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Understanding and Managing Information Intermediaries
Brian Bushee is investigating whether information intermediaries such as institutional investors and financial analysts are sophisticated and efficient users of accounting information and whether these intermediaries' decisions influence the choices made by... View Details
- June 1975
- Article
The Information Revealed in Infinitely Repeated Games of Incomplete Information
By: Elon Kohlberg
Kohlberg, Elon. "The Information Revealed in Infinitely Repeated Games of Incomplete Information." International Journal of Game Theory 4, no. 2 (June 1975): 57–59.
- April 1995 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kevin Davis
In order to increase revenues, develop new technologies, and manage information technology more efficiently, Xerox decided to sign a 10-year, $3.2 billion contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS). This case describes the events that preceded Xerox's decision to... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Kevin Davis. "Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources." Harvard Business School Case 195-158, April 1995. (Revised June 2002.)
- November 1999
- Article
Understanding the Code: State Genetic Information Laws
This paper is a comprehensive survey of U.S. state genetic information privacy laws. View Details
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Value of Information with Sequential Futures Markets
By: Jerry R. Green
The effects of an improvement in information on the efficiency of risk-bearing are studied under various systems of incomplete markets. With sequential futures markets for uncontingent delivery, the welfare effects are indeterminate in sign, except under special... View Details
Green, Jerry R. "Value of Information with Sequential Futures Markets." Econometrica 49, no. 2 (March 1981): 335–358.
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
Summing Up Those responding to the piece titled "Whither the Information Economy?" voiced opinions that dispel any notion that the so-called phenomenon is an end in itself, or in fact anything more than a means to an end. Which... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- January 26, 2016
- Article
Hiding Personal Information Reveals the Worst
By: Leslie K. John, Kate Barasz and Michael I. Norton
Seven experiments explore people's decisions to share or withhold personal information and the wisdom of such decisions. When people choose not to reveal information—to be "hiders"—they are judged negatively by others (experiment 1). These negative judgments emerge... View Details
Keywords: Disclosure; Transparency; Policy-making; Privacy; Information; Corporate Disclosure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Trust
John, Leslie K., Kate Barasz, and Michael I. Norton. "Hiding Personal Information Reveals the Worst." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 4 (January 26, 2016): 954–959.
- 22 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Platform Competition under Asymmetric Information
- Research Summary
Information and Control in Modern Manufacturing
Ratna Sarkar's research in management accounting focuses on the effect of information and incentives on performance. She has investigated the role of worker empowerment, training and inventory in modern manufacturing settings and her findings suggest that these... View Details
- May 1990
- Background Note
Corporate Information Management
Keywords: Information Management
Applegate, Lynda M. "Corporate Information Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 190-184, May 1990.
- 1975
- Book
The Information Systems Handbook
By: F. W. McFarlan and R. L. Nolan
Keywords: Information Management
McFarlan, F. W. and R. L. Nolan, eds. The Information Systems Handbook. Homewood, IL: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1975.
- December 2003
- Article
Leveraging Information across Categories
By: Raghu Iyenger, Asim Ansari and Sunil Gupta
Keywords: Information
Iyenger, Raghu, Asim Ansari, and Sunil Gupta. "Leveraging Information across Categories." Quantitative Marketing and Economics 1, no. 4 (December 2003): 425–465.
- April 2006
- Background Note
Informing Service Management with Customer Data
By: Frances X. Frei and Dennis Campbell
Taught as the third module in a Harvard Business School course on Managing Service Operations. Explores the role of data analysis in ongoing service management. Describes how to realize the maximum amount of value from analyses and use this information in... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Design; Analytics and Data Science; Service Operations; Mathematical Methods; Value
Frei, Frances X., and Dennis Campbell. "Informing Service Management with Customer Data." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-097, April 2006.
- February 1995
- Background Note
Health Information Industry Note
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and VJ Pappas
Herzlinger, Regina E., and VJ Pappas. "Health Information Industry Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-206, February 1995.
- 1 Jan 1991
- Conference Presentation
Information Technology and Globalization
By: L. M. Applegate and R. O. Mason
- August 1986 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
Honeywell Information Systems (B)
Corey, E. Raymond. "Honeywell Information Systems (B)." Harvard Business School Case 587-072, August 1986. (Revised May 1989.)
- March 1995 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Information on a SilverPlatter
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Whitney Bower. "Information on a SilverPlatter." Harvard Business School Case 395-136, March 1995. (Revised March 1997.)
- summer 1994
- Article
Boards Need Better Information
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Boards Need Better Information." Directors & Boards 18, no. 4 (summer 1994): 31–33.
- January 2015
- Article
Competing with Privacy
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane
We analyze the implications of consumer privacy for competition in the marketplace. We consider a market where firms set prices and disclosure levels for consumer information, and consumers observe both before deciding which firm to patronize and how much information... View Details
Keywords: Information Acquisition; Information Disclosure; Online Privacy; Privacy Regulation; Information; Rights; Internet and the Web; Competition; Internet and the Web; Corporate Disclosure; Ethics; Knowledge Acquisition
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Andres Hervas-Drane. "Competing with Privacy." Management Science 61, no. 1 (January 2015): 229–246.