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- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
the older worker is shown to the door," said Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr, who recently cowrote a working paper called Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms with Sari Pekkala Kerr of... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project
Competitiveness home page HBS Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness The Path to Economic Revival Made in America — Making Their Way How Boeing Competes — James McNerney Jr. Today Dean Nitin Nohria announced the launch of the US... View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
Service Quality, Inventory and Competition: An Empirical Analysis of Mobile Money Agents in Africa
By: Karthik Balasubramanian and David F. Drake
The use of electronic money transfer through cellular networks ("mobile money") is rapidly increasing in the developing world. The resulting electronic currency ecosystem could improve the lives of the estimated 2 billion people who live on less than $2 a day by... View Details
Keywords: Operations Strategy; Base Of The Pyramid; Mobile Money; Inventory Management; Competition; Currency; Service Operations; Mobile and Wireless Technology
Balasubramanian, Karthik, and David F. Drake. "Service Quality, Inventory and Competition: An Empirical Analysis of Mobile Money Agents in Africa." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-059, January 2015. (Revised October 2015.)
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
developing countries. As a result, they must rely on the customer-pull approach: finding ways to solve customers' dilemmas without relying on novel science. Many multinationals entering developing countries pay lip service to serving... View Details
- Web
Connecting Remotely to WRDS on Windows - Research Computing Services
information you use to log in on the WRDS website) on hand Know whether your machine is 64bit or 32-bit. You can check by typing “Control Panel” in the Start menu. From there, go to “System and Security”, and then click “System”. The... View Details
- February 2018
- Teaching Note
Still Leading Series—Issues in Transitioning to New Forms of Service Later in Life
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Rakesh Khurana, James Honan and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
The Still Leading case series includes an introductory note, “Still Leading (A): Issues in Transitioning to New Forms of Service Later in Life” and 10 supplementary cases that cover the transition of highly accomplished and prolific leaders (Hon. Robert McDonald, Hon.... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem
RELATED LINKS Survey results Survey methodology Watch Porter discuss the survey findings More US Competitiveness Surveys RELATED LINKS Survey results Survey methodology Watch Porter discuss the survey findings More View Details
- 06 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Using What We Know: Turning Organizational Knowledge into Team Performance
- Web
Machine Learning frameworks (Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, OpenCV) - Research Computing Services
v1.19 scipy 1.5 pandas v1.1 scikitlearn v0.23 matplotlib v3.3 the Spyder IDE v4.1 The AI environment can be loaded using the following command in your terminal window: module load AI/python.3.7.7 To learn more about software modules on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
BRAILER: Aiming to give every American an electronic health-care record by 2014. American health-care providers may use the best technology in the world, but when it comes to patient records, the system is an inefficient maze responsible... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
How to Scale a Startup Marketplace for Used Furniture
- Web
IT Strategy: Improving Service to Support Innovation | Information Technology
faster, more efficient service from IT, and a more consistent, stable, modern experience using HBS-provided computers.” The work performed in this initiative has given TSS the tools and resources necessary... View Details
- 2016
- Book
Innovation Equity: Assessing and Managing the Monetary Value of New Products and Services
By: Elie Ofek, Eitan Muller and Barak Libai
This book bridges the gap between what academics know, and what innovation stakeholders—from managers, to investors, to analysts, to consumers—need to know about how new products and services are expected to perform in the marketplace. The book develops a compelling... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Technology Diffusion; New Products; Customer Lifetime Value; Monetization Strategy; Social Influence; Innovation Adoption; Forecasting Demand; Commercialization; Marketing Strategy; Practice; Customer Value and Value Chain; Research; Innovation and Management; Technology Adoption; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Development
Ofek, Elie, Eitan Muller, and Barak Libai. Innovation Equity: Assessing and Managing the Monetary Value of New Products and Services. University of Chicago Press, 2016.
- April 2012
- Case
Credit Rating Agency Reform in the US and EU
By: Robert C. Pozen and Brian Conroy
The purpose of this note is to explore reform options for the credit rating industry. The note examines the ways in which credit rating agencies contributed to the recent financial crisis, particularly through ratings of securitized products and sovereign debt. It... View Details
Keywords: Debt Securities; Financial Condition; Standards; Financial Crisis; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry; United States; European Union
Pozen, Robert C., and Brian Conroy. "Credit Rating Agency Reform in the US and EU." Harvard Business School Case 312-127, April 2012.
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Changing Permissions on the HBSGrid - Research Computing Services
same two options to add 'read' and 'write' to the group members. researchgrid$ chmod g+rw *.pdf ‘rw’ for group is 5 (4+1) researchgrid$ chmod 750 *.pdf The result would look like this: researchgrid$ ls -la -rwxrwx--- 1 jharvard rcs_project_generic 241215 Jul 30 2015... View Details
- August 2020
- Background Note
US Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Holly Fetter
This Note has two parts. The first part (A) explores how U.S. private equity firms are incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) factors and impact objectives into their investment strategies and firm practices. It is based on publicly available... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Financial Services Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Holly Fetter. "U.S. Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (A)." Harvard Business School Background Note 321-036, August 2020.
- January 19, 2024
- Article
Value-Based Health Care Can Transform the Treatment of Patients with Substance Use Disorder
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Sarah E. Wakeman
U.S. overdose deaths currently exceed 100,000 per year. New facilities, known as bridge clinics, are broadening access to high-quality care by offering outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) treatment with few access barriers. But many of the critical services offered... View Details
Kaplan, Robert S., and Sarah E. Wakeman. "Value-Based Health Care Can Transform the Treatment of Patients with Substance Use Disorder." Health Affairs Forefront (January 19, 2024).
- 01 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US
Cyril Straughn-Turner (MBA 2022) sat in his office with a view of the Dallas skyline behind him and a smile on his face that conveyed something very clear – he loves his job. Landing that seat in the Invesco US office was an exercise in... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
armed forces. Many served in combat. They are proud to share this deeply personal aspect of their lives with you. Dante Branch | Surface Warfare Officer School US Navy ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia Beach,... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively
possible. “Most organizations today use data analytics to optimize or improve their existing businesses. But to take full advantage of data analytics, it will be important for them to consider the following two strategic questions: 1) Can... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman