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    Design-Based Confidence Sequences: A General Approach to Risk Mitigation in Online Experimentation.

    Randomized experiments have become the standard method for companies to evaluate the performance of new products or services. In addition to augmenting managers' decision-making, experimentation mitigates risk by limiting the proportion of customers exposed to... View Details
    • 09 May 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”

    called Netflix emerged in the 1990s with a novel idea: rather than make people go to the video store, why don't we mail DVDs to them? Netflix's business model made profit in just the opposite way to Blockbuster's. Netflix customers paid a... View Details
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Design-Based Confidence Sequences: A General Approach to Risk Mitigation in Online Experimentation

    By: Dae Woong Ham, Michael Lindon, Martin Tingley and Iavor Bojinov
    Randomized experiments have become the standard method for companies to evaluate the performance of new products or services. In addition to augmenting managers’ decision-making, experimentation mitigates risk by limiting the proportion of customers exposed to... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Research and Development; Analytics and Data Science; Consumer Behavior
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    • December 2018
    • Case

    Bata versus Relaxo—Analyzing Performance

    By: Suraj Srinivasan, Iris Leung and Quinn Pitcher
    Set in 2016, “Bata India versus Relaxo—Analyzing Performance” compares the strategies and financial performance of two Indian footwear companies. Bata India had long been the market leader in footwear in India, but its leading market position was being challenged by... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Strategy; Operations; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Analysis; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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    • 2017
    • Book

    Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang
    Many professionals aspire to work for startups. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today's dynamic innovation economy, while freshly minted MBAs see magic in founding something new. Yes, startups look magical, but they can also be... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Managerial Roles; Job Search
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    • 26 Feb 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 26

    multivariate time series model to investigate the interaction between paid search and display ads and calibrated the model using data from a large commercial bank that uses... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
    • Case

    Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil

    By: Mark Kramer, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and T. Robert Zochowski
    ExxonMobil, the world's fifth largest source of carbon emissions, remained committed to aggressively expanding its oil & gas business despite global warming. During the COVID pandemic this strategy resulted in massive losses as the price and demand for oil declined. ... View Details
    Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Global Warming; Impact Investment Funds; Hedge Fund Activism; Leadership Development; Business Model; Renewable Energy; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards
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    • February 2024
    • Case

    More than Optics: Olympus's Vision to Become a Leading Global MedTech Company

    By: David J. Collis and Haisley Wert
    In August 2022, CEO Yasuo Takeuchi reflected on Olympus Corporation’s recent transformation from being known as a Japanese consumer camera company to becoming a leading global medical technology (MedTech) company. Over the past dozen years, Takeuchi and prior... View Details
    Keywords: Global Human Resource Management; Medical Technology; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Globalization; Business Model; Leading Change; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States
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    • 14 May 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Morality Rebooted: Exploring Simple Fixes to Our Moral Bugs

    Keywords: by Ting Zhang, Francesca Gino & Max H. Bazerman
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Peer Effects on the United States Supreme Court

    By: Matthew Lilley, Richard Holden and Michael Keane
    Using data on essentially every US Supreme Court decision since 1946, we estimate a model of peer effects on the Court. We consider both the impact of justice ideology and justice votes on the votes of their peers. To identify these peer effects we use two instruments.... View Details
    Keywords: Supreme Court; Peer Effects; Voting Behavior; Legal System; Courts and Trials; Voting; Behavior
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    • 06 Nov 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: November 6

    higher quality. Larger entities are disproportionately targeted in litigation. I discuss how the findings are in large part consistent with the theoretical literature on the economics of litigation. With a Little Help from My (Random)... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 31 Aug 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Improving Fairness in Flight Delays

    help demystify the frustrating experience and could, if adopted, result in improvements to the US air traffic control system. Fearing's interest in improving performance extends to how a large governmental organization like the Federal... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Air Transportation
    • Program

    Competing in the Age of Digital Platforms

    artificial intelligence further propels the opportunity and need to leverage a platform model for competitive advantage. AI companies are evolving into the next generation of platforms. This program will show you how to create sustainable... View Details

      Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job

      Many professionals aspire to work for a start-up. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today’s dynamic innovation economy. Yes, start-ups look magical, but they can also be chaotic and inaccessible. Many books are written for... View Details

      • 23 Nov 1999
      • Research & Ideas

      What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?

      Some large consulting companies, such as Andersen Consuiting and Ernst & Young, have pursued a codification strategy. Over the last five years, they have developed elaborate ways to codify, store, and reuse knowledge. (See the exhibit... View Details
      Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Nitin Nohria & Thomas Tierney; Consulting
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      Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

      9 million (largest number since first decade) Baby boomers age Hispanics become fastest-growing minority Population grows from 250 million to 281 million Influence: Medium-High 1900 19 Model T Plastic Safety razor Widespread use of steam... View Details
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      Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

      where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your small learning group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.... View Details
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      Agribusiness Seminar

      countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Current and rising leaders, ranging from senior executives in View Details
      Keywords: Agriculture; Agriculture
      • 26 Apr 2023
      • In Practice

      Is AI Coming for Your Job?

      will be displaced in large numbers. Those job losses will be partially offset by job gains for machine learning specialists and emerging jobs like prompt engineers. But, once companies learn how to exploit generative AI, we can anticipate... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology
      • 08 Jul 2011
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Adaptation vs. Coordination in I.T. Purchasing Authority

      Keywords: by Kristina McElheran