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  • 17 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

film rental and return patterns of a sample of online DVD rental customers over a period of four months. We predict and find that people are more likely to rent DVDs in one order and return them in the reverse order when should DVDs... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

academic psychologists, Harvard Business School professors, directors of organizations, and government officials. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51447 Winter 2017 Oxford Review of Economic Policy The Market Design and Policy of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

Financial Cryptography and Data Security (forthcoming) Abstract Online advertisers face substantial difficulty in selecting and supervising small advertising partners. Fraud can be well hidden, and limited... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023

be a strong web developer? Employers that use online talent platforms tend to consider profile photos in final hiring decisions, says research by Isamar Troncoso. What's the role of recruiting platforms in preventing bias? Yes, You Can... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 16 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

In 1994, the World Wide Web was not yet a household name. A new company called Yahoo! had just developed a way to look for sites on the Internet—the search engine. HotWired debuted as the first online magazine to carry advertisements.... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • 16 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

where the product can be delivered directly online such as software, travel agencies, or media. Indeed, the digitalization of content paired with widespread adoption of broadband Internet is driving a major shift toward digital... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
  • 25 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams

research team studied the expansion of a leading food delivery platform and the resulting rise in fast-food sales to observe how managers adjusted worker staffing to handle spikes in demand. The team analyzed personnel and productivity View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Food & Beverage
  • 19 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 19, 2006

  Working PapersSuperstars and Underdogs: An Examination of the Long Tail Phenomenon in Video Authors:Anita Elberse and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract The rise of online channels facilitates the distribution of a wide range of products and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

will in fact homogenize consumption patterns, and a few superstar products will emerge as winners in the market place. In this study, using two large customer transactions data sets obtained from an online... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Article

Healthy Buildings in 2070

By: John D. Macomber and Joseph G. Allen
Fifty years seems a very long time in the future for most industries. Not so in buildings and real estate; built structures routinely last decades if not hundreds of years, as long as they are economically competitive. Any discussion of the 50-year future has to... View Details
Keywords: Health ＆ Wellness; Real Estate; Architectural Innovation; Public Health; Health; Buildings and Facilities; Well-being
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    • 03 Oct 2023
    • Research Event

    Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

    look at the data and it's very clear. That since the early 1990s there's been a subtle and but pretty constant degradation in the average level of happiness in the United States. And in most developed countries around the world.... View Details
    Keywords: by HBS Staff
    • 18 Apr 2017
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    March 27, 2017 Harvard Business Review How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Amir Peleg Abstract—Most current talk about “big data” seems to assume the disintermediation or replacement of physical... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 26 Jun 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Want to Leave a Lasting Impression on Customers? Don't Forget the (Proverbial) Fireworks

    ended with a satisfying conclusion. The data could prove especially meaningful at a time when marketing leaders are stretching their budgets and thinking more strategically about spending, according to recent surveys. “We ended up... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation
    • 03 Jan 2017
    • First Look

    January 3, 2017

    Winter 2017 MIT Sloan Management Review Why Big Data Isn't Enough By: Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract—There is a growing belief that sophisticated algorithms can explore huge databases and find relationships independent of any... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 20 Jan 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: January 20

    link: http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.10.004 January 2015 Economic Journal Does Management Matter in Schools? By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Research Computing Services

    Personalized support for the HBS community on topics ranging from AI & advanced statistical analyses to high performance computing. Services Statistical & Data Services RCS provides consulting services and assistance for HBS faculty... View Details
    • 08 May 2025
    • HBS Seminar

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