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- January 2020
- Case
Freelancer, Ltd.
By: Christopher Stanton, Karim R. Lakhani, Jennifer L. Hoffman, Jin Hyun Paik and Nina Cohodes
Over the course of the 2010s, the rapid advancement of mobile technologies and the rise of online freelancing platforms seemed to portend a radical transformation of labor markets into on-demand, flexible talent pools. Even though several Fortune 500... View Details
Keywords: Freelancers; Platforms; Digital Labor; Labor; Human Resources; Management; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Industry; Australia; United States; Philippines
Stanton, Christopher, Karim R. Lakhani, Jennifer L. Hoffman, Jin Hyun Paik, and Nina Cohodes. "Freelancer, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 820-075, January 2020.
- January 2020
- Case
Khan Academy 2018 (Abridged)
By: William A. Sahlman and Nicole Tempest Keller
Founded in 2008, Khan Academy was a global educational nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone anywhere in the world. By 2018, the organization had expanded into numerous content areas, product areas, and geographic markets.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneur; Sustainability; Scaling; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Education; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Teaching; Education Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Khan Academy 2018 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 820-086, January 2020.
- 6 Jan 2020
- Interview
Riccardo Zacconi: Hitting the Sweet Spot
"Riccardo Zacconi: Hitting the Sweet Spot." The Brave Ones, CNBC, January 6, 2020. (Interview.)
- January 2020
- Case
Blackstone at 35: Performance, Innovation, and the Next Generation
By: Josh Lerner
Keywords: Finance; Private Equity; Investing; Succession Planning; Leadership; Fund Management; Fund Raising
Lerner, Josh. "Blackstone at 35: Performance, Innovation, and the Next Generation." Harvard Business School Case 220-051, January 2020.
- January 2020
- Supplement
PROOF TN Supplement 1: Preclass
By: Josh Lerner, Shai Benjamin Bernstein and Terrence Shu
- January 2020
- Supplement
PROOF TN Supplement 2: Postclass
By: Josh Lerner, Shai Benjamin Bernstein and Terrence Shu
- January 2020
- Teaching Note
PROOF: Pro Rata Opportunity Fund
By: Josh Lerner, Shai Bernstein and Terrence Shu
This is a teaching note meant to accompany "PROOF: Pro Rata Opportunity Fund," HBS Case No. 820-030. View Details
- 2019
- Working Paper
Industrial Change, the Boundary of the Firm, and Racial Employment Segregation
By: John-Paul Ferguson and Rembrand Koning
Racial employment segregation between large workplaces in America has grown over the last generation. We know little about how changes in patterns of employment by economic sector have contributed to this growth, though. While there are many stylized narratives about... View Details
Keywords: Workplace Segregation; Firm Boundaries; Organizations; Employees; Segmentation; Race; Change; United States
Ferguson, John-Paul, and Rembrand Koning. "Industrial Change, the Boundary of the Firm, and Racial Employment Segregation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-069, December 2019.
- Article
Math Geeks Were in Their Glory in the 2010s
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Math Geeks Were in Their Glory in the 2010s." Bloomberg Opinion (December 31, 2019).
- Article
Twitter Begs Users to Target Themselves for Ads
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Twitter Begs Users to Target Themselves for Ads." Bloomberg Opinion (December 30, 2019).
- December 2019
- Case
GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?
By: Josh Lerner, Shai Bernstein, Ann Leamon and Richard Sessa
Lerner, Josh, Shai Bernstein, Ann Leamon, and Richard Sessa. "GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" Harvard Business School Case 820-041, December 2019.
- December 2019
- Supplement
GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? (B)
By: Josh Lerner, Shai Bernstein, Ann Leamon and Richard Sessa
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Lerner, Josh, Shai Bernstein, Ann Leamon, and Richard Sessa. "GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 820-074, December 2019.
- December 2019
- Teaching Note
Hony Capital and Jushi Group
By: Josh Lerner, Shai Bernstein and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for HBS No. 820-040. View Details
- Article
United's Frequent-Flier Program Gets Some Game Theory
Kominers, Scott Duke. "United's Frequent-Flier Program Gets Some Game Theory." Bloomberg Opinion (December 13, 2019).
- December 2019
- Background Note
An (Abbreviated) Perspective on Entrepreneurship
By: Mitchell Weiss and Benjamin Henkes
Among the many competing definitions of entrepreneurship, the one adopted in “The Entrepreneurial Manager” at HBS was authored by Howard Stevenson in the 1980s and elaborated on in the decades since. Stevenson provided a managerial take on the term—he described... View Details
Weiss, Mitchell, and Benjamin Henkes. "An (Abbreviated) Perspective on Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Background Note 820-083, December 2019.
- December 2019 (Revised November 2021)
- Course Overview Note
The Entrepreneurial Manager: Spring 2022
By: Mitchell Weiss and Benjamin Henkes
This is the course overview note for “The Entrepreneurial Manager,” taught in the first year at Harvard Business School. Students will learn how to be opportunity-driven managers and how to lead under uncertainty. They'll learn how to identify opportunities, how to... View Details
Weiss, Mitchell, and Benjamin Henkes. "The Entrepreneurial Manager: Spring 2022." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 820-082, December 2019. (Revised November 2021.)
- December 2019
- Case
Forecasting ClimaCell
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Christopher Stanton and James Barnett
A weather technology startup, ClimaCell considers the R&D trade-offs and financing implications of pursuing a proposed contract with a major automobile maker, rather than continuing its focus on building a scalable, all-purpose weather prediction engine. View Details
Keywords: Weather; Forecasting and Prediction; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Finance; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Making; Strategy
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Christopher Stanton, and James Barnett. "Forecasting ClimaCell." Harvard Business School Case 820-044, December 2019.
- 2019
- Report
A Recovery Squandered: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2019
By: Michael E. Porter, Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, Katherine M. Gehl, William R. Kerr and Manjari Raman
In this report, the authors synthesize their views on U.S. competitiveness and unveil the findings of the 2019 HBS surveys on U.S. competitiveness. Specifically, this report—built on the survey findings and eight years of prior research on the competitiveness of the... View Details
Keywords: U.S. Competitiveness; Competitive Strategy; Macroeconomics; Government and Politics; United States
Porter, Michael E., Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, Katherine M. Gehl, William R. Kerr, and Manjari Raman. "A Recovery Squandered: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2019." Report, U.S. Competitiveness Project, Harvard Business School, December 2019.
- 2019
- Article
Configurations of Extremal Type II Codes via Harmonic Weight Enumerators
By: Noam D. Elkies and Scott Duke Kominers
We prove configuration results for extremal Type II codes, analogous to the configuration results of Ozeki and of the second author for extremal Type II lattices. Specifically, we show that for n ∈{8,24,32,48,56,72,96} every extremal Type II code of length n is... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
Elkies, Noam D., and Scott Duke Kominers. "Configurations of Extremal Type II Codes via Harmonic Weight Enumerators." Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux 31, no. 3 (2019): 679–688.
- December 2019
- Article
Costly Concessions: An Empirical Framework for Matching with Imperfectly Transferable Utility
By: Alfred Galichon, Scott Duke Kominers and Simon Weber
We introduce an empirical framework for models of matching with imperfectly transferable utility and unobserved heterogeneity in tastes. Our framework allows us to characterize matching equilibrium in a flexible way that includes as special cases the classic fully- and... View Details
Keywords: Sorting; Matching; Marriage Market; Intrahousehold Allocation; Imperfectly Transferable Utility; Marketplace Matching; Mathematical Methods
Galichon, Alfred, Scott Duke Kominers, and Simon Weber. "Costly Concessions: An Empirical Framework for Matching with Imperfectly Transferable Utility." Journal of Political Economy 127, no. 6 (December 2019): 2875–2925.