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- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
have the money in their account in just days, whereas in the conventional banking model small business owners may not be approved for several weeks. New Ways To Make Loan Decisions By and large, emerging online alternative lenders make... View Details
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
A. Desai, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper examines how costly financial contracting and weak investor protection influence the cross-border operational, financing and investment decisions of firms. We develop a model in which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
industry consider peer-to-peer services as marketing tools rather than the enemy? Should online pricing be different from in-store pricing? What happens when broadband makes it as easy to illegally download an entire CD as an individual... View Details
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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online
Value Creation at Zé Show Hide Details Concepts Shifts in Operating Models Navigating Transition Is Transitioning to a Platform Right for You? Featured Exercises Articulate the benefits of transitioning a product or View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
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
- 27 Mar 2012
- News
One School at a Time
humanities, the arts, and community service. “Since we’ve opened,” Frock says, “our students have given more than 30,000 hours of service to nonprofit organizations in our community”—a considerable contribution, given the school’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Rehito “Ray” Hatoyama (MBA 2008)
just signed on to do with Fox. To become a truly competitive global company, you need to have a broad portfolio. Hello Kitty is great, but we need to have other properties to grow even further. We also want to expand our business model... View Details
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Tools | New Venture Competition
Solara provides an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing their access to affordable, reliable, and clean irrigation. Team: Rea Savla, MBA 2024; Vishesh Mehta Play Video duration: 1:32 2024 New Venture... View Details
- 21 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 21, 2007
decisions confronting the founding management team of a new online financial services company. Prosper Marketplace is an internet-based market for individuals to borrow money from other individuals who wish to invest in such loans.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
public health” mandate; and extending patent life proactively in areas such as Alzheimer’s to help open up the supply of new drugs. Is there a framework in another country—could be a hybrid model of multiple developed or developing... View Details
- 15 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Free Software
How much of your product do you share? Does your business model extract value from a core product or a portfolio of complementary products?" Most academic research has focused on individual contributions to OSS, but this working... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
nongeographic, interest-based associations, clubs have an opportunity to develop similar models within their own structures, thereby tailoring programs to specific groups. Accordingly, it recommended that the School take a proactive... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
exceed analyst expectations. Businesses do not grow that way. If they’re managed well, they grow incrementally, with minor setbacks. The model that we have come to rely on — that companies’ earnings grow smoothly — is just not right. Do... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
2016 University of Chicago Press Innovation Equity: Assessing and Managing the Monetary Value of New Products and Services By: Ofek, Elie, Eitan Muller, and Barak Libai Abstract—This book bridges the gap between what academics know, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
with very specific practices and identifiable cultures. For example, City Year, the national youth service organization, has programs in fourteen cities across the country. Its founders made a strategic decision from the start to spread a... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Books
services — they want control of their lives and are willing to pay for it. Addressing these needs, the authors say, could spark the next leap forward in wealth creation. This new business model envisioned by... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
decades in the U.S. advertising agency industry: How can the shift from the bundling to the unbundling of services be explained and what accounts for the slow pace of change? Using a cost-based theoretical framework of bundling due to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
prepay for participating merchants' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can benefit affiliated merchants:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Introduction Prelude to the Option Pricing Model The Formula The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models Selected... View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
general goes on the attack, only to find that none of his troops actually follow him. “It seems quite possible that Toyota's model may have ossified a bit.” The book provides a very pragmatic (and detailed) look at how to achieve... View Details