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- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
of Corruption Scandals Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Ignacio Franceschelli Abstract We construct measures of the extent to which the four main newspapers in Argentina report government corruption on their front pages during the period... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
DC. Jim Aisner: The newspapers point out that a federal government shutdown has occurred 17 times before, but that really doesn't provide much solace, does it? Joe Fuller: The thing that's particularly unnerving about this shutdown is its... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
of upgrades in freemium companies, and the six questions that new business enterprises should explore when considering the freemium model. The article mentions how four companies including NYTimes.com newspaper and Dropbox cloud storage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
Indian art as a legitimate category of fine art. Newspapers and magazines (both general interest magazines as well as dedicated art publications) in India and abroad began to write not only about the auctions, but also about the art... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
McBoatface. Overruling the public’s wishes, NERC named the craft after British naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The public was outraged; newspaper editorials decried the lack of democracy, and citizens protested the unfairness of it all... View Details
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
newspapers and magazines. All of the stories centered on its star-studded lineup on the firm's groundbreaking mission. A story in the Boston Globe started with the headline, "Venture Enterprise of Unusual Management," and... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
power of his idea. But Rovell knew that T.V. and newspaper sports departments are flooded with resumes and demo tapes from thousands of wannabe reporters. To ensure that his material wouldn't be lost in the shuffle, he mailed it in the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
expectations to businesspeople. He also published forecasts through syndicated newspaper columns and made public pronouncements on the future of the economy—including a notorious statement on the eve of the October 1929 stock-market crash... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
How can the layoff process be conducted better in the future?" To that end, Sucher has posted a listing on the HBS Working Knowledge Research Exchange, inviting managers to get in touch with her directly to share their tales from the field. Former View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
took out ads in major newspapers during the hearings. The results of the court case are still undetermined, but in November 2000, Napster took a step toward legitimacy by arranging a deal with media giant Bertelsmann AG to develop a legal... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
Over the past two decades, entire industries have been disrupted by Internet competitors who "unbundled" their content and delivered it to consumers in new ways. Newspapers lost out to Google and Craigslist, record companies to iTunes and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
preference to quality over quantity and designing smaller, more consistent bundles may be beneficial. In general terms, the same probably applies to other industries where digital channels could lead to an unbundling of products, such as book or View Details
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608138 Tribune Company, 2007 Harvard Business School Case 208-148 This case describes the proposed acquisition of Tribune Company by Sam Zell in 2007. Tribune Company is one of the largest View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
KironHarvard Business School Case 810-086 In February 2010, management of the Huffington Post, a fast-growing but not-yet-profitable Internet newspaper that aggregates blog posts from unpaid contributors and excerpts of stories originally... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
downturns. Q: What particular entrepreneurial activities seem to be making the best of the bad economic situation and seemed poised for future success? A: I can think of several. But you don't have to look very far; just read the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
"extremely proactive," says coffee consultant Milletto. "When Starbucks bought huge newspaper ads announcing its new line of organic coffees, she had a quick-print shop produce a storefront banner that said, 'Serving 5... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
watching me..."). Newspapers with built-in refreshable video. Menus (no more regrets from the waiter that the daily special is sold out). Maps. Camouflage clothing that changes in different lighting (Sahlman again: "So if you... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
at a U.S. newspaper company says, "We need to get into the Internet, we need to prioritize this and make a big investment." But then at the operating level of the firm you have a sales rep who is used to selling a display ad for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
are not staring at an empty table, but it's a vehicle for provocation and experience. Khaire: On the reverse side, that gets overused. Every other day in the newspaper you read, 'We are trying to create an authentic experience,' which is... View Details