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- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
of products and sell each product infrequently. At the same time, consumer browsing information is typically tracked by online retailers and is much more abundant than purchase... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- March 1992 (Revised March 1995)
- Supplement
Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corp. (B)
By: Linda A. Hill
Supplements Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corp. (A). View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Rank and Position; Leading Change; Problems and Challenges; Change; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Hill, Linda A. "Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 492-038, March 1992. (Revised March 1995.)
- October 2011
- Article
Fair Pricing
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This paper explores the consequences of supposing that consumers see a firm as fair if they cannot reject the hypothesis that the firm is somewhat benevolent towards them. When consumers can reject this hypothesis, some become angry, which is costly to the firm. The... View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Fair Pricing." Journal of the European Economic Association 9, no. 5 (October 2011).
- Article
Control, Performance, and Knowledge Transfers in Large Multinationals: Unilever in the United States, 1945-1980
By: G. Jones
This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the nature of that "control" is far from... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Performance; Business or Company Management; Ownership; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Jones, G. "Control, Performance, and Knowledge Transfers in Large Multinationals: Unilever in the United States, 1945-1980." Business History Review 76, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 435–478.
- April 2011
- Supplement
Designs by Kate: The Power of Direct Sales, Faculty Spreadsheet (Brief Case)
By: John A. Deighton and Sarah Abbott
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
thinking about this through the demand side: how employers think about it; how it’s viewed as a contributor to corporate, regional, and national competitiveness; and the active... View Details
- February 2024
- Case
Does “Matter” Matter? Amazon and Open Standards in the Smart Home Industry
By: Frank Nagle
In early 2023, the smart home industry stood at a pivotal juncture. The recent launch of “Matter” version 1.0, an ambitious interoperability standard developed by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), promised to unify a fragmented market plagued by incompatible... View Details
Nagle, Frank. "Does “Matter” Matter? Amazon and Open Standards in the Smart Home Industry." Harvard Business School Case 724-431, February 2024.
- 09 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations
their incompatible demands on each issue. Negotiators who negotiate multiple issues simultaneously are more easily able to recognize value-creating tradeoffs. Because of the complex negotiation space in which business families operate,... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
- 2017
- Working Paper
Elite Ideas and Incremental Policy Change: The Expansion of Primary Education in India
By: Akshay Mangla
This paper analyzes India’s recent enactment of universal primary education. Given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy, this programmatic policy change presents a puzzle. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I find that committed state elites... View Details
Keywords: India; Political Economy; Ideas; Institutional Change; Education; Change Management; India
Mangla, Akshay. "Elite Ideas and Incremental Policy Change: The Expansion of Primary Education in India." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-077, February 2017.
- 07 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West
- April 2013 (Revised October 2014)
- Case
SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America
By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
SaferTaxi, a taxi booking service in South America must develop its mobilization strategy; that is, it must attract enough passengers and drivers to make its service worthwhile for all. Drivers hesitate to pay for SaferTaxi's smartphones and service unless these will... View Details
Keywords: Taxi Booking; Smartphone; Transportation Networks; Network Effects; Laws and Statutes; South America; Argentina; Brazil; Chile
Coles, Peter, and Benjamin Edelman. "SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America." Harvard Business School Case 913-041, April 2013. (Revised October 2014.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 28 Sep 2023
- News
What Ray Dalio Can Teach Us About Global Venture and Startups
ten years from now.’ The balance is shifting against the dollar due to factors like declining demand for dollar debt, increasing transactions denominated in other currencies, and rising geopolitical risks.”... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
pension and life insurance arrangements) to GDP, suggesting that preferred-habitat demand by the P&I sector for long-dated assets drives the long end of the yield curve. We draw on changes in regulations... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 2012
- Working Paper
Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services
By: Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
The ongoing fragmentation of work has resulted in a narrowing of tasks into smaller pieces that can be sent outside the organization and, in many instances, around the world. This trend is shifting the boundaries of organizations and leading to increased outsourcing.... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Health Care and Treatment; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Knowledge Acquisition; Volume; Performance Productivity; Health Industry
Clark, Jonathan R., Robert S. Huckman, and Bradley R. Staats. "Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-057, December 2010. (Revised September 2011, January 2013. NBER Working Paper Series, No. w18723, January 2013)
- July 1992
- Teaching Note
Quantum Corporation--Business and Product Teams TN
Teaching Note for (9-692-023). View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry
- 06 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling
messages in Hindi cinema are universal, and often more uplifting than other stories I consume — they remind me that anything is possible.” Media was an escape: it introduced me to worlds that weren’t my... View Details
- 2010
- Other Unpublished Work
God, Government and Outsiders: The Influence of Religious Beliefs on Depositor Behavior in an Emerging Market.
By: Ayesha K. Khan and Tarun Khanna
This paper provides evidence that religious beliefs can have a significant impact on individual financial choices. Using proprietary panel data on the distribution of bank deposits across all commercial banks in Pakistan over a 33-month period, I find that Islamic... View Details
- 20 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
lessons: "Build Platforms and Ecosystems—Not Just Products." Early on Gates realized that no one product could provide a lasting competitive advantage, but if consumers became hooked on a... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
as a complement to existing theory-creating methods, such as multiple-case inductive studies, as well as traditional methods of causal inference. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55043 Arbitration with Uninformed View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- April 2018
- Article
Elite Strategies and Incremental Policy Change: The Expansion of Primary Education in India
By: Akshay Mangla
This article analyzes India’s recent enactment of universal primary education. This programmatic policy change is puzzling given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I demonstrate the catalytic role of committed... View Details
Keywords: Education; Policy Change; Policy Elites; Institutions; India; Early Childhood Education; Policy; Education Industry; India
Mangla, Akshay. "Elite Strategies and Incremental Policy Change: The Expansion of Primary Education in India." Governance 31, no. 2 (April 2018): 381–399.