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- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
drives auditor lobbying. Broadly, our paper offers the first large-sample descriptive analysis of the role of Big N auditors in the accounting standard-setting process. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2545378 Cashing Out:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
Carbonell-Nicolau and Diego Comin Publication:Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (forthcoming) Abstract This paper designs and implements an empirical test to discern whether the parties to a contract are able to commit not to...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
analysis of the drivers of customer satisfaction and branch network profitability and, based on the results, must decide how to change TD-Canada Trust's branch compensation and performance reporting systems to consistently, and...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
co-workers. We argue that peers may increase an individual's likelihood of becoming an entrepreneur through two channels: by increasing the likelihood that an individual will perceive entrepreneurial opportunities, and by increasing his or her willingness to pursue...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine
regarding herbal patents. (They explain their findings in the paper Bio-Piracy or Prospering Together? Fuzzy Set and Qualitative Analysis of Herbal Patenting by Firms.) A win/win situation is one in which the patentee successfully makes...
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- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
with strategy-proofness and stability, and direct attention to some open questions. Does Individual Performance Affect Entrepreneurial Mobility? Empirical Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market Authors: Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda,...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest Over Colgate?
Brand. Whereas, with AI, “we can get those answers in under 15 minutes,” he says. Using AI to run this type of analysis prior to embarking on a human study could dramatically increase both the efficiency of testing and the quality of the...
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- 10 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice
and qualitative analysis skills to analyze Hack's current situation, and leveraging critical thinking skills to put forth recommendations. HOW HAS THE SUMMER INFLUENCED YOUR THINKING ON FUTURE INVOLVEMENT IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE? Bukie...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
against rivals? The third level of analysis is the political economy. All the businesses that we study at HBS work in the context of a larger political economy. Consumer finance businesses, in particular, more so than many others, operate...
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- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
second only to the manufacturing industry. The analysis also showed that energy producers started making substantial investments in renewable energy long before sustainable investing and ESG scores existed. Even more telling, Cohen says,...
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- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
to improve their products along with safety for their customers. About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in Boston. [Image: JohnnyGreig] Related Reading The Hard Work of Failure Analysis At Booking.com, Innovation Means...
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- 13 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 13, 2016
out firms that, absent NPEs, would produce welfare-enhancing innovations without engaging in infringement. Our empirical analysis shows that on average, NPEs behave as opportunistic patent trolls. NPEs sue cash-rich firms—a one standard...
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- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
that people associate with global brands. Then we surveyed 1,800 people in twelve nations to measure the relative importance of those dimensions when consumers buy products. A detailed analysis revealed that consumers all over the world...
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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
would be trained in "the thorough analysis of and in the administrative control of a manufacturing company....taken up not only from the standpoint of a man who has to reach decisions and carry them out, but also from the standpoint of...
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Diversity Comes to Corporate Boards, but Slowly - Blog: RGE Report
by the Black Lives Matter movement had increased that percentage to 28 percent in 2020, but it has waned since then. Looking forward, Heidrick & Struggles’ report points out that its analysis of executive teams at Fortune 100 firms shows...
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- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
time when she was reflecting on her three-decade career working in the gas and electric utilities industry and realized that she could credit a series of strong leaders and mentors for helping her rise through the ranks. Starting as an entry-level technical writer...
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Margie Kelley
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
gear up to raise a Series A. “When I spoke with Diego, he shared five problems they were thinking about and gave me the option of what I wanted to work on,” Westphal explained. “The project I chose allowed me to spend 90% of my time working with Diego. I did a bunch of...
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- May 2021 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
By: Ayelet Israeli and Jill Avery
THE YES, a multi-brand shopping app launched in May 2020 offered a new type of buying experience for women’s fashion, driven by a sophisticated algorithm that used data science and machine learning to create and deliver a personalized store for every shopper, based on...
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Data;
Data Analytics;
Artificial Intelligence;
AI;
AI Algorithms;
AI Creativity;
Fashion;
Retail;
Retail Analytics;
E-Commerce Strategy;
Platform;
Platforms;
Big Data;
Preference Elicitation;
Predictive Analytics;
App Development;
"Marketing Analytics";
Advertising;
Mobile App;
Mobile Marketing;
Apparel;
Online Advertising;
Referral Rewards;
Referrals;
Female Ceo;
Female Entrepreneur;
Female Protagonist;
Analytics and Data Science;
Analysis;
Creativity;
Marketing Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Behavior;
Demand and Consumers;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Marketing Channels;
Digital Marketing;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
AI and Machine Learning;
E-commerce;
Digital Platforms;
Fashion Industry;
Retail Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
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- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple equilibria, which result in different utility levels for the users); and (iii) a coordination problem (lacking perfect foresight, it is unlikely that users will end up buying the same set of...
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Carmen Nobel
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
setting is a production site in Hungary that is starting up the production of a personal beverage maker. Should the team implement a conveyor-paced line in preference to a manual pull system? An analysis of process steps and times gives...
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Carmen Nobel