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- June 2020
- Article
Overcoming Barriers to Early Disease Intervention
By: H. Hugo Caicedo, Daniel A. Hashimoto, Julio C. Caicedo, Alex Pentland and Gary P. Pisano
It is widely acknowledged that earlier intervention in many disease processes leads to better patient outcomes and lower treatment costs. To date, most efforts at early disease intervention have focused on "primary prevention" which focuses on preventing diseases in... View Details
Caicedo, H. Hugo, Daniel A. Hashimoto, Julio C. Caicedo, Alex Pentland, and Gary P. Pisano. "Overcoming Barriers to Early Disease Intervention." Nature Biotechnology 38, no. 6 (June 2020).
- December 2021
- Article
Auctioneers Sometimes Prefer Entry Fees to Extra Bidders
By: Jiafeng Chen and Scott Duke Kominers
We investigate a market thickness–market power tradeoff in an auction setting with endogenous entry. We find that charging admission fees can sometimes dominate the benefit of recruiting additional bidders, even though the fees themselves implicitly reduce competition... View Details
Chen, Jiafeng, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Auctioneers Sometimes Prefer Entry Fees to Extra Bidders." Art. 102737. International Journal of Industrial Organization 79 (December 2021).
- December 2019
- Case
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem (Abridged)
By: Willy Shih
This case describes the efforts of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lower the cost of producing vaccines to prevent polio infections. It is an abridged version of HBS Case No. 620-021 with less emphasis on comparison between traditional and the new compact... View Details
Keywords: Vaccine; Manufacturing; Barriers To Entry; Production; Cost; Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Pharmaceutical Industry
Shih, Willy. "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 620-071, December 2019.
- Article
From Entry Barriers to Mobility Barriers: Conjectural Decisions and Contrived Deterrence to New Competition
By: M. E. Porter and R. E. Caves
Keywords: Decision Making
Porter, M. E., and R. E. Caves. "From Entry Barriers to Mobility Barriers: Conjectural Decisions and Contrived Deterrence to New Competition." Quarterly Journal of Economics 91, no. 2 (May 1977): 241–262.
- March 2000 (Revised May 2000)
- Background Note
Diagnosing and Overcoming Barriers to Agreement
Synthesizes and extends work on barriers to negotiated agreement. Five key types of barriers are described--structural, strategic, psychological, institutional, and cultural. Approaches to overcoming these barriers are discussed. View Details
Watkins, Michael D. "Diagnosing and Overcoming Barriers to Agreement." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-333, March 2000. (Revised May 2000.)
- 2018
- Article
Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market
By: Wen Wen and Feng Zhu
We examine how app developers on the Android mobile platform adjust their innovation efforts (rate and direction) and value-capture strategies in response to Google’s entry threat and actual entry into their markets. We find that, after Google’s entry threat increases,... View Details
Keywords: Platform-owner Entry; Entry Threat; Innovation; Complementors; Mobile App Industry; Digital Platforms; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Price; Innovation and Invention; Applications and Software
Wen, Wen, and Feng Zhu. "Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market." Strategic Management Journal 40, no. 9 (September 2019): 1336–1367.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market
By: Feng Zhu
We examine how app developers on the Android mobile platform adjust their innovation efforts (rate and direction) and value-capture strategies in response to Google’s entry threat and actual entry into their markets. We find that, after Google’s entry threat increases,... View Details
Keywords: Platform-owner Entry; Entry Threat; Innovation; Complementors; Mobile App Industry; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation Strategy; Market Entry and Exit
Wen, Wen, and Feng Zhu. "Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-036, October 2017.
- August 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Slanket: Responding to Snuggie's Market Entry
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
How does a pioneer in a new product category deal with the runaway success of a follower? Can search engine marketing and social media help? In 2008 Slanket CEO, Gary Clegg, found that his product, a blanket with sleeves, had been eclipsed by The Snuggie, another... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web
Deighton, John A., and Leora Kornfeld. "Slanket: Responding to Snuggie's Market Entry." Harvard Business School Case 510-034, August 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- September 2021
- Article
Network Interconnectivity and Entry into Platform Markets
By: Feng Zhu, Xinxin Li, Ehsan Valavi and Marco Iansiti
Digital technologies have led to the emergence of many platforms in our economy today. In certain platform networks, buyers in one market purchase services from providers in many other markets, whereas in others, buyers primarily purchase services from providers within... View Details
Keywords: Network Interconnectivity; Platform Competition; Market Entry; Networks; Digital Platforms; Competition; Market Entry and Exit
Zhu, Feng, Xinxin Li, Ehsan Valavi, and Marco Iansiti. "Network Interconnectivity and Entry into Platform Markets." Information Systems Research 32, no. 3 (September 2021): 1009–1024.
- March 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Teaching Note
Slanket: Responding to Snuggie's Market Entry (TN)
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Teaching Note for [510034]. View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit
- 2024
- Report
Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond
As of early January 2024, discussion of the Gaza war heavily focuses on its humanitarian costs, cease fire possibilities, hostage prospects, and “day after” options. Yet what longer-term strategy guides actions on these vital issues while offering a more positive... View Details
Sebenius, James K. "Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond." Report, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, January 2024.
- October 2013
- Case
FasterCures: Removing Barriers to Treatments
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and James Weber
In mid-2013, as FasterCures celebrated its 10th anniversary as a center of the Milken Institute, Executive Director Margaret Anderson thought about what the organization should do to ensure it had even more impact in its next 10 years. FasterCures was a non-profit... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Care Policy; Health Services; Healthcare; Healthcare Reform; Healthcare Ventures; Nonprofit; Non-profit Management; Not-for-profit; Incubator; Accelerator; Venture Philanthropy; Medical Services; Medical Solutions; Medical Research; Medical Treatment; Clinical Trials; Drug Reimbursement; Early Stage; Early Stage Research Funding; Early Stage Funding; Milken Institute; Michael Milken; David Baltimore; Partnering For Cures; National Institutes Of Health; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Cancer Care Services; Policy-making; Health Care and Treatment; Health; Health Testing and Trials; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Policy; Health Industry; United States; District of Columbia
Hamermesh, Richard G., and James Weber. "FasterCures: Removing Barriers to Treatments." Harvard Business School Case 814-003, October 2013.
- 1976
- Chapter
Cereal Fortification: Barriers to Implementation
By: James E. Austin and Donald S. Snodgrass
- 15 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions
Keywords: by Lisa L.Shu & Max H. Bazerman
- Research Summary
Entry deterrence via strategic litigation
This paper analyzes the use of litigation by incumbents to deter entry by new firms. Specifically, I look at a context where incumbent firms own patents that confer a limited monopoly period in the market. In the US pharmaceutical industry, regulation provides for... View Details
- October 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Background Note
Negotiating Your Entry into Your Family Business
By: John A. Davis
Provides guidance to junior generation members of a business family concerning negotiating their entry into their family's business. View Details
Keywords: Family Business
Davis, John A. "Negotiating Your Entry into Your Family Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-062, October 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- 2013
- Working Paper
Overcoming Organizational Barriers to Waste Heat Recovery
By: Chonnikarn Fern Jira and Deishin Lee
Waste heat recovery is a proven technology for improving energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of energy-intensive manufacturing firms. However, evidence suggests that opportunities for recovering waste heat are untapped. By showing how the process... View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions
By: Lisa L. Shu and Max Bazerman
We explore interventions at the individual level and focus on recognized cognitive barriers from behavioral decision-making literature. In particular, we highlight three cognitive barriers that impede sound individual decision making that have particular relevance to... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Consumer Behavior; Environmental Sustainability; Cognition and Thinking; Prejudice and Bias
Shu, Lisa L., and Max Bazerman. "Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-046, November 2010.