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  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

These platforms provide notable benefits including reducing transaction costs, improving allocation of resources, and creating information and pricing efficiencies. Yet they also raise questions View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Controlling Versus Enabling

By: Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright
Revenue sharing between principals and agents is commonly used to balance double-sided moral hazard. We provide a theory of how, when such revenue-sharing is optimal, a principal allocates control rights over decisions that either party could make. We show that the... View Details
Keywords: Control Rights; Decision Authority; Employment; Independent Contractors; Organizational Theory; Digital Platforms; Governance Controls; Ethics; Vertical Integration
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  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

The Path Ahead

heartened to see that many of our alumni are leading these efforts. In my own work, I have observed growing interest from boards of directors in tackling environmental issues as well as the tremendous social... View Details
  • 22 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Publication:American Economic Review 99, no. 5 (December 2009) Abstract We use a new firm-level dataset that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

should clarify though, that our analysis cannot be extended to other occupations like lawyers or doctors. I would never want to select my doctor on the basis of online reviews rather than their training and education. I think there is a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service
  • 19 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 19

platforms have open access, and developers invest to improve the platform. Proprietary platforms have closed access, and investment is done by the platform owner. We present... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 1995
  • Case

Singapore TradeNet: Beyond TradeNet to the Intelligent Island

By: Lynda M. Applegate, John L. King and Soon-Siong Neo
Describes the actions taken by the government of Singapore to enable the country to survive and prosper after it achieved independence in the late 1960s. Recognizing that its small size, limited natural resources, but excellent location placed it in a vulnerable... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Communication Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Information Technology Industry; Singapore
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  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

http://hbr.org/2014/01/the-new-patterns-of-innovation/ar/1 January 2014 Journal of Labor Economics Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms By: Pekkala... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 4

the nature of competition. Furthermore, relative to platforms that cannot charge such fees, platforms that charge positive (negative) access fees to consumers have weaker... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2011 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Game Time Decision for AppDirect

By: Andrei Hagiu, Laura Arjona and Emily Zhang
AppDirect is a start-up that offers small businesses software-as-a-service solutions through a business app marketplace and portal. Daniel Saks, co-founder and co-CEO, is faced with the key question of deciding distribution strategy: should AppDirect find channel... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Distribution; Applications and Software; Innovation Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry; United States
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  • 06 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

effort to create a network of individuals committed to working in social enterprise. The 2024 Goldsmith Fellows are: Princess Aghayere. Princess is co-founder and director of finance for Rebound Liberia, a... View Details
  • February 2001
  • Case

Sun Microsystems, Inc.: Solaris Strategy

In the late 1990s, Sun Microsystems' Solaris has emerged as the dominant UNIX-based alternative to Microsoft for server operating systems. At the same time, the open source operating system Linux has appeared unexpectedly, and it is generating significant excitement... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Competition; Open Source Distribution; Standards
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  • 12 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 12, 2016

economic times as its traditional business of manufacturing cameras and photographic film had all but disappeared with the rise of digital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 25

specifically at remedying criticisms leveled at the recent point system proposed by U.S. policymakers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-025.pdf Multi-Sided Platforms Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Books

Evolve! Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Harvard Business School Press) In her new book Evolve!: Succeeding in the Digital Culture View Details
Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 26 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

gamification techniques to engage and motivate employees to learn. This study empirically examines the performance consequences of gamified training by conducting a field experiment in a professional services firm. We find that the main... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • April 2005 (Revised June 2006)
  • Case

Yahoo! Messenger: Network Integration

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Describes Yahoo!'s management of the launch of version 6.0 of its Instant Messenger (IM) product, which incorporates features from 12 other Yahoo! properties, including Search, Music, Games, Photos, Personals, News, and Shopping. The integration of features from so... View Details
Keywords: Integration; Business Units; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Competitive Advantage; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
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  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

Napkin Finance: Say It in a Picture

sketching them out within the space limitations of a fouror five-inch square. With a library of hundreds of digital napkins and counting—along... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 16 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54810 forthcoming Review of Economic Studies Gifts of the Immigrants, Woes of the Natives:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 May 2014
  • News

Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma

discussion of "The Capitalist's Dilemma"—the challenges of innovating for long-term growth and job creation—in the Harvard Business Review. The team of more than 150 people... View Details
Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises