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Interactive Messaging Unit (IMU), the online industry's catalyst for going "beyond the banner" and standardizing new ad formats that dramatically enhanced both the user experience and ad performance. His influence in this evolution earned... View Details

16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

new distribution called the tilted-Gompertz distribution. This model can capture the wide range of skewed diffusions commonly found in practice—diffusions of innovations described as having “extra-Bass” skew. Second, its parameters can be... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Profiles - MBA

J.P. Morgan's new sustainable investing growth fund, focused on startups with Climate Tech. The simultaneous exposure to daily calls with founders and formal investment committee meetings painted a holistic picture of the entrepreneurial... View Details

07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign operations—the so-called "end to tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Jul 2023
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Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

pricing for the poorest of the poor. By selling branded therapies alongside generics, Gilead could reach the billions of people who live at what Rangan calls the “base” of the economic pyramid. “These markets are not easy, and reaching... View Details

Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health

09 Nov 2023
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From the Brink

about an opening at the Treasury Department from the HBS Career and Professional Development Office, he became a senior policy advisor for state and local government finance. At Treasury, Chepenik earned a reputation as not only a... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Mar 2024
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Unlocking the Power of Community

at work “underneath the hood,” Fung says about the underlying technologies, protocols, and infrastructure that enable the Watch to Earn experience. “But understanding that is not a prerequisite to engaging with it.” Bleacher Report used... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

companies and is adjacent to the Harvard i-lab and Launch Lab. The first floor consists of 50 coworking spaces designed to be family friendly with a fully stocked kitchen, office supply center, conference rooms, lockers, filing cabinets,... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

others who earn a higher pay rate. Our results suggest that low pay rates are, in and of themselves, unlikely to promote dishonesty. Instead, it is the salience of upward social comparisons that encourages the poorly compensated to cheat.... View Details

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

data start-ups on the other—offering data-intensive, analytics-based services that could connect to any industrial device. So GE launched a multibillion-dollar initiative focused on what it calls the industrial internet: adding digital... View Details

22 Nov 2023
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So You Want to Join a Startup

portfolio of one stock, which in effect is what working for a company is, right? If you're working full time for a company, you're holding a portfolio of one stock. And if someone calls you up and says, Hey, why don't you sell that stock... View Details

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

the best in others by applying and adapting your leadership style and managing the conditions that drive team performance. 6 weeks 7-9 hours per week 4 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of... View Details

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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education

project rooms, conference and event spaces, and a cafeteria for Executive Education participants. In addition, the building includes a very large TV used to show sport games, graduation, events, and more. For whom is the Chao Center... View Details

23 May 2019
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Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1971 Born, Hong Kong 1986 Enrolls in Milton Academy as boarding student 1993 Earns AB, Economics, Harvard College 1993 Joins McKinsey & Co., Business Analyst 1997 View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 May 2018
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Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

to lose money if they grant price discounts in-store to inquiring customers—although some will do so to appease an angry customer or through a sense of fairness. In some cases, however, self-matching is the best strategy to earn higher... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30

relating to the agricultural assets, which create frictions such that market value and book value do not converge despite the application of fair value for the majority of the firm's assets. The case also highlights how fair value accounting affects key valuation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2024
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Counter Intelligence

a drink subscription service called Club Pret. The program, which costs $40 a month in the United States for up to five barista-prepared drinks a day, and additional discounts, has proven popular with Pret’s traditional customers and... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53161 forthcoming European Accounting Review The Role of Overbilling in Hospitals' Earnings Management Decisions By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—This paper examines the role of overbilling in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Aug 2024
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HBS Lingo 101

cold calls a student to open up the case. Students never know which day or class they will be cold-called in! This has become such a cornerstone of the HBS experience that there is now a Cold Call Podcast.... View Details

23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1962 Born, Port Arthur, Texas 1984 Earns AB, Economics, Harvard University 1984 Joins Booz Allen Hamilton, Consultant 1987 Earns MBA 1987 Joins Morgan... View Details