Direct Network Effects - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2011 (Revised October 2011)
Case

If We Ran the World

By: Hanna Halaburda, Radka Dohnalova and Aldo Sesia

Cindy Gallop launched IfWeRanTheWorld (IWRTW) in February 2010, as what the tech world called minimum viable product, in order to real-world test Gallop's "business of the future" concept while development was ongoing. IWRTW was conceived to bring together human good... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Outcome or Result; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Network Effects

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01 Mar 2018
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Excellence At The Intersection Of Disciplines

relationships it is fostering across faculties, will have a spillover effect on both schools’ curricula and research agendas. The program also will serve as a prelude to yet-to-be-planned activities that await the 2020 opening of the... View Details

January 2004 (Revised October 2006)
Case

Electronic Arts in Online Gaming

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Justin Wong

Electronic Arts (EA), the world's largest independent video-game publisher, must decide whether to support Microsoft's initiatives in online gaming. Historically, EA has been platform-agnostic, releasing versions of its titles for all major console platforms. However,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Digital Platforms; Network Effects; Policy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Revenue; Segmentation; Sales; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Electronics Industry

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25 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Video: Tackling the Housing Crisis One Renovation at a Time

Tawan Davis, MBA 2006, Founder and CEO of The Steinbridge Group, along with COO Sacasha Brown, MBA 2006, is defying the odds and creating a positive ripple effect for working class families. Based in Philadelphia and New York, Steinbridge... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Fall Reunions

ranging from lessons of the Columbia space shuttle disaster and Enron’s downfall, to the revolution in retailing and elements of effective negotiation. In between sessions, old friends gathered on the Spangler Center lawn for coffee,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Usurer's Grip (1912)

production of The Usurer’s Grip , a fifteen-minute silent film about a family man who falls into the clutches of a loan shark, only to be redeemed by a paternalistic businessman who directs him to the nearest Credit Union for a loan on... View Details

20 May 2025
Blog Post

How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value

early-stage companies, the founder's email is often just their first name at the company’s domain. Warm introductions are great, when possible, but if you're cold outreaching, I've found direct work emails are much more View Details

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

that managers deliver ROI from their marketing investments; therefore, quantifying the effects of marketing decisions is imperative. At the same time, customer relationship management (CRM) software and emerging Web 2.0 applications are... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

HBS Professor Marco Iansiti and H.T. Kung, William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, solicited views on new directions for the Internet in a panel discussion called "e-Service: The Next e-Wave." The current shift on the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

27 Jul 2019
Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

business strategy, part of Facebook’s business model since at least 2010. That’s when Facebook opened up its Graph application programming interface (API) to advertisers, giving them access to user data including their social network... View Details

Keywords: by George Riedel

01 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 1

that this tradeoff is shifted towards the reseller-mode when marketing activities create spillovers across products and when network effects lead to unfavorable expectations about supplier participation. If... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

company's sources of advantage over time. The analysis suggests that the effectiveness of a particular business model depends not only on its design (its levers and how they relate to one another) but also, most importantly, on its... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Nov 2021
News

Strength in Numbers

is that thing,” Verdi says. “It’s one of the top three causes of our age,” adds Swartz. Both the Verdi and Swartz families have witnessed, firsthand, the negative effects of our nation’s disjointed treatment of mental illness. “It’s... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2012
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Faculty Research Online

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’ CEOs of global companies increasingly mandate that their employees learn English. The problem: these workers can experience a loss of status and believe they aren’t as effective in... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

innovation. PDF not available. Intellectual Property Rights, Imitation, and Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Evidence Authors:Lee Branstetter, Raymond Fisman, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi Abstract This paper theoretically and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

goal will be to connect with future alumni at the earliest point — while they are still students — and keep the connection vital over the next few critical years. The Continuing Education Committee, under the direction of Norton H. Reamer... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

“This has to be a shared mission,” Obama told attendees at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University, where he signed the order onstage. “So much of our computer networks and critical... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?

Ernst & Young. Love was preparing an important bid for a large industrial manufacturer that needed help installing an enterprise resource planning system. He had already directed projects for implementing information systems for... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Nitin Nohria & Thomas Tierney; Consulting

20 Oct 2022
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Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion

stage all those who wished to talk directly to the Ambassador. “More than 20 guests had the opportunity to chat in private and further dwell on the issues raised during her speech,” he says. “Such direct access to the Ambassador was... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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