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  • 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5

Publications August 2013 John Wiley & Sons International Strategy and Competition By: Collis, David Abstract—This book is designed for every student who will be involved in managing and advising companies that compete internationally... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jun 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis

Keywords: by Venkat Kuppuswamy & Belén Villalonga
  • 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14

  Working PapersIndustry Equilibrium with Open Source and Proprietary Firms Authors:Gastón Llanes and Ramiro de Elejalde Abstract We present a model of industry equilibrium to study the coexistence of Open... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jun 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

Leadership and Happiness, you note that the course “aims to give students a competitive advantage.” How can understanding happiness, both that of our colleagues and our own, make one a more effective leader? Brooks: One of the big... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
  • 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

accounting "reliability." Broadly, the evidence, by highlighting the influence of standard setters, can broaden our understanding of the political economy of standard setting beyond the role of corporate lobbying. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13

firm's investment opportunities. We apply Perfect Bayesian equilibrium solution concepts and confirm that over a range of reasonable model parameters the firm's investment decision does not maximize expected profits. Surprisingly, this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

markets, highlighting concerns as China strives to modernize its financial system to meet global competition and support its fast growing economy. Purchase the note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

are sufficiently large, a pure-strategy equilibrium exists where both B firms are active in the market. Although there is competition in the complement market, the monopoly Firm A may earn lower profits in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jul 2023
  • News

Striving for Imperfection

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details
Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • Web

Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as a quasi-experiment to study the effect of deregulation and its interaction with competition on the supply of complex mortgages. See Marco’s other research here , Amir’s other research here , and... View Details
  • 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

Abstract—Negotiation analysis seeks to develop prescriptive theory and useful advice for negotiators and third parties. It generally emphasizes the parties' underlying interests, alternatives to negotiated agreement, approaches to productively manage the inherent... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 May 2012
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First Look: May 29

2012) Abstract Controversy surrounds occupational health and safety regulators, with some observers claiming that workplace regulations damage firms' competitiveness and destroy jobs, and others arguing that they make workplaces safer at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

work to China, DSHM would become uncompetitive. However, in outsourcing the work, some skills would necessarily have to be transferred, potentially teaching the future competition and providing them with a platform to attack DSHM's core... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016

fundamentally change the trajectory of a broken system. The bundled payment model, in contrast, triggers competition between providers to create value where it matters—at the individual patient level—and puts health care on the right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

power of network effects to drive demand Identify sources of competitive advantage through differentiation Who Will Benefit Aspiring Marketing, Strategy, or Consulting Professionals Those Considering an MBA Mid-Career Professionals... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

choices to optimally guide the other choices." This definition captures the idea of strategy as the core of an intended course of action that is potentially flexible and adaptive. It coincides with the equilibrium outcome of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

may be positive and is strictly lower than 1. We also investigate the possibility of platforms investing in "educating" unsophisticated users. In a competitive environment, such education is a public good among platforms and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

a persuasive story to compete with the scandal narrative. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51509 August 2013 Business History National Image as a Competitive Disadvantage: The Case of the New Zealand... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

it is no longer enough for firms to be better or cheaper to gain competitive advantage. These new rules make it essential for companies to reexamine four fundamental aspects of their business to thrive in the digital era—their strategy,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

Price Competition Models Authors:Awi Federgruen and Margaret Pierson Abstract The question of what impact mergers and acquisitions have on key equilibrium performance measures is fundamental to our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne