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  • Student-Profile

Do Yoon Kim

I was born in Seoul, South Korea and spent most of my life there. For my undergraduate degree, I went to Northwestern and majored in Math, Economics, and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (MMSS). Since my sophomore year at... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Business Suits You: Experimenting with Professional Identity

Role-playing is not just for the psychiatrist's couch or the acting student, according to new research by HBS professor Herminia M. Ibarra. In studying how junior professionals learn the skills required to move into senior roles, Ibarra... View Details
  • September 2020 (Revised March 2022)
  • Case

JOANN: Joannalytics Inventory Allocation Tool

By: Kris Ferreira and Srikanth Jagabathula
Michael Joyce, Vice President of Inventory Management at JOANN, championed an effort to develop and implement an inventory allocation analytics tool that used advanced analytics to predict in-season demand of seasonal items for each of JOANN’s nearly 900 stores and... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Machine Learning; Optimization; Inventory Management; Mathematical Methods; Decision Making; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Resource Allocation; Distribution; Technology Adoption; Applications and Software; Change Management; Fashion Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; United States; Ohio
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  • August 2000 (Revised September 2000)
  • Case

Extraprise

By: Srikant M. Datar, Krishna G. Palepu and Sarah S. Khetani
In the three years since it was founded, the Boston-based Internet strategy consulting firm, Extraprise, has changed its strategy three times. Jennifer Gabler, the CFO, considers what kinds of control systems she can put in place to ensure the company can continue to... View Details
Keywords: Information Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Mathematical Methods; Information Technology; Outcome or Result; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; Boston
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  • 05 Aug 2010
  • What Do You Think?

What Is Customer Opinion Good For?

or less important (because) customers had no sense when it came to entertaining tradeoffs (between features and cost)." Phil Clark commented that, regardless of method or purpose, "It is important to know your customers better than they... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Technology
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter

compared to renting. And when paired with the many qualitative benefits of owning a home, this model creates greater stability and access to opportunity for working families. From Baker Library | Bloomberg Center: Learn more about... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Q & A: Gustavo Herrero

teaching methods that have proven to be very effective in graduate business education in the United States; they will also learn how to conduct field-based research that best supports the case-method... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 05 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 5

and threats to organizations and conclude with a research agenda that more fully accounts for the potential of community forms to be a creator (and a possible destroyer) of value for organizations. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2021
  • Technical Note

Introduction to Linear Regression

By: Michael Parzen and Paul Hamilton
This technical note introduces (from an applied point of view) the theory and application of simple and multiple linear regression. The motivation for the model is introduced, as well as how to interpret the summary output with regard to prediction and statistical... View Details
Keywords: Linear Regression; Regression; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; Risk and Uncertainty; Theory; Compensation and Benefits; Mathematical Methods; Analytics and Data Science
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  • Article

Moment-to-moment Optimal Branding in TV Commercials: Preventing Avoidance by Pulsing

By: Thales S. Teixeira, Michel Wedel and Rik Pieters
We develop a conceptual framework for understanding the impact that branding activity (the audio-visual representation of brands) and consumers' dispersion of attention have on their moment-to-moment avoidance decisions during television advertising. It formalizes this... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Decision Choices and Conditions; Television Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Mathematical Methods
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  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument

By: Bo Becker, Henrik Cronqvist and Rudiger Fahlenbrach
Large shareholders may play an important role for firm performance and policies, but identifying this empirically presents a challenge due to the endogeneity of ownership structures. We develop and test an empirical framework which allows us to separate selection from... View Details
Keywords: Business Headquarters; Geographic Location; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Performance Effectiveness; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods
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  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Making Progress on Strategic Priorities

method courses, both immersive and extended, are offered during the second year of the program. HBS is extending its reach to new audiences through HBX, a unique online learning platform. CORe offers a primer on the fundamentals of... View Details
  • Web

Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile Industry Caterpillar... View Details
  • 09 Mar 2021
  • News

Bridging the Gap

Harvard Business School faculty, in collaboration with colleagues across Harvard University, have been addressing these issues by conducting research into education reform, technology innovations, and programs that fill the middle-skills... View Details
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

Authors:Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling Abstract This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—while providing a theory that explains when... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Lessons from a Megacity

The first step in researching the public transportation system in Buenos Aires: send the private driver home. “How could we be there studying public transportation and not use it?” asks Eryn Schultz (MBA 2015). She was one of 39 students... View Details
Keywords: April White; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation
  • 18 Jul 2018
  • News

Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community

students—their intelligence, passion, and diverse experiences—stand out most from my time at HBS,” she enthuses. She particularly liked class discussions, as the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives made for interesting debates. “Nothing before or since the case... View Details
  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

Qualitative Analysis, edited by Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan Slater, and Tuong Vu. Stanford University Press, forthcoming Abstract This chapter assesses the contribution of contemporary qualitative View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Kavya Kopparapu | MBA

cost-effective methods to diagnose diabetic retinopathy and glioblastoma, and resource allocation for healthcare workers in infectious disease settings and have been awarded a patent for my work. However, I've firmly believed the role of... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

understandings of ourselves from our experiences.— Scott A. Snook Within this framework, officer development involves qualitative shifts in how officers make sense of themselves and their experiences. Each shift leads to a progressively... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace