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- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS
for myself was informed by those experiences, which is why I wanted to work at the intersection of real estate, women's rights to wealth to property, and building community. So I was writing it back then and it turns out that's exactly... View Details
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Generative AI - Alumni
AI tools like ChatGPT can help. To start, you’ll need a well-organized draft resume (HBS format works well) and a job description. When given information about your background and the role, GPT can generate text options that highlight... View Details
Joseph L. Bower
JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade. He has served in many administrative roles... View Details
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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
process, with suggestions on approaches and techniques as well as case length and style. 1990, revised 1994 Writing Cases: Tips and Pointers by Jane Linder A concise overview with useful information on timelines for case writing and... View Details
Jeff Fossett
Jeff Fossett is a doctoral student in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He is interested in economic and policy questions related to technology platforms and online marketplaces. Previously, Jeff was a member of the Data Science... View Details
Keywords: information technology industry
- 2020
- Working Paper
Is Accounting Useful for Forecasting GDP Growth? A Machine Learning Perspective
We provide a comprehensive examination of whether, to what extent, and which accounting variables are useful for improving the predictive accuracy of GDP growth forecasts. We leverage statistical models that accommodate a broad set of (341) variables—outnumbering the... View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Elastic Net; GDP Growth; Machine Learning; Macro Forecasting; Short Fat Data; Accounting; Economic Growth; Forecasting and Prediction; Analytics and Data Science
Datar, Srikant, Apurv Jain, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Siyu Zhang. "Is Accounting Useful for Forecasting GDP Growth? A Machine Learning Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-113, December 2020.
- 19 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?
Zhu, an assistant professor in the Technology and Operations Management unit at Harvard Business School, who details the rise and fall of the information giant in a new working paper. "There has been lots of research on the accuracy of... View Details
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?
different colors, black and red. However, the two colors were not equally available; there were far fewer red shoes than black. Farronato and her colleagues were able to use this information to compare how much more people were willing to... View Details
- 24 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy
backfiring,” Luca notes. Customers seek out Black-owned restaurants For the study, Yelp and Wayfair provided data on their platforms and programs. On Yelp, this included information about platform page views, phone calls, reservations,... View Details
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HBS Veteran Spotlight: Rex Willis (MBA 2024) - MBA
Armed Forces Alumni Association HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Lorraine Bichara Assad (MS/MBA 2026) HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Austin Regalado (MBA 2026) Admissions Events Check out our upcoming webinars, prospective student days, and View Details
- April 2012
- Article
The Predictive Value of Accruals and Consequences for Market Anomalies
By: Francois Brochet, Seunghan Nam and Joshua Ronen
We revisit the role of the cash and accrual components of accounting earnings in predicting future cash flows using out-of-sample predictions and market value of equity as a proxy for all future cash flows. We find that, on average, accruals improve upon current cash... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Return; Value; Equity; Markets; Cash Flow; Information Management; Accrual Accounting; Earnings Management; Corporate Governance; Stocks
Brochet, Francois, Seunghan Nam, and Joshua Ronen. "The Predictive Value of Accruals and Consequences for Market Anomalies." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 27, no. 2 (April 2012).
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Bridging Science and Business: My Summer Internship at Eli Lilly - MBA
Association Spotlight: Austin Regalado (MBA 2026) Admissions Events Check out our upcoming webinars, prospective student days, and information sessions on campus and around the world. – View Events Recorded Virtual Events Curious about... View Details
- February 2021
- Case
Digital Manufacturing at Amgen
By: Shane Greenstein, Kyle R. Myers and Sarah Mehta
This case discusses efforts made by biotechnology (biotech) company Amgen to introduce digital technologies into its manufacturing processes. Doing so is complicated by the fact that the process for manufacturing biologics—or therapeutics made from living cells—is... View Details
Keywords: Digital Technologies; Change; Change Management; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Information; Analytics and Data Science; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Jobs and Positions; Knowledge; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Science; Strategy; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; California; Puerto Rico; Rhode Island
Greenstein, Shane, Kyle R. Myers, and Sarah Mehta. "Digital Manufacturing at Amgen." Harvard Business School Case 621-008, February 2021.
- 10 Jan 2007
- HBS Case
The Challenge of Managing National Security
private sector that, in highly turbulent environments, overly centralized organizations get overwhelmed by the informational burdens placed on them. So while it makes good political theater to give responsibility to a strongman or... View Details
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Clubs - Business & Environment
MBA Experience Clubs 1ms Student-led clubs and activities give students the opportunity to become better informed about and engaged in issues and possible career paths. A number of clubs focus on the link between business and environment... View Details
- April 2011
- Case
Samsung and Google TV
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Prithvi Raj and Crystal Jean Marrie
This case describes Samsung's decision on how to pursue the growing market opportunity for internet-connected televisions, which enable consumers to access a range of web-based content including basic information (e.g. stock quotes, weather, news headlines, RSS feeds,... View Details
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Distributionally Robust Optimization and Its Tractable Approximations
By: Joel Goh and Melvyn Sim
In this paper we focus on a linear optimization problem with uncertainties, having expectations in the objective and in the set of constraints. We present a modular framework to obtain an approximate solution to the problem that is distributionally robust and more... View Details
Goh, Joel, and Melvyn Sim. "Distributionally Robust Optimization and Its Tractable Approximations." Operations Research 58, no. 4 (pt.1) (July–August 2010): 902–917.
- April 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
AI Wars
By: Andy Wu, Matt Higgins, Miaomiao Zhang and Hang Jiang
In February 2024, the world was looking to Google to see what the search giant and long-time putative technical leader in artificial intelligence (AI) would do to compete in the massively hyped technology of generative AI. Over a year ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a... View Details
Keywords: AI; Artificial Intelligence; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Competitive Strategy; Technological Innovation
Wu, Andy, Matt Higgins, Miaomiao Zhang, and Hang Jiang. "AI Wars." Harvard Business School Case 723-434, April 2023. (Revised February 2024.)
- 15 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care
not asking those executives to provide objective information about their own organizations or specific numbers; rather, we simply wanted to capture where the industry feels most optimistic and pessimistic about delivering value,"... View Details
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Partners - Case Method Project
of 37 Angela Boothe Lake Brantley High School Altamonte Springs, FL Subjects: AP US History FL 6 of 37 Matthew Bunch MAST Academy Miami, FL FL 7 of 37 Lindsay Bundrick Crooms Academy of Information Technology Sanford, FL Subjects: History... View Details