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- 30 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date
intelligent as well.” The research, published in the paper It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Question-Asking Increases Liking, examined data from online chats and face-to-face speed dating conversations. In addition... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Events - Business History
business leaders in emerging markets since 2008. These are hosted on a public website featuring full interview transcripts and associated video clips that are free to download and use for teaching, research, or general interest. At this View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Engaging Students More Deeply
Students at Success Academy stay more focused on the dot rug. Photo courtesy HBS Multimedia Development To tell the compelling stories of a developer working to revitalize Miami Beach, a Maine lobsterman confronting the economic risks of climate change, and a charter... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Digital Innovation - Alumni
live our lives, HBS is elevating and expanding faculty research on the breadth and depth of this digital transformation. HBS Live Online classrooms In response to growing demand for online learning, HBS... View Details
- 08 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?
Media outlets large and small have adopted digital paywalls to augment dramatic declines in print revenues, but given their negative effect on website traffic (and, in turn, online advertising), are paywalls an effective sales strategy? A... View Details
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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni
friction from ecommerce shopping, or applying Big Data to achieve supply chain efficiencies Enthusiasm for a particular industry or "space," such as IoT or green energy initiatives For those who recognize themselves as founders, the next... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Pet Project
data will confirm. The relative investment in driving new customer acquisition via retail is much lower than ecommerce, where driving site traffic is costly, and even SEO and referrals require investment. So a true apples-to-apples... View Details
- 17 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups
race, while in others, race seemed to have no effect on the players they put on the court. In order to figure out why, Zhang scraped game-by-game data on players. Overall, he found that coaches tended to... View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
Editor’s note: Concerns about data falsification and fabrication in a study conducted by Francesca Gino as part of this article have been shared by Harvard Business School with the publishing journal’s editor, along with a request that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
a broader pool, researchers used machine learning, and turned to data firm Burning Glass Technologies, which sifts through tens of thousands of online job boards and company websites. The authors examined... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
shareholder returns of 150 percent while the S&P 500 has delivered 14 percent. They've also grown their sales 134 percent while the S&P 500 has grown just 53 percent. Clearly, these firms have found something that allows them to be resilient in both good times... View Details
- 26 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)
their findings in the newly updated working paper “Reputation Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers.” They initiated the study because they were fascinated by the growing overlap between e-commerce and social media platforms, fueled... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Competition Make Us More Creative?
process and then understand how it works is very difficult, however. Gross showed some creativity in finding an innovative way to do just that. His study looked at graphic design competitions that take place via online platforms that help... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
aligned—or coupled—with their formal commitments to labor codes of conduct. Using data on 3,276 suppliers in 55 countries, we find that in suppliers with high-powered efficiency structures (piece-rate pay), labor codes are internally... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
Publishing 27% Endowment Distribution & Current 18% Executive Education Tuition 14% MBA Tuition & Fees 8% HBS Online 2% Housing, Rents, & Other MBA Tuition and Fees Student tuition and fee revenue from the MBA program increased 21 percent... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
patterns before and after team scaffolds were implemented. Our results show that the team scaffolds improved performance, in part by reducing the number of partners with whom each role occupant coordinated. We then analyze qualitative interview View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
four Porsches in the garage and who join online brand communities to share in their love for the brand. When Porsche tried to appeal to female consumers with its Porsche Cayenne SUV, these fanatics howled in protest about the "feminizing"... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
behavior of observably similar public and private firms using a new data source on private U.S. firms, assuming for identification that closely held private firms are subject to fewer short-termist pressures. Our results show that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17
initial evidence for a positive feedback loop between prosocial spending and well-being, these data offer one potential path to sustainable happiness: prosocial spending increases happiness, which in turn encourages prosocial spending.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel