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- 01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check
How did you come to focus on algorithmic pricing? In my doctoral work at MIT, I was studying optimization, probability, and machine learning, which are essentially mathematical tools that enable us to use data to make better decisions.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
Ford, for the auto itself and his influence on the work force," while another noted Ford's "perfection of the use of interchangeable parts and the assembly line, concepts employed by essentially all of business today." Alfred P. Sloan of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Making Democracy Work
A democratically elected government is essential to free-market capitalism—a strong democracy provides the foundation necessary for capitalism to benefit all, rather than only a few. Today, democracy is in decline around the world, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
required 807,615, despite a reported personal investment of $5.2 million. Breaking up California, Draper reasons, would essentially offer a chance to return to first principles and get a fresh perspective on state government’s shape and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
every time, all day long." Lopez maintains that a few of the two dozen or so movies that come out in 3D each year are essential to see in that format, such as the Oscar-winning Gravity. For others, consumers will choose a showing more by... View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
development, policy, and implementation in Myanmar, all in virtually the same spirit and language as generated by the stakeholder team. Morrell: So essentially it was adopted? Brunell: Yeah, it was adopted. Morrell: This thing that you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
Mardi Gras parades. Prieto was invited to join Rex last year, allowing him to don a costume and ride on one of the elaborate floats. “I’m a believer that classical music is not entertainment. I’ve always tried to make it feel essential to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
its own operation. “We are now in 17 African countries,” Mittal observes, “and it’s essential that we keep local requirements in mind. All regional and country heads run their operations independently, reporting to Bharti Airtel senior... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
essential that all key public and private sector players work together to deliver payments digitally,” Goodwin-Groen says. “Those companies and governments that took action and can pay all their front-line workers and citizens digitally... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
Through Pivot for Success, you’ll find that you can succeed, even when you think you’ve lost it all. Probiotic Beverages Edited by Sandeep K. Panda, Julie Kellershohn (MBA 2002), and Inge Russell Academic Press Probiotic Beverages is an View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
standards and social responsibility, technology, globalization, the School's Soldiers Field campus, and the essential contributions that women are making in the business world. While a lot has changed at HBS in 75 years, it is remarkable... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
continue to accrue, and sea levels will continue to rise. Even the urgent and utterly essential task of reaching net zero cannot be achieved rapidly by emissions reductions alone. To hasten net zero and minimize climate damages... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Understanding how trust impacts delivering superior performance
relational contracts—a practice its rival Toyota successfully deployed—which are essential to all modern design and manufacturing. A focus on relational contracts could lead to superior performance. “Public support for economic growth has... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
essential to creating a lasting institution. Melcher returned to private equity, cofounding EIV Capital in 2009, and today Katie is thriving in a semi-independent community for adults with intellectual disabilities. As she prepared to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
New Releases
Iansiti spent eight years studying more than a hundred development projects in four computing-related industries - particularly turbulent and complex environments in which making the right technology choices is essential for success. In... View Details
Keywords: Robert Binstock
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
pro-socials. That brought us to the third question: Is there a way to essentially make pro-selfs behave like pro-socials in these PWYW situations? The answer appears to be yes. Situational factors and norms can influence consumer... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 28 Jan 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation
grow even more diverse, as faculty develop new kinds of course offerings. Some courses that now span an entire term may simply be divided into parts A and B and continue essentially unchanged. But with four half-terms, faculty will have a... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
sense of empowerment and spiritual well-being in the minibattles that were fought and won on the "hills" at the gym's spinning studio. Finding that personal source of support and inspiration was essential for Linn's mental and physical... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
individuals who have an idea and a passion to extend it, but because we want the projects to have some scale, we insist on teams of three or four, which means they have to recruit teammates. A number of these teammates are essentially... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie