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- 2002
- Working Paper
Do Better Customers Utilize Electronic Distribution Channels? The Case of PC Banking
By: Lorin M. Hitt and Frances X. Frei
- Article
The Not-So-Common-Wealth of Australia: Evidence for a Cross-Cultural Desire for a More Equal Distribution of Wealth.
By: Michael I. Norton, David T. Neal, Cassandra L. Govan, Dan Ariely and Elise Holland
Recent evidence suggests that Americans underestimate wealth inequality in the United States and favor a more equal wealth distribution (Norton & Ariely, 2011). Does this pattern reflect ideological dynamics unique to the United States, or is the phenomenon evident in... View Details
Norton, Michael I., David T. Neal, Cassandra L. Govan, Dan Ariely, and Elise Holland. "The Not-So-Common-Wealth of Australia: Evidence for a Cross-Cultural Desire for a More Equal Distribution of Wealth." Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 14, no. 1 (December 2014): 339–351.
- Article
Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?
By: Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr
Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across cities and industries. Demographics have limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Employment; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry
Glaeser, Edward L., and William R. Kerr. "Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?" Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 18, no. 3 (Fall 2009): 623–663.
- August 1996
- Article
Willingness to Pay and the Distribution of Risk and Wealth
By: John W. Pratt and Richard Zeckhauser
Pratt, John W., and Richard Zeckhauser. "Willingness to Pay and the Distribution of Risk and Wealth." Journal of Political Economy 104 (August 1996): 747–763.
- August 1978 (Revised October 1978)
- Background Note
Legal Issues in Distribution Strategy (I): Vertical Restrictions on Distributors
Cady, John F. "Legal Issues in Distribution Strategy (I): Vertical Restrictions on Distributors." Harvard Business School Background Note 579-008, August 1978. (Revised October 1978.)
- 28 Jul 2021
- Podcast
Veeva’s distributed approach to building institutional knowledge and shared culture
Life sciences cloud software company Veeva's origins as a highly decentralized organization and its early adoption of video conferencing paid off when Covid-19 forced the switch to remote work. The business was able to help speed up the vaccine pipeline. Co-founder and... View Details
- November 1991
- Article
Integrating Distribution Strategy and Tactics: A Model and an Application
By: V. K. Rangan and R. Jaikumar
Rangan, V. K., and R. Jaikumar. "Integrating Distribution Strategy and Tactics: A Model and an Application." Management Science 37, no. 11 (November 1991): 1377–1389.
- 1977
- Article
On the Joint Distribution of Left- and Right-sided Outliner Statistics
By: André Perold and D. M. Hawkins
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
Perold, André, and D. M. Hawkins. "On the Joint Distribution of Left- and Right-sided Outliner Statistics." Utilitas mathematica 12 (1977): 129–143.
- Jun 2008
- Conference Presentation
The Impact of (Legal) Digital Distribution on Music Sales: Who Benefits?
By: Anita Elberse
- October 2020 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
The Walt Disney Company: The 21st Century Fox Acquisition and Digital Distribution
By: David J. Collis
This case describes the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by the Walt Disney Company and the subsequent launch by Disney of three streaming channels to compete with Netflix. View Details
Keywords: Disney; Streaming; Corporate Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Distribution; Competitive Strategy; Vertical Integration; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Collis, David J. "The Walt Disney Company: The 21st Century Fox Acquisition and Digital Distribution." Harvard Business School Case 721-408, October 2020. (Revised July 2023.)
- May 2017
- Other Article
Stepwise Distributed Open Innovation Contests for Software Development: Acceleration of Genome-Wide Association Analysis
By: Andrew Hill, Po-Ru Loh, Ragu B. Bharadwaj, Pascal Pons, Jingbo Shang, Eva C. Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani, Iain Kilty and Scott Jelinsky
BACKGROUND:
The association of differing genotypes with disease-related phenotypic traits offers great potential to both help identify new therapeutic targets and support stratification of patients who would gain the greatest benefit from specific drug classes.... View Details
Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Genome-wide Association Study; Logistic Regression; Open Innovation; PLINK; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Hill, Andrew, Po-Ru Loh, Ragu B. Bharadwaj, Pascal Pons, Jingbo Shang, Eva C. Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani, Iain Kilty, and Scott Jelinsky. "Stepwise Distributed Open Innovation Contests for Software Development: Acceleration of Genome-Wide Association Analysis." GigaScience 6, no. 5 (May 2017).
- April 1995 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
Great Northern Distributing (B): Confidential Instructions for Terry Maples (Controller, Capt. Joe's Rest.)
Robinson, Robert J. "Great Northern Distributing (B): Confidential Instructions for Terry Maples (Controller, Capt. Joe's Rest.)." Harvard Business School Case 895-049, April 1995. (Revised September 1996.)
- Article
Evolution of Land Distribution in West Bengal 1967–2004: Role of Land Reform and Demographic Changes
By: Pranab Bardhan, Michael Luca, Dilip Mookherjee and Francisco Pino
This paper studies how land reform and population growth affect land inequality and landlessness, focusing particularly on indirect effects owing to their influence on household divisions and land market transactions. Theoretical predictions of a model of household... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Land Reform; Household Division; Land Markets; Equality and Inequality; Residency; Property; Household; West Bengal
Bardhan, Pranab, Michael Luca, Dilip Mookherjee, and Francisco Pino. "Evolution of Land Distribution in West Bengal 1967–2004: Role of Land Reform and Demographic Changes." Journal of Development Economics 110 (September 2014): 171–190.
- April 2001
- Teaching Note
HP Consumer Products Business Organization: Distributing Printers via the Internet TN
By: Robert J. Dolan
Teaching Note for (9-500-021). View Details
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
Reputation and Contractual Flexibility: Evidence from Venture Capital Distribution Pricing Policy
By: Paul A. Gompers, Andrew Metrick and Timothy Dore
- October 2008
- Article
Risk Frameworks and Biomonitoring: Distributed Regulation of Synthetic Chemicals in Humans
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
The ability to detect and measure the presence of synthetic chemicals at trace levels in humans coupled to increased environmental NGO mobilization concerning chemical exposure has challenged risk and regulatory frameworks built up over the past quarter-century. This... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk Management; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Non-Governmental Organizations; United States
Daemmrich, Arthur A. "Risk Frameworks and Biomonitoring: Distributed Regulation of Synthetic Chemicals in Humans." Environmental History 13, no. 4 (October 2008): 684–694.
- August 2002
- Teaching Note
HP Consumer Products Business Organization: Distributing Printers via the Internet, TN
By: Rajiv Lal
Teaching Note for (9-500-021). View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry
- January 1995
- Article
Analysis of Distribution Strategies in the Industrial Paper and Plastics Industry
By: A. Raman, M. Cohen, N. Agrawal and V. Agrawal
Raman, A., M. Cohen, N. Agrawal, and V. Agrawal. "Analysis of Distribution Strategies in the Industrial Paper and Plastics Industry." Operations Research 43, no. 1 (January 1995): 6–19.