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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Competitiveness Recruit Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS... View Details

July 2021
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Outsourcing Tasks Online: Matching Supply and Demand on Peer-to-Peer Internet Platforms

By: Zoë Cullen and Chiara Farronato

We study the growth of online peer-to-peer markets. Using data from TaskRabbit, an expanding marketplace for domestic tasks at the time of our study, we show that growth varies considerably across cities. To disentangle the potential drivers of growth, we look... View Details

Keywords: Two-sided Market; Two-sided Platforms; Peer-to-peer Markets; Platform Strategy; Sharing Economy; Platform Growth; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Market Design; Network Effects

05 May 2020
Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

websites of hundreds of online retailers to track how they change over time. “What is distinguishing about our paper is that we observe prices not only at the border, but we can also see the impact in retail prices,” Cavallo says. View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 May 2018
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How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

their research findings. The researchers are excited about one particular data source: the online platform Yelp, which runs business listings and reviews written by customers. Unlike traditional Census data,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2024
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Case Study: Testing the Waters

sugars. Rather than focus solely on athletes, Cure appeals to consumers as an everyday hydration product as well as for use cases that can lead to electrolyte imbalance, including pregnancy, illness, certain medical conditions, or even as... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

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Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

strategically, and thus have unrealized potential. Nov-Dec 1999 Harvard Business Review Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value by Michael E. Porter & Mark Kramer During the past two decades, the number of charitable foundations in the... View Details

27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

a successful transformation in your company. Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines Author:Nava Ashraf Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract Using an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2016
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December 6, 2016

importance to the American economic past and prompt enduring questions about the relationship of market freedom to human freedom. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51947 forthcoming Journal of Consumer... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

productive. Sincere, informed acknowledgement of these efforts can go a long way. Recognize outstanding accomplishments during meetings or some other way. For example, gifts and services are appreciated by people more than ever before. Gifts of View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

undergraduate studies to discussion-based learning. Learning by the Case Method Books 2007 Harvard Business Review Press The Case Study Handbook: How to Read, Discuss, and Write Persuasively About Cases by William Ellet 2002 Learning by... View Details

09 Jan 2020
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Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

more akin to an Apple, a Tesla, or a Nest, or a GoPro—where it’s a consumer product that has the foundation of sexy hardware technology and sexy software technology,” he is quoted in a book published today, Competing in the Age of AI:... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

October 19, 2021
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The Facebook Trap

By: Andy Wu

Facebook has a clear mission: Connect everyone in the world. Clarity is good, but in Facebook’s case, it has also put the company in a bind because the mission—and the company’s vision for creating value through network effects—has also become the source of its biggest... View Details

Keywords: Business And Society; Mission and Purpose; Network Effects; Value Creation; Corporate Accountability; Strategy

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30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30

salary allocations to online ad clicks to admission decisions. Working PapersSecurities Litigation Risk for Foreign Companies Listed in the U.S. Authors:Beiting Cheng, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu Abstract We study securities... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jun 2021
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Keep or Cut Workers? How Companies Reacted to the COVID-19 Crisis

increase during the pandemic. During the pandemic, Amazon hired as many new workers as all other Standard and Poor’s 500 companies combined. Online retailer Wayfair also prospered. Where the axe fell On the other hand, shopping malls and... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

chain, linking consumers with producers affordably and flexibly. Accio Alex Zannos (MBA 2025) Sara Ballantyne (MS/MBA 2025) Business Track Crowd Favorite Streamline and automates the hardware manufacturing process. Social Enterprise... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

In 2018, Swedish furniture maker IKEA was undergoing a significant transformation. Challenged by the rise of online shopping and changing consumer behavior, and mourning the death of its founder, the... View Details

08 Sep 2014
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The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

as your markets change. In subscription-based businesses like software and many consumer web services, sales activities with high variance and impact early on are about customer acquisition. But as the market matures, key activities tend... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Aug 2009
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Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet

The fight was lost as consumers voted for free information supported by advertising over subscription services. Ironically, online advertising and the commercialization of the Web achieved important goals of... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising; Publishing

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Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis

on technology-related reports covering the following subject areas: apps and platforms, online marketing, digital media, Internet of Things (IoT), payments, fintech. Frost & Sullivan Reports covering technology and... View Details

23 Sep 2022
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8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

help leaders more successfully innovate and change in their industries as they parse mixed messages about the global economy, with rampant inflation wearing on consumers and investors preparing for recession. Productive Tensions covers... View Details