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Women at HBS - Alumni

of women leaders who make a difference in the world, focusing on areas where alumni urged and where HBS felt it could have the greatest impact––in areas such as increasing the number of women case protagonists and strengthening the curriculum., in enhancing alumnae... View Details

17 Sep 2012
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Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

To The Lab With that supporting data in hand, the team decided to test the weather/productivity connection in the controlled setting of a research lab. The goal was to establish causality for the correlative findings. "I love when you... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

how these Americans spend their income tax refunds, using transaction-level data from a stored-value card product. Card-holders may choose among several tax settlement and loan options, effectively receiving cash as much as 90 days... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Sep 2021
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Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?

The global COVID-19 pandemic has shifted power dynamics not only within today’s historically tight job market, where workers have an unprecedented level of choice and control, but also within households, organizations, and society as a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

effective treatment to prevent Osteoporosis. Kudos CEO: Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014) Alumni Track Runner-Up & Crowd Favorite Winner Cotton cush for baby’s tush. Business Track, 2020 Alife Health, Inc. Paxton Maeder-York, MBA 2020 Business... View Details

25 Jun 2018
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In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

Wellesley College, herself an immigrant from Finland. “Immigrants as a group can have a dynamic effect on an economy” Kerr concludes that countries shutting the door on legal immigration are following the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

Developing Theory Using Machine Learning Methods By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Ryan Allen, and Michael G. Endres Abstract—We describe how to employ machine learning (ML) methods in theory development. Compared to traditional causal inference... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2024
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Vital Signs

Image by Edmon De Haro Illustration by Edmon De Haro The signs of strain were there long before the pandemic: Health care workers had been managing under tremendous pressures while working long hours in understaffed hospitals. Then COVID unleashed an unprecedented... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

25 Mar 2021
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Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!

acclimating to American culture and living in a new country, concerns related to speaking and writing in English as a second language and how to participate effectively in class discussions, and adjusting to the case-based pedagogy.... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

in addition to valuable connections that will move it in a strong direction. In a collaborative learning environment, attendees gained access to the latest thinking around rapidly changing global dynamics affecting entrepreneurship and... View Details

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Student Research - Doctoral

Dynamic Personalization with Multiple Customer Signals: Multi-Response State Representation in Reinforcement Learning By: Liangzong Ma, Ta-Wei Huang , Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli 05 FEB 2025 | Faculty & Research Sale of Private... View Details

15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

Our results thus identify a causal effect of poverty on crime. They also lend credence to a large literature on the effects of weather shocks on crime and conflict, which has... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Apr 2004
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Birth of the American Salesman

Walter A. Friedman's new book Birth of a Salesman chronicles the rise and development of modern sales management from the 18th century to the present day. Its fascinating cast of dynamic business figures and academic leaders includes John... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

11 Aug 2008
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Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

P. Norton aims to make strategy a continual process. The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage shows managers how to weave organizational principles into a more effective management system that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

2008
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Exploring the Duality between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the Mirroring Hypothesis

By: Alan D. MacCormack, John Rusnak and Carliss Y. Baldwin

A variety of academic studies argue that a relationship exists between the structure of an organization and the design of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, products tend to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations in which they are... View Details

Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Product Design; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Information Technology Industry

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12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

Andrei Hagiu is on the vanguard of a new field of business research that explores the dynamics of multi-sided markets. Although these markets have been around a long time, they have not really been recognized as entities unique from other... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

28 Nov 2005
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Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

demonstrated that Unilever could make a hostile acquisition, while the acquisition of Chesebrough-Pond's two years later showed that Unilever could move quickly and decisively if it wished. Effective procedures were put in place to absorb... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

are associated with a large positive influence on the foreign direct investment that flows between them. Moreover, we show that this effect occurs not only in the case of IGOs that focus on economic issues, but also on those with social... View Details

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

dynamics and how to prepare for uncertainty Learn to craft agile strategy and be quick on your feet in changing circumstances Resolve small differences before they escalate Secure maximum value for your organization and yourself Reflect... View Details

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