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The Information Age has introduced well-received opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands allow individuals to track their own performance; companies like Uber and leading hospitals help you choose a driver or a doctor based on how others rated... View Details
- September 2009
- Teaching Note
IBM in the 21st Century: The Coming of the Globally Integrated Enterprise (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [308105]. View Details
- February 2000 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Note on Home Video Game Technology and Industry Structure
Part of a series on the home video game industry that illustrates the underlying economics and competitive dynamics of the industry. This case provides general information about the industry, allowing for subsequent cases in the series to focus on competitive... View Details
Coughlan, Peter J. "Note on Home Video Game Technology and Industry Structure." Harvard Business School Case 700-107, February 2000. (Revised June 2001.)
- 13 May 2020
- Video
Cas Coovadia
Cas Coovadia, the long-running Managing Director of the Banking Association South Africa, discusses how the global financial crisis of 2008 impacted South Africa as mainly an economic crisis as the banking... View Details
- Web
Women’s health is more than female anatomy and our reproductive system—it’s about unraveling centuries of inequities due to living in a patriarchal healthcare system. - Blog: Health Supplement
conditions for which the interventions are different for women (Source: Kirschstein , 1991) Even looking solely at diseases and conditions, as seen above in the NIH definition of women’s health, is too narrow. Women also face the... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Targeting, Personalization, and Engagement in an Agricultural Advisory Service
By: Susan Athey, Shawn Cole, Shanjukta Nath and Jessica Zhu
ICT is increasingly used to deliver customized information in developing countries. We
examine whether individually targeting the timing of automated voice calls meaningfully
increases engagement in an agricultural advisory service. We define, estimate, and... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Knowledge Dissemination; Customization and Personalization; Performance Effectiveness
Athey, Susan, Shawn Cole, Shanjukta Nath, and Jessica Zhu. "Targeting, Personalization, and Engagement in an Agricultural Advisory Service." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-006, August 2023.
- 2002
- Book
The Support Economy: Why Corporations are Failing Individuals and the Next Episode of Capitalism
By: Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxmin
Zuboff, Shoshana, and James Maxmin. The Support Economy: Why Corporations are Failing Individuals and the Next Episode of Capitalism. New York: Viking Press, 2002.
- 2022
- Article
‘American Management’ vs ‘Swiss Labour Peace’. The Closure of the Swiss Firestone Factory in 1978
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This article focusses on the closure of the Firestone’s Swiss subsidiary in 1978. It contributes to the existing literature dealing with the ‘nationality’ of multinational companies and the impact of U.S. management style on local capitalist systems. Drawing on a... View Details
Keywords: Americanization; Capitalism; Corporate Nationality; Industrial Relations; Multinational; Narratives; Multinational Firms and Management; Nationality; Economic Systems; Labor and Management Relations; Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. "‘American Management’ vs ‘Swiss Labour Peace’. The Closure of the Swiss Firestone Factory in 1978." Special Issue on International Business, Multi-Nationals, and the Nationality of the Company. Business History 64, no. 9 (2022): 1648–1665.
Celia Stafford
Celia Stafford is a doctoral student in Health Policy (Management). She received a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Emory University in 2017 and an MPH focused in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020. She is also... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- News
Online prices cheaper than in store? Not so fast
Raffaella Sadun
Raffaella Sadun is Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and is a Co-Chair of Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Her research focuses on managerial... View Details
- July 1995 (Revised October 1995)
- Background Note
Electronic Commerce: Trends and Opportunities
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan
In a 1966 Harvard Business Review article, Felix Kaufman implored general managers to think beyond their own organizational boundaries to the possibilities of interorganizational systems (IOS)--networked computers that enable companies to share information and... View Details
Applegate, Lynda M., and Janis Lee Gogan. "Electronic Commerce: Trends and Opportunities." Harvard Business School Background Note 196-006, July 1995. (Revised October 1995.)
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The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Introduction Prelude to the Option Pricing Model The Formula The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models Selected Bibliography Lenders to the... View Details
- January 1996
- Article
Monetary Policy and Credit Conditions: Evidence from the Composition of External Finance: Reply
Kashyap, Anil, Jeremy Stein, and David Wilcox. "Monetary Policy and Credit Conditions: Evidence from the Composition of External Finance: Reply." American Economic Review 86, no. 1 (January 1996): 310–314.
Roy D. Shapiro
Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details
- 14 May 2024
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship
1985, the company owns over 50 brands in sectors including edible oils, hygiene, personal care, food, and beverages. Similarly to Michelena, Shah discusses sustainable innovation from the perspective of larger View Details
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
How AI shifts enterprise decision-making into self-driving mode
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 10 May 2023
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How to Recession-Proof Your Career
LinkedIn's former head of Education Marketing joins CPD to share expert knowledge on surviving an economic downturn, including information on how recruiters hire in the midst of a recession, ensuring your LinkedIn profile is ready for a change in the market, and how to... View Details
- February 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Extricity Inc.
Extricity provides software that triggers and automates information flows between collaborating businesses. Its products interface with the legacy information systems already in use by customers, extract information from them, and send this information over the... View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., and Gregory Bounds. "Extricity Inc." Harvard Business School Case 601-113, February 2001. (Revised March 2003.)