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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
such as the Society of Publication Designers, it has been nominated for five National Magazine Awards. In fact, two of Vibe's recent accomplishments have put the enterprise in the company of Rolling Stone. With the 1997 acquisition of Spin, a 500,000-circulation... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
creating social value. Three years later, Harold Rosen, its creator, wished to explore an alternative funding model to provide it with scale and sustainability. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
trade off the risks of alienating a loyal franchised retail channel against the benefits of accessing new customers? The problem is exacerbated when the new channel is a low-cost alternative such as the Internet. Such issues are perennial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
global market, electric vehicles have become a government imperative. European Union member states, for instance, are preparing to implement the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive, which mandates the buildup of publicly accessible... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
2) make the full set of underlying "interests" (versus bargaining positions) central; 3) generate fresh, mutually beneficial ideas; 4) pay attention to BATNAs (Best Alternatives To a Negotiated Agreement); and 5) use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
Review (forthcoming) Abstract Companies in Victorian Britain operated in a laissez-faire legal environment from the perspective of outside investors, implying that such investors were not protected by the legal system. This article seeks to identify the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
a chain. Our results are robust to alternative definitions of market-type dispersion and to other determinants of franchising such as the stores' geographic distance from headquarters and geographic dispersion. Additional analyses also... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
Wood, George Westerman, and Charles O'Reilly Abstract This paper empirically explores the relations between alternative organizational designs and a firm's ability to explore as well as exploit. We operationalize exploitation and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
becomes unlimited and legal risks disappear will congestion fade away. The presence of iTunes provides an alternative to users suffering most from congestion in p2p networks. Some users are better off purchasing from iTunes and enjoying... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
only what is traded, proves integral to constructing legitimacy, thus suggesting a practice-based view of moral markets. The professionals, including a group of "gatekeepers," construct a narrative distinction between their own commerce and an implicitly less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
Napster got shut down, consumers were very upset. For one, they said we needed Napster to get innovation like immediate music downloads and access to more music than any record store could stock. But in fact, in short order the legal View Details
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
better, the system would work well with alternative energy sources such as wind and solar power, unlike the existing energy system, which has a tough time with renewables. Potentially, customers would be able to sell unneeded renewable... View Details
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
many ways Facebook is taking over big chunks of what we used to do using more open technologies: web search, content consumption, even e-mail. Increasingly, Facebook is valuable to many people because it represents a more orderly View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
product alternatives that come from the technology, and of customer needs that come from pressures in the marketplace, to see where opportunity will emerge. What that means is that most MBA students should go to work in an area they think... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
had stuck with him, including the best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA)—which essentially entails outlining a fallback plan if things go awry and offering a reality check for people caught up in anger. It was a particularly... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
obstruct change necessitated by unexpected deviations from the plan. More broadly, by contrasting vigorous missionary work and reluctant evangelism as alternative pathways, we demonstrate how market-creation efforts can undermine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
America’s foremost firms, illustrate alternatives to America’s largely laissez-faire approach. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51000 in press Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/PEL073-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-102 AIP Healthcare Japan: Investing in Japan's Retirement Home Market The CEO of a health-care based REIT is considering alternative nursing home... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
alternatives to regulation—one of which is the voluntary disclosure of information. That is perhaps the critical issue, I think, for environmental performance. "We needed a way of getting information about unobserved environmental... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
Group. Abhishek Kher (MBA 2022, Section E), Summer Internship: Product Management Intern at Nature's Fynd Nature’s Fynd is a food company creating versatile alternative proteins to nourish the world’s growing population while nurturing... View Details