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El trilema de Algorismika
Armengou Orús, Jaume; García-Castro, RobertoCase AD-383Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesUna start-up de desarrollo de software se plantea si seguir tal como está, o bien consolidarse, o bien venderse a otra empresa ya consolidada.Starting at €8.20
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Measuring Risk in Investment Projects: NPV at Risk
García-Castro, RobertoTechnical Note ADN-286-EDecision Analysis, FinanceNPV is based on the discount of expected, future cash flows. As such, it is subject to substantial uncertainty in real applications. This uncertainty is often neglected in some companies due to a lack of appropriate tools to manage it. One way to account for all the risk associated with a particular investment project is to use the probability distribution associated with the NPV (NPVAR), once the main uncertainties have been identified and measu...Starting at €8.20
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Subjective Decisions, Perception and Time
Baucells Alibés, Manel; García-Castro, RobertoTechnical Note ADN-288-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsRecently, the way people commonly deal with decisions involving time has become an important research topic for economists and psychologists alike. This note offers a summary of some of the main results, which have applications in understanding consumer behavior and also in everyday life to help us make better decisions. This note is based on the note "Time, Perception and Decision-Making" from Manel Baucells and Lucy Chatburn, ADN-264-E.Starting at €8.20
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Mission Impossible Yummy77 Delivers Groceries within the Hour, PowerPoint Presentation
Edelman, BenjaminCase HBS-916703-EService and Operations ManagementPowerPoint supplement to case 916025.Starting at €8.20
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Disintermediation in Two-Sided Marketplaces
Edelman, Benjamin; Hu, PhilipCase HBS-917004-EStrategyTwo-sided marketplaces often risk disintermediation: Users may rely on the marketplace to find each other, but then perform related future transactions--or even the current transaction--without the platform's involvement and without paying any fees the platform may charge. This technical note assesses which marketplaces are most vulnerable to disintermediation, and offers a set of strategies marketplaces can implement in order to reduce their vul...Starting at €8.20
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Three Problems in Protecting Competition, Teaching Note
Edelman, Benjamin; Goldberg, Lena G.Teaching Note HBS-917014-ETeaching note for case 917012.Starting at €0.00
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Resuscitating Monitter
Edelman, Benjamin; Sun, WeiCase HBS-915027-EEntrepreneurshipAfter a Twitter API change and policy change block his fledling startup, solo entrepreneur Alex Holt evaluates his options. Should he double-down with a major investment in new servers, rewriting his app from scratch, and charging users for a service that had prided itself on being free? Or give up and admit defeat? Was there any middle ground?Starting at €8.20
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Optimization and Expansion at OpenTable, Teaching Note
Edelman, BenjaminTeaching Note HBS-915013-EStrategyTeaching note for case 915003.Starting at €0.00
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Optimization and Expansion at OpenTable
Edelman, Benjamin; Webster, Karen L.Case HBS-915003-EStrategyOpenTable considers adjustments to increase its benefits to merchants, including a novel payments service that lets customers skip the multi-step process of using a credit card.Starting at €8.20
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Market Design in Online Businesses (Abridged), Module Note
Coles, Peter A.; Edelman, BenjaminCase HBS-915016-EEconomicsThe purpose of this note is to characterize the challenges entrepreneurs may face in creating a well-functioning ecosystem of users, and to equip entrepreneurs with tools to overcome these obstacles. The note is meant to accompany the final module of the "The Online Economy: Strategy and Entrepreneurship," an elective course taught at Harvard Business School. This is an abridgment of HBP 911066.Starting at €8.20