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How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace - Recruiting
and employees become more resilient. Organizations that are unafraid to admit failure can learn from mistakes and move toward a more productive, safe, and innovative future....
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- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
of technology business that have an impact on strategy formulation?" he asks. "What makes technology-intensive businesses different from other businesses?" Why Tech Businesses Are Different In fact, says Yoffie, technology...
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- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some...
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by Avery Forman
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Alumni Bulletin - Alumni
(MBA 2004) Turning Point: Make Your Life Count Ideas The Road Less Traveled Micromobility’s potential for unbundling the car, shrinking transport emissions, and taking the drudgery out of driving The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge What...
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- 29 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 29
Working Papers Learning from the Kursk Submarine Rescue Failure: The Case for Pluralistic Risk Management. By: Mikes, Anette, and Amram Migdal Abstract—The Kursk, a Russian nuclear‐powered submarine, sank...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology
nodules from CT scans. As I looked at the business opportunity for commercializing such a platform, the capital efficiency of pure software products became clear and I began looking for new opportunities within this area. Over the...
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- 12 Sep 2023
- Book
Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You
our response. Big idea 2: Happy is an illusion The authors recommend charting a course toward “happier” rather than the mirage of constant bliss. The idea is that happiness comes with some unhappiness, from which we can View Details
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by Avery Forman
- August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
The Oakland Athletics: Strategy & Metrics for a Budget
By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
This case considers Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane’s data driven and, in baseball circles unconventional, approach to winning games over the duration of the long Major League Baseball season. Beane’s critical approach to crafting strategy within his...
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Data Analysis;
Metrics;
Data Science;
Analytics and Data Science;
Analysis;
Measurement and Metrics;
Competitive Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Sports Industry
Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "The Oakland Athletics: Strategy & Metrics for a Budget." Harvard Business School Case 118-010, August 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
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Degrees, Certifications & Alumni Status | About
credential programs on vital business topics, including negotiation, accounting, finance, and leadership, combining the flexibility of online learning with the rigor and quality of a Harvard Business School education to equip you with new...
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Help - Alumni
exclusively for Harvard alumni, the card offers cash back and travel rewards, plus no annual or foreign transaction fees. In turn, revenue from the card supports financial aid. Lenovo Direct for Harvard Alumni Association Zipcar Enjoy a...
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Consumer Habituation
This paper examines how consumers willingness to pay for goods is determined by past patterns of consumption. The central result is a theorem of interior maximum, which states that willingness to pay for a good is maximized at a moderate level of habitual...
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—China
from China, affording valuable networking opportunities to participants from the region and to those from organizations initiating or expanding their presence in China. An...
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- August 2018 (Revised July 2020)
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Revenue Recognition at HBP
By: Paul Healy and Siko Sikochi
In early 2014, Paul Bills, CFO of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), sat down with David Wan, the company’s CEO, to discuss budget preparations for the coming year. Bills noted that the performance of Corporate Learning, one of HBP’s three business units, would be...
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Accrual Accounting;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Revenue Recognition;
Financial Reporting;
Publishing Industry;
Education Industry;
United States
Healy, Paul, and Siko Sikochi. "Revenue Recognition at HBP." Harvard Business School Case 119-029, August 2018. (Revised July 2020.)
- January 2013 (Revised April 2015)
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Affinity Labs: Valuing Customer Growth
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Elizabeth Kind
In November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Demand and Consumers;
Partners and Partnerships;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Online Technology
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Elizabeth Kind. "Affinity Labs: Valuing Customer Growth." Harvard Business School Case 813-147, January 2013. (Revised April 2015.)
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
dispersed around the globe. But the one theme that has attracted the most HBS Working Knowledge readers over our 11-year history is how to improve personal leadership skills. A third of the articles on this page relate to improving work performance by View Details
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Women’s health is more than female anatomy and our reproductive system—it’s about unraveling centuries of inequities due to living in a patriarchal healthcare system. - Blog: Health Supplement
to uncover and rectify the impact of centuries of navigating a healthcare system that wasn’t built for us. By learning from the gaps and inequities that exist in status quo healthcare, we can build a...
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- 09 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Building Community: Meet the HBS Latino Student Organization Leadership
of learning from when I was a prospective applicant. I ran for Co-President because I wanted to further strengthen the Latino community at HBS and to ensure pre-pandemic traditions carried forward for future...
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- February 2021
- Tutorial
What is AI?
By: Tsedal Neeley
This video explores the elements that constitute artificial intelligence (AI). From its mathematical basis to current advances in AI, this video introduces students to data, tools, and statistical models that make a computer 'intelligent.' Through an explanation of...
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- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
hundreds or thousands of stores, retailers struggle to learn from employees who see problems, talk to customers, and have great ideas for improvement. But retailers like QT and Mercadona have created ways to...
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- 14 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
The 2+2 Program: Finding the Freedom to Take Risks
non-profit sector before starting the two year MBA program at Harvard Business School. About JevtaJevta Lukic (HBS ’18) emigrated from Serbia to Vancouver, Canada where he studied at Simon Frasier University. While in college Jevta...
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