Matching - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2014
News

Ready for Takeoff

challenge will be the extremely concentrated demand, as more than 3 million visitors travel to Cup matches spread over a country that is the world's fifth largest by geographical area. "The dimension of Brazil poses a bigger challenge... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

31 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

the production of high-quality niche content? "The number of eyeballs might not be as many, but advertisers obviously care about the match between content and an upper-end consumer," Zhu says. "If you are a very specialized... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News

27 Apr 2017
News

Ensuring That Students Can Pursue Their Dreams

gift and use my company match to help fulfill my pledge,” she adds. “My hope is that the fellowship will give students in the same position I was in the extra financial help they need to have an enriching experience at HBS.” View Details

01 Nov 2016
News

Paving the Way to College

navigate the college admissions process, including test prep, college visits, and working with admissions offices. In this interview, Frankel talks about the origins of the idea and what College Match has been able to accomplish. “My son... View Details

13 Jun 2014
Op-Ed

World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention

The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil is expected to attract the attention of 3.2 billion people worldwide. During one month, 32 teams will vie for the trophy of best football (a.k.a. soccer) team in the world. With 64 matches and assuming... View Details

Keywords: by Thales Teixeira; Sports

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

unintentionally undermined the intended admissions policy—led to the elimination of Boston’s walk zones. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52937 May 2017 American Economic Review Stable and Strategy-Proof View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

Data Visualization for Analysis and Communication - Course Catalog

that require building visualizations as well as extended in-class critiques. Objectives include: An understanding of the basic theory behind data visualization: perceptual science, design, and technical underpinnings, as well as how to View Details

Career Coach

Peter Platzer

Peter (HBS '02) is a former hedge fund manager who currently runs a space exploration company he founded in 2012. A coach for HBS since 2002, he enjoys helping individuals find their unique career vision, matching their passion, skills... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Entrepreneurship; Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All)

01 May 2013
News

C.D. Spangler Jr., MBA 1956

that HBS has had on your life, the unique opportunities it has afforded you in your work, and the extraordinary people you have had the good fortune to meet." Not surprisingly, Spangler's high ideals are matched by a deep personal... View Details

16 Dec 2014
News

Laying the foundation for a better understanding of Japan

and with HBS alumni that will lead to matches between faculty case-writing needs and Japanese companies involved in novel or interesting business dilemmas. The JRC also assists in coordinating student immersions and opportunities to work... View Details

14 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

How to Profit from Scarcity

Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Marketers are trained to match supply to demand. Everything... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products; Advertising

21 Aug 2015
Blog Post

My Fear of Student Debt: Funding the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

then became mentors. HBS also matched me with the donor of my need-based aid, and facilitated a dinner on campus with my donor. These fellowship experiences changed the trajectory of my professional and personal life. Pursuing my dream of... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

A Wide Screen Approach

some vocal support on social media, has led to a change in how they position their women wrestlers. The WWE has put its female Superstars, formerly named “Divas,” on par with the male performers—meaning more match time, deeper story... View Details

15 Dec 2015
News

Lovepop Woos The Sharks

Between two matching bids, the Boston-based company—which creates cards that open to reveal intricately designed 3D structures—chose Shark Kevin O’Leary’s $300,000 offer for 15% of the company. We talked to Rose about pitching the Sharks,... View Details

March–April 2023
Article

Market Segmentation Trees

By: Ali Aouad, Adam Elmachtoub, Kris J. Ferreira and Ryan McNellis

Problem definition: We seek to provide an interpretable framework for segmenting users in a population for personalized decision making. Methodology/results: We propose a general methodology, market segmentation trees (MSTs), for learning market... View Details

Keywords: Decision Trees; Computational Advertising; Market Segmentation; Analytics and Data Science; E-commerce; Consumer Behavior; Marketplace Matching; Marketing Channels; Digital Marketing

13 May 2013
Blog Post

Learning about the science in beauty

learned how to match clients to the right foundation shade, how to draw eyeliner and brows, and all along the way, got to practice and play on each other and ourselves! These classes ended up being some of my favorite memories from the... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products / Retail

01 Feb 1999
News

NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together

investment vehicles used by angel investors to find and fund entrepreneurs: groups of angels who evaluate deals together, organizations that match entrepreneurs with interested angels, and individual angels who seek out deals through... View Details

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

investment against cash flow to survive in a highly cyclical business. Such skills are usually transferable to new environments—and are the most portable type of human capital other than general management skills—but they won't offer an advantage if the strategic needs... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

January 2017 (Revised December 2017)
Case

Carmichael Roberts: To Create a Private Equity Firm?

By: Steven Rogers and Kenneth J. Cooper

Carmichael Roberts, a rare African-American venture capitalist, considered leaving his general partnership in a private equity firm near Boston and setting up his own in 2015. He weighed whether the timing was right, with the economy still not fully recovered from the... View Details