Yahoo - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Mar 2006
What Do You Think?

The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

the authorities, and then to suggest changes and modifications." Others advocated more vigorous actions and, if necessary, departure from China. Matt Deter commented, "If Yahoo and Google want to change China, they need to work... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

14 Sep 2018
News

Lessons Learned 10 Years After the Financial Crisis

those working to keep our financial system resilient, the enemy is forgetting.” View video at Yahoo Finance Listen on Marketplace Read more at the New York Times View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Just Breathe

Valley, first consulting with tech companies while at Bain, then transitioned to the industry side at big companies like Yahoo as well as smaller companies and startups, and everything in between. Throughout that time, I was usually the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

19 May 2015
News

Getting Ready for Success

Francisco for a European consulting group, then to work in Los Angeles at pre-IPO GeoCities. In 1999, Yahoo bought the company, and Huebner stayed there closing technology and revenue deals until she was pregnant with her first child.... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Winners and Losers at the Olympics

Speaking of Beijing, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have recently garnered some negative headlines for concessions they made to do business in China. As companies plan their marketing campaigns for the Summer Olympics there, what do... View Details

Keywords: Re: Stephen A. Greyser; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

anticipation of the national election, Uyterhoeven wrote an op-ed article published online in Yahoo Finance that emphasized the importance of free trade to the US economy. “While few recognize it,” he wrote, “the greatest beneficiary of... View Details

25 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 25

ratios. Conversely, peer firms identified by Google and Yahoo Finance, as well as product market competitors gleaned from 10-K disclosures, turned in consistently worse performances. We contextualize these results in a simple model that... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

Yelp from search engines, we find that Google’s exclusion of downstream competitors may have been effective. The share of Yelp’s traffic coming from Google has declined over this period, relative to traffic from Bing and Yahoo (which do... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 30

stay focused on the company's core competence, i.e., developing superior search solutions and monetizing them through targeted advertising. Another option is to branch into new arenas, for example, build Google into a portal like Yahoo or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

firms identified by Google and Yahoo Finance, as well as product market competitors gleaned from 10-K disclosures, turned in consistently worse performances. We contextualize these results in a simple model that predicts when information... View Details