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- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
should consider not only the churn probability of customers, but also how much they spend, the likelihood that they will respond to a retention offer, and the cost of the offer itself. Gupta's predictive model takes all these factors into account and also determines... View Details
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
confronted, not avoided, (3) a climate of straight talk where truth can be spoken to power has to be encouraged, (4) leadership behaviors such as listening are essential, (5) behaviors designed to optimize the short-term that may... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax
cleanings per month to ensure optimal performance of its solar site. On other sites they perform four to five cleanings a month, dependent on the level of soiling and dusting on the location. They separate their maintenance activities... View Details
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
lead to sustainable operational improvements. By analyzing fleet data, they've developed strategies to optimize battery usage, unlock sustainable fast charging, and prolong life. Thereby, encouraging drivers to adopt behaviors that... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
philosophy, that life is long and easy, was least popular. In addition, these philosophies were correlated with participants' views of their lives: the short-hard philosophy was associated with lower levels of well-being (Studies 1-3), civic engagement (Study 2), and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607014 Asset Allocation I Harvard Business School Note 208-086 The goal of these simulations is to understand the mathematics of mean-variance optimization and the equilibrium... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
bankrupt. Q: Given that a CEO's role is often to keep the company energy high and to stoke optimism among employees, are CEOs by virtue of their position especially prone to denial? How could they better blend View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
has led to greater focus and the ability to construct meaningful performance objectives and standards across the agency. Roca has been using performance-tracking and client profile data to ensure optimal service delivery and View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
self-reinforcing during the sample period, which, in turn, has implications for the consequences of IFRS adoption. Publisher's link: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1590245 August 2013 Journal of Advertising Research Optimizing the Amount of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
optimal action paves the way for incidental learning, while being dogmatic creates a barrier. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54567 Harvard Business School Case 717-035 Turkey and Russia: Dangerous... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
reseller-mode is preferred depends on whether independent suppliers or the intermediary are better suited to optimally tailor marketing activities for each specific product. We show that this tradeoff is shifted towards the reseller-mode... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
some point going forward—in effect, learning alongside our students. We've also continued to optimize our Live Online Classrooms (LOCs), where all participants are remote but the faculty member is in a room where video screens of each... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
lessons from Schwarzman’s life and career that includes creating one of the world’s largest investment firms, and becoming an active philanthropist. The result is an empowering, entertaining, and inspiring guide to optimizing ambition,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
dating platforms were designed by men, they are optimized for surfacing as many choices and pictures as possible,” she says. “My goal is not to get people to just browse hot photos and connect. My goal is really to get them into a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
lower-risk population, fewer side effects. Kost: How do you think COVID-19 might change how drugs are reviewed, post-pandemic, especially in emergencies? Cohen: Look, I hope that we don't have pandemics often, but when we do, I hope we learn something about how to do... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
sensors in the units report when the cans are full, enabling cities to optimize pickup routes and save money. Even with initial growth, however, the company wondered why it wasn’t selling even more trash products to more customers. It... View Details
- 07 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads
some of those consumer eyeballs. In "Moment-to-Moment Optimal Branding in TV Commercials: Preventing Avoidance by Pulsing," forthcoming in Marketing Science, Teixeira and coauthors Michel Wedel of the University of Maryland and... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
such far-flung but tightly integrated subsidiaries? How do you ensure that financial reporting is effective while simultaneously optimizing your tax position? How do you design compensation systems that provide for local accountability... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 09 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020
vegetables and cultivating nutritional value through plant breeding. The conference keynotes, Ndidi Nwuneli (MBA 1999), CEO of Sahel, and Eric Soubeiran, Managing Director of Danone Ecosystem Fund, shared their cautious optimism for the... View Details