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- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
superior product, adding to the probability of success. However, OSS has disadvantages too. Most importantly, it comes from behind in terms of market share (installed base). Because the value of an operating system depends critically on... View Details
- 04 Aug 2006
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?
terms of where value is added in the supply chain . The value is created through the service of helping customers find what they want within the sea of choice . It is ironic that the Internet, which is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
perception of the value of such strategies by the analysts. Moreover, we find that firms with higher visibility receive more favorable recommendations for their CSR strategies and that analysts with more experience, broader CSR awareness,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
executives in the core businesses, rather than ambitious young MBAs, should be assigned to growth initiatives; 3) Assembling the wrong team and staffing up prematurely. CEOs should focus on capabilities, not who's available, and staff up only when the strategy,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
is a single-payer system.) In other industries, he says, complexity that doesn’t add value is whittled away through competition. “In health care there’s not a lot of competition that extinguishes bad practice, so bad practice can persist... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
electricity from power plant, and steam or hot water from district energy systems. Scope 3: Indirect emissions from a company’s supply and value chains. This includes the emissions associated with producing the materials a company... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
achieve greater results in the communities that had implemented the StriveTogether framework. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/he-main/resources/documents/web-files/314031p2.pdf Harvard Business School Case 714-488 Drivers of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
our results suggest that the predictive value of accruals and market participants' ability to process it are a significant driver of accrual-based anomalies. Consumer Policy Author:J. Gunnar Trumbull... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
have created larger roles for consumers in the health care marketplace. Obamacare opened up a mass market of coverage sold directly to individuals. This was arguably the largest driver of a consumer revolution in health insurance. It... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
rate shocks has a muted effect on portfolio risk at long horizons and does not diminish the benefits of global portfolio diversification to long-term investors. Empirically, we find that increased correlations of discount rate shocks resulting from financial... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
Creation The first driver of an effective niche strategy is value creation. Specialize in unique capabilities. An effective niche strategy creates value by selecting a... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
performance of hybrid organizations that pursue a social mission, and sustain their operations through commercial activities, by studying work integration social enterprises (WISEs). We argue that social imprinting and economic productivity are both important View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
clarify upfront that the dichotomy between altruistic and utilitarian drivers does not carry with it any implicit value judgment, of the "good" vs. "bad" type. While it is clear that... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines
a new working paper. “We find that routine customers have higher value to the organization, even after controlling for their level of consumption,” Ascarza says. These customers may also tolerate price increases better and even stay loyal... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
executive compensation packages, and the board of directors’ evaluation horizons could be barriers to such decisions. My work so far has concentrated on the ESG issues where firm-level action is actually producing value both for the... View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
choices. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/618038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-064 OpenInvest Founded by a team of hedge fund and NGO alumni, OpenInvest launched its platform in 2015 to enable retail investors to tailor their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
virtual currency including electronic payments. Since its inception in 2009 by an anonymous group of developers, Bitcoin has served tens of millions of transactions with total dollar value in the billions. Users have been drawn to Bitcoin... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
problems or create value in some way. What's driving this trend? Karim Lakhani: The main driver is accessing knowledge that is widely distributed in the world. Many organizations are now finding they simply... View Details
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
non-star analysts. Extending traditional theories of entrepreneurship and labor mobility, our results also suggest that drivers of turnover vary by destination: (a) turnover to entrepreneurship and (b) other turnover. In contrast to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
School Case 606-118 A successful young design firm faces a difficult decision: whether to compromise its creative values to win a big job. The client brief is very conservative. The company is pretty sure it can win the design... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne