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  • 07 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 7, 2016

discontinuity design that facilitates sharper identification of treatment effects, we find a significant and discontinuous increase in tax avoidance following Russell 2000 inclusion. The tax avoidance involves the use of tax shelters, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies

    We study how platform firms use repositioning and cost-cutting in response to competition, elucidate external and internal factors that constrain or enable these responses, and examine how the firms’ responses affect their performance. Our empirical context is... View Details
    • Blog

    Exceptional Learning—Wherever You Are

    Can a virtual learning experience be as dynamic, energetic, and powerful as a classroom session? With its Live Online Classroom, HBS proves that the answer is a resounding yes. Through an initiative that started long before COVID-19... View Details
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States

    By: Amory Gethin and Vincent Pons
    Recent social movements stand out by their spontaneous nature and lack of stable leadership, raising doubts on their ability to generate political change. This article provides systematic evidence on the effects of protests on public opinion and political attitudes.... View Details
    Keywords: Attitudes; Social Issues; Voting; Public Opinion; Social Media
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    • August 2018
    • Case

    BlackBuck (A)

    By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
    The case presents the challenges of scaling an asset-heavy company (that relies on its operations). It highlights how decisions on the early team impact a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high... View Details
    Keywords: Founders; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Delivery; Cash Flow; Growth Management; Truck Transportation; Online Technology; India
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    • 11 Sep 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

    Conference Proceedings More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—I study how online competition, with its shrinking margins, algorithmic pricing... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
    • Case

    Busbud: Building a Data Company

    By: Srikant M. Datar, Alistair Croll and Caitlin N. Bowler
    The case features the work of LP Maurice (HBS '08) as he decides to take on the fragmented bus travel industry and launch an online business that aggregates and shares bus schedules for routes around the world. His first challenge: finding that the data he needs is... View Details
    Keywords: Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Business Startups; Knowledge Acquisition; Customers; Measurement and Metrics; Transportation Industry
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    • January–February 2014
    • Article

    The New Patterns of Innovation

    By: Rashik Parmar, Ian Mackenzie, David Cohn and David Gann
    The search for new business ideas—and models—is hit-or-miss at most firms. Tackling the problem systematically, of course, will improve the odds of success. Traditional ways of framing this search examine competencies, customer needs, and shifts in the landscape. This... View Details
    Keywords: Value Creation; Information Technology; Innovation and Invention
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    • 13 Feb 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists

    Business scholars increasingly hinge their hypotheses on sociological and psychological studies, seeking a true handle on what motivates executives, employees, consumers, and policymakers. For instance, the following studies suggest... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • Program

    Program for Leadership Development

    HBS Live Online Classroom. Just as HBS pioneered the case study method, we also built the first live online classroom in 2014 and have been refining and optimizing our virtual program experience ever since.... View Details
    • Article

    Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies

    By: Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
    Organizational structures are increasingly complex. In particular, more firms today operate as multi-sided platforms. In this paper, we study how platform firms use repositioning and cost-cutting in response to competition, elucidate external and internal factors that... View Details
    Keywords: Platform Strategy; Repositioning; Cost-cutting; Intra-firm Learning; Multi-Sided Platforms; Cost Management; Product Positioning; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Journalism and News Industry
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    • Program

    Advanced Management Program

    six weeks on campus and one virtual module. During the virtual module, participants should set aside 10-12 hours per week to complete self-paced work and eight hours for live online sessions, which include faculty-led sessions, discussion... View Details
    • 2022
    • Article

    Social Interactivity in Live Video Experiences Reduces Loneliness

    By: Benjamin T. Kaveladze, Robert R. Morris, Rosa Victoria Dimitrova-Gammeltoft, Amit Goldenberg, James J. Gross, Judd Antin, Melissa Sandgren and Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt
    Background: Loneliness, especially when chronic, can substantially reduce one's quality of life. However, positive social experiences might help to break cycles of loneliness by promoting more prosocial cognitions and behaviors. Internet-mediated live video... View Details
    Keywords: Lonelines; Social Connection; Internet-mediated Communication; Experiment; Emotions; Well-being; Interpersonal Communication; Internet
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    • Program

    General Management Program

    Executives in roles that cover the scope of general manager, deputy general manager, senior vice president, or vice president Leaders in Virtual Learning This program features sessions in the HBS Live Online Classroom. Just as HBS... View Details
    • 04 Dec 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: December 4, 2007

    identities, specifically previously enacted ones, constitute potent incentives for inducing efforts or actions. People Are Experience Goods: Improving Online Dating with Virtual Dates Authors:Jeana H. Frost, Zoë Chance, Michael I. Norton,... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • March 2022
    • Teaching Note

    Supreme: Remaining Cool While Pursuing Growth

    By: Jill Avery and Sandrine Crener
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-006. Following VF Corporation’s acquisition of cult streetwear brand Supreme, consumers and industry pundits were nervous that becoming part of a large, public corporation would put an end to Supreme’s slow and careful growth... View Details
    Keywords: Cultural Branding; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Growth Management; Consumer Products Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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    • 17 Jan 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research: January 17

    this lending increase is associated with a 3.3% rise in annual house price growth rate and a 2.2% expansion of employment in the non-tradable sectors. These effects are followed by a decline in loan origination, house prices, and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Mar 2022
    • What Do You Think?

    Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

    should be practicing anyway. The only new element is that it has to be practiced in a different (remote) work environment. As David Wittenberg put it, “It might take a bit more time to connect with employees online instead of walking by... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 02 Feb 2007
    • What Do You Think?

    Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

    Buffett), (3) altruism, where the primary purpose is to serve (customers, employees, etc.) first and assume that profit will follow (as at Nordstrom), and (4) heroism, typically involving grand plans to change entire industries or even... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett
    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    Human-Algorithm Collaboration with Private Information: Naïve Advice Weighting Behavior and Mitigation

    By: Maya Balakrishnan, Kris Ferreira and Jordan Tong
    Even if algorithms make better predictions than humans on average, humans may sometimes have private information which an algorithm does not have access to that can improve performance. How can we help humans effectively use and adjust recommendations made by... View Details
    Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Forecasting and Prediction; Digital Marketing
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