing a web-based, mobile... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Education Technology; MVP; Product Development; Product Market Fit; Monetization Strategy; SaaS Business Models; Education; Personalized Learning

March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
Case

WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health

By: Ranjay Gulati, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean

In December 2023, the 60-year-old weight management industry stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)

28 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

creating peer-to-peer recognition programs in which employees are provided monthly reward points that they can give away to colleagues for work-related wins. Employees who earn a certain number of points can redeem them for various perks,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

When start-up thredUP launched its peer-to-peer online exchange for used children's clothes two and a half years ago, its creators were the latest generation of entrepreneurs competing online as multi-sided platforms (MSPs), alongside... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

comparing the sales of almost 700 albums as reported by Nielsen SoundScan. Oberholzer and Strumpf concluded that there was almost no relationship between the two. How could this be? The researchers believe that most downloading is done over View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

the format posed both opportunities and challenges. While it had revitalized the singles market, for instance, digital had also facilitated rampant piracy. The music industry was retaliating, launching lawsuits against illegitimate View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

features offered by the evolving Zeal product, and how the team begins with a focus on personalized, peer-to-peer learning and, based on feedback, refines the product to add in-class features and create a teacher product. Students will... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

credit products in the U.S. with an emphasis on the types of products that low—and moderate—income consumers use. Included here are the following: credit cards, bank overdraft products, payday lending, personal loans and peer-to-peer... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories 2007

the head, and whose leadership style springs from their fundamental character and values. George discusses his new book True North, co-written with Peter Sims. Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer Apple's iTunes music... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

data indicate an increase in the number of initial export episodes in response to reform. These results suggest that the expansion of multinational activity more than offsets any decline in the imitative activity of indigenous firms. PDF not available. Bandwidth... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 14

Education Leveraging Crowdsourced Peer-to-Peer Assessments to Enhance the Case Method of Learning By: Avery, Jill Abstract—Many marketing educators use the case method to help their students strengthen their decision-making skills.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

about $40,000. Lending Club, Prosper, Funding Circle and Fundation are using a peer-to-peer (P2P) model. Backed by individual investors, these companies make loan decisions based on proprietary credit models and typically target mid-prime... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

09 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary

buyer. Now translate the same situation from a brick-and-mortar bazaar to an online peer-to-peer marketplace such as Upwork, which allows businesses to outsource work to freelancers, frequently overseas. “Workers on the market have lots... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment; Technology; Computer

22 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

for FY2019. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/718041-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-433 Note on Blockchain and Bitcoin, 2017 Blockchain was a self-sustaining, peer-to-peer ledger technology with an integrated... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

create platforms to automate peer-to-peer engagement, and leverage assets by sharing and renting vs. owning. They emphasize experimentation (“fail fast” without career limiting consequences) versus long-range strategic planning, operate... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Apr 2017
Research Event

The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy

at Harvard Business School who researches the evolution of peer-to-peer online platforms; and Andrei Hagiu, a visiting associate professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan School of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Service

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