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- 11 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?
visit the nation and share their experiences with their followers, pushing authentic messages to key consumer groups, such as affluent parents. Establishing street CRED Switzerland, Germany, View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
find that increases in demand for entrepreneurial capital—as proxied for by patenting, IPOs, and stock market valuations—led to a higher likelihood of the introduction of second-tier exchanges. We find no... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
Benjamin Abstract—I present the institutions and incentives of online reviews, including attracting initial reviews, assuring truthful reviews of genuine experiences, and avoiding inflated or deceptive... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China
- April 1985 (Revised September 1993)
- Background Note
Hattori-Seiko and the World Watch Industry in 1980
By: Michael E. Porter and Edward J. Hoff
Focuses on the industry's development and evolution in three principal watch producing countries: Switzerland, the United States, and Japan. Based in part on two earlier cases by F.T. Knickerbocker and H.E.R. Uyterhoeven. View Details
Porter, Michael E., and Edward J. Hoff. "Hattori-Seiko and the World Watch Industry in 1980." Harvard Business School Background Note 385-300, April 1985. (Revised September 1993.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Closing Costs, Refinancing, and Inefficiencies in the Mortgage Market
By: David Hao Zhang
In the US, borrowers often finance the price of mortgage origination by agreeing to higher mortgage rates for a given principal amount. I show that for standard fixed-rate, prepayable mortgages this contractual feature has two consequences. First, it leads to increased... View Details
- Web
Speculation and Credit - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
corpulent man demanding payment for a bill. 52 [ A Lucky and Unlucky Speculator ] view image Etching and engraving (part stipple) by unidentified artist; "Rentier fecit."... View Details
- October 2015
- Teaching Note
Molycorp: Financing the Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Molycorp, the western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expenditure project in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. Yet it had just reported lower... View Details
Keywords: Convertible Debt; Uncertainty; Competition; Startup; China; Supply ＆ Demand; Growth; Rare Earth Minerals; Discounted Cash Flows; Mining; Payoff Diagrams; Option Pricing; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Financial Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Vertical Integration; Valuation; Metals and Minerals; Mining Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Canada; California
- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 5 Complementarity By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract—The purpose of this chapter is to relate the theory of task networks and technology set forth in previous chapters to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
Harvard Business School professors often travel into the field to conduct business research, but it's a safe bet none have had the experience of Professor Robin Ely. She and coauthor Debra Meyerson of Stanford University took helicopter... View Details
- 2014
- Article
Drivers and Dynamics of Online Word of Mouth
By: Frank Nagle and Christoph Riedl
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
novel convertible bond dataset, I find that consumers often purchase dominated bonds—cheap and expensive versions of otherwise identical bonds coexist in the market. The empirical evidence suggests that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- August 2015 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Apple Pay
By: Sunil Gupta, Shelle Santana and Margaret L. Rodriguez
On September 9, 2014, in front of a packed audience in Cupertino, CA, Tim Cook, the chief executive officer of Apple, announced the much anticipated launch of Apple Pay. "Our vision is to replace this [wallet] and we are going to start with payments." Cook then invited... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Digital Services And Strategy; Launch; Mobile; Mobile Payments; Apple; Payments; Smartphone; Apple Pay; Eddy Cue; Jennifer Bailey; iOS; Iphone; Marketing; Product; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Product Launch; Finance; Credit Cards; Technology Industry; Banking Industry; United States; United Kingdom
Gupta, Sunil, Shelle Santana, and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Apple Pay." Harvard Business School Case 516-027, August 2015. (Revised December 2016.)
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
and Galanz, which has brought microwave ovens to millions of Chinese consumers previously considered too poor to buy such an appliance. What’s more, the essentials of development can be “pulled in” by... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 May 2016
- HBS Seminar
Chiara Farronato, Harvard Business School
- 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
- 18 Sep 2018
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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
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
and consumer lifestyle products? Philips sent teams of designers, engineers, and consultants into hospitals and clinics to interview patients... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
executives to demand more. It describes the characteristics of the most valuable peer networks, where executives meet regularly for conversations they can't have anywhere else. And it offers a set of design... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space
By: Joseph P. Davin, Sunil Gupta and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
We study the impact of peer behavior on the adoption of mobile apps in a social network. To identify social influence properly, we introduce latent space as an approach to control for latent homophily, the idea that "birds of a feather flock together." In a series of... View Details
Keywords: Social Influence; Social Network; Mobile App; Peer Effects; Latent Homophily; Latent Space; Proxy Variables; Familiarity; Behavior; Consumer Behavior; Applications and Software; Social and Collaborative Networks; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Power and Influence; Social Media
Davin, Joseph P., Sunil Gupta, and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski. "Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-053, January 2014.