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      • 06 Apr 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Disrupting the Waste Industry with Technology

      Rubicon began with a bold idea: create a cloud-based, full-service waste management platform, providing efficient service anywhere in the US. Their mobile app did for waste management what Uber had done for taxi service. Five years after the case’s publication, Harvard Business School Associate Professor Shai Bernstein and Rubicon founder and CEO Nate Morris discuss how the software startup leveraged technology to disrupt the waste industry and other enduring lessons of professor Bill Sahlman’s case about Rubicon.  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 11 Mar 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

      by Danielle Kost

      Countries such as Israel now realize they need to engage in public diplomacy as well as foreign diplomacy, and in place branding, not just political advocacy, says Elie Ofek. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 28 Jun 2018
      • Cold Call Podcast

      L.A. Philharmonic Shows the American Symphony Orchestra Isn’t Dead Yet

      Like many American symphony orchestras, the Los Angeles Philharmonic seemed dying on the vine, unable to attract younger audiences or new sponsors. Then new CEO Deborah Borda came aboard with a plan to revive the brand. Rohit Deshpande discusses his case study on the turnaround. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 18 Jun 2018
      • Research & Ideas

      Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

      by Dina Gerdeman

      If you want to convince consumers to stay away from unhealthy diet choices, don't be subtle about possible consequences, says Leslie John. These graphically graphic warning labels seem to do the trick. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 28 Jun 2017
      • Research & Ideas

      Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business

      by Dina Gerdeman

      Do minimum wage increases harm businesses? Evidence from Yelp-inspired research by Michael and Dara Lee Luca suggests the popularity of the business has a lot to do with it. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 05 May 2017
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Survival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit

      by Dara Lee Luca and Michael Luca

      This study examines the impact of minimum wage increases on restaurant closures in the San Francisco Bay Area, using data from 2008 through 2016 from the review platform Yelp. The study demonstrates that higher minimum wages increase closure rates among lower-rated restaurants, while higher-rated restaurants are largely insulated from changes.

      • 22 Feb 2017
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Incentives, Peer Pressure, and Behavior Persistence

      by Susanna Gallani

      Organizations often create initiatives to encourage adoption of new behaviors, or to stimulate performance improvements from existing practices. This research explores whether and how incentivized behaviors at a California hospital persist beyond the duration of the initiative.

      • 06 Apr 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

      by Carmen Nobel

      Entrepreneurs with a new product idea must decide whether to pitch the concept or provide an actual prototype. Which works best? Professor Hong Luo finds answers in Hollywood screenplays. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 22 Feb 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

      by Dina Gerdeman

      Historian Laura Phillips Sawyer unearths the story of little-known drug store owner Edna Gleason who, in a man’s world, helped fire a progressive movement to protect small-business owners from price-slashing chains. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 25 Jan 2016
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment

      by Benjamin G. Edelman, Michael Luca & Daniel Svirsky

      Online platforms such as Airbnb create new markets by eliminating search frictions, building trust, and facilitating transactions. With the rise of the sharing economy, however, comes the prospect of racial discrimination that is unheard of in established platforms. The authors suggest changes to Airbnb’s site design to reduce or prevent discrimination.

      • 19 Nov 2015
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The US Experiment with Fair Trade Laws: State Police Powers, Federal Antitrust, and the Politics of 'Fairness', 1890–1938

      by Laura Phillips Sawyer

      In a study of California retail druggists at the turn of the twentieth century, Laura Phillips Sawyer, finds that price-fixing counterintiutively increased competition.

      • 17 Feb 2015
      • HBS Case

      HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco

      by Michael Blanding

      In San Francisco, tech companies are hoping to make the world a better place—but the fabric of the city is changing in the process. A new case by Clayton Rose explores this clash of cultures, and the role of business in promoting the right balance. Open for comment; 17 Comment(s) posted.

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