Economics Of Digital Platforms - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2009
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Working PapersWhat Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive theory View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Podcast - Business & Environment

CEO James Reinhart 04 JUN 2025 | Climate Rising James Reinhart, CEO of ThredUp, one of the largest online resale platforms for secondhand clothing. James co-founded the company... View Details

April 2021
Case

Codecademy: Where to Next?

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Max Mailman and Sarah Ascherman

In March 2020, Zach Sims, co-founder and CEO of online education platform Codecademy, prepared for a meeting with his Chief of Staff Kunal Ahuja to discuss the company’s goals. Codecademy billed itself as the largest online resource for computer science literacy and... View Details

Keywords: Monetization Strategy; Business Model; Change Management; Venture Capital; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Teams; Marketing Channels; Product Marketing; Network Effects; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; United States

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07 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

When Celebrity ‘Crypto-Influencers’ Rake in Cash, Investors Lose Big

significant negative returns—an average loss of 19 percent after three months. "It could also be the case that they’re just pushing the hype because they want followers." Crypto influencers—many of whom are... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

women, but rather, may identify as a mix of both genders, consider themselves somewhere in between, or decline to align with either gender. Coffman set out to understand this population better—in terms of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation and Power Professor David Yoffie + More Info – Less Info Digital platforms have become the most... View Details

2017
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A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies

By: Valeria Giacomin

Clusters are defined as geographically concentrated agglomerations of specialized firms in a particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper... View Details

Keywords: Industry Clusters; Research; Theory; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Analysis; Globalization

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30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

content has grown quicker than Yelp and TripAdvisor. Overall, these results shed light on platform strategy and market entry: tying can facilitate entry in complementary markets, even when the tied product is View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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About - Business & Environment

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab at the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Business School. He holds a PhD in Economics and Finance from the University View Details

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Courses - Entrepreneurship

platform for understanding the challenges facing a general manager. Building on the foundation laid by other RC courses, The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) will provide students with an understanding of... View Details

15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

create a culture in which all employees can reach their full potential. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54503 Spring 2018 Journal of Economic Perspectives Space, the Final... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

complicated—and instructive. Kodak suffered from a technology transition in which it lost the benefits of a learning curve to a general-purpose technology platform where there were no entry barriers. It also... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

driver of wealth creation and economic growth. Partnerships to foster the translational processes from public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, to private firms are a policy tool... View Details

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Help - Alumni

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Leadership Initiative - Leadership

digital and analytics-enabled businesses. He is the founder of digital transformation advisory New Media Insight, and also serves as the Chief Product Officer View Details

14 Jul 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

mathematical biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Luca Giani (MPP 2022) is the co-founder and CEO of Ilios Therapeutics, a platform chemistry startup developing... View Details

25 Aug 2014
HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

sourcing and environmental impact; Creative innovation growth platforms worthy of our coffee; Deliver a sustainable economic model. The case provides a behind-the-scenes look... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

14 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

to keep working from home part of the time after COVID-19 abates, researchers are probing how virtual interaction might reshape organizations. In the first large-scale analysis of View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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