Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (6,038) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (6,038) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 142 of 6,038 Results →
  • July–August 2023
  • Article

Demand Learning and Pricing for Varying Assortments

By: Kris Ferreira and Emily Mower
Problem Definition: We consider the problem of demand learning and pricing for retailers who offer assortments of substitutable products that change frequently, e.g., due to limited inventory, perishable or time-sensitive products, or the retailer’s desire to... View Details
Keywords: Experiments; Pricing And Revenue Management; Retailing; Demand Estimation; Pricing Algorithm; Marketing; Price; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods
Related
  • June 2021
  • Case

Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization and digital connectivity, those who lived in far-remote villages or impoverished urban areas could not... View Details
Keywords: Agility; Ecosystem; Innovation Ecosystems; Innovation; Crowdsourcing; XPRIZE; Open Innovation; Partnership; Government; Collaboration; Co-creation; Purpose; Impact; Social Impact; Movement; Organizational Behavior; Organizational Ambidexterity; Ambidexterity; Culture; Culture Change; Global Teams; Experimentation; Space; Space Industry; Airline Industry; Start-up; Platform Business; Platform Strategy; Platform; Digital; Robotics; Robots; Avatar; Telepresence; Innovation Lab; Mobility; COVID-19; Intrapreneurship; Public-private Partnership; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Partners and Partnerships; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Alignment; Leadership; Leading Change; Diversity; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Transportation Industry; Aerospace Industry; Japan
Related
  • September 2017 (Revised February 2018)
  • Case

Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy

By: Mark R. Kramer and Sarah Mehta
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was a medical technology firm headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with 43,000 employees and 2016 revenues of $12.5 billion. For several years, the company had pursued developing products that created shared value, defined as... View Details
Keywords: Shared Value; Creating Shared Value; Odon Device; Medical Technology; Value Creation; Values and Beliefs; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Emerging Markets; Social Issues; Competitive Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Africa; Asia; Middle East
Related
  • July 2015
  • Case

Uncharted Play (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Ali Huberlie
The case recounts the process of launching an early stage venture, from idea conception through initial efforts to validate the concept, followed by product launch, and fund raising. It emphasizes the Customer Value Proposition of the business model, and asks – Who is... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage; Female Protagonist; Value Proposition; Team Building; Founders' Agreements; Start-up; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Business Startups; Sports; United States; North America; Nigeria; Africa
Related
  • Web

Recruiting Partners - Health Care

Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers University of Pennsylvania Health System V Vecna Technologies Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. Visiting Nurse Service of NY Vizient W Wellcare Health Plans, Inc. Withings - Digital Health Z Zimmer Inc. Ziqitza Healthcare, Ltd. # 10X... View Details
  • Web

Electricity - Business & Environment

from “ Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5° C ,” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2018, accessed October 8, 2019. “ Electricity Generation Sector Summary ,” Project Drawdown, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019. View Details
  • Research Summary

Political Economy and Effects of Gun Policy

In two projects with Mike Luca and Deepak Malhotra, I examine the causes and consequences of gun policy.

 

The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy

There have been dozens of high-profile mass shootings in... View Details

Keywords: Gun Policy; Firearms; Political Economy; United States
  • February 2024
  • Supplement

Dena Almansoori at e&: Fostering Culture Change at a UAE Telco Transforming to a Global Techco

By: Emily Truelove, Michelle Zhang and Alpana Thapar
Dena Almansoori, the first female and one of the youngest members of the United Arab Emirates-based e&’s leadership team, joined in 2020 just before e& began a strategic transition from being a regional telecommunications company to becoming a global technology... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Telecommunications; Employee Mobility; Leading Change; Human Resources; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Change Management; Employee Relationship Management; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry; Middle East; United Arab Emirates
Related
  • 2012
  • Chapter

Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM

By: Timothy F. Bresnahan, Shane Greenstein and Rebecca M. Henderson
We address a longstanding question about the causes of creative destruction. Dominant incumbent firms, long successful in an existing technology, are often much less successful in new technological eras. This is puzzling, since a cursory analysis would suggest that... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Opportunities; Competition; Information Technology; Innovation and Management; Organizations; Relationships; Information Technology Industry
Related
  • Web

Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

Letian (LT) Zhang is an assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. He teaches in the MBA required curriculum. He is a sociologist studying organizations and labor markets. His current research focuses on two... View Details
  • Web

MBA Program at Harvard Business School - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School Alumni Business & Environment Executive Education MBA Recruiting Rock Center: Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Initiative HBS Working Knoweldge More HBS Twitter: Alumni Business & Environment Executive Education... View Details
  • 14 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022

it means to be a partner: being each other’s pillar of support during times of stress, choosing to be in love after the initial infatuation has faded away, and actively working to grow together versus growing apart. Perhaps the most... View Details
  • 22 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022

AT HBS Sustainability is a core value at HBS, and we endeavor to build a healthier, more sustainable, and inclusive community. We know that environmental sustainability is of growing interest to our student community and teamed up with the HBS Sustainability Group... View Details
  • 23 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

that minor emotion induction, the anxious negotiators made lower initial offers and bartered less favorable prices than the neutral participants. Anxious buyers, for example, ended up with a $6.60 final profit versus $7.94 for those who... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 03 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Box Office Power of Stars

such, from the perspective of the trader, the market works much like any other stock exchange. Movies have an initial public offering once the project first takes shape, and traders can buy, sell, cover, and short stocks just as they can... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video
  • Web

Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

initiated by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1918 to provide economic studies and assist the formation of cooperatives. Matney regularly corresponded with Du Bois and in 1930 wrote the significant article "Exploitation or Co-operation" for The Crisis... View Details
  • Web

A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

frank. “It’s been a wild ride. I’ve learned so much, both about myself and... Starting a For Profit Social Enterprise at HBS Philip Blackett 2016 INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or... View Details
  • Profile

Molly Welch

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I worked for several years at Google in marketing and public policy roles, first related to corporate social responsibility initiatives and subsequently to emerging technologies. In my... View Details
  • 29 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

issue of responsibility to the community and who you are as a person.” Written in 1458 in Italy by trade merchant Benedetto Cotrugli, The Book of the Art of Trade recently received its first English translation. Baker Library at HBS and the HBS Business History View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 25 Jul 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

1980s, when the companies he studied scrambled to boost quality in response to the competitive threat posed by Japan. “In many of the cases [companies] employed experts in improving quality,” Beer says. “These experts ran vast amounts of training View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education