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- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
assistant professor of economics at the University of Michigan, demonstrate that adopting advanced pricing technology can allow a firm to seize an edge relative to its competitors. Algorithms that frequently update website prices based on... View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’
had more than 44 million, and Coca-Cola had gathered more than 69 million fans, 800 thousand of whom reportedly liked the Coca-Cola page or posted a status update on that page; liked, shared, or commented on a Coca-Cola post; mentioned... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
Retailers can significantly improve forecast accuracy simply by updating their predictions based on early sales data, tracking the accuracy of their forecasts, getting product testing right, and using a variety of forecasting approaches.... View Details
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard Business School and an expert in technology strategy. So when Yoffie began a three-year effort to update an HBS elective course on strategy development in... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
lauded by some for defending the integrity of its products and the security of the owners of its products. All of this makes for a classic Harvard Business School case problem. We should be well prepared to discuss it. And now the story has View Details
- 23 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 23, 2016
sense of pride and ownership in working with BRF, will be critical to enabling BRF's global ambitions. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516058-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 116-031 Alibaba Goes Public (B) View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
use, including updating the associated incentive mechanisms. For example, European countries, particularly the United Kingdom's National Health Service, have gradually adopted bundled payments to prioritize patient outcomes and best... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
capital allocation decisions over a 10-year period from 2004 to 2013, during which IBM returned more than $140B to shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. During this time, CEO Sam Palmisano created, announced, and then regularly View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
right approach.” In the new working paper The Impact of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Teixeira and HBS Assistant Professor Donald Ngwe propose that online stores take a page from their brick-and-mortar... View Details
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
managers do can have great impact on their workers, says Professor Teresa Amabile. In this conversation with Professor Mike Roberts, she updates her ongoing research on creativity in the workplace by investigating how people's intense... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
regulations become protection for them against legal liability. This occurs in two ways: (1) those actions not proscribed by law are presumably legal, and ways to mislead buyers are continually being developed, and updating of law is slow... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
senior writer for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: istockphoto] Related Reading: You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why. How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence Research Paper: Stereotypes and Belief View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
the phone and we’ll open it for you, but won’t tell you how we did it.’” While this debate was taking place and the standoff between Apple and the FBI migrated into the courts, we have been getting almost daily updates about efforts to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307070 Nike Inc.: Heading Toward 2010 Harvard Business School Case 207-105 This is a short case (2 pages), which can be distributed and discussed in class as an update through... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
little of the policy issues, product discussions, and even general news coming out of the tech world. That's my problem. I need to fix it by doing what Jack Welch asked all of his senior colleagues at GE to do: find a mentor no older than 30 to help me View Details
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
Knowledge Management at Danone (B) Amy C. Edmondson, Ruth Dittrich, and Daniela BeyersdorferHarvard Business School Supplement 611-079 The (B) case gives an update on the development of knowledge management at Danone two years after the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
manager who seems to be receiving little support. A redisguised and updated version of earlier case 494-005, reflecting the challenges of managing in innovation/R&D-driven industries and across multiple international sites. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
And if you prosecute the intruder, you'll have digital forensics to establish a chain of evidence. You should also ensure that you have a process that allows your IT people to make changes quickly. Procrastinating on updating patches... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
version 1.0 of that concept. Remind us what that was, and how version 2.0, which you introduce in this book, updates this idea. Schlesinger: The basic relationships between employees, customers, and financial results, in that order, that... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
Cohen It was quite an adjustment. "I had to update my skills and relearn about business," Fishman Cohen said. She found a job at Bain and devoted herself utterly and full-time to her career while her husband worked... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild