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  • 13 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Picture This: Why Online Image Searches Drive Purchases

In a visual world, most online retailers still rely on consumers to define and enter their own search keywords. But using images to help shoppers sharpen their queries could push them to buy more, spend more, and feel happier about their purchases. “For a long time,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Information Technology; Information Technology; Information Technology
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Digital Experimentation and Startup Performance: Evidence from A/B Testing

By: Rembrand Koning, Sharique Hasan and Aaron Chatterji
Recent work argues that experimentation is the appropriate framework for entrepreneurial strategy. We investigate this proposition by exploiting the time-varying adoption of A/B testing technology, which has drastically reduced the cost of experimentally testing... View Details
Keywords: Experimentation; A/B Testing; Data-driven Decision-making; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Business Startups; Information Technology; Performance
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  • 29 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

to receive favorable loan terms. First, bank relationships formed through repeated transactions reduce inefficiencies from information asymmetry between the lender and the leveraged buyout firm. Second, banks price loans to cross-sell... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Feb 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss

did not provide any information about why they were distressed. For the second experiment, students at the Harvard Decision Science Lab were paired as storyteller and listener. Storytellers were asked to recount a recent time when they... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • May 2022
  • Article

Coins for Bombs: The Predictive Ability of On-Chain Transfers for Terrorist Attacks

By: Dan Amiram, Evgeny Lyandres and Daniel Rabetti
This study examines whether we can learn from the behavior of blockchain-based transfers to predict the financing of terrorist attacks. We exploit blockchain transaction transparency to map millions of transfers for hundreds of large on-chain service providers. The... View Details
Keywords: Blockchain; Bitcoin; Accounting; AI and Machine Learning; National Security; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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  • Web

Data - Advancing Racial Equity

0% 1 5% Gender Information Not Reported Did not report Did not report 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% Citizenship United States (includes permanent residents) 16 62% 15 79% 15 65% 11 61% 13 59% International* 10 38% 4 21% 8 35% 7 39% 9 41% U.S. Race /... View Details
  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

explains. At least once a month Zobel gathers the CEOs of Ayala's disparate businesses for informal brainstorming sessions. "We're constantly looking for synergies. There's excitement in collectively creating something bigger than what... View Details
  • Web

Planned Giving - Alumni

practice. Let's Work Together Anne McClintock Senior Director of Development, Planned Giving 877-448-3864 (toll free) pg@hbs.edu Request More Information Request More Information FAQ What is planned giving?... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

  Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

additional important challenge of marketing the restructuring to the capital market. The most obvious way to do this is to disclose useful information to investors and analysts that they can use to value the restructuring more accurately.... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
  • 22 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

electronic communication data, one at a leading biopharmaceuticals company and a second at a global media and professional services firm. One of these follows senior leaders through a period of reorganization, and the other contains detailed View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

A More Accommodating Approach

Shelly Nooner (GMP 33, 2022) had already proven herself to be visionary and execution-focused during her two decades at Trimble, an industrial technology company that provides hardware, software, and services across agriculture, construction, geospatial, and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 18 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.

Policymakers need access to real-time information on so that these models can be properly parameterized.” You Might Also Like: Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal? Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking
  • 15 Sep 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News

No one wants to hear that their car exhaust is hurting the planet, or that their jeans were made in a sweatshop, or that their doughnut might give them diabetes one day. In fact, people often go to great lengths to avoid information that... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • Web

Donor Societies - Alumni

around the world. Membership Offerings Alumni and friends who contribute $1 million or more to help advance the School’s global priorities enjoy five years of membership. Information on the impact of their giving Selection of new global... View Details
  • Web

Contact Us - Alumni

Office. MORE INFORMATION Executive Education transcripts or degree verification. Contact Executive Education: executive_education@hbs.edu or 800.427.5577 (outside the US, dial +1.617.495.6555). View Details
  • April 2013
  • Case

Managing with Analytics at Procter & Gamble

By: Thomas H. Davenport, Marco Iansiti and Alain Serels
Senior management at P&G has put a strong emphasis on using data to make "better, smarter, real-time business decisions." The Global Business Services (GBS) organization has developed tools, systems and processes to provide managers throughout P&G with direct access to... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Data Management; Forecasting; Shared Services; Procter ＆ Gamble; Laundry Detergent; Information Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Information Technology; Mathematical Methods; Consumer Products Industry; North America
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  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

are looking at the retail sector, you are puzzled why Amazon is doing well the way it is, and why Walmart is doing poorly the way it is. Well, Amazon is going through the roof because it’s a technology company in many respects—and it’s View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consumer Products; Real Estate; Financial Services; Retail
  • 20 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

you will be influenced by self-interested motives and admit defeat to the "want" self. Rather, it's to arm you with accurate information about your most likely response so that you can engage in proactive strategies to reduce... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

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 Concepts Analyze... View Details