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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

School that provides a forum for exploring the synergies between all sectors to address critical social issues worldwide. Consulting for Impact Club The Consulting for Impact Club (CFI) matches Harvard MBA candidates with nonprofit and... View Details

Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation

Governments and foundations around the world are urgently seeking strategies to optimize their investments across a range of distinctive missions targeted towards societal challenges. How should such investments be made, from early R&D spending to later-stage... View Details

14 Aug 2006
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On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

because of it." The story also illustrates the importance of matching management style with the task (or employee) at hand. "There are skills in the workplace that you only get through repetition, drill, habit, and discipline. A... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

28 Mar 2024
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Rooms with a View

understaffed. Mirza estimates it could take more than a decade to rebuild a skilled talent pool. Mogul Recruiter—part of Mogul Hospitality, of which Mirza is founder and CEO—is an HR platform that uses data to evaluate employee skills and employer needs and View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality

18 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Leaning In

earnings. As a starting point, the computer would suggest a wage for the worker. Sometimes the computer generated an offer that matched how much money workers contributed to the combined earnings. But more often than not, the computer... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 Jan 2020
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Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

private companies. The work had to be done by Census personnel to maintain the proper anonymity. Once the researchers had job and performance data on different companies, however, they also had to match them across time. “When one has a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

09 Nov 2021
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The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

Richard Saouma of the Eli Broad School of Business at Michigan State University, and Nathan Seegert, of the University of Utah. Matching new employees with experienced workers Previous studies show the importance of early on-the-job... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Building From the Bottom Up - Managing the Future of Work

these workers. However, a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. low-wage workers and a matching survey of 1,150 U.S. business leaders shows that implementation is poor. Workers don’t get the support they need in the form of mentorship, training,... View Details

13 Feb 2012
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The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

from the participant, looking at one picture that matched a picture from the participant's stack. The participants were told that the goal of the game was to determine which photo the partner was holding by asking as few yes/no questions... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

based technology to both the supply (dispatch companies) and demand (passenger) sides of the distribution chain. By doing so, MyTeksi will improve the matching process between taxi fleets and passengers (similar to UberCab). Qweek Roman... View Details

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

understanding its sources. Second, understanding how the drivers of this heterogeneity in performance across units impact the implementation of changes in strategy. Third, developing solutions to address the sources of disparities in performance. Research No Line Left... View Details

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Wearing a Red Hat ¨C The Impact of Activist Industrial Policy on Software Development in China

The idea that the government should steer economic development by strategically hand-picking and managing certain industries is controversial but appeals to many developing countries that are eager to upgrade their industries. In this paper, I study China's recent... View Details

August 2019
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When and How to Diversify—A Multicategory Utility Model for Personalized Content Recommendation

By: Yicheng Song, Nachiketa Sahoo and Elie Ofek

Sometimes we desire change, a break from the same or an opportunity to fulfill different aspects of our needs. Noting that consumers seek variety, several approaches have been developed to diversify items recommended by personalized recommender systems. However,... View Details

Keywords: Recommender Systems; Personalization; Recommendation Diversity; Variety Seeking; Collaborative Filtering; Consumer Utility Models; Digital Media; Clickstream Analysis; Learning-to-rank; Consumer Behavior; Media; Customization and Personalization; Strategy; Mathematical Methods

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30 May 2024
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How to Have Effective Conversations

helps us get aligned. In any conversation, when you start to connect with someone, your bodies become similar. Your eyes will actually start to dilate at similar rate. Your breath patterns will match each other. And even more importantly,... View Details

16 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

their artificial reality (AR) annotation products on mobile phones. AT&T, Cisco, and Zoom have enhanced their network capabilities for increased demand in bandwidth. In addition, numerous small businesses like restaurants and home goods retailers try to View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

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Bloomberg: mutual funds

assets, age, return, or objectives. Example Screens for widely-used criteria are also available. Click on Results (bottom right of screen) to run your search. A list of matching funds will appear. If using Bloomberg Professional, to... View Details

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Making the Decision to Attend: Our Participants Share Their Stories

program title, or keywords to find the first-hand accounts that best match your areas of interest. What Will Your Story Be? Once you've immersed yourself in what HBS Executive Education has to offer, you'll gain transformative insights... View Details

13 Jan 2012
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Intermediaries for the IP Market

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & David Yoffie

October 2014
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McKinsey & Company, 2012

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

In 2012, McKinsey & Company (McKinsey) was the world's premier management consultancy, providing advice to CEO's and top executives of leading companies around the globe. Many consulting firms were bigger but few could match the reputation McKinsey had built over more... View Details

Keywords: Consulting Firms; McKinsey; Strategy; Consulting Industry; North America