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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Pet Project
Spies says. The team has spent years optimizing the business for best-in-class DTC subscription metrics. The company enjoys retention rates of 95 percent or more, where competitors sit at the 50 to 60 percent mark. But in order to grow... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17
world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts, where India is the largest country in terms of contract volume. We use an ethnic name procedure to identify ethnic Indian users of oDesk in other countries around the world. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
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
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HBR Classics - Alumni
thinking and practice. As an exclusive benefit for HBS alumni, 77 of these HBR Classics are now available for free downloading. Please browse the collection below; login is required. Just click on a title to read online or download the... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
other's participation on board the same platform in order to generate any economic value. In traditional one-sided markets, firms serve different types of customers, but they lack the interdependency: For instance, hair salons can choose... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Venture Competition Runner-Up, Business Track: Sanso Sanso is helping drug manufacturers produce life-saving biologics more efficiently, in order to deliver cheaper drugs to patients worldwide. Team: Narek Dshkhunyan, MBA 2024; Daniel... View Details
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
your online profiles, so that your public persona reflects your personal experiences. Keeping your resume current allows you to remain relevant, regardless of where you are in your life and career path. Returning to Work If you’re coming... View Details
- 24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211036-PDF-ENG Airbnb Joseph B. Lassiter III, and Evan W. RichardsonHarvard Business School Case 812-046 Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, the three founders of Airbnb, an online... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
completed together in any order to earn a comprehensive certificate. Business in Society Courses at HBS Online Discover how to align purpose with profit and develop the skills to help your business address... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
From Chalkboards to Chatbots
Artwork/animation by Greg Meeson/hitandrunmedia.com; shutterstock.com Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace, becoming an integral part of how we live, work, and interact. It is therefore critical for current and... View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
competing against nonconsumption, Sony set a very low technical hurdle for itself: The product just had to be better than nothing in order to find delighted consumers. The second type of disruptive innovation takes root among an... View Details
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CEO Leadership - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
how quickly you understand, accept, and confront the seven surprises will have a lot to do with your success or failure as a CEO. Read longer article excerpts and discussion at HBS Working Knowledge: (1) and (2) . Listen to Jay Lorsch discuss the article on NPR’s... View Details
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
reduction to less than full-time, termination, change in employment location to outside of Africa, or change in employer. Application Process for Joiners To be considered for the GO Fellowship, you must complete and submit the online... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
accuracy of daily sales forecasts. We collaborated with an online apparel retailer to assemble a dataset that combines (1) detailed internal operational information, including data on sales, advertising, and promotions, as well as (2)... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
conscience into a professional field. Order article at Harvard Business Online This article is also available in the book On Competition . Feb 2002 Center for Effective Philanthropy Foundation Performance... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
distribution model by providing a digital platform where shop owners can order fast-moving consumer goods online or by phone from local wholesalers who combine their orders... View Details
- 19 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?
compare to one another. "We can only say [that] Wikipedia is more left," says Zhu. "We can't say which is reflecting true reality." What's more, much of Wikipedia's bias seems to be due to the longer article length of the online... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
displays) at the fiscal year-end. Firms also engage in similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. Furthermore, our results confirm managers' stated willingness to sacrifice long-term value in order to smooth... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf
so rapidly over the past 18 months of being home-bound by the pandemic that many of the world’s pressing plants are backed up with orders until 2023. The Harvard Gazette spoke with Caren Kelleher, a 2010 Harvard Business School graduate... View Details
- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
extract maximum value from technologies such as point-of-sale scanners and customer loyalty cards. Highly readable and compelling, The New Science of Retailing is your playbook for turning all that data into a wellspring for new profits and unprecedented efficiency.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace