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  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

some estimates, with players such as Bumble, Tinder, and OKCupid vying to help people find love. While McFowland is not a dating expert, his work in machine learning and social sciences examines the efficacy of how people interact in... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • Forthcoming
  • Article

An AI Method to Score Celebrity Visual Potential from Human Faces

By: Flora Feng, Shunyuan Zhang, Xiao Liu, Kannan Srinivasan and Cait Lamberton
It has long been a mantra of marketing practice that, particularly in low-involvement situations, spokespeople should be physically attractive. This paper suggests there is a higher probability of gaining fame and influence (i.e., celebrity potential) than is captured... View Details
Keywords: Personal Characteristics; AI and Machine Learning; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing
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  • 14 Jan 2021
  • News

Intel’s ‘Chief Geek,’ Pat Gelsinger, Returns as CEO

  • 2023
  • Book

Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

By: Amy Edmondson
A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering researcher of psychological safety and award-winning Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson.

We used to think of failure as the opposite of success. Now,... View Details
Keywords: Failure; Success
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  • 09 May 2016
  • Blog Post

What Is the Difference between RC and EC Year?

EC and RC year are like two siblings: widely different in personalities but they happen to live under the same roof.  I've polled my classmates on which year is their favorite, and the results are divided with no clear winner.  You'll... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 1, 2015

2015 Modern China Studies Free at Last, Now What: The Soviet and Chinese Attempts to Offer a Roadmap for the Post-Colonial World By: Friedman, Jeremy Abstract—This article seeks to understand the motivations behind the People's Republic of China's attempt to present an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

and losses that were told over time were quite powerful and captured both the themes Singer and Hackett expected and new learnings about personal and professional growth. The Lived Experience The most... View Details
  • June 2021
  • Case

Bozoma Saint John: Leading with Authenticity and Urgency

By: Francesca Gino and Frances X. Frei
In this multimedia case, Bozoma Saint John recounts numerous defining moments from her childhood and work experiences. We learn what empowered and inspired her to be her authentic self, to be vulnerable and open to new experiences, to find commonality with others, to... View Details
Keywords: Biases; Personal Development and Career; Identity; Interests; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Opportunities; Leadership Style; Diversity
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  • 14 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

What do Porsche fanatics, a video game hater, and a person who cooked two weeks' worth of meals in a rice cooker have in common? They are all "extreme consumers"—those whose tastes are so out there that mainstream market researchers tend... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • July 2023
  • Case

DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome (Abridged)

By: Ayelet Israeli
DayTwo is a young Israeli startup that applies research on the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations to its users in order to minimize blood sugar spikes after meals. After a first year of trial rollout in... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; AI and Machine Learning; Nutrition; Market Entry and Exit; Product Marketing; Distribution Channels
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  • 14 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association

The Jewish Student Association (JSA) serves as a resource to develop, inform, support, and enrich Harvard Business School’s Jewish students and those interested in learning more about the Jewish faith and heritage. Open to the full gamut... View Details
  • 19 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

economy, it's getting more essential that global executives learn their way around Chinese cultural customs in order to be successful in that country. While every country has its version of the "old boys network" that defines... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 07 Oct 2022
  • News

A Case for Greater Representation: A Q+A with Eric Calderon (MBA 2013) on Harvard Business School Admissions’ Use of “Latinos and the MBA Option”

  • 15 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

in the School's Business History Group to reflect on Chandler's legacy and to share personal memories. To listen to this interview with professor Richard Tedlow, click on the triangular play button below. The Macromedia Flash plug-in is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

enterprise. Little did I know just how valuable the HBS network would be — not only for my startup, but for my personal and professional growth. From day 1, I fell in love with the case study method. Although HBS’s faculty is incredible,... View Details
  • 18 Sep 2017
  • Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

TV, but was amplified by exposure on YouTube and other social media. Click to watch. As marketers have experimented, what have they learned about what works on social? We sat down with four marketing experts on the Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology
  • January 2013 (Revised August 2013)
  • Case

Family Matters at ProLab

By: Noam Wasserman and Yael Braid
Hillary Mallow, founder-CEO of ProLab, learns that her health-services company is two months shy of bankruptcy. She needs to act—immediately—but isn't sure where to begin. Prolab's client list and geographic presence have grown steadily over the years, so the recent... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Health Industry
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  • 17 Oct 2016
  • News

How to Hire with Algorithms

  • 2019
  • Chapter

Problem, Person, and Pathway: A Framework for Social Innovators

By: Julie Battilana, Brittany Butler, Marissa Kimsey, Johanna Mair, Christopher Marquis and Christian Seelos
As the appetite for learning about social innovation intensifies, how can we better prepare practitioners for the work of addressing the world’s pressing social problems at the relevant scale? This chapter presents the “3P” framework that we developed to help address... View Details
Keywords: Social Innovation; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Issues; Change; Problems and Challenges
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  • 25 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

who met to discuss the topic “How to Build a Successful Life.” We recognize that success can be defined in many different ways, and wanted to hear from successful female leaders about how they created their own professional and personal... View Details