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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
can make or break it all. “Plus, in a world where people want to work from home and other companies offer that option, it’s difficult for us to ignore the market and what people want,” Lerner says. On the other hand, the founders have a View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
propose a general mechanism of partner choice, "screening," that is similar to the economic theory of mechanism design. Imposing the appropriate costs and rewards may induce the informed individuals to screen themselves... View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008
push both proprietary and shared platforms toward hybrid governance models characterized by centralized control over platform technology (i.e., closed sponsorship) and shared responsibility for serving users... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
When electronic cigarettes first appeared a little over a decade ago, they were hailed by many as a godsend: a tool to help smokers quit while mitigating the most harmful effects of tobacco. "The [e-cigarette] market is producing, at no View Details
- 09 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!
the world are trying to reinvent themselves for digital success. Indeed, few strategic problems are as hard as those confronting newspapers—declining print revenues, even greater declines in advertising revenue (mostly due to the loss of classifieds), and a fixed View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
that angioplasties and bypass surgeries are funded. Despite compelling statistics that show preventive measures are far more effective and would cost much less than the $2 billion Medicare spends on those surgical procedures each year,... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
Rangan brought together veterans of the retail world to share strategies for cashing in on what could be a new wave of organized retail in India. The discussion took place April 4 at the India Business Conference at HBS. Kishore Biyani... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7
should your employees be to helping each other? Are they sharing responsibility for your company's success? (7) What strategic uncertainties keep you awake at night? How are you riveting everyone's attention on those uncertainties? These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
“inclusive capitalism”? Bower and Paine: In the book we mention terms like inclusive capitalism, but we don’t yet have a label for the more resilient form of capitalism that we have in mind. Certainly it needs to be inclusive in the sense of producing prosperity that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
their conditions and possible treatments, often sharing their experiences with others in online communities. They are more inclined to question authority, and to raise issues with their doctors, care providers, and pharmacists. Some... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
pure process focus to substance: the principles of designing agreements that create value and are sustainable. Inexperienced negotiators, says Sebenius, often unconsciously limit themselves to a one-dimensional process of sitting at the bargaining table and... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
group of successful entrepreneurs who shared their experiences of launching and sustaining a minority-owned business. “Start planning early. Save money. And go back to your community,” said L. Londell McMillan, president and CEO of L.... View Details
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
shares in those horses, making ownership much more accessible. As an investment manager, Finley’s got a strong track record, with four of his horses making it to the Kentucky Derby, including a win by Always Dreaming in 2017 and a run... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
serious challenges for capturing value. In order to draw in external contributors, an innovator often waives legal exclusion rights or reveals formerly exclusive knowledge. But as a result, contributors may appropriate a large share of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26
ones. Findings: Our key counterintuitive finding is that Japanese and American founders of entrepreneurial firms are more similar than is often suggested. We first find that in both Japan and the U.S., achievement motivation is positively related to customer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10
pre-selection by a menu setter. We develop a model to study the relation between the ability of the menu setter and the size and quality of the menu. We show that when the cost of increasing the size of the menu is sufficiently small, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
“With the MJFF sharing some of the initial risk in funding projects,” Hood explains, “the hope was that if positive outcomes emerged, industry would get involved where it might not have before and would take it the rest of the way. So... View Details
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
Farronato, Andrey Fradkin, Boston University; Bradley Larsen, Stanford University; and Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Sloan School of Management. We asked Farronato, whose interests include economics, innovation, electronic commerce, and electronic markets, to View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17
individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation projects. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that innovation by individual... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008
Most individuals who had converted bonds for shares in 1711 and 1719 had seen their South Sea shares appreciate in the meantime, and the government had lowered its debt-servicing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace