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- 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17
for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are paid about the market wage for their work. These results and other observations lead to the conclusion that diaspora connections continue to be important even as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Fixed Income Research: bond data, ratings, and reports
Research Topics Suggested Resources Bond data FactSet A comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from global fixed income markets. Individual accounts needed. Please see More Info page for instructions on signing up... View Details
- 02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2
profits of competing platforms in a market of fixed size are decreasing in the fraction of sophisticated users. When market expansion is introduced, the fraction of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2014
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Boutique workouts brought to the busiest people, at home
convenient online platform. “I’d love to create the official fitness platform for the Lean In generation, people want to stay active but have very little time,” says Kumar. In just her first two months of operation, with almost no View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7
Digital Platform: A Playbook for Strategists By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—The ubiquity of Internet access has caused a sharp rise in the number of businesses offering platforms that connect users for communication or commerce.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2016
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World Bank Vice President and Treasurer: Negative Rates Not the Answer
trading platforms have been launched, institutions participating in the market have been strengthened, and there is greater public awareness of the critical role capital View Details
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Oxford Business Group Country Reports
How do I access Oxford Business Group (OBG) reports? Oxford Business Group (OBG) provides in-depth reports on frontier market countries and sectors. READ ONLY: The Oxford online platform is... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
forthcoming Journal of International Economics Corporate Debt, Firm Size and Financial Fragility in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract— The post-Global Financial Crisis period shows a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007
and consumers' discount factor in this market are within the range in which platform success is driven by quality advantage and the market is potentially efficient.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 12
asymmetric information concerning the value of a new technology affect the strategies of the platforms and the market outcome. We find that the incumbent dominates the market... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007
latter to price lower and thereby increase total consumer traffic. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-010.pdf Exclusivity and Control Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Robin S. Lee Abstract We analyze platform competition for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17
and switching costs in platform markets, entrants generally must offer revolutionary functionality. We explore a second entry path that does not rely upon Schumpeterian innovation: platform envelopment.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know
is intrinsically the same thing,” says Wu. “Generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT and the motion gestures control in the Apple Vision Pro continue to expand who can use a computer and what you can use it for.” 2. Platforms are power In the... View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’
book excerpt What My Research Revealed, In Broad Strokes From A Social Strategy: How We Profit From Social Media By Mikolaj Jan Piskorski As I began my research, it quickly became clear that there are two major ways in which companies have tried to leverage social... View Details
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Evelyne White
instead Bookalokal can capture many midsized markets where it will confront fewer rivals, it will be in a strong position to eventually partner with big-city victors to create a shared platform that allows... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
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Align Your Social Media and Recruiting Strategies
associations to create word of mouth marketing about your Q&A platform or a live chat you’re hosting. You may even invite students who have previously interned at your organization to be a key... View Details
- July 1996
- Case
Edmund's--www.edmunds.com
Edmund's publishes an automobile price guide in books (600,000 units per year) and over the Internet (16,000 users a day and growing). The site can be visited at www.edmunds.com. In the marketplace, it makes money selling books. In the marketspace, they make their... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Information Publishing; Information Industry; Auto Industry
Sviokla, John J. "Edmund's--www.edmunds.com." Harvard Business School Case 397-016, July 1996.
- 01 Sep 2010
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Online Fashionistas
Groupe, now with a division for men’s clothing and entering travel markets as well, has grown from 5 employees to more than 400. Membership is by invitation by other members or by registering at the site (www.gilt.com); that exclusivity... View Details
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Exchange traded funds
target="new">Morningstar Direct Multi-currency research platform that provides performance and holdings analysis of investments. Includes data on closed-end funds, equity ownership, exchange traded funds, hedge funds, View Details
Raymond J. Noorda
Upon his arrival at Novell, Noorda realized that the future of computer networking lay in the software and not the hardware. Novell’s product, Netware, dominated the network operating system market in the early 1990s by making it possible... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics