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- 15 Jan 2018
- News
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
- 15 Sep 2010
- News
A Model for Free Schools in Britain
- October 2004 (Revised September 2005)
- Supplement
Sonoco Products Company (B): The Hybrid Model
By: David A. Thomas, Boris Groysberg and Cate Reavis
Supplements the (A) case.
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Thomas, David A., Boris Groysberg, and Cate Reavis. "Sonoco Products Company (B): The Hybrid Model." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-010, October 2004. (Revised September 2005.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Impact Accounting for Product Use: A Framework and Industry-specific Models
By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
This handbook provides the first systematic attempt to generate a framework and industry-specific models for the measurement of impacts on customers and the environment from use of products and services, in monetary terms, that can then be reflected in financial...
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Keywords:
Impact Measurement;
Product Impact;
Customer Welfare;
Environment;
ESG;
Product;
Customers;
Well-being;
Environmental Sustainability;
Measurement and Metrics;
Accounting;
Financial Statements;
Analysis;
Framework
Serafeim, George, and Katie Trinh. "Impact Accounting for Product Use: A Framework and Industry-specific Models." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-141, June 2021.
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
as AOL (now AOL Time Warner) are defining the business models that are reshaping the global business landscape and redefining power.— Lynda M. Applegate The point within a value chain where maximum economies of scale and scope are created...
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by Lynda M. Applegate
- November 2022
- Case
Ajax Health: A New Model for Medical Technology Innovation
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ben Creo
This case teaches key success factors for both startup and established MedTech firms. It examines how to structure a firm to maximize innovation and financial returns with organizational structures that better align the incentives for the different skill sets...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Success;
Innovation Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Market Entry and Exit;
Financial Strategy;
Business Model;
Partners and Partnerships;
Entrepreneurship;
Private Equity;
Technology Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ben Creo. "Ajax Health: A New Model for Medical Technology Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 323-043, November 2022.
- October 2005 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Magazine Luiza: Building a Retail Model of "Courting the Poor"
By: Frances X. Frei and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Describes the innovative retail model of the Brazilian firm Magazine Luiza. Magazine Luiza enables low-income consumer credit by applying a flexible and nuanced evaluation system. Additionally, its dedication to customer service, employee motivation, and progressive...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Information Technology;
Income;
Innovation and Management;
Success;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Credit;
Retail Industry;
Brazil
Frei, Frances X., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. Magazine Luiza: Building a Retail Model of "Courting the Poor". Harvard Business School Case 606-048, October 2005. (Revised December 2006.)
- May 29, 2022
- Article
Pourquoi le business model des plateformes est-il si performant? [Why Is the Platform Business Model So Successful?]
By: Annabelle Gawer, Michael A. Cusumano and David B. Yoffie
Gawer, Annabelle, Michael A. Cusumano, and David B. Yoffie. "Pourquoi le business model des plateformes est-il si performant? [Why Is the Platform Business Model So Successful?]." Harvard Business Review France (website) (May 29, 2022).
- 2008
- Chapter
Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model
By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis
Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature of human motivation. However valuable in understanding competitive product and financial markets, neoclassical economic theory employs an...
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Keywords:
Business Education;
Ethics;
Managerial Roles;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Culture;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Mathematical Methods;
Behavior
Khurana, Rakesh, and Herbert Gintis. "Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model." In Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy, edited by Paul J. Zak. Princeton University Press, 2008.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Product2Vec: Leveraging Representation Learning to Model Consumer Product Choice in Large Assortments
By: Fanglin Chen, Xiao Liu, Davide Proserpio and Isamar Troncoso
We propose a method, Product2Vec, based on representation learning, that can automatically learn latent product attributes that drive consumer choices, to study product-level competition when the number of products is large. We demonstrate Product2Vec’s...
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Chen, Fanglin, Xiao Liu, Davide Proserpio, and Isamar Troncoso. "Product2Vec: Leveraging Representation Learning to Model Consumer Product Choice in Large Assortments." NYU Stern School of Business Research Paper Series, July 2022.
- 19 Jul 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Signaling to Partially Informed Investors in the Newsvendor Model
- 2012
- Article
Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models
By: Johanna Mair, Julie Battilana and Julian Cardenas
In this article, we use content and cluster analysis on a global sample of 200 social entrepreneurial organizations to develop a typology of social entrepreneuring models. This typology is based on four possible forms of capital that can be leveraged: social, economic,...
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Mair, Johanna, Julie Battilana, and Julian Cardenas. "Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models." Special Issue on Social Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Journal of Business Ethics 111, no. 3 (December 2012): 353–373.
- August 2020 (Revised September 2020)
- Technical Note
Assessing Prediction Accuracy of Machine Learning Models
The note introduces a variety of methods to assess the accuracy of machine learning prediction models. The note begins by briefly introducing machine learning, overfitting, training versus test datasets, and cross validation. The following accuracy metrics and tools...
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Keywords:
Machine Learning;
Statistics;
Econometric Analyses;
Experimental Methods;
Data Analysis;
Data Analytics;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Analytics and Data Science;
Analysis;
Mathematical Methods
Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Epstein, Kris Ferreira, and Yael Grushka-Cockayne. "Assessing Prediction Accuracy of Machine Learning Models." Harvard Business School Technical Note 621-045, August 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
- 2015
- Article
A Bayesian Framework for Modeling Human Evaluations
By: Himabindu Lakkaraju, Jure Leskovec, Jon Kleinberg and Sendhil Mullainathan
Lakkaraju, Himabindu, Jure Leskovec, Jon Kleinberg, and Sendhil Mullainathan. "A Bayesian Framework for Modeling Human Evaluations." Proceedings of the SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (2015): 181–189.
- Article
Revitalizing Organizations: Change Process and Emergent Model
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Revitalizing Organizations: Change Process and Emergent Model." Academy of Management Executive 1, no. 1 (February 1987): 51–55.
- Article
What Kind of Corporate Modeling Functions Best?
By: R. H. Hayes and R. L. Nolan
Keywords:
Business Ventures
Hayes, R. H., and R. L. Nolan. "What Kind of Corporate Modeling Functions Best?" Harvard Business Review 52, no. 3 (May–June 1974).
- June 2001
- Supplement
ESL Golf Model Overview and Navigation Instructions
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christopher R Gordon
Supplements the (A) case.
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- July 1996 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
Japan: Growing Contradictions in the Old Model
By: Huw Pill
Pill, Huw. "Japan: Growing Contradictions in the Old Model." Harvard Business School Case 797-009, July 1996. (Revised August 1997.)
- January 1988 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (A)
By: David A. Garvin
Describes a comprehensive manufacturing strategy designed to reduce substantially the cycle time of orders (i.e. the time between the placement of an order by a customer and its delivery to the customer). To launch the strategy Digital has adopted manufacturing...
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Keywords:
Business Plan;
Information;
Time Management;
Production;
Strategic Planning;
Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry
Garvin, David A. "Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (A)." Harvard Business School Case 688-059, January 1988. (Revised January 1997.)