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  • 28 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-027.pdf Platform Envelopment Authors:Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Due to network View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Teaching Interest

Strategy and Technology

Overview

This course explores the unique aspects of creating effective management and investment strategies for technology-intensive businesses.  What are effective strategies for winning in markets with strong network effects?  How should... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Technology

    Marco Iansiti

    Marco Iansiti, David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration,is a codirector of the Laboratory for Information Science at Harvard and of the Digital Initiative at HBS.

    Prof. Iansiti's research examines the digital transformation of companies and... View Details

    Keywords: automotive; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; fiber optics; high technology; information; information technology industry; internet; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; venture capital industry
    • 01 Mar 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

    data and US Census figures. The authors found that Black men from counties that ranked in the 25th percentile of the discrimination index were 90 percent more willing to volunteer than men from counties in the 75th percentile, where... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 17 Apr 2015
    • HBS Seminar

    Leemore Dafny, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

    • August 2024
    • Article

    How Do Copayment Coupons Affect Branded Drug Prices and Quantities Purchased?

    By: Leemore S. Dafny, Kate Ho and Edward Kong
    Drug copayment coupons to reduce patient cost-sharing have become nearly ubiquitous for high-priced brand-name prescription drugs. Medicare bans such coupons on the grounds that they are kickbacks that induce utilization, but they are commonly used by... View Details
    Keywords: Prescription Drugs; Coupons; Impact; Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Price; Spending; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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      How Do Drug Copayment Coupons Affect Branded Drug Prices and Quantities Purchased?

      Drug copayment coupons to reduce patient cost-sharing have become nearly ubiquitous for high-priced brand-name prescription drugs. Medicare bans such coupons on the grounds that they are kickbacks that induce utilization, but they are commonly used by... View Details
      • March 2002
      • Case

      AOL, Cisco, Yahoo!: Building the Internet Commons

      By: James E. Austin
      Since the spring of 2001, AOL, Cisco, and Yahoo! had collaborated on ways to improve the effectiveness of using the Internet to benefit society. Each company considered itself strongly committed to philanthropy, making significant charitable donations, and fostering a... View Details
      Keywords: Internet and the Web; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Community Relations; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
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      • 2024
      • Working Paper

      Fire Sales of Safe Assets

      By: Gabor Pinter, Emil Siriwardane and Danny Walker
      We use trade-level data to study price pressure effects in the UK gilt market from September to October 2022. During this period, forced sales by liability-driven investment funds (LDIs) led to price discounts on the order of 10%, accounting for roughly half the total... View Details
      Keywords: Investment Funds; Capital Markets; United Kingdom
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      Harvard Business Analytics Program: Operations and Supply Chain Management

      By: Dennis Campbell
      Digital technologies and data analytics are radically changing the operating model of an organization and how it connects to its broader supply chain and ecosystem. This course emphasizes managing product availability, especially in a context of rapid product... View Details
      • January – February 2011
      • Article

      How to Design a Winning Business Model

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart
      Most executives believe that competing through business models is critical for success, but few have come to grips with how best to do so. One common mistake is enterprises' unwavering focus on creating innovative models and evaluating their efficacy in standalone... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Design; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage
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      Why Build in Web3

      By: Jad Esber and Scott Duke Kominers
      A major change is coming to the internet. While today’s dominant platforms have guarded their troves of user data and maintained an advantage through network effects, new companies—working in what they're calling a “Web3” model—are proposing a new value proposition to... View Details
      Keywords: Blockchain; User Experience; Digital Platforms; Network Effects; Internet and the Web; Competition; Web Services Industry
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      • Research Summary

      Optimal Contracting with Reciprocal Agents

      (with Florian Englmaier) (Job Market Paper)

       Abstract: Empirically, compensation systems often seem to generate substantial effort despite weak incentives. We consider reciprocal motivations as a source of incentives. We solve for the optimal... View Details

      • Research Summary

      Antecedents and Consequences of Trust in Interorganizational Relations: An International Comparison

      The objective of this research project is to build from the conceptual development described above and test the sources and effects of trust in a different empirical setting. The level of analysis is also interorganizational but narrowed to the level of a specific... View Details
      • November 2016
      • Article

      Spatial Organization of Firms and Location Choices Through the Value Chain

      By: Juan Alcacer and Mercedes Delgado
      We explore the impact of geographically bounded, intra-firm linkages (internal agglomerations) and geographically bounded, inter-firm linkages (external agglomerations) on firms' location strategies. Using data from the Census Bureau's Longitudinal Business Database,... View Details
      Keywords: Location Choices; Agglomeration Economies; Value Chain; Organization Theory; Geographic Location; Business Strategy
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      • July 2024
      • Article

      The Home State Effect: How Subnational Governments Shape Climate Coalitions

      By: Jonas Meckling and Samuel Trachtman
      Organized business interests often seek to block public interest regulations. But whether firms oppose regulation depends on institutional context. We argue that, in federal systems, sub-national policies and politics can have a home state effect on firms' national... View Details
      Keywords: Local Range; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations
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      • March 2024
      • Article

      Do Safety Management System Standards Indicate Safer Operations? Evidence from the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard

      By: Kala Viswanathan, Matthew S. Johnson and Michael W. Toffel
      Problem definition: Given the enormous disruptions and costs of occupational injuries, companies and buyers are increasingly looking to voluntary occupational health and safety standards to improve worker safety. Yet because these standards only require... View Details
      Keywords: Occupational Health; Occupational Safety; Program Evaluation; Safety Performance; Injuries; OHSAS 18001; ISO 45001; Working Conditions; Safety; Standards
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      • 10 Mar 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

      local, regional, and national competitiveness. “Former entrepreneurs offer a positive impression of what it's like to own your own business.” In recent research, Harvard Business School professor Ramana Nanda analyzes these deeper layers of entrepreneurship. In... View Details
      Keywords: by Julia Hanna
      • 14 Aug 2015
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Are ‘Better’ Ideas More Likely to Succeed? An Empirical Analysis of Startup Evaluation

      Keywords: by Pian Shu; Financial Services
      • Research Summary

      Estimating Demand Uncertainty Using Judgmental Forecasts

      Measuring demand uncertainty is a key activity in supply chain planning, but is difficult when demand history is unavailable such as for new products. One method that can be applied in such cases uses dispersion among forecasting experts as a measure of demand... View Details