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  • 10 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 10

  Working PapersPlatform Envelopment (revised) Authors:Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Abstract Due to network effects and switching costs, platform providers often become entrenched. To enter established... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2007
  • Working Paper

Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?

By: Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien
We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e. inducing consumers to search more than they would like): i)... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Retail Industry
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Network Effects Aren't Enough

By: Andrei Hagiu and Simon Rothman
In many ways, online marketplaces are the perfect business model. Since they facilitate transactions between independent suppliers and customers rather than take possession of and responsibility for the products or services in question, they have inherently low cost... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Network Effects; Market Participation
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  • 28 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’

Association and an MBA candidate in the class of 2015 at Harvard Business School. The event was moderated by Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, whose research focuses on marketing View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Crowdfunding capital for small business

involved in several startups and knew how difficult it was for small businesses to get funding. McGee passed away in November 2015. A number of crowdfunding platforms had appeared, but none was really set up to serve small businesses,” he... View Details
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About | HBS Online

some of the highlights: 2014 : Our course platform launches, along with our first two programs: CORe and Disruptive Strategy 2015 : CORe becomes the program Harvard Business School offers to incoming... View Details
  • Profile

Hunter Goble

scientists in Harvard and MIT’s ecosystem. Through a self-matching process that Hunter describes as “speed dating,” he found two scientists from Boston’s Children’s Hospital developing “a novel drug delivery platform that increases the... View Details
  • Fast Answer

Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs

(Hart) Strategies for the Green Economy (Makower) Cradle to Cradle (McDonough and Braungart)  Business and think-tank resources McKinsey Featured Insights / Climate Change Carbon Commentary Newsletter World Economic Forum View Details
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Case Study: Something New

over and over. Additionally, because most women aren’t fashion design- ers, it reduces the overwhelming responsibility of designing some- thing from scratch. —Erica Keany Blob (MBA 2006) Change the business model, and morph into a View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Screen Saver

choice. For Lopez, that has meant deploying a multifaceted strategy with an underlying premise: Make the customer feel at home while providing a sense of escape. "My career has always been about consumer persuasion," says Lopez, who came... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment
  • 30 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 30

Stanton Abstract—This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk, the world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts, where India is the largest country in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

actually hinder the most important part of problem-solving: actually solving the problem. Research by Ethan Bernstein and colleagues. The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs (34,436) David Yoffie and Michael... View Details
  • 22 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 22

Sephora's traditional marketing programs. Importantly, Bornstein needs to begin thinking about a cohesive long-term strategy that clearly identifies the role digital platforms play and how they help Sephora... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design

sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools to create numerous reports. Note: Follow the instruction on the page to set up individual account. For a multimedia learning module on Capital IQ check out our Learn with Baker Library Capital IQ Introduction.... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

headquarters in New York, one of the executives charged with growing the league's reach and revenues is Peter O'Reilly (MBA 2002), vice president, fan strategy & marketing. "My focus is on strengthening our year-round calendar for our... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

Case of Search Platforms Authors:Hanna Hałaburda and Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Abstract We show that a two-sided platform can successfully compete by limiting the choice of potential matches it offers to its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Tafadzwa Samushonga

from agriculture to financial services, my perspective shifted.” As she progressed along this path, she also began to complement her experience as a strategy advisor with new skills in operational management. “I felt that if I truly... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
  • 01 Jun 2002
  • News

Small Club, Big Impact

gained so much visibility that we no longer own the platform — we're the stewards for it,” says Ngnoumen, a first-generation American who has lived in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Côte d'Ivoire. “The expectations of participants have evolved,... View Details
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Patrick Chun

engrossed," Patrick says, "with the idea that strategic thinking and business had such a global impact, and where the world is going." Eager to learn more about "how strategy moves," Patrick spent two years with... View Details
  • 26 Jun 2025
  • Blog Post

Partner with a Student Club

Looking to connect with more students at HBS? Partnering with student clubs is a great way to build relationships, promote your brand, and discover our MBA talent. Harvard Business School has more than 50 career-related student clubs, offering strategic View Details