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Strategy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

advantage over time. Particular attention is paid to competitive positioning; understanding comparative costs; and addressing issues such as cannibalization, network externalities, and globalization. MBA Elective Curriculum (SECOND YEAR)... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

starting and scaling new information technology businesses, and Managing Networked Business (now called The Online Economy ), which surveys strategies for platform-based businesses that leverage View Details
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Organizational Behavior Curriculum - Faculty & Research

The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context of: The determinants of group culture. Managing the performance of individual subordinates. Establishing productive relationships with peers and seniors over whom... View Details
  • 22 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 22, 2015

analysis suggests a need for caution: while information facilitates transactions, it also facilitates discrimination. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50258 Financial Patent Quality: Finance Patents... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

Forge New Connections to Each Other Build and deepen relationships with a powerful global network of alumni who share your values and experiences. Stay connected, collaborate, and leverage these relationships to fuel your personal and... View Details
  • 04 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

population is not who would be hired to solve intelligence problems for the Department of Defense." In terms of seeking out unique facts, the results showed that the most-clustered groups gathered 5 percent more information than the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services
  • January 2010 (Revised April 2011)
  • Case

Google Inc.

By: Benjamin Edelman and Thomas R. Eisenmann
Describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. Reviews Google's recent strategic initiatives and the threats they pose to Yahoo, Microsoft, and others. Asks what Google should do next. One... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Network Effects; Mission and Purpose; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry
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  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

Limits to Network Effects Authors:Hann Hałaburda and Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Abstract We model conditions under which agents in two-sided matching markets rationally prefer a platform restricting choice rather than a platform that offers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

“ancient quest to measure.” Specific discontinuities in the practice of information science are identified that, the paper argues, have large consequences for the social order. The infrastructure that runs on big data is described as... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?

different colors, black and red. However, the two colors were not equally available; there were far fewer red shoes than black. Farronato and her colleagues were able to use this information to compare how much more people were willing to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • 13 Jul 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets

to negative information more readily than positive. Known as negativity bias, this has been shown empirically across a variety of contexts. But how that negative information makes people feel and behave is... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Media & Broadcasting
  • May 2020 (Revised December 2022)
  • Case

Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Amy Klopfenstein and Amram Migdal
In November 2019, Sandra Richter, co-founder and CEO of Soofa, a network of advertising-supported digital bulletin boards, must decide between two different fundraising and expansion plans for her company. One plan entails raising $15 million in a Series A round and... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Model; Business Plan; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Decisions; Ethics; Geography; Geopolitical Units; Finance; Investment; Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Demand and Consumers; Network Effects; Media; Society; Urban Development; Sustainable Cities; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Business Strategy; Expansion; Relationships; Partners and Partnerships; Capital; Venture Capital; Advertising Industry; Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Cambridge
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  • 30 Sep 2019
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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

Creating a support network for workers can go a long way. Research shows that when professionals from diverse backgrounds have solid relationships with their managers and co-workers, they’re more satisfied and committed to their jobs.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • March 2015
  • Case

BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White
BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy
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  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

and barriers to creating and claiming value, the most promising sequence and process design, etc.— should be informed and modified by two classes of potentially relevant cross-border factors, the general and the negotiation-specific.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Mar 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

contributed to the rapid growth of the network. The addition of each user increased the value of the network to everyone: users, the developers of apps made available to users, and advertisers utilizing user information. Although users... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Information Technology; Information Technology
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Events - Health Care

pleased to invite you to the Health Care Initiative Summer Dinner, which will take place at HBS on July 17. We hope you will join us for an evening designed to foster meaningful connections for the Harvard Business School health care community. This View Details
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

Networking Taking a break from a job should not mean disappearing from the marketplace. Continue to maintain and expand your network, both virtually (digital communities, like LinkedIn) and in-person. Harvard ManageMentor: Leveraging Your... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

team-specific human capital by investing more in the internal networks and unique capabilities and resources of their own companies. Second, women took greater care when assessing a prospective new employer. In this article, Groysberg... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

student demand and funds available. We expect that you will receive a percentage of your request, based on student demand and funds available. Organizations can find more information about posting an independent project on the MBA... View Details