by Felix Oberholzer-Gee - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Keywords: by Danielle Kost

20 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

$24.20 per hour, under Prop 22. Drivers who spend the least time on deliveries saw the biggest boost. “Under Prop 22 rules, the earnings of the bottom 10 percent would have increased by 70 percent to $20.07 per hour,” View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology

February 2019
Case

Volvo Cars: Acquisition by Geely

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Willy Shih and Nancy Dai

Zheijiang Geely Holding Company's acquisition of Volvo Cars was widely viewed with skepticism because of the poor track record of cross-border auto industry acquisitions. This case looks at the acquisition and post-acquisition integration from the point of view of... View Details

Keywords: Merger Integration; Organization Culture; Organization Behavior; Organizational Alignment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Alignment; Organizational Culture; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Auto Industry; China; Sweden

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02 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity

negative event. Meanwhile, he says, "those that make less extreme claims either are disregarded by the press or have a far less likelihood of seeing their failings exposed." While that conclusion may seem cynical, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

Internet music piracy not only doesn't hurt legitimate CD sales, it may even boost sales of some types of music. Those were the counterintuitive findings released in March by Harvard Business School professor View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

08 May 2006
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Cutting in Line

No one likes to waste time standing in line. So why don't more people try to bribe their way to the front? Should companies allow some customers to move to the front of the line for a hefty fee? Is there a market for time? Felix View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Sep 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Diversification of Chinese Companies: An International Comparison

Keywords: by Joseph P.H. Fan, Jun Huang, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Troy D. Smith & Mengxin Zhao

23 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?

than a Blockbuster store, stocking a limited number of popular movies? Intrigued with these questions, HBS assistant professor Anita Elberse and associate professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee analyzed the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation

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Targeting Corporate Interests: The US banking industry's experience with community groups and regulators

In this project with Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis Yao we use evidence from comminity groups' protests of bank mergers and negotiations with banking institutions to study how and why these firms are targeted for their non-market behavior.

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29 Aug 2023
Cold Call Podcast

As Social Networks Get More Competitive, Which Ones Will Survive?

Keywords: Re: Felix Oberholzer-Gee; Entertainment & Recreation

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The Economics of Search

Utilizing data on web searches, we characterize the economics of search and estimate the path of diffusion for information, allowing us to specify how choice sets are actually formed among consumers and examine the impact of cybergeography vs. spatial geography. Joint... View Details

04 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration. Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Youngme Moon, and Mihir Desai. For HBS, which perhaps is seen by some as... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

was level, and he took advantage. Eventually he would build Akfen Holding, today one of the biggest infrastructure construction and operations companies. “As an outsider in the previous era, this was a fantastic opportunity,” says Felix... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Trust

It's called TrapGuard—a special kind of floor drain developed by a Georgia company that prevents sewer gases from entering homes. On the great spectrum of innovative products, it's probably not keeping company with the iPod or Segway... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Service

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The Speed of New Ideas: Trust, Institutions and the Diffusion of New Products

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