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Video Management Policy | About

policies. While most video cameras are installed for the purpose of general surveillance, some cameras have additional functionality through the use of analytics such as people counting and loitering detection. In accordance with the... View Details

25 Sep 2015
Blog Post

4 Challenges All Early-Stage Startups Face

we had a shared passion for technology and building great user-focused products: four out of the six team members had cofounded their own company, three had worked in product development, and four were engineers. Everyone on the team was very View Details

June 2024
Case

Arete Research on Unity Software

By: Joseph Pacelli and Tonia Labruyere

Richard Kramer, CEO of Arete Research, an independent research firm, reflects on his team's coverage of the stock of Unity Software, a U.S.-based mobile games software company. View Details

Keywords: Analysis; Initial Public Offering; Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; Video Game Industry; United Kingdom; United States

01 Dec 2016
News

Case Study: Sweat the Technique

opportunity to grow and engage its user base by tapping into data and analytics and could add value to Nix in the eyes of prospective acquirers. Should Nix stay the analog course, make the transition to... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

17 Nov 2015
First Look

November 17, 2015

Hoffenheim: Football in the Age of Analytics In 2015, Dietmar Hopp, owner of Germany’s Bundesliga football team TSG Hoffenheim and co-founder of the global enterprise software company SAP, was considering how to ensure long-term... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1996
News

GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria

analytical skills in our MBA Program, will provide the School with valuable information about a candidate's capabilities. The GMAT is also now more widely available around the world than in the past, and it is easier for applicants to... View Details

August 2004 (Revised September 2005)
Case

Canyon Ranch

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Gabriele Piccoli

How should Canyon Ranch leverage its uniqueness in the face of increasing competition and an entrenched customer definition of the firm? The firm is attempting to create demand for return visits and foster the customization and personalization of the Canyon Ranch... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Information Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Experience and Expertise; Analytics and Data Science; Customization and Personalization

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Kraft Accelerator

Review Rent the Runway HBS Case Collection Data and Analytics Cases The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation’s Answer Fund HBS Case Collection Intermountain Healthcare: Pursuing Precision Medicine HBS Case... View Details

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Entrepreneurs Promise Signers - Alumni

2008), Instawork Rahul Mehendale (MBA 2003), Pace Analytics Inc. Hashem Montasser (MBA 2003), The Lighthouse Group Sunil Nagaraj (MBA 2009), Ubiquity Ventures Ricardo Oliva (MBA 2018), Intermaritima Portos & Logística Ashwin Parupalli... View Details

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

utilize such data are of considerable interest. Unfortunately, existing methods for analyzing the data in such systems ignore the open-ended exploratory nature of such systems that requires the assessment of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

21 Mar 2024
News

OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC

sorts of negative consequences,” Toplansky says. “My point was that this is a critical part of future business strategy.” He described six different business strategies where AI—through predictive analytics and automation—will that make... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 Jul 2013
News

Making Lives Better

difference every day, and I knew I had the skills to do it," says Tepper Singer, who is married to section-mate Dan Singer. "Not that many people have come to the non-profit field with business training." Her business skills helped on a multitude of platforms, from... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; autism; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Apr 2011
News

My First HBS Class

(On Piskorski, see also here.) The day’s case, written by Jeff Bussgang (MBA ’95C) and Professors Piskorski and Tom Eisenmann, was about foursquare, a location-based social networking game. (For Bussgang’s blog about teaching his case, see here.) Since I was unfamiliar... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2020
News

All Hands on Deck

number of Harvard Business School Online courses, such as Global Business and Leading with Finance, as well as in a data science bootcamp designed to teach students how to leverage big data throughout their... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

March 2003
Background Note

A Short Note on the AccuFlow Excel Model

By: Jay O. Light

Describes an Excel spreadsheet workbook that facilitates the analysis of AccuFlow, Inc. View Details

Keywords: History; Analytics and Data Science; Cost of Capital; Negotiation; Capital; Business Model; Economic Systems; Machinery and Machining; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Startups; Equity