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  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

New Face at Facebook

Sandberg (MBA ’95), “one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent women executives, with a powerhouse résumé that includes a stint as chief of staff at the U.S. Treasury Department during the Clinton administration.” As vice president for global View Details
Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • April 2019 (Revised June 2019)
  • Case

Western Governors University: 10x Vision

By: William R. Kerr and Susie L. Ma
Western Governors University (WGU) was a nonprofit institution of higher education whose online learning model served more than 100,000 students in 2019 and was scaling rapidly. President Scott Pulsipher wanted to expand WGU’s reach to millions more with a plan called... View Details
Keywords: Online Education; Enrollment; Scaling; Higher Education; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; United States
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  • 08 Jun 2021
  • News

New Funding for Female Founders

Jessica Assaf (MBA 2016), Andy Coravos (MBA 2017), and Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014) There’s been a wealth of good news for alumnae entrepreneurs in recent weeks, with founders Jessica Assaf (MBA 2016), Andy Coravos (MBA 2017), and Amrita... View Details
Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 01 Jun 1996
  • News

New Initiatives in MBA Recruiting

In a three-pronged effort focusing on technology, summer recruiting activities, and fall interviewing, MBA Career Services is launching new services to support MBA students and recruiters in the job search process. Technology Enhances... View Details
  • 12 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

talent, they will need to bridge these three gaps. The good news is that the growing assortment of online courses, social and interactive platforms, and learning tools from both traditional institutions and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Blog

HBS Online and Executive Education Leadership: Q+A with Patrick Mullane and Luis Viceira

This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business School—Newsroom. Can you tell us a bit about the new role and what it means organizationally for HBS Online and Executive Education? Patrick Mullane... View Details

    Design-Based Confidence Sequences: A General Approach to Risk Mitigation in Online Experimentation.

    Randomized experiments have become the standard method for companies to evaluate the performance of new products or services. In addition to augmenting managers' decision-making, experimentation mitigates risk by limiting the proportion of customers exposed to... View Details
    • 14 Feb 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research: February 14

    the scientists themselves. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52220 January 2017 American Economic Review Are Online and Offline Prices Similar? Evidence from Large Multi-Channel Retailers By: Cavallo,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 21 Mar 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research, March 21

    largely emphasizes the collective benefits of market creation and overlooks the costs borne by individual evangelists. Through an inductive multiple-case study of five startup competitors, we traced firms’ efforts to stake out a new View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 04 Sep 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54036 August 23, 2018 NEJM Catalyst Using a New EHR System to Increase Patient Engagement, Improve Efficiency, and Decrease Cost By: French, Katy, Barbra Bryce Speer, Alexis B. Guzman, Tayab... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • September–October 2017
    • Article

    The Surprising Power of Online Experiments: Getting the Most Out of A/B and Other Controlled Tests

    By: Ron Kohavi and Stefan Thomke
    In the fast-moving digital world, even experts have a hard time assessing new ideas. Case in point: At Bing, a small headline change an employee proposed was deemed a low priority and shelved for months until one engineer decided to do a quick online controlled... View Details
    Keywords: Experiments; A/B Testing; Research; Consumer Behavior
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    • 10 Sep 2019
    • News

    Small-business owners have no fear of a US recession, according to one online lender

    • 10 Jul 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

    of companies that are helping create the conditions for the industry’s growth by amassing knowledge about best practices, influencing the development of regulations, exploring new uses for drones, developing a professional workforce, and... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • Web

    Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

    Health helps doctors select the healthiest embryo(s) for assisted reproductive therapy. Darza Yazan Halwani, MBA 2020 Business Track Runner-Up DARZA is a new e-commerce fashion brand that provides the best View Details
    • Web

    Resources for New Alumni - Alumni

    Careers Resources for New Alumni Careers Resources for New Alumni Career & Professional Development (CPD) continues to offer a breadth of support for your career development as an HBS alumnus, whether you... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2005
    • News

    New Magazine Makes Its Mark

    Phillips and Nelson: Book reviews are their business. Courtesy Allison Nelson and Jon Phillips Three years after launching Bookmarks magazine, a bimonthly guide to new books, Allison Nelson and Jon Phillips (both MBA ’95) are still... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; Bookmarks; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
    • 22 Jan 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

    Platforms Thrive and Others Don’t By: Zhu, Feng, and Marco Iansiti Abstract— In the digital economy, scale is no guarantee of continued success. After all, the same factors that help an online platform expand quickly—such as the low cost... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 19 Dec 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

    working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53636 Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Using the farm tractor as a case study, I show that... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 12 Dec 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

    2017 New York: Scribner Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times By: Koehn, Nancy F. Abstract—An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights that will be of interest to a wide... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy Drive Shareholder Value

      This case analyzes the creation, loss, and attempted re-creation of competitive advantage. At one time, Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most successful specialty retailers in the United States-it's growth and profit margins far exceeded rates at peer... View Details