[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: How MySpace/Orkut/Facebook Wrote the Rules of Global Communication

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:50:51 -0700

Now US lawmakers (politicians) want to stop all communication between parents and children (in boarding schools) or between NRI kids in US etc and their uncles and aunts in India etc --by banning all communication between those above age 18 and those below age 18 --on internet communities.
Umesh

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Harvard Business School Working Knowledge Newsletter


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Highlights this Week

  • Research & Ideas: How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
  • Views on News: Is MySpace.com Your Space?
  • First Look: Future technologies, financial markets, affordable housing, more
  • Readers respond to Jim Heskett: How Do the Economics of Scarcity Meet the Economics of Abundance?
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Research & Ideas: How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5475.html
Following decades of liberalization, controls on cross-border capital movements are again being discussed by financial institutions, governments, and policymakers around the globe. Professor Rawi Abdelal discusses implications and the historical roles of Europe and the United States in promoting the flow of capital across national borders.

Views on News: Is MySpace.com Your Space?

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5483.html
Social networking sites such as MySpace.com have demographics to die for, but PR problems with parents, police, and policymakers. Are they safe for advertisers? A Q&A with Professor John Deighton.

First Look: Cutting-Edge Work from Faculty

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/firstlook/
This week: How experience with future technologies can improve today's products ... reserve management of sovereign debt ... using the Nehemiah Strategy to create affordable housing; more.

Readers respond to Jim Heskett: What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5469.html
Online comment section is OPEN until Thursday, August 24. The "Long Tail," a term coined by Chris Anderson—and the title of his new book—describes the item popularity curve. Does the Long Tail represent a paradigm shift for business and consumer behavior? What are its implications for management going forward?

Most Popular Stories

Is MySpace.com Your Space?

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When Not to Trust Your Gut

Career Advancement Without Experience

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Best of Faculty Q&As

Debora Spar: The Hidden Market for Babies

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5204.html
Surrogates. Fertility clinics. Egg donors. Adoption. It's time to recognize (and perhaps regulate) the huge market being created by reproductive technologies, says HBS professor Debora L. Spar. She discusses her new book, The Baby Business.

Working Paper Spotlight

Why IT Matters in Midsized Firms

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5411.html
by Marco Iansiti et al.
In a study of over 600 medium-sized global firms to analyze the business benefits that IT can enable, the authors found that IT capability was key to profitable business growth.

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