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- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
several concrete managerial prescriptions for the selection problem based on this trade-off. Finally, we demonstrate the value of our framework in a case study that considers air traffic management. Ethnic Innovation and U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
August, Starbucks Wi-Fi traffic has jumped 450 percent, Hostin said, with most usage in the afternoon and evening. Another benefit: Wi-Fi users stay in the store longer than the non-connected customer, although some people sit in their... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
weak." A conference attendee from Seattle noted that bus fares in his city are higher during rush hour than at any other time—which, he said, only discourages him from taking the bus to work. Another panelist noted that while public trains are important to any... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
are already encouraging us to share private information automatically. For example, if you are using Google Maps on your iPhone, you are most likely sending information to Google about your location and speed—data the company aggregates to present us with up-to-date... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 28 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
It Takes a Village: Global Field Courses at Harvard Business School
kind, and generous with their time and expertise. Every part of this course will be a fantastic way for students to learn and engage firsthand,” she said. “We saw and learned the traffic patterns influenced by cars, cows, and pedestrians... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
AI. “Think about a world of the future where every traffic light, every car, every street light is connected and they all speak to one another.” These trends all complement and accelerate one another, Menard says, and that bigger picture... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
transactions in the market for ideas. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-019.pdf Crowdsourcing Peer Firms: Evidence from EDGAR Search Traffic By: Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
center dispatched paramedics within ten minutes despite traffic congestion and unpredictable call patterns. Another example of scouring the globe for good ideas and adapting those ideas for its target market comes from Natura, a leading... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
reach the Internet and request in-car traffic updates, news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, stock quotes, and e-mail." On the face of it, OnStar has huge potential. There is no denying the popularity of cell phones and... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
Yoshito Hori: There were two things I thought about when this started: First, let's bring back the people and the traffic that has been lost in downtown Mito. The second was to create a more vibrant city, with more startups and more... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
Evidence from EDGAR Search Traffic Authors:Charles M.C. Lee, Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract Using Internet traffic patterns from the Securities and Exchange Commission Electronic Data-Gathering,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
For Guests | Commencement 2025
the quickest and easiest way for guests to get back and forth from Harvard Yard. Shuttle buses will be running, but heavy traffic and large crowds on Commencement Day can affect the shuttle schedule. See the Shuttle Tracker for detailed... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
seven years old and did not speak a word of English. Her father, a pilot, often took the family on weekend adventures to locations that were accessible only by air, landing a single prop plane on roads while vehicle traffic waited for... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
upgrade the nation's air traffic control system. Kanter acknowledged that the projects needed to address the country's infrastructure issues are not small, but noted that the US has a long history of taking on big national purpose... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Scheper-Hughes, Nancy. 2000. "The Global Traffic in Human... View Details
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
returns, and Kohl’s saw the fact that this would bring a lot of traffic to their stores as a positive effect, particularly younger people who would not otherwise go into the store. For Kohl’s, this is a way of remaining relevant. Avery: I... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
click-through rates for non-paid algorithmic links and an 85% increase in click-through rates for paid advertising listings of competing online travel agencies. Moreover, the exclusive integration of search engine services into search results disproportionately... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
itself and its governmental connections need attention, including the desire for NextGen air traffic control and revisiting Open Skies agreements. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
and downtown Beijing, and during the trip we saw maybe one other car every five minutes or so.” Fast-forward 37 years, and that same roadway is 10-lanes wide and jammed with traffic from 7:00 in the morning until 9:00 at night. During... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
Mirage. Le Cirque and MGM's business models complement one another: MGM makes important capital investments in theaters tailored to CdS's shows that are located in the middle of MGM casinos; CdS acts as a magnet for traffic for an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace