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- 18 Jun 2013
- News
Why Girls Get Better Discounts On Car Repairs
Jaxon Wu
Jaxon Wu earned his Bachelor of Arts with Honors from Johns Hopkins University where he studied History of Science, Medicine, and Technology and Mathematics. In college, Jaxon worked at both the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins... View Details
- 21 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity
their full promise. And that’s a key piece of information to have as companies consider investing what consulting firm Accenture estimates will be $35 trillion into cognitive technologies in the United States by 2035. Just adding AI tools... View Details
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Harvard Business School Online Courses & Learning Platforms
determine which HBS Online entrepreneurship and innovation course best aligns with your career level and experience, learning objectives, and educational goals. Access Your Free Flowchart Need More Information? If you're thinking about how to prepare for the next stage... View Details
- February 1997 (Revised September 1998)
- Case
American Management Systems, Inc.: The Knowledge Centers
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Sylvia Sensiper
Senior management at AMS, a business and information technology consulting company, is growing at 28% annually and assimilating 1,800 new hires a year. AMS has recently instituted a new knowledge management strategy, a group of six knowledge centers (virtual... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Consulting Industry; United States
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Sylvia Sensiper. "American Management Systems, Inc.: The Knowledge Centers." Harvard Business School Case 697-068, February 1997. (Revised September 1998.)
- Research Summary
New Technologies and the Future of Food and Nutrition
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Ray A. Goldberg has been investigating the impact of new technologies
on, and the functioning of, the global agribusiness system in the
twenty-first century. He is currently developing a seminar to bring
scientists, business leaders, academics, and consumer... View Details
- December 2017 (Revised January 2020)
- Supplement
The Campbell Home (C)
By: Leslie K. John and Matthew G. Preble
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while navigating their... View Details
Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while navigating their... View Details
John, Leslie K., and Matthew G. Preble. "The Campbell Home (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 918-019, December 2017. (Revised January 2020.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- March 1997
- Background Note
Asymmetric Information: Market Failures, Market Distortions, and Market Solutions
Presents a conceptual framework for thinking about markets characterized by asymmetric information. Presents the standard economic analysis of "the lemons problem," and demonstrates how asymmetric information may lead to market inefficiencies and alter the distribution... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy
Corts, Kenneth S. "Asymmetric Information: Market Failures, Market Distortions, and Market Solutions." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-100, March 1997.
- 25 Oct 2015
- News
Measuring and Communicating Health Care Value with Charts
- 23 Sep 2013
- News
That Online Review May Really Be Too Good to Be True
- 10 Mar 2008
- News
New Harvard Business School Website Showcases Centennial Celebration
- 08 Jul 2020
- News
We Have an Unemployment Crisis. Now What?
- Program
Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance
profit objectives Ensure the integrity of financial information Foster the right culture regarding compliance and risk Develop a financial reporting strategy Improve audit committee effectiveness Develop better tools to manage... View Details
- Program
Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual
date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an... View Details
- February 1990 (Revised July 1990)
- Case
Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System
By: Nitin Nohria
Describes how the IRS's collection operations changed from a largely manual system (COF) to an automated system (ACS). A central aspect of ACS was the electronic scheduling and maintaining of work. While with ACS the IRS accomplished significant improvements in the... View Details
Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Revenue; Information Technology; Taxation; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Human Resources; Public Administration Industry; United States
Nohria, Nitin. "Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System." Harvard Business School Case 490-042, February 1990. (Revised July 1990.)
- Article
Tabulated Nonsense? Testing the Validity of the Ethnographic Atlas
By: Duman Bahrami-Rad, Anke Becker and Joseph Henrich
The Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock, 1967), an anthropological database, is widely used across the social sciences. The Atlas is a quantified and discretely categorized collection of information gleaned from ethnographies covering more than 1200... View Details
Bahrami-Rad, Duman, Anke Becker, and Joseph Henrich. "Tabulated Nonsense? Testing the Validity of the Ethnographic Atlas." Art. 109880. Economics Letters 204 (July 2021).
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Interactive Media and Services Industry
By: DG Park, George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the interactive media and services industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact... View Details
Keywords: Product Innovation; Impact; Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; Social Corporate Responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Impact; Product Design; Product Positioning; Society; Product; Environmental Sustainability; Measurement and Metrics; Framework; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Media; Technology Industry
Park, DG, George Serafeim, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Interactive Media and Services Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-134, June 2021.
- Article
How Real Sales Learning Happens: In the Flow of Work
By: Yuchun Lee, Mark Magnacca and Frank V. Cespedes
Most learning in sales is through peer learning in task-specific contexts, and the effects are cumulative because modeling behavior is a big driver of how salespeople develop. This is very different from the experience in most training seminars, especially if the... View Details
Lee, Yuchun, Mark Magnacca, and Frank V. Cespedes. "How Real Sales Learning Happens: In the Flow of Work." Learning Solutions (February 15, 2021).
- December 2017 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
The Campbell Home (A)
By: Leslie K. John and Matthew G. Preble
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while navigating their... View Details
Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while navigating their... View Details
Keywords: Agents; Bidding Process; Negotiation; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Participants; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; United States
John, Leslie K., and Matthew G. Preble. "The Campbell Home (A)." Harvard Business School Case 918-017, December 2017. (Revised January 2020.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)