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  • February 2001
  • Case

PlanetFeedback: The Voice of One ... The Power of Many (A)

By: James L. Heskett
The management of PlanetFeedback in proposes a merger with Intelliseek. Their goal is to create a comprehensive C2B and B2B business focused on the generation and analysis for business clients of consumer feedback data via the Internet, Planet Feedback's board of... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decisions; Information Management; Analytics and Data Science; Business Strategy; Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry
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  • 31 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

systemic racism, the findings could inform policy approaches that prevent discrimination. Tabellini wrote the paper with Mina Cikara, associate professor of psychology at Harvard University, and Vasiliki Fouka, assistant professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space

possibilities for eventually a habitat of some sort, maybe breaking down the water into its constituent elements so you would have energy as well. That’s very attractive. There was an attempt by Russia to land just a few days ago, and it... View Details
Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette; Aerospace
  • 2009
  • Case

What People Want (and How to Predict It)

By: Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris
Historically, neither the creators nor the distributors of cultural products such as books or movies have used analytics -- data, statistics, predictive modeling -- to determine the likely success of their offerings. Instead, companies relied on the brilliance of... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Creativity; Customer Satisfaction; Forecasting and Prediction; Markets; Business Model; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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  • April 2017
  • Teaching Note

Basecamp: Pricing

By: Frank V. Cespedes
This Teaching Note accompanies HBS No. 817-067 “Basecamp: Pricing” in which a data analyst at Basecamp is evaluating the results of pricing research and its potential implications for the venture's latest version of its project management software product. View Details
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Price; Analysis; Customers; Product Marketing
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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • 19 Jan 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

    about how an algorithm works—but following its advice based on trusting the people who designed and tested it—can lead to better decision-making and financial results for businesses, say researchers... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne

      Samuel L. Hayes

      Samuel L. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School.  He has taught at the School since 1970, prior to which he was a tenured member of the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He... View Details

      • 22 Feb 2022
      • News

      New Urban Order

      infrastructure, which was built into the federal infrastructure bill that was signed in November. “I think there’s a misconception that it’s costly but otherwise it’s easy. The reality is that while it isn’t rocket science, there is still some View Details
      Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
      • 21 Sep 2023
      • HBS Seminar

      Pinar Ozcan, Saïd Business School

        Jill J. Avery

        Dr. Jill Avery is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She is a respected authority on branding and brand management, customer relationship... View Details

        Keywords: consumer products; arts; advertising; automobiles; retailing; fashion; hotels ＆ motels; food; beverage
        • Article

        Space, the Final Economic Frontier

        By: Matthew C. Weinzierl
        After decades of centralized control of economic activity in space, NASA and U.S. policymakers have begun to cede the direction of human activities in space to commercial companies. NASA garnered more than 0.7% of GDP in the mid-1960s but is only around 0.1% of GDP... View Details
        Keywords: Emerging Markets; Economics; Private Sector; Aerospace Industry
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        • Article

        A Multicountry Perspective on Gender Differences in Time Use During COVID-19

        By: Laura M. Giurge, Ashley V. Whillans and Ayse Yemiscigil (shared authorship)
        The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered how people spend time, with possible consequences for subjective well-being. Using diverse samples of remote workers from the United States, Canada, Denmark, Brazil, and Spain (n = 31,141), following a preregistered... View Details
        Keywords: Time; Subjective Well-being; COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Gender; Time Management; Well-being; Work-Life Balance; Global Range
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        • 2018
        • Book

        The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society

        By: William R. Kerr
        The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Foreign talent has transformed U.S. science and engineering, reshaped the economy, and influenced society at large. But America is bogged down in thorny debates on... View Details
        Keywords: Immigration; Policy; Labor; Economy; Talent and Talent Management; United States
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        • 16 Nov 2020
        • Research & Ideas

        Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

        publicly known. Losing streaks are characterized by denial and cover-ups, withholding of information, and finger-pointing rather than accountability. Finding the data View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
        • 11 Apr 2023
        • Research & Ideas

        Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

        estate company—they have a lot of buildings,” says MarcAntonio Awada, head of research and data science at the Digital, Data, and Design... View Details
        Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consumer Products; Real Estate; Financial Services; Retail
        • May 2010
        • Article

        Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?

        By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin and Raffaella Sadun
        We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the U.K. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better... View Details
        Keywords: Energy Conservation; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Manufacturing Industry; United Kingdom
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        • Article

        Fast Generalized Subset Scan for Anomalous Pattern Detection

        By: Edward McFowland III, Skyler Speakman and Daniel B. Neill
        We propose Fast Generalized Subset Scan (FGSS), a new method for detecting anomalous patterns in general categorical data sets. We frame the pattern detection problem as a search over subsets of data records and attributes, maximizing a nonparametric scan statistic... View Details
        Keywords: Pattern Detection; Anomaly Detection; Knowledge Discovery; Bayesian Networks; Scan Statistics; Analytics and Data Science
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        • October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
        • Case

        Newsweek: Driving a Digital First Strategy

        By: Lynda M. Applegate and Suraj Srinivasan
        The case describes the transformation at Newsweek, the storied news magazine that had fallen from its commanding position as a premier print publication unable to find its footing in the fast changing digital media landscape. After buying Newsweek and taking over as... View Details
        Keywords: Transformation; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Analytics and Data Science; Performance Evaluation; Partners and Partnerships
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        • 01 Feb 1997
        • News

        Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

        United States and five other countries. "We definitely think of ourselves as an entrepreneurial company, even though we've been around for a while," says Thompson. "It's been a productive and exciting time."... View Details
        Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons