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- 09 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages
in March 2020, the pandemic only exacerbated a longstanding issue. The shortage of drivers to deliver food supplies to the roughly 300,000 restaurants, hotels, hospitals, schools, and universities serviced by US Foods was not its only... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
happen," noting also that " it is a heck of a job to keep staying aware " Vasudev Das suggests that words of Krishna are appropriate here, to wit: "whatever action a great man performs, common men follow; and whatever standards he sets View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 31 Mar 2008
- HBS Case
JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis
to think there's more than just an accident happening here," Huckman remarks. "Now that you suspect this, how do you react as a manager? How do you restore confidence among your customers?" Neeleman apologized publicly to... View Details
- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
what works in one location may not work somewhere else.” "The decision to expand is sometimes driven by the wrong reasons," says Associate Professor Juan Alcácer, who teaches in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
program successful. Neeley, who has studied this unmined subject for nearly 10 years, worked closely on the case with Mikitani, described by some as Japan's Bill Gates. Mikitani expected that the initial global English-only conversion... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- December 2012
- Course Overview Note
Making a Success of your EC Independent Project: Good Practices for Students
By: Ian W. Mackenzie
Independent project (IP) work in the EC poses challenges over and above those encountered in the project components of RC FIELD. Based on the belief that the success of IPs can be greatly influenced by how well students select and scope their projects and then go about... View Details
- 11 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide
industry lines as companies increasingly bring seemingly unrelated business lines together in unconventional ways. New research by Awada, Harvard Business School Professor Suraj Srinivasan, and doctoral student Paul J. Hamilton harnesses... View Details
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global financial crisis provides a mandate for restructuring. But survival is not the end goal, says Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
rigorous analysis in the study of American business history. More broadly, Al taught us the power of analytic history (if I may call it that) and showed us by example how it should be done. Part of his genius as a scholar was his ability... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
research on answering the what, where, and when questions associated with consumer behavior, and not enough on the how and the why questions," says Avery. By looking at the hows and whys of those consumers on the fringes, we can discover... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- March 2019
- Article
A Structural Analysis of the Role of Superstars in Crowdsourcing Contests
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Param Singh and Anindya Ghose
We investigate the long-term impact of competing against superstars in crowdsourcing contests. Using a unique 50-month longitudinal panel data set on 1677 software design crowdsourcing contests, we illustrate a learning effect where participants are able to improve... View Details
Keywords: Crowdsourcing Contests; Superstar Effect; Bayesian Learning; Utility; Economics Of Information System; Dynamic Structural Model; Dynamic Programming; Markov Chain; Monte Carlo; Learning; Competition; Performance Improvement
Zhang, Shunyuan, Param Singh, and Anindya Ghose. "A Structural Analysis of the Role of Superstars in Crowdsourcing Contests." Information Systems Research 30, no. 1 (March 2019): 15–33.
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Overview
Teaching has been a lifelong passion of mine. As the third generation of academics in my family, I see good teaching as a means to give back and to encourage others to share my passion for discovery. I’ve been very lucky to have many teaching opportunities, both as an... View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Technology Strategy; Machine Learning; Data Science; ＂Marketing Analytics＂; Data Visualization; Analysis; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Corporate Strategy; Software; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; Computer Industry; Advertising Industry
- 27 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’
Online—was coauthored by Nancy P. Rothbard, David Pottruck Professor of Management of the Wharton School of Business; Lakshmi Ramarajan, the Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration at... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 14 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need
leads to better outcomes, Edmondson says, whether it’s a hospital that names and then reduces errors or a company that streamlines processes by innovating together to find better ways to manufacture vaccines. Ensure that all people feel... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
Learning Effects of Monitoring by Dennis Campbell and Francisco de Asís Martinez-Jerez of HBS and Marc Epstein of Rice University, are the result of an extensive study of the culture and management style at... View Details
- August 2018 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Tailor Brands: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Branding
By: Jill Avery
Using proprietary artificial intelligence technology, startup Tailor Brands set out to democratize branding by allowing small businesses to create their brand identities by automatically generating logos in just minutes at minimal cost with no branding or design skills... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Services; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Digital Marketing; Brand Management; Big Data; Internet Marketing; Analytics; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Model; Consumer Behavior; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Advertising Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North America; Israel
Avery, Jill. "Tailor Brands: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Branding." Harvard Business School Case 519-017, August 2018. (Revised October 2020.)
- 03 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit
It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details
- 08 Aug 2022
- HBS Case
Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS
What would it take to attract customers who are so loyal that they would not only buy your products, but would also lavish your distributors with flowers and purchase advertising to elevate your brand? Ask the minds behind K-pop sensation BTS. Created View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side
need to keep creative thinking in their organizations even as time pressures increase. Silverthorne: What was the genesis of the project? What fascinated you about the question of time pressure and creativity? Amabile: Over the course of... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing
TV, but was amplified by exposure on YouTube and other social media. Click to watch. As marketers have experimented, what have they learned about what works on social? We sat down with four marketing experts... View Details