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Marketing - Doctoral

III Henry W. McGee Antonio Moreno John C. Mulliken Das Narayandas Seth Neel Michael I. Norton Elie Ofek Elisabeth C. Paulson V. Kasturi Rangan Maria P. Roche Raffaella Sadun George Serafeim Sara McKinley Torti Isamar Troncoso Jeremy Yang Dennis A. Yao View Details

21 Nov 2017
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period. Stock indexes can affect behavior by functioning as a source of prestige. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53030 Equity Concerns Are Narrowly Framed By: Exley, Christine L., and Judd View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2018
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MORE Listen to Donna Dubinsky explain why we shouldn't fear the Terminator, on the Skydeck podcast Google can identify a dog because the search engine has been fed millions of images of dogs—all labeled as such by humans—and it’s used... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

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Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

Alan D. MacCormack Edward McFowland III Antonio Moreno Kyle R. Myers Frank Nagle Seth Neel Elisabeth C. Paulson Gary P. Pisano Ananth Raman Maria P. Roche Willy C. Shih Stefan H. Thomke Michael W. Toffel Sara McKinley Torti Isamar Troncoso Jeremy Yang View Details

15 May 2012
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the market by setting the welfare-maximizing level of trade when the difference in the degree of asymmetric information between buyers and sellers is significant. However, if this difference is below a certain threshold, then even the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Feb 2014
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and by incorporating user innovation. We then examine how this ease of external engagement impacts the organization and its strategic activities. Specifically, we consider how this shift in information processing costs affects... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2005 (Revised April 2007)
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Spyder Active Sports - 2004

By: Belen Villalonga, Dwight B. Crane and James Quinn

David Jacobs founded a high-end ski apparel company in 1978. He successfully built and grew the company, establishing a major international brand that appealed to ski racers and other active skiers. In 1995, he sought external financing to support further growth of the... View Details

Keywords: Private Ownership; Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Business Exit or Shutdown; Valuation; Brands and Branding; Wealth; Family Business; Financing and Loans; Globalization; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry; Colorado

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03 Feb 2015
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Publications February 2015 Journal of Finance The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Katherine L. Milkman Abstract—Using a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

Empirical Analysis of Mobile Money Agents in Africa By: Balasubramanian, Karthik, and David F. Drake Abstract—The use of electronic money transfer through cellular networks ("mobile money") is rapidly increasing in the... View Details

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December 2021
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Green Monday

By: José B. Alvarez, Billy Chan and Dawn H. Lau

This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of David Yeung, from campaigning for plant-based diets to building Green Monday, a purpose-driven business and an ecosystem based in Hong Kong comprising a retail platform, an alternative meat brand (“OmniPork”), a... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Social Enterprise; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Model; Mission and Purpose; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; Hong Kong; China; Asia

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10 Mar 2015
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http://amr.aom.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/early/2015/02/10/amr.2015.0042.abstract February 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, Joshua... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jan 2011
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Influence (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:F. Gino and Joshua D. Margolis Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract In four laboratory studies, we find that regulatory focus induced by situational... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Business Economics - Doctoral

and Public Policy Department, Assistant Professor (2024) Advisors: Ariel Pakes (Chair) , Emily Breza , Edward Glaeser , Myrto Kalouptsidi , and Gautam Rao Talia B. Gillis, 2022 Columbia Law School, Associate Professor of Law Advisors:... View Details

28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

Breaks in Interaction Improve Collective Intelligence By: Bernstein, Ethan, Jesse Shore, and David Lazer Abstract— People influence each other when they interact to solve problems. Such social influence introduces both benefits (higher... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

April 2019 (Revised February 2020)
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Ripple: The Business of Crypto

By: David B. Yoffie and George Gonzalez

The case explores Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s mission to disrupt the global payments industry by leveraging the cryptocurrency XRP. Students will learn about Bitcoin and the blockchain industry, as well as Ripple’s unique crypto business model. The case provides an... View Details

Keywords: Payment Systems; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Fintech; Business Startups; Business Model; Disruption; Strategy; Banking Industry; Technology Industry

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27 Sep 2011
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Intervention Method, Empirical Evidence, and Theory Author:Michael Beer Publication:In Research in Organizational Change and Development. Vol. 19, edited by Richard Woodman, William Pasmore, and Abraham B.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Strategy Faculty - Faculty & Research

Royal Little Professor of Business Administration Andy Wu Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration Dennis A. Yao Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration Chair, Doctoral Programs David... View Details

12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

emergence of political economy and the project of creating market societies. By reconstructing ideas in their historical contexts, I address motivations and contingencies at the very foundations of modernity. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

Karthik, David F. Drake, and Douglas Fearing Abstract—Mobile money systems, platforms built and managed by mobile network operators to allow money to be stored as digital currency, have burgeoned in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 2013 (Revised December 2014)
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Taking Dell Private

By: David J. Collis, David B. Yoffie and Matthew Shaffer

In July 2012, Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell, Inc., met with a representative of Silver Lake Partners to explore taking his company private. The company, which he had founded in his dorm room as a college freshman and which had made him the youngest Fortune 500... View Details