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John Batter is a retired Litigation Partner in the Boston Office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP where his practice focussed on on the defense of public and private companies and their directors and management against breach of fiduciary duty claims and... View Details

29 Jul 2010
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A post-crisis case study

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Network Effects Aren't Enough

By: Andrei Hagiu and Simon Rothman

In many ways, online marketplaces are the perfect business model. Since they facilitate transactions between independent suppliers and customers rather than take possession of and responsibility for the products or services in question, they have inherently low cost... View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Network Effects; Market Participation

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02 Jan 2011
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Professor Michael Porter

31 Mar 2014
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5 Traits Of Successful Job Offer Negotiators

01 Oct 2019
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Leaked transcripts of Mark Zuckerberg's remarks hint at unrest inside Facebook

Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier

Your guide--using the compelling stories of changemakers and the tools of economics--to the transformation and future possibilities of the business and economics of space. Harvard Business Review Press, 2025. View Details

18 May 2023
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Mabel Abraham presents "Gender-Based Double Standards in Defining High Status: How Educational Status Shapes the Gender Pay Gap"

30 Nov 2012
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HBS Professor Al Roth Named Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science

04 Feb 2020
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Dr. Elizabeth Mary Okelo

Mary Okelo, who pursued a successful career as an executive of Barclays Bank In Kenya before founding the only women’s bank in Africa and the Makini schools system, explains how important it is for businesses... View Details

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2017 Class Day Student Speaker Announced

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John F. Batter