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- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
16 million internet properties pass through the company’s network, which acts like a neighborhood watch for the internet—spotting potential threats but also helping websites run faster and better. It was named one of the world’s most... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
couldn’t have imagined.” The video on your website describes programming and coding as an art form that anyone can learn. Can you elaborate on this? “A few weeks ago, I got to hear fellow HBS alumnus Sal Khan speak at a dinner. One thing... View Details
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
potential participants in their ecosystems.” Leveraging the momentum and great reviews on Amazon, the company started selling through its direct-to-consumer websites as well as penetrating other sales channels. For example, Anker also... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
technology-adoption decisions, I’ve been examining how the virtual space can substitute for the physical space, by looking at tech adoption at Stack Overflow, which is like a Q&A website for coders. It’s been surprising to see that... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
but online dating websites force them to screen by searchable attributes (such as income, or religion). We demonstrate that people spend too much time searching for options online for too little payoff in offline dates (Study 1), in part... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
At first blush, the two-year-old online start-up Groupon seems a bit audacious. For starters, there's the news that the deal-of-the-day website turned down a $6 billion acquisition offer from Google last month. Then there's the company's... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
of all kinds seem to like them. As our website says, the tally [as of early February] is now “119,074,255 lessons delivered.” What’s the secret to the success of the videos? I try not to talk down or be judgmental, I’m not staring over... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
anyone, and learners of all kinds seem to like them. As our website says, the tally as of early February is now “119,074,255 lessons delivered.” MORE Watch Khan explain the geometry of snowflakes Khan presents a TED talk READ MORE Watch... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
own the overwhelming majority of the company.” Can you finish these two statements? “Fighting foot odor is “Just the beginning. Keep an eye on Zorpads, there is more to come.” —Smith “Something that needed to happen and we’re the ones who need to be doing it.” —Wiegele... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
increasingly depend on a mutually reinforcing relationship between financial and nonfinancial performance. Integrated reporting is about more than a document. It is also about a more integrated company website that leverages the Internet... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
inductively shows that consumers deem information flows acceptable (or not) based on whether their personal information was: 1) obtained within versus outside of the website on which the ad appears and 2) stated by the consumer versus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
television and websites did to print? Two former public radio producers launch a podcast network, entering what they call the last frontier of digital media. What needs to be added to their creative hothouse if it is ever to become a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
[Cartoon dialogue] JH: I was looking at some of the animated cartoons on the ISC’s website about using the toilet because a lot of people are not used to doing that—and why it’s important, and how do you get people to change. It’s hard,... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
help. First, he used a genealogy website that showed him that the surname had a high concentration in the Detroit area. And then, he ran a targeted search on Facebook for the name in that area. There were some hits, but no luck on a... View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
through a website compared with existing customers, suggesting that categories other than pants might have prompted them to buy online. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/2TKEYULIQKLUFANjs0Nt][/div] Another notable trend: In the US and... View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
article they describe how to properly design and execute A/B and other controlled tests, ensure their integrity, interpret results, and avoid pitfalls. They argue that if a company sets up the right infrastructure and software, it will be able to evaluate ideas not... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
highlighting the work performed by the government of an archetypal town increased trust in government and support for government services. In Study 2, residents of Boston, Massachusetts, who interacted with a website that visualized... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
wrought with misinformation. The leader in this space was the website Craigslist, which was the most highly trafficked classifieds site in the world and the tenth most visited site in the United States despite introducing almost no... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
hope potential students understand is that this is an investment in themselves. There are upfront costs that we can help students navigate, and we have included on our website a blog series featuring stories about how some recent... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie