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  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

platform and its evolution. We describe three ways of representing platform architectures: network graphs, design structure matrices, and layer maps. We conclude by addressing a number of fundamental strategic questions suggested by a... View Details
  • 27 Jun 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Learning to Make the Move to CEO

committed to helping others achieve shared goals?" In some situations—a Wall Street trading floor or a car dealership, for example—people are paid on commission, and it doesn't matter if they're committed to helping others. In other... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 03 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

contact each other through trusted intermediaries on the network to offer or seek jobs, consulting engagements, expertise, and financing. The company had outpaced its competitors by building the most populous online business network, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

problems. Yet, they also enjoyed unexpected benefits, including plenty of networking and after-war opportunities for the tight community of German businesspeople in India. "The business implications of civil internment are uncharted... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

In what is believed to be the largest study of its kind, MBA students at Harvard Business School recently analyzed the financial returns generated by 110 early-stage companies backed by Investors' Circle, a national network dedicated to... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

business school campus. They moved to Beijing, rounded out their management team, received venture capital investment, developed joint-venture partnerships, and set key milestones to create a full-impact product launch for their social View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609050 NEC Electronics Harvard Business School Case 209-001 Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

(that total half the value of the U.S. market). "On the trading level," says Seifert, " we need a liquidity pool that gives us low-cost, cross-border access. To accomplish this, we are merging institutions and employing a... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • 27 Jul 2019
  • Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

unconcerned. Engagement on various applications on the Facebook platform is up. Users appear comfortable with the trade they make to give up privileged information in exchange for a range of convenient and free services. Without a push by... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
  • 06 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Art of American Advertising

in the years following the Civil War—when the railroad industry created a new, national network for manufacturing and distributing consumer goods. (These were the days when "posting" referred to hanging posters on the sides of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising
  • 17 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 17, 2015

perhaps unlikely leader, Edna Gleason, organized California’s retail pharmacists and coordinated trade networks to monitor and enforce Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) contracts, a system of price-fixing, then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

Ivy League and other top-tier schools, meaning the results were not tied to an analyst being unusually smart or privileged. "It's not about which school they attended, specifically," Malloy says. "It's just about utilizing the alumni View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 13 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

retailer which opened four new stores; two openings occur in retail trading areas which had been previously served by direct channels alone and two openings occur in retail trading areas which had been... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

  Working PapersRegional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies Authors:Pol Antrás and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper analyzes the effects of the formation of a regional trade agreement on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

attributable to comparability. Together, the findings are consistent with mandatory IFRS adoption improving comparability and thus leading to capital market benefits by reducing insiders' ability to exploit private information. Epistemic Contests and the Legitimacy of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market participants' efforts to legitimize commerce and resolve a jurisdictional dispute. Building on literature... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

platforms to fight off rivals and grow profits? Their ability to manage five aspects of the networks they’re embedded in: network effects, in which users attract more users clustering, or fragmentation into... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

behavior of U.S. politicians. We exploit a unique database linking politicians to other politicians, and linking politicians to firms, and find both channels to be influential. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians, as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Oct 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?

in the end by showing employees that it is okay to cheat." Sairam Inumella asserts, "New legislation is not a solution to this 'problem' ... . Maybe this copycat competition will help the networks move toward strategies that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

http://howardgardner.com/2014/05/27/mind-work-and-life/ August 2013 Journal of Political Economy Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices By: Antràs, Pol, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract—This paper analyzes the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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