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Two-Sided Platforms: Product Variety and Pricing Structures

By: Andrei Hagiu
This paper provides a new modeling framework to analyze two-sided platforms connecting producers and consumers. In contrast to the existing literature, indirect network effects are determined endogenously, through consumers' taste for variety and producer competition.... View Details
Keywords: Pricing Structure; Indirect Network Effects; Product Variety; Price; Network Effects; Two-Sided Platforms; Product; Renting or Rental; Competition
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Hagiu, Andrei. "Two-Sided Platforms: Product Variety and Pricing Structures ." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 18, no. 4 (Winter 2009).
  • 2012
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Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank

By: B. Staats and F. Gino
Sustaining operational productivity in the completion of repetitive tasks is critical to many organizations' success. Yet research points to two different work-design-related strategies for accomplishing this goal: specialization to capture the benefits of repetition... View Details
Keywords: Motivation; Productivity; Specialization; Variety; Work Fragmentation; Boundaries; Performance Productivity; Organizations; Research; Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Opportunities; Market Transactions; Resource Allocation; Performance; Goals and Objectives; Learning
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Staats, B., and F. Gino. "Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank." Management Science 58, no. 6 (June 2012): 1141–1159.
  • March 2011
  • Module Note

Varieties of Capitalism

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull
This module, part of the second year HBS course MITI, introduces a political economy approach to analyzing national economic strategies, with a primary focus on German economic policy. View Details
Keywords: Economy; Markets; Curriculum and Courses; Policy; Competitive Advantage; Goals and Objectives; Geographic Location; Strategy; Germany
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Trumbull, J. Gunnar. "Varieties of Capitalism." Harvard Business School Module Note 711-096, March 2011.
  • spring 2006
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Varieties of Consumerism

By: Gunnar Trumbull
Keywords: Customers
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Trumbull, Gunnar. "Varieties of Consumerism." Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte (spring 2006).
  • 1999
  • Report

The Economics of Variety

By: Walter J. Salmon, Robert S. Kaplan and Marci K. Dew
Keywords: Economics
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Salmon, Walter J., Robert S. Kaplan, and Marci K. Dew. "The Economics of Variety." Report, Food Marketing Institute, Washington, D.C., January 1999.
  • January 1990 (Revised November 1992)
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Competition and Product Variety

Examines the choice of optimal product positioning in a differentiated goods market. View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Competition
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Brandenburger, Adam M., and Vijay Krishna. "Competition and Product Variety." Harvard Business School Case 190-100, January 1990. (Revised November 1992.)
  • November 1990 (Revised June 1993)
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The Economics of Product Variety

Examines the economic tradeoffs affecting a firm's decision to offer one or more versions of a product to a segmented market. Also presents some arguments for and against product variety. View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Segmentation
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Dhebar, Anirudh S. "The Economics of Product Variety." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-099, November 1990. (Revised June 1993.)
  • 06 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

When Product Variety Backfires

Traditional wisdom teaches that brands win market share by offering a wide variety of products, increasing the chance of appealing to a wider variety of customers. But how happy are you when trying to find a... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin; Consumer Products
  • February 1991
  • Case

Long-Term Competition and Product Variety

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Brandenburger, Adam M., and Vijay Krishna. "Long-Term Competition and Product Variety." Harvard Business School Case 191-128, February 1991.
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Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains

By: Giulio Buciuni and Gary P. Pisano
This article analyzes how the geography and organization of pre- and production stages in Global Value Chains (GVC) contribute to lead firms' innovation development. A novel approach in GVC studies is introduced based on transaction cost economics (TCE) and the... View Details
Keywords: GVC; Global Value Chains; Manufacturing; Production; Global Range; Innovation and Invention
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Buciuni, Giulio, and Gary P. Pisano. "Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains." Art. 101167. Journal of World Business 56, no. 2 (February 2021).
  • 2018
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Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time

By: Geoffrey Jones
Published at a time of ever-increasing warnings that the pace of climate change and other environmental changes risk making the Earth unsustainable within our own lifetimes, this book looks at the past of green business to identify lessons for the future. It provides... View Details
Keywords: Green Business; Sustainability; Business History; Eco-tourism; Organic Wine; Organic Food; Waste Management; Sustainable Finance; Ethics; Finance; History; Entrepreneurship; Accommodations Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; Energy Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Europe; Asia; Latin America; North and Central America; New Zealand
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Jones, Geoffrey. Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time. Northamption, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
  • summer 2005
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Overchoice and Assortment Type: When and Why Variety Backfires

By: John T. Gourville and Dilip Soman
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Gourville, John T., and Dilip Soman. "Overchoice and Assortment Type: When and Why Variety Backfires." Marketing Science 24, no. 3 (summer 2005): 382–395.
  • 2024
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State Capacity and Varieties of Climate Policy

By: Jonas Meckling and Ari Benkler
Countries vary in the adoption of sticks and carrots in climate policy. Differences in institutional capacity and fiscal space shape national policies. This matters for the effectiveness of national mitigation efforts and the extent of international conflict over... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Policy; Country
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Meckling, Jonas, and Ari Benkler. "State Capacity and Varieties of Climate Policy." Art. 9942. Nature Communications 15 (2024).
  • 2018
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Three Perspectives on Evidence-based Management: Rank, Fit, Variety

By: Tuna Cem Hayirli and Peter F. Martelli
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Hayirli, Tuna Cem, and Peter F. Martelli. "Three Perspectives on Evidence-based Management: Rank, Fit, Variety." Management Decision 56, no. 10 (2018): 2085–2100.
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank

By: Bradley R. Staats and Francesca Gino
Sustaining operational productivity in the completion of repetitive tasks is critical to many organizations' success. Yet research points to two different work-design related strategies for accomplishing this goal: specialization to capture the benefits of repetition... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Working Conditions; Service Delivery; Performance Productivity; Financial Services Industry; Japan
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Staats, Bradley R., and Francesca Gino. "Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-015, August 2010. (Revised May 2011.)
  • February 1988
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Steel Since 1850: Varieties of Competition and Industry Structure

Keywords: Business History; Competition; Supply and Industry; Steel Industry
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McCraw, T. K. "Steel Since 1850: Varieties of Competition and Industry Structure." [Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan] Shakai Kagaku Kenkyū nempō [Annual Bulletin of Research Institute for Social Science] 18 (February 1988): 6–36.
  • March 1987
  • Background Note

Variety vs. Value: Two Generic Approaches to Product Policy

By: Benson P. Shapiro
Keywords: Product; Policy; Marketing
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Shapiro, Benson P. "Variety vs. Value: Two Generic Approaches to Product Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 587-119, March 1987.
  • September – October 2010
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The Effect of Product Variety and Inventory Levels on Retail Sales: A Longitudinal Study

By: Zeynep Ton and Ananth Raman
We examine the effects of product variety and inventory levels on store sales. Using four years of data from stores of a large retailer, we show that increases in product variety and inventory levels are both associated with higher sales. We also show that increasing... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Logistics; Product; Quality; Sales; Retail Industry
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Ton, Zeynep, and Ananth Raman. "The Effect of Product Variety and Inventory Levels on Retail Sales: A Longitudinal Study." Production and Operations Management 19, no. 5 (September–October 2010): 546–560.
  • 26 Oct 2016
  • HBS Conference

Varieties of Big Business: Business Groups in the West

  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Leviathan in Business: Varieties of State Capitalism and Their Implications for Economic Performance

By: Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini
In this paper we document the extent and reach of state capitalism around the world and explore its economic implications. We focus on governmental provision of capital to corporations—either equity or debt—as a defining feature of state capitalism. We present a... View Details
Keywords: State Capitalism; State-owned Enterprises; Development Banks; Sovereign Wealth Funds; Economic Systems; State Ownership; Sovereign Finance; Business and Government Relations; Investment
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Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini. "Leviathan in Business: Varieties of State Capitalism and Their Implications for Economic Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-108, June 2012.
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