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- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
services firms are using digital information about their customers to offer them a whole new range of customized products under the category of fintech. Cities are using data from Google Street View to guide economic development. And View Details
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McArthur Hall | About
integral aspect of the learning experience at HBS, and McArthur Hall’s layout and amenities encourage intellectual and social engagement beyond the classroom. A first-floor reception area, lounge, library, and courtyard accommodate large... View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
adoption of feed-in tariffs, subsidies, and tax credits in the 1980s. However the poor technological capabilities of U.S.-based firms meant that it was Danish and other foreign companies that benefitted most. Subsequently the combination... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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HBS Startup Bootcamp and Founders Unfiltered - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details
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The New Role for Government & NGOs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
infrastructure, input availability, and the like. The active engagement of corporations is essential to mobilizing these elements. new stakeholder roles & relationships Government and NGOs are facing limited resources and difficulty in... View Details
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
are designed by or center people with disabilities. With 1 in 4 Americans living with disabilities, it’s imperative that all companies center product inclusion at the beginning of the product development cycle. Rea Savla: Solara, my... View Details
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
Key Themes: The financial cost (Sharpe ratio) of small screens is negligible. Proxy voting enables retail level engagement with companies and studies demonstrate proxy voting can influence corporate... View Details
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Building a Better World: The Harvard Builders Club - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details
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Confronting Climate Change - Business & Environment
segments of the business community have opposed government action on climate change. More recently, some companies have begun advocating for government policies to address climate change. Electricity Shifting to sustainable electricity... View Details
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
counterparts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55026 Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies By: Athey, Susan, and Michael Luca Abstract—As technology platforms have created new markets and new... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- March 2024 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads
By: Elie Ofek, Hema Yoganarasimhan and Alexis Lefort
In the summer of 2023, Amperity management was facing a critical decision on its future direction. Given the dramatic changes occurring within the digital advertising ecosystem, as concerns over consumer privacy placed limits on the ability to engage in third-party... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Business Strategy; Digital Marketing; Price; Product; Business or Company Management; Advertising Industry
Ofek, Elie, Hema Yoganarasimhan, and Alexis Lefort. "Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 524-017, March 2024. (Revised May 2024.)
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
are you won’t ever learn how to pull off a triple bypass. And yet, in business, companies routinely expect employees to pick up new job knowledge through vicarious learning—through reading descriptions of tasks in knowledge-management... View Details
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
Most managers think the legal department is that office down the hall where they go to keep out of trouble or write a binding patent agreement. And that's shortsighted, says Harvard Business School professor Constance Bagley. A company... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
layoffs and lost revenues, for example - weak companies are artificially supported," he explains. "Other firms won't or can't restructure themselves or exit unprofitable businesses because they are too set in their ways, lack sound... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 11 May 2022
- Blog Post
MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS
This Mother’s Day, we celebrated progress and possibility on the HBS campus! HBS first accepted women into the MBA Program in 1963. Fast forward six decades and now classrooms are 44% female and most sections have 1-2 mothers. Across the RC (first-year) and EC... View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
time-smart changes (for, say, teachers or health care and service workers). We need to convince business leaders that time affluence is a competitive issue. The war for talent will demand that companies take... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself
John, the charismatic chief marketing officer of Netflix (once described by Buzzfeed as the “coolest” person to ever go onstage at an Apple event). Research shows being true to who you are leads to greater professional performance and personal satisfaction and if View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 26 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews
restaurants, causing consumers to avoid those with bad ratings. Restaurants, in turn, often respond by cleaning up their act, according to an analysis of Yelp reviews, OpenTable reservations, and data from the New York City Department of View Details