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    • 15 Oct 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

    by Rachel Layne

    Wage growth in IT jobs has moderated following the dot-com boom, according to new research by Ruiqing Sam Cao and Shane Greenstein. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 09 Oct 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Where the Cloud Rests: The Economic Geography of Data Centers

    by Shane Greenstein and Tommy Pan Fang

    This study quantifies how data center managers make a trade-off between the setup and operational costs of running a facility and capturing local demand.

    • 06 Oct 2020
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

    by Sean Silverthorne

    Here are recent ideas for managing through the pandemic on the topics of people management, strategy, marketing, and organizational design. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 29 Sep 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Centrino and the Restructuring of Wi-Fi Supply

    by Roberto Fontana and Shane Greenstein

    This study examines Intel’s launch of Centrino and interprets it as a platform leader’s attempt to restructure a supply chain.

    • 14 Sep 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Digital Labor Market Inequality and the Decline of IT Exceptionalism

    by Ruiqing Cao and Shane Greenstein

    The experience in five cities accounts for almost all the wage inequality in IT wages in the US between 2000 and 2018. Overall that brought IT wages closer to STEM wages.

    • 19 Jul 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Open Source Software and Global Entrepreneurship

    by Nataliya Langburd Wright, Frank Nagle, and Shane Greenstein

    Does more activity in open source software development lead to increased entrepreneurial activity and, if so, how much, and in what direction? This study measures how participation on the GitHub open source platform affects the founding of new ventures globally.

    • 21 Jan 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on Internet Interconnection

    by Ran Zhuo, Bradley Huffaker, KC Claffy, and Shane Greenstein

    While many countries consider implementing their own versions of privacy and data protection regulations, there are concerns about whether such regulations may negatively impact the growth of the internet and reduce technology firms’ incentives in operating and innovating. Results of this study suggest limited effects of such regulations on the internet layer.

    • 24 May 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet

    by Sean Silverthorne

    The internet makes distance less a problem for conducting business, but geography still matters in the digital age. Shane Greenstein explains why. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 02 Mar 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Evidence of Decreasing Internet Entropy: The Lack of Redundancy in DNS Resolution by Major Websites and Services

    by Samantha Bates, John Bowers, Shane Greenstein, Jordi Weinstock, and Jonathan Zittrain

    Stabilizing the domain name resolution (DNS) infrastructure is critical to the operation of the internet. Single points of failure become more consequential as a larger proportion of the internet's biggest sites are managed by a small number of externally hosted DNS providers. Providers could encourage diversification by requiring domain owners to select a secondary DNS provider.

    • 15 Mar 2017
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

    by Carmen Nobel

    MBA students participating in Harvard Business School’s Climate Change Challenge offer ideas on how companies can negate impacts from a changing environment. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 03 Nov 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Ideological Segregation among Online Collaborators: Evidence from Wikipedians

    by Shane Greenstein, Yuan Gu, and Feng Zhu

    This study analyzes the dynamics supporting or undermining segregated conversations. Among the findings: In spite of their great differences, contributors on Wikipedia tend to move toward less segregated conversations. Contributors’ positions become more neutral over time, not more extreme. In addition, the conflict resolution mechanisms and the mix of informal and formal norms at Wikipedia play an important role in encouraging a community that works toward a neutral point of view.

    • 26 Sep 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Technological Leadership (de)Concentration: Causes in ICTE

    by Yasin Ozcan and Shane Greenstein

    The market structure for the Information and Communications Technology equipment industry has undergone enormous changes in the last four decades. This paper characterizes long-term trends by analyzing the concentration in patents from 1976 to 2010 and comparing measured changes against popular assumptions about the size and scale of changes in innovation.

    • 19 Sep 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

    by Carmen Nobel

    There’s a pervasive paradox in academia: Research conducted at business schools often offers no obvious value to people who work in the world of business. Professors and practitioners weigh in on how to enhance the relevance of research. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 14 Sep 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

    by Julia Hanna

    Note to web marketers: Consumers won't carve out more time to visit your site. So how do you attract them? Start by understanding their online habits, reports new research by Shane Greenstein and colleagues. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 17 Aug 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Empirical Economics of Online Attention

    by Andre Boik, Shane Greenstein, and Jeffrey Prince

    This study uses extensive data on user online activity between 2008 and 2013 to examine the links between user allocation of attention and characteristics of user. Findings show remarkable stability in how households allocated their scarce attention over the five years. Results imply that suppliers are competing for a finite supply of user time while generally lacking the ability to use price discounts to attract user attention.

    • 02 Aug 2016
    • First Look

    August 2, 2016

    Sean Silverthorne

    Can rituals decrease performance anxiety? ... How to attract attention on the internet ... The risk of eliminating what you are known for.

    • 07 Mar 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Net Neutrality: A Fast Lane to Understanding the Trade-offs

    by Shane Greenstein, Martin Peitz, and Tommaso Valletti

    Shane Greenstein and colleagues identify the economic dimensions involved with net neutrality and show that many questions can be informed by simple economic models of the market for internet services.

    • 21 Dec 2015
    • Op-Ed

    Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google

    by Shane Greenstein

    What is the secret sauce of US commercial success? It’s the contributions of immigrants, like Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who have made huge contributions to the technological and economic success of the United States, argues Harvard Business School Professor Shane Greenstein. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 02 Nov 2015
    • Book

    Dear Internet: You Are Extraordinary, But Not Exceptional

    by Carmen Nobel

    Professor Shane Greenstein is annoyed by “Internet exceptionalism,” the prevalent idea that the Internet defies economic logic, that there’s never been anything like it in business history, and that its impact supersedes everything. In his new book, Greenstein argues that the Internet actually follows classic patterns of economic behavior, detailing the commercial forces that guided the Internet’s path from cool invention to successful innovation. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 19 Oct 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

    by Michael Blanding

    Just as researchers in the life sciences often target their work to tackle the most dangerous diseases, business scholars are using their research to make a difference in government policy. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

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