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Tsedal Neeley | About

work worldwide, as well as her patented software simulation on global collaboration . Prior to her academic career, Tsedal spent a decade working for companies like Lucent Technologies and The Forum Corporation in various roles, including... View Details

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

initial role was to capture lessons from the National Training Centers where troops engage in long, simulated battles to test their readiness and skills. As the Army's mission broadened to include 'operations other than war' such as fire... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

03 Oct 2005
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The Box Office Power of Stars

buyers? And in an interesting plot twist, Elberse decided to design her research not around actual box office receipts, but rather around a Hollywood simulation game that has over half a million players. The results were published in her... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

07 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Is HBS Too Big?

simulations and other non-case assignments. This also happened during social events, by career interests, and through seating assignments. Bonding occurs on so many levels and differently for each person, but the section is such an... View Details

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

financial performance going forward. This case was designed to be taught alongside Root Capital’s Efficient Impact Frontier Simulation exercise. Key Themes: Creating an actionable way to quantify expected impact “ex ante” allows firms... View Details

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

liquidations Antill studied cost creditors more than a simulated reorganization would have. Creditors also lost more money when some bankrupt companies were acquired than they would have in a theoretical reorganization. Over time, the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Review of Economic Studies Imagining the Future: Memory, Simulation and Beliefs By: Pedro Bordalo, Giovanni Burro, Katherine B. Coffman , Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer How do people form beliefs about novel risks, with which they... View Details

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Marketing Research for "Long Term Impact of Promotion and Advertising on Consumer Brand Choice" (with Carl Mela and Donald R. Lehmann, May 1997). Das Narayandas : Won the 1998 Gold CINDY (Cinema in Industry) Award for Managing Customers For Profits—Interactive CD-ROM... View Details

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

simulation and rapid prototyping to optimize product development and R&D. “After that, I thought I was done,” he says. Since then, however, there has been a rise in new technology platforms that allows experimentation to innovate on... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision

pursue initially are lifelong learning for alumni, supporting a digital research infrastructure, and expanding the reach and impact of our ideas, courses, and cases. If we do these well, we’ll be able to unlock many areas of opportunity. We’ve seen one glimpse of the... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

March 2015
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BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White

BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy

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17 Aug 2021
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Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?

Training the cars to handle a wide variety of driving scenarios and testing them both in simulation and on real roads is key, De Freitas says. AVs, for example, should be able to handle possible situations like navigating around large... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto

08 Sep 2015
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Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

reports on job duties, companies can create narrative simulations that are more interactive, allowing employees to debrief with managers about what they did right and wrong. (Myers notes that Harvard Business School’s own faculty... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

to conversations on the platform. Participants who fail to complete the course requirements will not receive a certificate and will not be eligible to retake the course. More detailed information on course requirements, including the Adobe Data Driven Operating Model... View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Continued: The Business Model What Does the Research Say? Show Hide Details Concepts Infectious Change Public Goods Problems Cooperation in the Real Economy Expanding on Purpose Featured Exercises Public good simulation game Prisoner’s... View Details

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

prospective online learners* Yes No Reimagined the case study method through a proprietary platform featuring courses created by renowned faculty Yes No Collaboration with fellow online learners through unique simulations and interactive... View Details

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

partners, the course acknowledges that we are all salespeople at some point in our lives. Taking part in a course where there’s different simulations every week that allow you to interact with various stakeholders to figure out if your... View Details

18 Nov 2013
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Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

example, a leadership role can be assumed by a person who believes he or she has superior knowledge or skills. Up The Mountain Gino, Larrick, and Tost tested this dynamic in a simulation involving people planning an imaginary climb up... View Details