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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
addition to taking Austin’s Startup Operations field course, the founders were Social Enterprise Summer Fellows, and the company was part of the Rock Accelerator program. The Equity Network was also a semifinalist in the Social Enterprise track of the 2021 New Venture... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
We believe that competition is the root of the problem with U.S. health care performance. But this does not mean we advocate a state-controlled system or a single-payer system; those approaches would only make matters worse. On the... View Details
- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
bazaar—measure the exact difference between the price paid by a first-timer and the price paid by an experienced haggler. Stanton and Thomas obtained the complete database on all administrative support jobs... View Details
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Evelyne White
Bookalokal is a social dining platform that launched in Brussels in 2012. The initial concept: Connect travelers with locals through home-cooked, gourmet meals in people's homes. Prospective diners search through Bookalokal's online... View Details
- 17 Jun 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Comprehensive Effects of a Digital Paywall Sales Strategy
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
presence of strategic interactions between content distributors and content providers. We provide a model of bargaining and price competition within these industries and show that whether or not a piece of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
at around $450 for months). I don’t expect volatility to go away anytime soon, as it is still highly speculative, highly concentrated and doesn’t have enough liquidity yet. Most people think gold and silver have always been extremely stable; but looking back between... View Details
- 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007
latter to price lower and thereby increase total consumer traffic. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-010.pdf Exclusivity and Control Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Robin S. Lee Abstract We analyze View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups With more than a 40 percent increase in Alumni New Venture Contest entries this year, our 11 finalists overcame stiff competition to win their local regions. On April 23, they travel to campus to... View Details
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
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returns. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1734528 Platform Competition under Asymmetric Information Authors:Hanna Hałaburda and Yaron Yehezkel Abstract In the context of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17
types of earnings benchmarks. We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 5% depending on the depth and duration of promotion. However, there is a price to pay, with the cost in the following... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
terms, both companies would like nothing better than to have customers to themselves, wrapped up in their own seamless media universes: iTunes, iPad, and Apple TV on the one hand; and Kindle, Amazon Prime, and Fire TV on the other. “Even though these View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
employer would be interested. —Harry McCracken (AMP 114, 1994) A highly competitive market with one-year sales cycles on the one hand; a pilot customer in a less-competitive niche with a massive opportunity to create value for insurers on... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
the most interest: “The value of diversification is as true for supply chains as it is for investment portfolios Amazon is just the topic of the article but the same could be said for digital platforms that dominate their industry.” Jacob... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29
Abstract—We study the effect of different levels of information on two-sided platform profits under monopoly and competition. One side (developers) is always informed about all prices and therefore forms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
Bookalokal is a social dining platform that launched in Brussels in 2012. The initial concept: Connect travelers with locals through home-cooked, gourmet meals in people's homes. Prospective diners search through Bookalokal's online... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8
with the most experience and those who have worked most recently-precisely the individuals who would recognize that this is a gift. Download working paper: http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/Papers%20on%20RIS/oDesk.pdf Search Diversion and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008
across complements can offset horizontal competition between substitutes. In this paper, we isolate the offsetting price effects and show how they operate in large (as well as small) clusters. We argue that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 2000
- Background Note
Sustaining Value
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes the challenges a firm faces in building and sustaining a value proposition over time. Describes major ways in which the marketing environment changes over time and the methods a firm can use to protect its market position. View Details
Dolan, Robert J. "Sustaining Value." Harvard Business School Background Note 501-045, October 2000.