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- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
Mahek A. Shah, and Kevin A. Schulman Abstract—The federal government mandated adoption of certified electronic health record systems (EHR), at least in part, to reduce administrative costs for physicians....
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2018 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A)
By: Marco Di Maggio, Benjamin C. Esty and Gregory Saldutte
Snap, the disappearing message app, went public at $17 per share on March 2, 2017, making its two 20-something founders the youngest self-made billionaires in the country. Over the next three weeks, 14 analysts made investment recommendations on Snap: two with buy...
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Sell-side Analysts;
Underwriters;
Investment Banking;
Social Network;
Discounted Cash Flow;
Cost Of Capital;
Conflicts Of Interest;
Corporate Governance;
Advertising;
Quiet Period;
"DCF Valuation,";
Business Startups;
Digital Marketing;
Initial Public Offering;
Information Infrastructure;
Valuation;
Venture Capital;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Social Media;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States;
California
Di Maggio, Marco, Benjamin C. Esty, and Gregory Saldutte. "Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A)." Harvard Business School Case 218-095, June 2018. (Revised April 2021.)
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is often lauded for bringing economic growth and know-how to developing countries. The conventional wisdom is not necessarily wrong, but the real story is much more nuanced than is commonly believed, says...
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
Health Plans - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
reward integrated practice unit models by providers Encourage or mandate provider outcome reporting through registries by medical condition Create standards for meaningful provider cost measurement and...
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- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
Technology and Operations Management unit at Harvard Business School. And why would Apple ever allow a Kindle app in its App Store in the first place? "We all know historically...
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- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
success, and the role of hormones in cheating. "Tell us what you think were the most significant trends, ideas, or management lessons from 2015." Also worth reading is our list of the year’s most...
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Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies
By: Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
Organizational structures are increasingly complex. In particular, more firms today operate as multi-sided platforms. In this paper, we study how platform firms use repositioning and cost-cutting in response to competition, elucidate external and internal factors that...
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Platform Strategy;
Repositioning;
Cost-cutting;
Intra-firm Learning;
Multi-Sided Platforms;
Cost Management;
Product Positioning;
Organizational Structure;
Competitive Strategy;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Journalism and News Industry
Seamans, Robert, and Feng Zhu. "Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies." Strategy Science 2, no. 2 (June 2017): 83–99.
- 1999
- Book
The Financing of Catastrophe Risk
By: Kenneth A. Froot
Keywords:
Catastrophe Risk;
Corporate Finance;
Banking And Insurance;
Hedging;
Banking;
Decision Choice And Uncertainty;
Financial Markets;
Insurance;
Policy;
Risk Management;
Natural Disasters;
Cost of Capital;
Asset Pricing;
Insurance Industry
Froot, Kenneth A., ed. The Financing of Catastrophe Risk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
- 19 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures
urban Nigerians with affordable financing for clean, reliable energy. We leverage group financing and carbon accounting to lower costs and risk in the energy transition of...
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- October 2016
- Case
Turkasset: Bringing Customer-Centricity to Debt Collection
By: Dennis Campbell and Gamze Yucaoglu
In December 2014, in preparation for the year-end board presentation, Hilmi Guvenal (PMD 1993), shareholder and CEO of Turkasset, and Ilker Yoney, COO, sat down to discuss Turkasset’s five- and ten-year strategic plans. Since taking leadership of the company in 2009,...
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Customer Satisfaction;
Customer Experience;
Customer Service;
Customer-centric;
Emerging Market;
Customer Focus;
Employee Empowerment;
Employee Engagement;
Employee Training;
Staffing;
Operations Management;
Quality Management;
Service Management;
Service Quality;
Continuous Improvement;
Turkasset;
Collections Agency;
NPL;
Call Center;
Financial Services;
Borrowing and Debt;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Organizational Culture;
Operations;
Management;
Service Operations;
Quality;
Competitive Advantage;
Cost vs Benefits;
Financial Services Industry;
Turkey
- Web
Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
successful value measurement system. In the process, you will learn how to use the Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) method, which will enable you to more accurately measure View Details
- 1985
- Chapter
Cost-Benefit Analysis Applied to Risks: Its Philosophy and Legitimacy
By: Dutch Leonard and Richard Zeckhauser
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
Professor Rebecca Henderson “Doing well by doing good” has rapidly gained momentum in recent years as business leaders, investors, and stakeholders have deepened their understanding of the double bottom line. To help View Details
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Getting Involved - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Involved Videos Books Getting Involved Getting Involved Through Value-Based Health Care Delivery, we can improve long-term patient outcomes, reduce costs, and create organizational structures, management...
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- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
to that model, it is challenged on all fronts. On the general merchandise side, Walmart has competition from the Amazons of the world. So their ability to make money with general merchandise has become compromised because ecommerce forces prices down. Amazon's View Details
- 2015
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Marketing Reading: Digital Marketing
By: Sunil Gupta and Joseph Davin
Digital technology has changed how consumers search for information, interact with each other, and buy products. The popularization of these technologies has made it possible for companies to have a better understanding of their customers' decision journey and...
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Advertising;
Buzz Marketing;
Internet Marketing;
Marketing;
Marketing Management;
Social Media;
Social Networks;
Viral Marketing;
Word-of-mouth Marketing;
Digital;
Internet;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Reference Programs;
Online Advertising;
Advertising Industry
Gupta, Sunil, and Joseph Davin. "Marketing Reading: Digital Marketing." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8224, 2015.
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
Illustration by VectorStock As a doctoral student at HBS, Prithwiraj “Raj” Choudhury identified a little-studied phenomenon in innovation: Managers from emerging markets who migrated to the United States for jobs at multinational...
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April White
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
leaders manage these conversations effectively. Drawing on our insights and those of others, we offer this guide to help leaders have the kinds of discussions we need to be having right now. The four I’s of...
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- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
staying away or unable to pay and rising costs for personal protective gear and new technology. “Compounding the problem, SUD treatment and...
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- Web
IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation Course Number 6052 Professor Sophus A. Reinert Professor of Management Practice Dante Roscini January; J; 3.0 credits Fall On-Campus Course Sessions:...
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