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- 2012
- Working Paper
Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency
By: Alvin J. Silk
What restrictions should be placed on advertising agencies with respect to serving accounts or clients that are competitors of one another in order to avoid conflicts in interest? In recent decades, the advertising and marketing services industry has undergone a number... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Service Delivery; Competition; Conflict of Interests; Policy; Practice; Advertising Industry; United States
Silk, Alvin J. "Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency." Marketing Science Institute Report, No. 12-104, May 2012.
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
power. For example, movie studios are probably more confident that a Tom Cruise movie will emerge as the winner of a competitive July 4 opening weekend than a movie with an unknown actor, and will adjust their release strategy... View Details
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher—or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury itself to change over time. As a... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
period, they showed us how work was actually done in practice in dozens of plants. Kent and I went to Toyota plants and those of suppliers here in the U.S. and in Japan and directly watched literally hundreds of people in a wide variety... View Details
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
rates to those facing high tax rates. Evidence from the worldwide operations of U.S. multinational firms indicates that affiliates in low-tax jurisdictions use trade credit to lend, whereas those in high-tax jurisdictions use trade credit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. Regina E. Herzlinger : Named one of the 40 Smartest People in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2014. Regina E. Herzlinger : Received the 2014 Beatrice D. Ellerin Award from the HBS Health Industry... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
on patent ownership, the terms of license agreements, or the value added of patents. Publisher's link: http://escueladeadministracion.uc.cl/images/publicaciones/llanespoblete2.pdf August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review Spurring Innovation Through View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
terms expire, changes to the U.S. healthcare system are also of significance to patients and the pharmaceutical industry internationally. This article evaluates how the ACA will affect the size of the biopharmaceutical market and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
Thomas Friedman, author of "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century", opines that a number of events ranging from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the rise of the Internet have flattened the competitive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- March 2015 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
American Well: The DTC Decision
By: Elie Ofek and Natalie Kindred
In late 2013, telehealth company American Well, which developed a digital platform that allowed patients to conduct online medical consultations with physicians, is considering pursuing a direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategy. Founded in 2006, American Well had, to date,... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Telehealth; Telemedicine; American Well; Schoenberg; Boston; Israel; Technology; Online Care; Direct-to-consumer; DTC; Health Insurance; Affordable Care Act; Health Care Reform; Accountable Care Organizations; Technology Change; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Digital Marketing; Strategy; Competition; Information Technology; Marketing; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Entrepreneurship; Marketing Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States; Israel
Ofek, Elie, and Natalie Kindred. "American Well: The DTC Decision." Harvard Business School Case 515-032, March 2015. (Revised December 2016.)
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Electricity - Business & Environment
from fossil fuel power stations. With significant cost declines in recent years, solar and wind have become cost competitive with fossil fuels in many places. In addition, hydropower, wave, geothermal, and biomass technologies have... View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
regulatory requirements, and some existing taxi booking vendors feel threatened by SaferTaxi's efforts to enter the market. As SaferTaxi attempts to satisfy these diverse constituents, international competition looms. What should... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 11 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams
sees their competitive advantage in product/engineering innovation and flexibility in having a small team. As regulation evolves in Europe, BTG Bioliquids is also looking at the U.S. market, due to the... View Details
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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
the top U.S. business schools. A further challenge comes from the fact that companies in these industries have increasingly been promoting from within.14 In part, this is because technical work, such as sales and trading, now contributes... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
http://hrleadsbusiness.org/rise-of-hr-e-book May 2015 JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association Medicine's Continuous Improvement Imperative By: Huckman, Robert S., and Ananth Raman Abstract— Maintaining quality and spurring innovation have long been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
about business problems and arrive at a solution yourself." Sichao Ni Commercial Attaché, U.S. Embassy Singapore at U.S. Department of Commerce Develop the skills to implement meaningful change and challenge... View Details
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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Brian Trelstad Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 The Spiritual Lives of Leaders Nien-hê Hsieh Derek van Bever Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship John Jong-Hyun Kim Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 U.S. Healthcare Strategy... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
Program (SELP) in India, the Middle East, and Africa and resumed its in-person SELP program in China. Sixty-three percent of participants in the group’s open enrollment programs represented businesses based outside the U.S. Total... View Details