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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
at-home access to devices and the internet is a must-have. I hope this crisis changes our mindset about that. Khan Academy doesn’t solve that problem, but we can use our soapbox to help advocate for that. There seems to be writing on the... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?
kind. That's the consensus among those responding to my recent questions concerning the future of the best and brightest of the Internet entrepreneurs still in business who have yet to achieve cash flow breakeven. As Yung-Hi Lim put it,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- June 2015
- Teaching Note
Quincy Apparel
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lisa C. Mazzanti
- 02 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors’ Prison
We have created a housing hybrid in America, refashioning the single-family home into a mini debtors' prison. Almost 11 million dot the landscape. In Las Vegas and Phoenix, over 50 percent of homeowners live in one. “Understandably, most [underwater] owners live... View Details
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
out of keeping with the spirit of America and harmful in the long run. "Outsiders keep our commercial markets vital by offering perspectives that differ from the prevailing view" After all, what is the secret sauce of US... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World
always outpace static compliance requirements, so trying to meet them amounts to a misallocation of resources, often costly and with little promise of better security. The ever-increasing data gathered by Internet giants such as Google... View Details
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
Working PapersOrganizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry Authors:Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract Many companies operate units which are dispersed across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Breakthrough Marketing Plans: How to Stop Wasting Time and Start Driving Growth by Tim Calkins (MBA ’91) (Palgrave Macmillan) Most marketing plans are a waste of time — too long, complicated, and dense — and... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
over-involvement (of) customers have led to bitter intellectual property right disputes customers simultaneously trying to drive the product in two (or more) very separate market directions (or) feature creep that literally prevents... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
been reminded of it in various ways. First, of course, there are those organizations known to us that use the ideas for a range of purposes, all the way from guiding their marketing and service efforts to providing a cornerstone for their... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
suggest that highlighting the impact of prosocial spending can increase the emotional rewards of giving. Publisher's link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268113000176 2006 ABA Business Law Today Guidance from ARIN on Legal Aspects of the Transfer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
PC, the organization faced challenges in doing things outside of its established processes. Though many of the team members had worked together for years, they had to find new ways of working as they tried to launch the new mobile View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry
financial fundamentals for valuation; equity research and investment firm data; For a multimedia learning module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction. Industry and View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Nagisa Manabe (MBA 1991)
automation in the Postal Service, but also this true attention to detail. It’s a little bit ironic, but we are doing much more marketing right now through direct mail, which is a very effective recruitment tool for engaging small... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
heavily in quality control and state-of-the-art equipment, a strategy that has helped him fend off competitors. A case in point is a Chinese company that launched a product similar to Aquamesh in 2000. “They tried to invade my View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
General Manage-ment unit. With the growing importance of the Internet and the fact that the daily operations of most organizations now rely heavily on computer technology, IT "has moved to the top of the agenda of most CEOs," notes Nolan.... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
Yahoo, the challenge is to catalyze growth at an Internet company with tremendous assets. I’m learning every day how to inspire people to challenge conventional wisdom, use data to drive decisions, and tackle roadblocks proactively. I’ve... View Details
- February 2014
- Article
Responses to Entry in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers
By: Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
How do firms respond to entry in multi-sided markets? We address this question by studying the impact of Craigslist, a website providing classified-advertising services, on local U.S. newspapers. We exploit temporal and geographical variation in Craigslist's entry to... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Internet and the Web; Newspapers; Advertising; Advertising Industry; Journalism and News Industry
Seamans, Robert, and Feng Zhu. "Responses to Entry in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers." Management Science 60, no. 2 (February 2014): 476–493.
- Profile
Sebastien D'Incau
Chances are (metaphorically speaking), Sebastien D'Incau has been in your home. As a marketing strategist and planner with Procter & Gamble, Sebastien worked on a number or products familiar to consumers worldwide, including the... View Details
- 13 Jul 2011
- News
China Boot Camp
organized by C.B. Sung (MBA ’50), a Chinese native who, upon graduation, found himself unable to go home after his country’s fall to Communist forces in 1949. With the gradual opening of China, Sung, a career executive at Motorola, made... View Details