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- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
number of competitors increases. Greater rivalry reduces the incentives of all competitors in a contest to exert effort and make investments. At the same time, adding competitors increases the likelihood that at least one competitor will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
the failure of many other large institutions. Most of the 600 institutions recapitalized by the federal government over the last year do not satisfy either criterion. A lot of bailout decisions were made ad hoc without a clear rationale.... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
conversely, the flaunting of a busy life and a dearth of leisure time. In addition, people’s relative interest in buying luxury experiences versus luxury products is increasing. Technology has introduced new business models, such as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
dedicated to the manufacturing and physical distribution of books, when in fact their key function is editorial in nature. In a sense, many book publishers are trying to buy time, to postpone a reckoning with reality." Instead of... View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
S&G to become the first publicly traded law firm in the world. The firm and its underwriters had just issued a prospectus and were now in the process of lining up investors for the offering. Gloria Rosen, a portfolio manager at Freemantle Securities, was trying to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model
business trade publication estimates that between July and December 2021, SHEIN added 2,000 to 10,000 items per day to its app. Sheng Lu, an associate professor of fashion and apparel studies at the University of Delaware, estimates that... View Details
- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
superfluous. Specifically, when ads contain no information, a targeting equilibrium does not exist. Together, these results reveal how advertising conveys information both through the content of the message and the firm's choice of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Want from Your Products
"People don't want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole!" With Levitt's words as a rallying cry, a recent Harvard Business Review article, "Marketing Malpractice: The Cause and the Cure," argues... View Details
- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
for anyone. Workers quit before progressing in their careers. Companies lost workers’ knowledge and experiences and had to invest in hiring new people. Adding to the feeling of powerlessness, junior employees weren’t included in... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
School Case 209-105 Most large companies operate in more than one business. Valuing a diversified company requires separate valuations for each of its businesses and for the corporate headquarters. This method of valuing a company by parts and then View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
people to buy forecasts? Does the act of forecasting set in motion unforeseen events that can counteract the forecast made? Publisher's link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10057.html August 2013 Edward Elgar Publishing Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve
difference between a modest angel round and a strongly led seed- or A-round. I’ve recently written an in-depth look at this topic, Product Discovery 101, which I encourage you to read. Here are some highlights. Interest vs. problem testing “We had 1,000 clicks on our... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 28 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
Whillans and her team conducted of more than 92,000 job ads found that the more benefits an employer described, the higher the application rates. Plus, when employers described benefits in detail, such as generous family leave policies,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
large or small); and what changes to make to pricing terms and product features. Purchase this case:http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806188 Best Buy Co., Inc.: Customer-Centricity Rajiv Lal,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
Passion at Work Is a Good Thing—But Only If Bosses Know How to Manage It
hear is, 'It's going to be difficult for you to say no to added responsibilities when they're added onto your plate.'” Although leaders may feel that adding additional work to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
"song-sales" equation estimated using the seemingly unrelated regression method, explicitly accounts for the interaction between sales for the bundle and its components. I find that revenues decrease significantly as digital downloading becomes more prevalent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
to know their customers like never before. Rather than expecting customers to buy whatever a company sells, the most successful companies proactively anticipate and discover customers’ problems and desires and innovate accordingly.... View Details
- 21 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The $15 Billion Question: Have Loot Boxes Turned Video Gaming into Gambling?
Players have long been able to buy virtual items with real money in video games, such as special weapons and features. But Nintendo raised the ire of parents and regulators in 2018 when it added so-called... View Details
- 26 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing
listen to influencers, not company ads To study just how much influence influencers have on consumers, Vettese surveyed 520 women, specifically targeting beauty enthusiasts on Facebook who use such keywords as “beauty,” “skincare,” and... View Details
- 10 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?
effect studies from psychology that show that people perceive a price to be fair or unfair based on what surrounds it,” Avery says. For example, think about buying wine. If you don’t know what the cost of wine is, you will base your... View Details
Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette