big data - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

different kinds of transactions and different time periods.” In order to analyze private equity’s effects, Lerner and his colleagues had to overcome several hurdles. The data they analyzed comes from the US Census and Internal Revenue... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

peterhowell Summing Up: Can Single Nations Counter the Threat of Surveillance Capitalism? We’re on our own, with the possible support of government, in any efforts to counter the effects of surveillance capitalism. It’s only natural that businesses today use View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

he concedes, because brokerages are mainly focused on closing deals and intent on avoiding any speed bumps, but the service also got more traction than anticipated. Now Kennealey wonders if they should offer the service to brokerages for free, to boost the user base... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

30 May 2024
News

How to Have Effective Conversations

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

case, 2020. With Terri L. Griffith, Ann Majchrzak, and Ankita Panda. Chesapeake Conservacy: Democratizing Data to Protect 30% of the Planet by 2030 , Harvard Business School case, 2020. With Ankita Panda. Andonix: Launching New Ventures... View Details

21 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

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

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager? Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making? What do you think? Is machine... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Information

01 Dec 2023
News

Venturing Forth

Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

02 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

Entrepreneurs have to have a clear sense of the opportunity and how to build the business. But the best ones are willing to reexamine their assumptions and are willing to veer left or right or pivot all the way around when the data... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Barley

08 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

Google and Groupon, for instance, a higher percentage of employees work in sales than engineering or data mining. And at Facebook the salesforce's ability to translate 'likes' into advertisers will make or break that company's valuation... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

the model was accurate,” one interviewee told researchers, according to the paper. That employee confidence has big implications. In Tapestry’s case, revenue rose—and the leftover stock was less common—in stores where allocators used the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

09 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

experimentation. Uncertainty in this sense refers not to scientific questions about the coronavirus, but to what effect the virus will have on the future. What new realities will it generate? What will recovery look like? How long will it take? What will a post-COVID... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

03 Jan 2023
Book

Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

your corporate processes.” Questions she might ask of a company during the “dig” process include: What is the company’s pay scale by race, gender, and level? Would it share that data with everyone in the firm? Would it provide employees... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

work? Iansiti: Netflix has been using AI for many years in a lot of different ways, for example, by learning how people choose movies according to the thumbprint picture that appears on the Netflix service. As a consumer, if you’re thinking about watching “The Crown,”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 1

look large and compelling. But it can have significant downsides. Leaders who prefer to zoom in tend to create policies and systems that depend too much on politics and favors. They can focus too closely on personal status and on turf protection. And they often miss... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Events - Business History

Connection across the Pacific World, XVI-XVIII.” Marcel Anduiza (Harvard Business School), 12 pm to 1:30 pm May 14 14 May 2025 Virtual Seminar Grace Ballor (Bocconi University), "Enterprise and Integration: Big Business and the Making of... View Details

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

develop a systemic plan for change that will realign the company with the new strategy and cultural values. “This isn’t a vote,” Beer emphasizes. “Leaders are still the ones making the decisions, but they’re getting valid and compelling View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 7

Legal Education What Courses Should Law Students Take? Lessons from Harvard's Big Law Survey By: Coates, John C., Jesse M. Fried, and Kathryn E. Spier Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies

an order giver to a team member in an interdependent process." Making A Team Successful In The Face Of Disrupted Routines Through the analysis of detailed qualitative and quantitative data gathered from interviews with members of... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

for talent, and it’s all focused on these high productivity people, and very, very little on those workers who actually may hurt organizational performance,” Minor says. Fired toxic workers can leave a big mess for companies to clean up.... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

01 Dec 2023
News

Engaging Students More Deeply

impact on a student’s educational experience—even a decision as small as the design of a rug. In the classrooms for younger children at Success Academy, a portion of the floor is covered with a rug divided evenly into squares, with a big... View Details

Keywords: April White

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