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- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
the normal developmental trajectory of increased cognitive expertise in categorization, suggests that this anomaly indicates the onset of a critical transition in human social development. Not Just a Pretty Face: The Economic Drivers Behind the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
the past fifteen years of the contest, it's extraordinary." The Art Of The Pivot A few common experiences filter to the surface in conversations with past contest participants, whether their venture sells crème brûlée or View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
Platforms Thrive and Others Don’t By: Zhu, Feng, and Marco Iansiti Abstract— In the digital economy, scale is no guarantee of continued success. After all, the same factors that help an online platform expand quickly—such as the low cost... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Google's own Flight Search listing. The authors consider implications of these findings for competition policy and for online marketing strategies. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44724 Enhancing the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
financial information induces a trade externality: if speculators refrain from trading, hedgers do the same, depressing the asset price. Market transparency reinforces this mechanism, by making speculators’ trades more visible to hedgers. As a consequence, asset View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/712402-PDF-ENG Language and Globalization: 'Englishnization' at Rakuten Tsedal NeeleyHarvard Business School Case 412-002 Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten (Japan's largest online... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
and complementary online studies provide a clear answer: yes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53860 forthcoming Management Science Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
the Art of Negotiation: How to Use Your Feelings to Your Advantage By: Brooks, Alison Wood Abstract—Negotiations can be fraught with emotion, but it’s only recently that researchers have examined how particular feelings influence what... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
Disrupting Consumer Packaged Goods Brandless, an online direct-to-consumer seller of upscale private-label consumer packaged goods, offered consumers a limited assortment of values-conscious products... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
easy to compare online, discount coupons and codes have high uptake, and sellers often bear the cost of shipping products to buyers. In addition to these factors, online selling precludes many methods of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma contributed to strengthening the characterization of film as art in France. The note provides background information on the magazine's history, on the French film industry, and on French film magazines.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
survey a sampling of the research questions these data help to answer. Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines Authors:Benjamin G. Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist Publication:Information Economics and Policy (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
arrangement and a commitment contract that made the $30 payment conditional on both attending the provider visit and meeting an ART adherence threshold. Third, the passive control arm received routine care and no incentives. Participants:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Private Equity Finance Vignettes: 2016 This case contains four vignettes that provide an introduction to the issues covered in the course, Private Equity Finance. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
its decision regarding the business model (i.e., whether to subsidize buyers or sellers), the access fees, and the size of the platform. A slight increase in the platform's belief advantage may induce the advantaged platform to switch from subsidizing View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
Pradip Shroff added: "The simple fact is that leadership is an art and science of blending various styles based on the situation." Yan Song summed up this point by commenting that, "Stereotyping leadership might be the... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
of FairMarket, which provides online auction services for a variety of merchant and community sites. Meakem is the founder and CEO of FreeMarkets, which creates business-to-business online auctions for... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
physical assets (such as health records); combining data within and across industries (to, say, coordinate supply chains); trading data (as mobile providers do with information on users' whereabouts); and codifying best-in-class capabilities (such as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
volunteer as poll workers. Facilitate political engagement. Look to online platforms that have simplified small contributions to political campaigns and increased the diversity of donors, as well as efforts to encourage employees and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne