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Why Build in Web3
By: Jad Esber and Scott Duke Kominers
A major change is coming to the internet. While today’s dominant platforms have guarded their troves of user data and maintained an advantage through network effects, new companies—working in what they're calling a “Web3” model—are proposing a new value proposition to...
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Keywords:
Blockchain;
User Experience;
Digital Platforms;
Network Effects;
Internet and the Web;
Competition;
Web Services Industry
Esber, Jad, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Why Build in Web3." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (May 16, 2022).
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Why One Little Goof Drove Wordle Fans Nuts
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Why One Little Goof Drove Wordle Fans Nuts." Bloomberg Opinion (May 11, 2022).
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The Failure of Covid.gov Is Worse Than Inexcusable
Kominers, Scott Duke. "The Failure of Covid.gov Is Worse Than Inexcusable." Bloomberg Opinion (April 6, 2022).
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How a Ukrainian Economist Is Fighting the Russians
Kominers, Scott Duke. "How a Ukrainian Economist Is Fighting the Russians." Bloomberg Opinion (March 15, 2022).
- March 2022
- Case
Bored Ape Yacht Club: Navigating the NFT World
By: Scott Duke Kominers, Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
- March 2022
- Case
LooksRare: The Decentralized, Tokenized, NFT Marketplace
By: Scott Duke Kominers, Shai Bernstein and George Gonzalez
LooksRare launched a decentralized and anonymous organization to compete against NFT marketplace leader OpenSea. By launching its own cryptocurrency, LooksRare attempted to lure users with a digital rewards program. The nature of the organization and its business...
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- March 2022
- Case
Spacemarket
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Akiko Saito
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Akiko Saito. "Spacemarket." Harvard Business School Case 822-116, March 2022.
- February 23, 2022
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Can WEB3 Bring Back Competition to Digital Platforms?
By: Christian Catalini and Scott Duke Kominers
Like the early Internet, blockchain and Web3 applications promise a new wave of decentralization and competition—yet at the same time, it is unclear which of the dynamics that drove concentration in online platforms and services will remain in force under the Web3...
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Keywords:
Web3;
Blockchain;
Digital Platforms;
Interoperability;
Internet and the Web;
Technological Innovation;
Competition
Catalini, Christian, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Can WEB3 Bring Back Competition to Digital Platforms?" Competition Policy International (online) (February 23, 2022).
- February 2022
- Case
NFX Capital and Moov Technologies
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Nicole Tempest Keller
In July 2019, James Currier, a general partner at San Francisco-based NFX Ventures, was considering a seed stage investment of $1.5 million in Moov Technologies, a B2B marketplace for used industrial equipment. NFX was a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Network Effects;
Marketplace Matching;
Digital Platforms;
Market Design;
Applications and Software;
Semiconductor Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
San Francisco
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "NFX Capital and Moov Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 822-045, February 2022.
- 2022
- Article
Why Facebook and Twitter Opened the Door to NFTs
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Why Facebook and Twitter Opened the Door to NFTs." Bloomberg Opinion (January 25, 2022).
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Most NFTs Are More Like Baseball Cards Than Fine Art
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Most NFTs Are More Like Baseball Cards Than Fine Art." Bloomberg Opinion (January 20, 2022).
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2021 Was a Mess, Unless You Count the Palindrome Days
Kominers, Scott Duke. "2021 Was a Mess, Unless You Count the Palindrome Days." Bloomberg Opinion (December 31, 2021).
- December 2021
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Auctioneers Sometimes Prefer Entry Fees to Extra Bidders
By: Jiafeng Chen and Scott Duke Kominers
We investigate a market thickness–market power tradeoff in an auction setting with endogenous entry. We find that charging admission fees can sometimes dominate the benefit of recruiting additional bidders, even though the fees themselves implicitly reduce competition...
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Chen, Jiafeng, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Auctioneers Sometimes Prefer Entry Fees to Extra Bidders." Art. 102737. International Journal of Industrial Organization 79 (December 2021).
- December 1, 2021
- Article
Do You Know How Your Teams Get Work Done?
By: Rohan Narayana Murty, Rajath B. Das, Scott Duke Kominers, Arjun Narayan, Suraj Srinivasan, Tarun Khanna and Kartik Hosanagar
In a research study at four Fortune 500 companies, when managers were asked about their teams’ work, on average they either did not know or could not remember 60% of the work their teams do. This is a major problem because it can lead to unrealistic digital...
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Keywords:
Leading Teams;
Work Recall Gap;
Machine Learning;
Algorithms;
Groups and Teams;
Management;
Technological Innovation
Murty, Rohan Narayana, Rajath B. Das, Scott Duke Kominers, Arjun Narayan, Suraj Srinivasan, Tarun Khanna, and Kartik Hosanagar. "Do You Know How Your Teams Get Work Done?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (December 1, 2021).
- November 18, 2021
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With Decentralized Identity, Your Reputation Travels with You Across Cyberspace
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Jad Esber
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Jad Esber. "With Decentralized Identity, Your Reputation Travels with You Across Cyberspace." Future (November 18, 2021).
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Just Tell Everybody to Go Get a COVID Booster
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Just Tell Everybody to Go Get a COVID Booster." Bloomberg Opinion (November 16, 2021).
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How NFTs Create Value
By: Steve Kaczynski and Scott Duke Kominers
How much could a cluster of pixels possibly be worth? More pointedly, why is it worth anything at all? The explosion of NFTs and their accompanying marketplaces have left many baffled, incredulous, and deeply skeptical. But while NFTs may be fetching eye-popping,...
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Keywords:
Technological And Scientific Innovation;
Crypto Economy;
Blockchain;
Technological Innovation;
Currency;
Technology Adoption;
Digital Transformation
Kaczynski, Steve, and Scott Duke Kominers. "How NFTs Create Value." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 10, 2021).
- October 26, 2021
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It's Time to Knock Down the Walled Gardens of the Payments System
By: Christian Catalini and Scott Duke Kominers
Catalini, Christian, and Scott Duke Kominers. "It's Time to Knock Down the Walled Gardens of the Payments System." American Banker 186, no. 205 (October 26, 2021).
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What Really Happens in an NFT Bear Market?
Kominers, Scott Duke. "What Really Happens in an NFT Bear Market?" dGen Network (October 24, 2021).
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Nobel Winners Found Economic Experiments in the Real World
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Nobel Winners Found Economic Experiments in the Real World." Bloomberg Opinion (October 11, 2021).