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- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
commensurable, which in turn is critical to enabling market exchange. For example, until the early 1990s, when 20th-century Indian art was generally characterized as "decorative art" in international art circles, it was... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
In a well-marked line from the movie The Social Network, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turns to the Winklevoss twins, who are suing him for stealing their invention, and says: "If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd... View Details
- 19 Sep 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems
iStock Much has been accomplished by business leaders who turned left when told to turn right, who reached for the door instead of for the stars, who hired A when the search committee unanimously recommended... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
firms, less strongly across firms, and often violated in community-based development settings. The exceptions in turn were of two types: In four cases, closely collaborating teams within single firms created modular systems comprised of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
markets allow the backward linkages between foreign and domestic firms to turn into FDI spillovers. Our calibration exercises indicate that a) holding the extent of foreign presence constant, financially well-developed economies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
serve as an accountability system for restaurants. However, cities (which are responsible for inspections) have limited resources to dispatch inspectors, which in turn limits the number of inspections that can be performed. We argue that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
quantitative and qualitative research to explain how we can turn cash into contentment. The key lies in changing our spending habits and adhering to five key principles: Buy Experiences (research shows that material purchases are less... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
whether the programs themselves do anything to enhance regulatory effectiveness. Tasked with monitoring the legality of its own operations, why would a firm that identifies violations turn itself in to regulators rather than quietly fix... View Details
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
Summing Up Does U.S. health care need more pull or push? There are clear symptoms that something is wrong with U.S. health care. In Edward Hare's words, "It's making us uncompetitive and turning us against each other." In this... View Details
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
describes how they assessed their valuations and probabilistic views, and leaves them with a key decision. The (B) case describes their choice as well as the twists and turns leading to the conclusion. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
will include anyone providing a brick-and-mortar product or service that can be digitized and put on a software platform. If we turn to Apple's iPod/iTunes business, it superficially looks multi-sided, in the sense that Apple has... View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
That Costs HOW Much?
for a product, shoppers typically have no idea what it costs to produce that item. But it turns out that consumers reward efforts to lay out these figures—to deconstruct the price tag. Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases How marketers... View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
Launching a social justice startup takes more than a moving story. Ask Harley Blakeman, the 32-year-old founder of Honest Jobs. He has perfected his elevator pitch, but that doesn’t mean launching his business has been easy. A once-homeless teenager from Florida,... View Details
- 31 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World
whether or not a post had a "popular" tag, which in turn was determined by the total number of page views of blog posts containing that tag in each month. The results seemed to back up the prevalent criticism by media scholars,... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
those three things, you have to ask how could China not lead?” Trouble is, the same sorts of books—and sometimes the exact same titles—beckoned book buyers at the turn of the twentieth-century as well, with entries including Rising China,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
Summing Up The current global recession has, judging from responses to this month's column, many origins, among them housing and credit. All, of course, are traceable to human responses to both perceived opportunities and calamities, which in View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
their twenties unfathomable." No one, however, supported individual decision making regarding investments. In Edward Hare's opinion, "The average Joe could get fleeced badly and find that he's still unprepared to finance his Golden Years. Does he then View Details
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
venture capital for people with real guts," quips Esty. "Most of the projects are start-ups, yet they cost something on the order of $5 billion, not $5 million." And all too often, he adds, they turn out to be losing... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 04 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee
communicate. If you turn on CNN or MSNBC or Fox, you find people "debating" but really what they're doing is just shouting at each other. "When we engage in conversation, when we disagree, we do it to learn" This is... View Details
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
student café. Again, they presented two scenarios. In the first, they set up a sign with a pair of hands shaking that read, "Special Promotion: It's Your Turn to Set the Price Today!" In the second, they put up a new sign, which... View Details