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- 03 May 2011
- News
Leadership Lessons from the Saddle
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?
empirically predicted with a machine learning model, suggests work by Shunyuan Zhang, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and collaborators. “Our research represents the first empirical attempt to characterize the...
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by Kara Baskin
- 26 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change
tested six common types of reinforcement learning algorithms that had been designed to learn from frame-by-frame images of the game. The four games were successively harder, going from a simple logic game to...
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- September 2019 (Revised December 2019)
- Supplement
Anthony Soohoo: Retrospection on Dot & Bo
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Allison M. Ciechanover and George Gonzalez
The case describes the final year of the once-promising furniture e-tailer, Dot & Bo, that included a challenging fundraising market, troubles with logistics and operations, and a team tragedy. The founder looks back at the experience and shares his learnings about...
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Startups;
Furnishing;
Leadership;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Internet and the Web;
Failure;
Learning;
E-commerce;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Allison M. Ciechanover, and George Gonzalez. "Anthony Soohoo: Retrospection on Dot & Bo." Harvard Business School Supplement 820-037, September 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
- Teaching Interest
FIELD Foundations
FIELD Foundations is a course for first-year MBA students in the Required Curriculum. As a complement to case method courses that students take in the first year of the MBA program, FIELD Foundations offers hands-on leadership practice and immersive team... View Details
- 23 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Brand a Next-Generation Product
Gourville and Ofek teamed up with London Business School professor Marco Bertini (HBS DBA '06) to suss out the best practices for branding next-generation products. "For managers, this is not a trivial decision," Ofek says....
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by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jun 2015
- News
Working Out With Your Co-Workers Is as Bad as You Think
- September 2020
- Case
True North: Pioneering Analytics, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Kairavi Dey and Hannah Mayer
True North was a private equity fund that specialized in the growth and buyout of mid-market, India-centric companies. The leadership team initially believed that technology was not core to traditional businesses and steered clear of new age technology-oriented...
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Artificial Intelligence;
Information Technology;
Management;
Operations;
Organizations;
Leadership;
Innovation and Invention;
Business Model;
AI and Machine Learning;
Computer Industry;
Technology Industry
Lakhani, Karim R., Kairavi Dey, and Hannah Mayer. "True North: Pioneering Analytics, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence." Harvard Business School Case 621-042, September 2020.
- February 2005 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
SAIF: May 2004
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
The Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) team has just learned that the price at which its portfolio company, the Chinese gaming firm Shanda, was planning to go public must be reduced. As a result, the partners think through the entire genesis of the deal and the...
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Venture Capital;
Investment;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Initial Public Offering;
Price;
China;
United States
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "SAIF: May 2004." Harvard Business School Case 805-091, February 2005. (Revised November 2005.)
- 25 Apr 2017
- Video
First-year Students Climb Mt. Everest
- 27 Oct 2014
- News
The power of peers
- Web
What is FIELD Global Immersion? - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 2016
- Conference Paper
The Pressing Game: Optimal Defensive Disruption in Soccer
By: Iavor I. Bojinov and Luke Bornn
Soccer, the most watched sport in the world, is a dynamic game where a team’s success relies on
both team strategy and individual player contributions. Passing is a cardinal soccer skill and a
key factor in strategy development; it helps the team to keep the ball...
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Bojinov, Iavor I., and Luke Bornn. "The Pressing Game: Optimal Defensive Disruption in Soccer." Paper presented at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, March 2016.
- 20 Nov 2014
- Video
Health Care Acceleration Challenge Finalists
- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
understandable and they are humble listeners. Second, these CEOs have institutionalized a governance and learning system, which enables truth to speak to power at the corporate and unit levels through periodic, systematic, well-structured...
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by Michael Beer
- 25 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Collaborating Across Cultures
and different ways of operating (government control over filmmaking, for instance) can lead to unforeseen setbacks and delays, threatening the success of creative business ventures. Vital Skill Learning to work with people from other...
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by Michael Blanding
- 08 Aug 2022
- HBS Case
Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS
M.C. for Youth)—to champion the band on social media and send it to mega-stardom. The large, loyal following was a big part of what investors were buying when BTS’ management company raised $50 billion in its 2020 IPO, leading Chung and Koo to take a closer look at...
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- 16 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS
shared a customer-centric view and I deeply admired his vision and determination to bring this vision and practice to our nation’s Veterans via VA. I was humbled and honored when Bob asked me to come join his leadership team. Today, as I lead a large and dynamic View Details
- 26 Sep 2023
- Book
Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target
applications, internet and mobile communications, and AI, especially when tied to machine learning and deep learning. “One of the major effects of big data on businesses is that their dependence on the internet will increase; so will the...
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