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Stata Temporary Files and Stata Tmp - Research Computing Services

usage. 2. Prefix all Stata job submissions (default wrapper submissions or custom submissions) with the Bash directive that changes the Stata temporary file location for that one job / application launch . Here are a few examples:... View Details

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For Alumni - Entrepreneurship

specifically for HBS alumni. These Advisors are a highly curated group of exceptional, experienced entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world. Harvard Launch Lab X GEO Launch Lab X GEO is a global innovation accelerator View Details

28 Nov 2018
HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

Target was awash in customer data from these online sales, but to make sense of it, the company needed to bring in the right people. Paritosh Desai joined Target in August 2013 as vice president of business intelligence, analytics, and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

30 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

with thoughtful design, AI language models could help reduce biases in portals specifically and in health care generally. Such technology could reduce inequities by eliminating language nuances that may cause triage nurses to prioritize... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

adoption of value-based health care remains a challenge. This case study focuses on the care delivery transformation undertaken within an academic medical center, with a specific focus on novel payment structures (e.g., bundle payments),... View Details

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FAQ - Alumni

counted in that year’s giving totals and listed in HBS's annual Report on Giving . For questions about an existing pledge or to customize your pledge fulfillment schedule, please contact HBS Gift Management at gifts@hbs.edu or... View Details

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Bloomberg: corporate bonds

How do I look up and analyze corporate bonds in Bloomberg? To locate corporate bonds: Use Custom Bond Search Type SRCH then hit [GO] Fill in the relevant search boxes and click on Search for a customized... View Details

03 May 2016
First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

and Television Audience Measurement Markets By: Greene, Hillary, and Dennis Yao Abstract—This paper explores how firms within the audience measurement industry, specifically its radio and television markets, have navigated myriad market... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2023
What Do You Think?

How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?

centered on ideas that individuals with specific knowledge and skills can come up with on their own working remotely? Regardless of inevitable improvements in technology that will facilitate collaboration from afar, will this be the same... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

and/or specific companies or functions. Stay current Address concerns up front about your ability to stay current in both technology and in industry trends and developments. Your up-to-date knowledge and skills not only assure potential... View Details

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

nation developed organized sales forces to the same degree as the United States by the early twentieth century. For the average salesman, used to traveling more or less on his own (and at that time, almost all were male), this meant a number of changes. Now his routes... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

27 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

many types of innovation for the firms that experience them.” There’s also a second, less studied wave of damage, as competitors ramp up product development efforts to snap up displaced customers and solidify market share gains. This... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies

17 Apr 2022
Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

ethical practice is the best compass, she advises. “The world is changing around businesses,” Nelson says. “There is more pressure to make profits, and at the same time to respond to environmental, social, and governance issues.” And, she says, good workplace and View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

18 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

implications of such two-sided competition on the actions and source of profits of media firms. One main conclusion we reach is that media firms may charge higher content prices in a duopoly than in a monopoly. This happens because competition for advertisers can... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Nov 2019
News

The Ritual Effect

savoring a meal to coping with grief, his research shows that rituals produce a truly astonishing array of psychological and emotional responses that are specific to—and often specifically helpful... View Details

Keywords: rituals

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

particular field your venture intends to address, you may need a cofounder with domain specific expertise. Having domain expertise will not only inform the product strategy, but will also help the venture gain credibility in the market... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

within an academic medical center, with a specific focus on novel payment structures (e.g., bundle payments), integrated practice units (IPUs), and outcomes measurement. Insight into time-driven activity-based costing, or TDABC, and the... View Details

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

strove to create a brand that symbolized style and elegance, he got his first order by smashing a bottle of his perfume on the floor of a prominent Parisian department store, in a successful gambit to get customers to smell it. He created... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

01 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bundle?

Nintendo, this gives the company a way to separate out segments of consumers—we call this dynamic customer segmentation." Some consumers don't care much about the specific game and will go for the bundle,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

survival for patients with chronic or acute liver failure HeroesNow Jennifer Wilhelmi Rivka Spivak Valerie Valtz Allison Tepley Jamyn Edis Business Track Runner-Up HeroesNow is your personal concierge online, linking customers who have a... View Details

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