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  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

in market outcomes." Rooting Marketing Strategy in Human Universals Global and local marketing efforts run at the opposite sides of the spectrum, and both "ignore crucial aspects of consumer behavior," argue HBS professors... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
  • 20 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 20

existence of free trade in labor and capital as well as goods and services between the two countries. Thus, Canada had no financial crisis in 2007-08. Capitalism is a system of governance because it embodies human purposes, which differ... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2000 (Revised December 2004)
  • Case

Richard Spellman (A)

Describes Richard Spellman's decision to leave his existing employer and join an Internet start-up as CEO. Focuses on the terms of a restricted stock agreement and employment agreement that must be negotiated. Includes first drafts of these two agreements. View Details
Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Internet and the Web; Executive Compensation; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Management Teams
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  • 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

share buy-back campaign after experiencing a sharp fall in its share price following the end of the Dot-com bubble. The case provides a vehicle for exploring the ethical and human rights responsibilities of corporations in the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • December 2021 (Revised May 2022)
  • Case

Troverie (A)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Lindsay N. Hyde and Olivia Graham
Six months after the August 2018 launch of Troverie, a U.S.-based online retailer of luxury watches, the average cost of acquiring a customer is much higher than originally projected, and the startup is incurring a substantial loss on each sales transaction. Could... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Luxury Goods; Customer Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Luxury; Failure; Internet and the Web; Revenue; Fashion Industry; United States
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  • 16 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 16, 2008

Publication:Annual Review of Psychology 60 (2009): 475-499 Abstract As technology has simplified meeting basic needs, humans have cultivated increasingly psychological avenues for occupying their consumption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

poor financial markets, b) increases in the share of FDI or the relative productivity of the foreign firm leads to higher additional growth in financially developed economies compared to those observed in financially under-developed ones, and c) other local conditions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2016
  • Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

already been done, especially when a costly court battle drags on for as long as 18 months. “If you’re a small, innovative firm, you don’t have that kind of time. Your technology will be obsolete,” Cohen said. Cohen said it makes sense to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

that technology diffuses slower to locations that are farther away from adoption leaders. This effect is stronger across rich countries and also when measuring distance along the south-north dimension. A simple theory of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ August 2013 Computer Applying KISS to Healthcare Information Technology By: Herzlinger, Regina E., Margo Seltzer, and Mark Gaynor Abstract—Current public and private healthcare information View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2010
  • Chapter

Crime Distribution and Victim Behavior during a Crime Wave

By: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky
The study of how crime affects different income groups faces the difficulty that crime-avoiding activities vary across these groups. Thus, a lower victimization rate in one group may not reflect a lower burden of crime, but rather a higher investment in crime... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Wealth and Poverty; Selection and Staffing; Crime and Corruption; Income; Leading Change; Information Management; Argentina
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  • 31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

which finds (a) a shift in the object of observation from organizational outcomes to the detailed individual activities within them; (b) a shift from people observing the technology to technology observing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

consumer trend or technological development may be emerging in Germany or Japan, not your home market," Bartlett says. "Having eyes and ears around the world is critical, as is having the response capabilities to tap into the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 02 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

technology experts, one of whom was able to help them. Gustafson and Yacovone obtained the advice they needed without having to conduct a time-consuming search and without having to negotiate a contract up front. (Reach had already... View Details
Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

Atlas Venture's Montanus cautioned that "providing money alone is no longer enough." From business development and marketing to human resource management, firms today have to be able to supply their clients with a full range of... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services
  • 18 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

Although much of the globe is awash in it, the allocation of water for human consumption is anything but easy. As the planet's population grows, urbanizes, and is subjected to climate change, many experts foresee a global water crisis... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 12 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 12

development of Kvadrat's retail sales operations, the implementation of new Human Resources practices, and the execution of a new organizational design. Was such an extensive growth, turnaround, and internal development agenda feasible?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2015
  • Technical Note

The On-Demand Economy

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery, James Weber and Elizabeth Anne Watkins
This note describes the emerging on-demand economy, also referred to as the sharing economy. The note highlights several companies including Uber and Airbnb that exemplify this new mode of competition, a model that threatens to disrupt traditional firms. Uber provides... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Reform; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Labor; Employment; Working Conditions; Human Capital; Rights; Organizational Design; Social and Collaborative Networks; Service Industry
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  • 25 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

three factors that predict neighborhood improvement. First, neighborhoods that are densely populated by college-educated adults are more likely to experience physical improvements—an observation that is compatible with the economic literature linking View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Mar 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

mountain in the world or how many zeros you tally up in your portfolio. New levels of human performance take us closer to the gods and set the stage for what we hope is excellence in our own DNA. These moments also make good copy.... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

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