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      • 23 Feb 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Examining Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States

      The late 20th century saw dramatic growth in incarceration rates in the United States. Of the more than 2.3 million people in US prisons, jails, and detention centers in 2020, 60 percent were Black or Latinx. Harvard Business School assistant professor Reshmaan Hussam probes the assumptions underlying the current prison system, with its huge racial disparities, and considers what could be done to address the crisis of the American criminal justice system in her case, “Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      New research on the internet from Harvard Business School faculty on issues including social media strategies, online marketing, and public policy questions such as net neutrality.
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      • 06 Jan 2021
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the US Economy: What's Up? Is It Real?

      by Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt

      We analyze total United States advertising spending from 1960 to 2018. In nominal terms, the elasticity of annual advertising outlays with respect to gross domestic product appears to have increased substantially beginning in the late 1990s, roughly coinciding with the dramatic growth of internet-based advertising.

      • 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.

      • 18 Jul 2019
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is

      by Michael Blanding

      Companies have struggled to find the right opportunities for selling the Internet of Things. Rajiv Lal says that’s all about to change. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 04 Mar 2019
      • What Do You Think?

      What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP: As companies increasingly build business models around our personal data, what can be done to fight back? James Heskett's readers suggest there are no easy answers. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 30 May 2018
      • Research & Ideas

      Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

      by Dina Gerdeman

      For multichannel retailers, pricing strategy can be difficult to execute and confusing to shoppers. Research by Elie Ofek and colleagues offers alternative approaches to getting the price right. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; Comment(s) posted.

      • 12 Mar 2018
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries

      by Alberto Cavallo, W. Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer

      The increasing availability of big data can improve measurement of real consumption in closer to real time. This study shows that online prices may enhance data of the International Comparisons Program, dramatically improving the frequency and transparency of purchasing power parities compared with traditional data collection methods.

      • 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.

      • 16 Nov 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million

      by Thales S. Teixeira and Michael Blanding

      In the second part of a series on growing startups, Thales S. Teixeira explains how Uber, Etsy, and Airbnb climbed from one thousand customers to one million. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 19 Oct 2016
      • Book

      Three Critical Mistakes Digital Businesses Make With Content

      by Michael Blanding

      Do companies really understand the nature of today's digital transformation? Bharat Anand's book The Content Trap offers a new view of digital strategy that shifts the focus from "produce the best content" to "create the best connections." Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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.

      • 15 Aug 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

      by Thomas R. Eisenmann

      Coming off the dot-com bust, Thomas R. Eisenmann was confident enough in his internet vision that he wrote a book about what would happen next. For the most part, he was wrong. He offers lessons learned for navigating the boom-bust cycle. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 04 May 2016
      • What Do You Think?

      What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP. Boaty McBoatface may have been shot down as the social-media sourced name of a research vessel, but James Heskett's readers are up to their hip-boots in opinions on the matter. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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.

      • 20 Jan 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

      by Carmen Nobel

      Benjamin G. Edelman discusses the potential negative effects of transportation network companies in the so-called sharing economy. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 09 Dec 2015
      • Research Event

      When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms

      by Carmen Nobel

      Online retail platforms like Amazon are great for the third-party businesses that use them—until the platform’s owner decides to start competing with them. Feng Zhu looks at the factors that turn hosts into predators. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; Comment(s) posted.

      • 13 Jul 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      ‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview

      by Carmen Nobel

      While humblebragging runs rampant on Twitter, it's a lousy self-promotion tactic that usually backfires according to recent research by Ovul Sezer, Francesca Gino, and Michael Norton. Open for comment; 18 Comment(s) posted.

      • 02 Jun 2014
      • Research & Ideas

      Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy

      by Carmen Nobel

      Misiek Piskorski explores the secrets of successful social media tactics in his new book, A Social Strategy: How We Profit From Social Media. Open for comment; 6 Comment(s) posted.

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