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- 31 Jan 2012
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offering limited-capability models that are created by removing or degrading features in existing models. This production method, called versioning, has been lauded because of its ability to increase both View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
Dilip Soman, we look at how different pricing strategies affect the consumption of a product. We find that people are more likely to consume a product when they feel "out of pocket." When the price paid for a product is very... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
This focus, I argue, limits the practical utility of the discipline because universal propositions form only a part of new policy recipes.” Remote Patient Monitoring—Overdue or Overused? New England Journal of Medicine Keizra Mecklai,... View Details
- 19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006
fully extended attraction models (Cooper and Nakanishi 1988). Utilizing a database of store-level scanner data for 25 categories and 127 brands of frequently purchased branded View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy
offering premium models like the 450X and Rizta, featuring touchscreen dashboards, WhatsApp navigation, and live location sharing. Their focus on performance and technology appeals to customers upgrading from traditional two-wheelers,... View Details
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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Finding Company News & Industry Research
IoT, digital business, robotics and drones, and security tech. For industry information click on sectors. For trends and insight click on analysis. There are many frameworks for analysis here such as Insights & Trends, Consumer... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
information, it lacks advantages over the traditional model where the retailer just places orders. “When I started my research, there was a belief that these systems were unambiguously beneficial,” says Kulp, whose research on the topic... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
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Ann Chao
Just before the Beijing Olympics, Ann Chao took a year off from college to study at Peking University. “I was writing a thesis on blindness in China and was interested in seeing how business could lift people with disabilities out of poverty,” Ann says. Among the... View Details
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
of real-world systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-059.pdf Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper studies quality choice in a model where... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
produce a large-scale demonstration model by the end of the year and is working with a direct-air capture company to utilize carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But Brix's ultimate vision is even more... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
measurement systems are currently in place and being utilized within the organization? What are the important criteria to the company and its constituencies and stakeholders? What does the company desire to accomplish with the e-commerce... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
regulation Low consumer power High barriers to entry A dominant business model that is tightly integrated Leadership dominance—usually the impact of founders Conversely, the following characteristics can... View Details
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Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship
international selection of large cities. Data include costs of goods, rental rates, transportation and incomes. Demographics & View Details
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
Union is funded through consumer subscriptions to Consumer Reports, and through private grants. This model has several advantages. By directly linking its output to View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
unreported numbers said. It’s startling to find that managers are not even neutral; they’re somewhat negative.” RESEARCHERS CREATE FORECASTING MODEL To test their ideas, the researchers studied 50 big-box retailers in the United States,... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
Management. Harris approached the three decades after HBS as if he were tackling case studies in entrepreneurship. From executive positions at utility companies and owning a car dealership, to launching a Silicon Valley startup, each of... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
they sample only a few songs. One possibility is that the current patterns of file sharing reflect consumer preferences. Consumers do not know the quality of new music and sampling one or two songs is good... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
providers should support equal access to all content and applications (such as data-heavy files of online video) regardless of the source or how much bandwidth it requires. Instead, industry executives contend, consumers should pay... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships
similar challenges. “I want to succeed in business and become a philanthropist so that I can help others in the same way,” she says. Until then, she is already having an impact as a role model for peers in her hometown of Pleasantville,... View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
his coauthors, correct some of the misinformation, describe how the thinking on the subject has evolved, and discuss the utility of the theory. They start by clarifying what classic disruption entails—a small enterprise targeting... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel