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    • 20 Jun 2023
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: Lessons in Strategic Change

    Re: Andy Wu

    In late October 2022, Elon Musk officially took Twitter private and became the company’s majority shareholder, finally ending a months-long acquisition saga. He appointed himself CEO and brought in his own team to clean house. Musk needed to take decisive steps to succeed against the major opposition to his leadership from both inside and outside the company. Twitter employees circulated an open letter protesting expected layoffs, advertising agencies advised their clients to pause spending on Twitter, and EU officials considered a broader Twitter ban. What short-term actions should Musk take to stabilize the situation, and how should he approach long-term strategy to turn around Twitter? Harvard Business School assistant professor Andy Wu and co-author Goran Calic, associate professor at McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business, discuss Twitter as a microcosm for the future of media and information in their case, “Twitter Turnaround and Elon Musk.”

    • 09 May 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

    by Rachel Layne

    While many companies let employees work remotely during the height of COVID-19, conditions have since become more nuanced, according to research by Raffaella Sadun and colleagues. What do these shifts mean for talent managers?

    • 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; 0 Comments.

    • 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; 0 Comments.

    • 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.

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