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- 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7
copyrighted content over peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing networks and its impact on the music industry and to assess the viable business models for the industry in the future. Competitiveness: Business Model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21
requirements. Download working paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w19018 Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture By:Baldwin, Carliss Y., Alan MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract—In this paper, we describe an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
not much left, even for the Twitters of the world. Increasingly, we're seeing a shift in the business model from advertising to a subscription model (think Hulu Plus, Pandora, Dropbox, etc.). Ello is View Details
- 11 May 2010
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First Look: May 11
Nestlé's Milk Districts: Case Supplement Ray A. Goldberg and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Supplement 906-411 Nestlé, as the largest milk company in the world, has a history of economic development, nutrition, health, and food safety in all the major countries of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
executives. I would suggest that boards need to regularly ask themselves whether they have a firm grasp on the operating style and role modeling behaviors of their senior leadership teams. If after candid... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015
innovations from industry outsiders who saw economic opportunities where others didn’t—and how these mainstream firms had no choice but to innovate themselves. New models were tried: some succeeded, some failed. Commercial markets turned... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
particular setting. This paper exploits a plausibly exogenous change in the liability structure offered by a microfinance program in India, which shifted from individual to group liability lending. We find evidence that the lending model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 7
confronts the challenge of whether its business model will continue to be viable under radically altered market conditions and a new regulatory regime. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310056-PDF-ENG Goldman... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21
relationships with their competitors affect consumers' preferences. Through a series of experiments, we show that the competitive context in which a brand operates can affect consumers' purchase interest and purchase frequency. We show... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
the restaurant, failing to fill seats nightly, starts operating at a loss. But then there's D'O, a restaurant in Cornaredo, Italy, that opened in 2003 and received a Michelin star only one year later. Under the leadership of chef and... View Details
- 09 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 9
observational data and quantitative operational data analyzed with adapted network methods, we examine whether and how team scaffolds facilitate teaming in a dynamic work environment. Although team scaffolds were implemented with little... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3
Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract The financial meltdown made clear that the executives of many major financial institutions were operating with inadequate or distorted information about the values and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
academic literature and many management testimonials advocating a broader conception of corporate purpose—one that addresses the interests of firms’ multiple constituencies and the well-being of their employees, customers, and operating... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- December 2018
- Case
Choosy
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2017, Choosy is a data-driven fashion startup that uses algorithms to identify styles trending on social media. After manufacturing similar items using a China-based supply chain, Choosy sells them to consumers through its website and social media pages.... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Algorithms; Machine Learning; Neural Networks; Instagram; Influencer; Fast Fashion; Design; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain; Production; Logistics; Business Model; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Social Media; Technology Industry; Fashion Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
transparency on outcome, relies on private-sector analysis, and imposes severe penalties for unethical market behavior. Along the way, it raises money for its operations with filing fees and fines. The Financial Accounting Foundation,... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age
relationship. With operations primarily online, their major expenses are technology and advertising. Labor costs are miniscule, because the workers who create revenue are independent contractors. In contrast, traditionally structured... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008
responses by firms that receive poor ratings, especially those that face lower cost opportunities to improve and that operate in highly regulated industries. Our empirical analysis examines how nearly 600 firms in the United States... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25
Publications 2006 pub Leviathan Evolving: New Varieties of State Capitalism in Brazil and Beyond By: Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—In this book we describe the transformation of state capitalism from a model in which... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
STORY Some quantitative analyses are like police procedural television programs; they attempt to solve a business problem with quantitative analysis. Some operational problem crops up, and data are used to confirm the nature of the issue... View Details
- 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007
Working PapersPublic Action for Public Goods Authors:Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rohini Somanathan Abstract This paper focuses on the relationship between public action and access to public goods. It begins by developing a simple View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace