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  • August 2019
  • Case

Twiggle: E-Commerce with Semantic Search

By: Shane Greenstein and Danielle Golan
Four years after being founded, in 2014, by former Google executives Amir Konigsberg (CEO) and Adi Avidor (CTO), Twiggle had developed a search enhancement that plugged into an online merchant’s existing framework. The company utilized advanced structuring and... View Details
Keywords: Search Technology; Customer Acquisition; Internet and the Web; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Growth and Development Strategy; E-commerce; Technology Industry; Israel
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  • Web

FAQ - Alumni

recognized? In HBS’s annual Report on Giving , individuals who have given to the School in at least four of the previous five years are highlighted in class donor lists as “consistent donors.” How can I take advantage of my company's View Details
  • December 2016
  • Article

Deal Process Design in Management Buyouts

By: Guhan Subramanian
Management buyouts (MBOs) are an economically and legally significant class of transaction: not only do they account for more than $10 billion in deal volume per year, on average, but they also play an important role in defining the relationship between inside and... View Details
Keywords: Management Buyout; Deal Structuring; Acquisition; Design; Fairness
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  • June 2014
  • Supplement

Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Jordan Ramirez

By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisal; Performance Measurement; Employee Feedback; Motivation; Promotions; Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

discussions, they typically focus on specific issues, such as those mentioned in the campaign promises presented above. They then evaluate politicians based on how well the politicians' positions match their preferences on these key... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
  • 27 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How One Late Employee Can Hurt Your Business: Data from 25 Million Timecards

School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania to focus on retail operations, many considered the topic an "oxymoron." “The right labor needs to be available at the right time and store to match customers with products more... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Retail
  • 08 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How to Demotivate Your Best Employees

says. "And it provides a good example for other people. People aren't being rewarded because they changed their behavior to match what the manager wanted or by gaming." Larkin says that in the laundry study, the reward itself—gift... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Service
  • 29 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Why Do Outlet Stores Exist?

match different preferences is an improvement over a more limited selling strategy," he says, which allows consumers to buy cheaper, if less-trendy items at a lower cost just by driving a few hours. Ngwe has also used the same data... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Retail
  • Web

Finance - Faculty & Research

real effects of private equity buyouts on worker outcomes by building a new database that links transactions to matched employer-employee data in the United States. To guide our empirical analysis, we derive testable implications from... View Details
  • 15 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 15

market-listed and privately held firms in the United States using a rich new data source on private firms. Listed firms invest less and are less responsive to changes in investment opportunities compared to observably similar, matched... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Profiles - MBA

help each other build sophisticated solutions that match the complexity of the real world." Tech areas of interest: Digital health, AI & ML, cloud video streaming and online video in general. Formative experience at the intersection of... View Details
  • 09 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 9

already suggests that experimental economics has at least reached a sufficient state of maturity that we can try to take stock of its progress and consider how that progress matches the anticipations we may have had for the field several... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 May 2021
  • Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

to boost revenues: matching prices at Amazon, and speeding deliveries by shipping directly from stores. He also cut costs by reducing waste and streamlining processes. “We were breaking $200 million-worth of TVs every year,” he says. “By... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • Web

Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus Matching and Search Resources and Programs Sites and Sources to Find Opportunities and Organizations That Meet Your Interests BoardStrong (formerly Boardnet USA): Nonprofit... View Details
  • Web

Skydeck - Alumni

2012) matches cognitive traits to career paths Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China Author and WildChina founder Zhang Mei (MBA 1996) takes us inside the kitchens of her native Dali Bringing Markets to Myanmar With 25 years of... View Details
  • 18 Mar 2013
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: LEGO

so new product design began to be informed by market research, user feedback, and how well the toys matched the vision of quality creative play laid out by its founding fathers. Putting parameters on how people innovate had the... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

What Makes a Good Leader

consistent message through all of these. It's been said many times, but leaders lead by example." For Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a key question is whether a leader's personal passion matches his or her aspirations. "There are so many false... View Details
Keywords: Management
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

quantitative implications match a range of moments not targeted in the estimation quite well. We then characterize the optimal policy path implied by the model and our estimates. Optimal policy makes heavy use of research subsidies as... View Details
  • 30 Nov 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do

initiative. In the “seed” group, recipients were also told that a private donor had already seeded the new initiative with a $10,000 donation. In the “match” group, recipients were told that a donor had offered to match every dollar given... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

assigned to work either with or without AI, and either individually or with another professional in new product development teams. Our findings reveal that AI significantly enhances performance: individuals with AI matched the performance... View Details