Interpretability - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

admirers right away, leveling the playing field and giving users a confidence boost. Picture walking around knowing exactly who likes you without needing to interpret signs like smiles, texts, and awkward banter. The research team... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

19 Apr 2010
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The History of Beauty

The industry's contribution was to turn these underlying trends into brands, create aspirations that drove their growing use, and then employ modern marketing methods to globalize them. I see beauty companies as interpreters of prevailing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

2014
Working Paper

The Nobel Prize: A 'Heritage-based' Brand-oriented Network

By: Mats Urde and Stephen A. Greyser

Purpose — Understanding the Nobel Prize as a 'true' heritage brand in a networked situation and its management challenges, especially regarding identity and reputation.

Methodology — The Nobel Prize serves as an in-depth case study and is analysed within... View Details

Keywords: Nobel Prize; Heritage Brand; Brand Network; Networked Brand; Brand Within A Network; Brand Orientation; Brand Stewardship; Corporate Brand Identity; Reputation; Networks; Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Brands and Branding

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03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

Ury, and Patton, 1991) along with many later interpretations can be problematic, limiting, and even misleading in at least three ways that this article analyzes and illustrates. First, early characterizations could be easily read to imply... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Team - Case Method Project

working in historical interpretation and education with the National Park Service to Case Method Institute. She received her B.A. in History and B.A. in International Relations from University of California, Davis. While completing her... View Details

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Research Resources - Doctoral

sources, designing your study, deciding which statistical methods to employ, interpreting results, and writing a statistical program. Behavioral Research Services Harvard Business School’s Behavioral Research Services team supports... View Details

23 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

labeled the "Balanced Scorecard Conference," managers throughout the organization don't have any trouble interpreting the commitment of senior executives to using the scorecard to create the Strategy-Focused Organization. The... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

Financial Accounting with a final exam. 10-17 weeks 8-15 hours per week 3 Courses plus exam Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Credential of Readiness from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Apply Now Key... View Details

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Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment During the Reform Era

The aim of the book is to illustrate the dynamics of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China in the 1990s. The topic is important both because China is the world's second largest recipient of FDI and because there are substantial misconceptions about the drivers of... View Details

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Case Services - Faculty & Research

newsletter to faculty. The HBS Directors of Research is a body comprised of HBS faculty who are responsible for the research policies of the School. Case Services communicates those policies to case writers and provides support to the faculty in View Details

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Generative AI - Alumni

when you want GPT to pull data that you are putting into the prompt. Examples include: An example case online is below in quotes, build something similar using the same structure. My resume is in quotes. Limitations Typical interviews have graphs that you will have to... View Details

13 Mar 2023
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What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

about the impact of microfinance.” Bulletin: One of the great surprises of microfinance has been the astonishingly high rates of loan repayment, at around 96 or 98 percent. How do you interpret that? Ben Roth: One metric of success is... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services

19 Dec 2022
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What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't

my own work, I see that such surprise asks make people more inclined to say yes. One of the interpretations for that result is that, if I have time to think about it, I have more time to come up with excuses to say no. But if I’m... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

25 Jun 2012
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Collaborating Across Cultures

engage in active inquiry and observations, and be mindful that your assumptions or interpretation of a given culture might not be accurate or applicable in a given context. One way to do this is by keeping a journal and writing down... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

03 Jun 2002
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How to Succeed With Your New Boss

Your new boss will have more impact than anyone else over whether you succeed or fail. Your boss establishes benchmarks for your success, interprets your actions for other key players, and controls resources you need. Building a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

21 Mar 2018
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Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity

turns out that long before robots replace workers en masse, if ever, workers will be using AI-based tools to do work, as is already seen with radiologists who employ such tools to interpret X-rays and lawyers who turn to machine learning... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Information

21 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

(EC) friends to discuss the latest ideas in the startup scene. Afterward, I head over to HLS where I am debating a recently issued statute interpretation from a Delaware bankruptcy judge with my 2L classmates. Finally, I end my day with... View Details

22 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make

where people say, ‘Oh, we almost made a huge mistake,’” explains Jung. “That interpretation highlights a vulnerability in the care-delivery processes. But it can also be thought of as a success, where they say, ‘Whew, we caught the error... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Health

Fast Answer

Bloomberg: copying tables to Excel

is not necessary to specify the data type for each column. Make additional changes if desired. Text data is interpreted as text, whether text or numbers. A Date can be translated into its internal Excel date format. Do not import column... View Details

21 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?

Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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