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  • 19 Jan 2018
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Jana’s Jab at Apple May Be a Route to Reverse Its Shrinking Assets

  • November 1990 (Revised August 1996)
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Sampling and Statistical Inference

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.
An introduction to sampling and statistical inference that covers the main concepts (confidence intervals, tests of statistical significance, choice of sample size) that are needed in making inferences about a population mean or percent. Includes discussion of problems... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Forecasting and Prediction; Demographics
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Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Sampling and Statistical Inference." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-092, November 1990. (Revised August 1996.)
  • 24 Apr 2013
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Pimco’s Rising Stars Pull in Money for Future After Gross

  • 11 Jun 2022
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Most Billionaires Don’t Think Employees Will Stay Fully Remote, Forbes Survey Shows

  • 05 Jan 2018
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3 Ways to Think Outside the Box More Often

    Seven Strategy Questions

    To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into day-to-day actions that will enable your company to win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and... View Details
    • 10 May 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Consumer Inertia and Market Power

    Keywords: by Alexander MacKay and Marc Remer
    • 21 Nov 2021
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    Say My Name

    • 21 Mar 2018
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    These Women Could Be the Tech Industry's Next Great CEOs

    • September 2017 (Revised July 2021)
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    Asset Allocation at the Cook County Pension Fund

    By: Emil Siriwardane, Juliane Begenau and Yuval Gonczarowski
    Nickol Hackett, chief investment officer of the Cook County Pension Fund, is responsible for investing the fund’s $9 billion worth of assets on behalf of the employees of Cook County, Illinois. Like many other defined-benefit pensions at the time, the Cook County... View Details
    Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions
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    Siriwardane, Emil, Juliane Begenau, and Yuval Gonczarowski. "Asset Allocation at the Cook County Pension Fund." Harvard Business School Case 218-030, September 2017. (Revised July 2021.)
    • February 1997 (Revised July 2001)
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    Introduction to Activity-Based Costing

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    Introduces the fundamental notions of activity-based costing (ABC). Motivates ABC by means of a simple example, a single and a diversified pen factory. Proceeds to show how ABC assigns costs more accurately to products and customers by: 1) identifying the activities... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management
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    Kaplan, Robert S. "Introduction to Activity-Based Costing." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-076, February 1997. (Revised July 2001.)
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    Organizational Emplacement as a Response to Digital Threat: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores

    By: Ryan Raffaelli and Ryann Noe
    This study reveals how incumbent actors leverage physical place as source of differentiation in response to the threat of digital commoditization. Through a longitudinal, qualitative analysis of the U.S. independent bookselling industry from 1995 to 2019, we outline... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Place Making; Bookstores; Industry Evolution; Digital; Commoditization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Digital Transformation; E-commerce; Distribution Channels; Civil Society or Community; Value Creation; Retail Industry
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    Raffaelli, Ryan, and Ryann Noe. "Organizational Emplacement as a Response to Digital Threat: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores." Administrative Science Quarterly (in press). (Pre-published online May 3, 2025.)
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    Trimmed Opinion Pools and the Crowd's Calibration Problem

    By: Victor Richmond R. Jose, Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Kenneth C. Lichtendahl
    We introduce an alternative to the popular linear opinion pool for combining individual probability forecasts. One of the well-known problems with the linear opinion pool is that it can be poorly calibrated. It tends toward underconfidence as the crowd's diversity... View Details
    Keywords: Trimmed Opinion Pools; Forecasting and Prediction
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    Jose, Victor Richmond R., Yael Grushka-Cockayne, and Kenneth C. Lichtendahl. "Trimmed Opinion Pools and the Crowd's Calibration Problem." Management Science 60, no. 2 (February 2014): 463–475.
    • January 2010 (Revised May 2012)
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    TopCoder (A): Developing Software through Crowdsourcing

    By: Karim R. Lakhani, David A. Garvin and Eric Lonstein
    TopCoder's crowdsourcing-based business model, in which software is developed through online tournaments, is presented. The case highlights how TopCoder has created a unique two-sided innovation platform consisting of a global community of over 225,000 developers who... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Two-Sided Platforms; Motivation and Incentives; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Software; Technology Industry
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    Lakhani, Karim R., David A. Garvin, and Eric Lonstein. "TopCoder (A): Developing Software through Crowdsourcing." Harvard Business School Case 610-032, January 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
    • March–April 2020
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    Building A Culture of Experimentation

    By: Stefan Thomke
    Why don’t organizations test more? After examining this question for several years, I can tell you that the central reason is culture. As companies try to scale up their experimentation capacity, they often find that the obstacles are not tools and technology but... View Details
    Keywords: Experimentation; Culture; Innovation; Online; Customer Experience; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention; Internet and the Web; Attitudes; Decision Making; Change; Leadership
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    Thomke, Stefan. "Building A Culture of Experimentation." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 2 (March–April 2020): 40–48.
    • December 2010 (Revised February 2013)
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    Logoplaste: Global Growing Challenges

    By: Juan Alcacer and Anthony John Morrison Leitao
    In 2010, Logoplaste, a top 10 manufacturer of rigid plastic containers, was debating a more dramatic expansion strategy as a means to guarantee the company's continued success. The company, which began with a few plants in Portugal in the 1990s, now had 60 plants... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Global Range; Global Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Expansion
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    Alcacer, Juan, and Anthony John Morrison Leitao. "Logoplaste: Global Growing Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 711-411, December 2010. (Revised February 2013.)
    • 27 Jun 2012
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    Real Vacations Are Good for You: Take Them and Turn Off

    • 01 May 2013
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    Apple’s Ive Seen Risking iOS 7 Delay on Software Overhaul

    • 2022
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    ESG: Hyperboles and Reality

    By: George Serafeim
    ESG has rapidly become a household name leading to both confusion about what it means and creating unrealistic expectations about its effects. In this paper, I draw on more than a decade of research to dispel several myths about ESG and provide answers to important... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Disclosure; ESG Reporting; ESG Ratings; Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Performance; Corporate Disclosure; Reports
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    Serafeim, George. "ESG: Hyperboles and Reality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-031, November 2021.
    • 14 Dec 2015
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    Your iPhone Is Ruining Your Posture — and Your Mood

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