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15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Plastic Bank, a global network of micro-recycling markets that empower the poor to transcend poverty by getting paid to collect plastic waste in their communities. The Plastic Bank is an ecosystem that provides an opportunity for the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

2018
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Quantile Forecasts of Product Life Cycles Using Exponential Smoothing.

By: Xiaojia Guo, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. and Yael Grushka-Cockayne

We introduce an exponential smoothing model that a manager can use to forecast the demand of a new product or service. The model has five features that make it suitable for accurately forecasting product life cycles at scale. First, the trend in our model follows the... View Details

Keywords: New Product Development; Demand Forecasting; Product Adoption; Innovation Diffusion; Product Development; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Adoption

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Online Learning Model | HBS Online

perspective, and challenge your worldview. Social Join a global community of business professionals. Learn from and network with peers before, during, and after your course. Ask questions, collaborate, give feedback, and share experiences... View Details

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

approximately 150 million children ages 3 to 8, making it an ideal partner for working at scale. Rocket develops and delivers digital training materials focused specifically on boosting the skills of this group of public-sector educators. Workers in India’s Anganwadi... View Details

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Effects of Networks in Emerging Markets" (with Jan Rivkin, Strategic Management Journal , January 2001). Ashish Nanda : Named Henry B. Arthur Fellow by Harvard Business School, 1999. Jan W. Rivkin : Winner of the 1999 Best Paper Prize... View Details

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Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network... View Details

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

government. This is a great deal for Magna, but terrible for Chevrolet. GM's best small cars are engineered (and some are manufactured) by Opel in Europe. But it's not just about design and engineering. The supply chains and factory View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

14 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association

and Hillel to bringing back alumni for speaking and networking opportunities to connecting with prospective students alongside the admissions team, we recognize the strengthening effect that interactions with the broader Jewish community... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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On the Radar

That collected biological material is then sent to Concentric’s network of labs to test for pathogens. “Our alerting mechanism today is: Did somebody show up with something bad in the hospital?” McKnight says. “It’s after the infection... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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ECONOMICS OF THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICEC INDUSTRY

Professor Silk’s recent research has been focused on the economics of the advertising and marketing services industry. He has conducted econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on the... View Details

January 2015 (Revised April 2015)
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Zeal: Launching Personalized and Social Learning

By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An

Set in 2014, this case follows John Danner and his team at Zeal as they consider their product development strategy. In February 2013, serial entrepreneurs John Danner and Sanjay Noronha co-found Zeal, an education technology start up providing a web-based, mobile... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Education Technology; MVP; Product Development; Product Market Fit; Monetization Strategy; SaaS Business Models; Education; Personalized Learning

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31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

colleague Benjamin Edelman, Demographics, Career Concerns or Social Comparison: Who Games SSRN Download Counts? The paper addresses an issue near and dear to academics worldwide: the relative popularity of working papers in the Social Science Research View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

03 May 2024
Blog Post

From Harvard to Miss New Jersey: A Journey of Perseverance and Self-Belief

beyond my reach: the title of United States of America’s Miss New Jersey. Empowered by SVMP's lessons, I approached the competition with newfound confidence. During my one-on-one interview with the judges, I seamlessly applied the leadership, communication, and View Details

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Dusty Register

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? Skillset and network diversification after having worked in a relatively narrow career field for the past four years. I was hungry for a new challenge, especially one that would open... View Details

Keywords: CPG

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

Kennedy’s youthful vigor overshadowed Richard Nixon’s flat pallor on American screens. Debates help candidates reach millions of voters in a single event, so candidates often prepare rigorously, hoping to gain an edge with undecided voters. And major TV View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

24 Feb 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Integrated Reporting and Investor Clientele

Keywords: by George Serafeim; Accounting

05 Oct 2016
HBS Seminar

Linus Dahlander, European School of Management and Technology (ESMT)

03 Jun 2020
Blog Post

How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

on my progress? Who are the key stakeholders for this project? What are the important milestones to hit and by when? If we are working in different time zones, when would you like me to be online? Does your company have recommended resources/best practices on remote... View Details

10 Nov 2015
Blog Post

Using an MBA for a Career Change

certainly a starting place. It takes more than just an MBA to change careers. It takes patience, humility, perseverance, and asking for help. But having friends and professors at HBS give you advice, having the alumni network to tap... View Details

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details

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