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- 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010
Amy J.C. Cuddy, Ruwan Gunatilake, and Meredith HodgesHarvard Business School Exercise 911-013 This exercise is based on the popular group game "Mafia" and is designed to give students a broad introduction to multiple theories of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
people are more likely to go to a ball game when they have purchased tickets to a single game than when they purchased tickets to multiple games. In the first case, the cost of that View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006
that of crowding from above; and the effect of crowding by lower ranked contestants is greatest when there is relatively little race-to-race churn in the rank ordering of drivers. Self-Centered and Other-Regarding Behavior in the Solidarity View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
program like Groupon? What steps can they take to mitigate those risks? A: Stories abound of consumers who try to game the system. Consider a customer who wants to dine on a weekend using a voucher valid on weekdays only. Some consumers... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
the best tank operators can make better, more timely decisions than their superiors—but only under certain conditions. First, frontline tank commanders have to have the intelligence and judgement to sort through a heavy load of information that is changing in real time... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
stay a leader," as Donna Dubinsky (CEO of Handspring, Inc.) says. Once a smaller or weaker firm starts to play defense, the game is usually over. So "play offense and play to win," is the advice of Intuit founder Scott... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007
research. Learning and Equilibrium as Useful Approximations: Accuracy of Prediction on Randomly Selected Constant Sum Games Authors:Ido Erev, Alvin E. Roth, R. Slonim, and Greg Barron Periodical:Economic Theory (forthcoming). Special... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
have the potential to become frenemies, however. Microsoft and Sony still compete bitterly to persuade video game producers to create exclusive content for their gaming consoles—Xbox and PlayStation,... View Details
- March 2019 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Choosing the Right Esports Business Model
By: David Collis and Alexander MacKay
Two esports entrepreneurs must choose on which business model to focus their time and money. After successfully launching an online esports coaching platform, a number of new opportunities emerge in the rapidly growing esports space that now has close to one billion... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Business Development; Esports; Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Management; Strategy; Sports; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia
Collis, David, and Alexander MacKay. "Choosing the Right Esports Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 719-459, March 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
- 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008
organizations to climb the value chain and access higher-margin businesses with powerful incumbents. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609024 PublicationsGender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2016
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February 23, 2016
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50571 February 2016 Games and Economic Behavior Contract Design and Stability in Many-to-Many Matching By: Hatfield, John William, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract— We develop a model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
desire of countries and companies to shift to a low-carbon growth path." Diverse Set Of Challenges One of the challenges facing investors and companies interested in getting into the game in Asia is the diverse set of cultural and... View Details
- 15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15
penetration of smartphone devices was high and the economy was developed or in markets where the use of mobile devices was taking off but the economy was still developing. The other critical decision was whether to continue to invest in in-house View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 14, 2007
prompting a takeover, than at engaging in long-term corporate governance or operating issues. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-004.pdf Correlated Equilibrium and Nash Equilibrium as an Observer's Assessment of the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
Wheeler. "Even after making a good deal, people wonder if they could have done better." Such self-doubt is a costly distraction. "It gets in the way of constructive engagement and relationship-building." Staying In The Game Being centered... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
breeze about a trendy new third-party tool over a game of Super Smash Bros. in the breakroom. “In most software hackathons, the formal competition aspect is really just a façade to put everyone in a time-bound and high-energy environment.... View Details
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
the design choices that might mitigate these biases,” according to the paper. Acquisitions, exclusive deals, and strategy. Economists draw on economic theory and empirical methods to value exclusive deals in gaming platforms; analyze... View Details
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
have relatively little research to date that says, so, what do you do about it? That's the big game that we're hunting. What are some simple implementations or changes managers can introduce in their organizations to encourage good... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
negotiators are game-changing entrepreneurs. They envision the most promising architecture and take action to bring it into being. These virtuoso negotiators not only play the game as given at the table, they are masters at setting it up... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
Tom Brady. On the other hand, Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs was unable to keep up with changes to the industry when he returned for his second stint as head coach in 2004. Gibbs had won three Super Bowl titles in his 12-year stint from 1981 to 1992, but stepped... View Details