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Research Computing Services
analyses, natural language processing & more. Artificial Intelligence (AI) RCS team members have experience applying AI techniques to academic research. Our Team (login required) RCS staff include experienced statisticians and data... View Details
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?
charisma as a leader’s moral conviction, need for power, and ability to transfer an idealized vision to followers—it’s more than just straight-up beauty. Having it can mean the difference between making it to the C-suite and getting stuck in middle management, and... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
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Advancing Women of Color in Leadership
increasing responsibility in mid to large sized organizations. While the program content is focused on women and nonbinary people of color and their allies, the program is open to all who fulfill the admissions criteria. Please find our... View Details
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Finance - Faculty & Research
Zelazko and Michael Norris June 2025 | Case | Faculty Research In early 2025, Microsoft was evaluating the impact of its $14 billion investment in OpenAI. As OpenAI’s computing needs expanded, Microsoft positioned Azure as the exclusive provider for training and... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
ago also provided investor-friendly provisions that protected shareholders from abuses by large shareholders, managers, and other corporate insiders—protections that were even better than what was offered in the country in the late 20th... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
Working PapersThe Business of Free Software: Enterprise Incentives, Investment, and Motivation in the Open Source Community Authors:Marco Iansiti and Gregory L. Richards Abstract In this paper, we examine the motivations of large... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?
- October 2022
- Case
Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia Comeau
The majority of vaccines used on the continent of Africa (99%) are produced offshore. This makes African nations reliant on the West for major health care needs, a problem which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Afrigen Biologics (in partnership with the WHO)... View Details
Keywords: Vaccination; Vaccine; mRNA; COVID; COVID-19; Inequity; Hub-and-spoke; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Production; Social Issues; Business and Government Relations; South Africa; Africa
Spar, Debora L., and Julia Comeau. "Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South." Harvard Business School Case 323-030, October 2022.
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Asia Pacific - Global
administrators to better track data, and provide parents more insight into their children’s learning. Founder and CEO Pankaj Agarwal initially priced Class Saathi using a one-time fee, or perpetual licensing, model. However, in 2023, the company began piloting a... View Details
- June 2025
- Case
From Single Stock to Diversified Portfolio: Mastercard Foundation's $42 Billion Asset Management Launch
By: Luis M. Viceira and Justin Cohen
This case examines the decision of the Mastercard Foundation in 2023 to divest its holdings of Mastercard stock, its only asset since inception in 2006 and worth $42 billion in early 2024, and to invest the proceeds in a newly designed diversified portfolio. To this... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Corporate Governance; Selection and Staffing; Risk Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Motivation and Incentives
Viceira, Luis M., and Justin Cohen. "From Single Stock to Diversified Portfolio: Mastercard Foundation's $42 Billion Asset Management Launch." Harvard Business School Case 225-096, June 2025.
- 03 May 2019
- HBS Seminar
Stephanie Cheng & Ran Song, Harvard University & Harvard Law School
- May 2021
- Article
Choice Architecture in Physician–patient Communication: A Mixed-methods Assessment of Physicians' Competency
By: J. Hart, K. Yadav, S. Szymanski, A. Summer, A. Tannenbaum, J. Zlatev, D. Daniels and S.D. Halpern
Background: Clinicians’ use of choice architecture, or how they present options, systematically influences the choices made by patients and their surrogate decision makers. However, clinicians may incompletely understand this influence.... View Details
Keywords: Choice Architecture; Health Care and Treatment; Interpersonal Communication; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competency and Skills
Hart, J., K. Yadav, S. Szymanski, A. Summer, A. Tannenbaum, J. Zlatev, D. Daniels, and S.D. Halpern. "Choice Architecture in Physician–patient Communication: A Mixed-methods Assessment of Physicians' Competency." BMJ Quality & Safety 30, no. 5 (May 2021).
- December 2020
- Case
XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives
By: Marco Di Maggio, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
XP, an investment platform, was on the verge of defining whether to do an IPO or selling off a majority stake to Itaú Unibanco, Brazil´s largest financial conglomerate. Under the leadership of Guilherme Benchimol, XP´s co-founder and CEO, XP had risen to become the... View Details
Di Maggio, Marco, Pedro Levindo, and Carla Larangeira. "XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives." Harvard Business School Case 221-029, December 2020.
- 03 Oct 2018
- HBS Seminar
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- 30 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?
but large language models like generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs) may allow companies to rely on AI to uncover consumers’ tastes, according to new research from Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016
is still thriving—while dramatically reinventing it? How do you envision a change in your current business model before a crisis forces you to abandon it? Innovation guru Vijay Govindarajan expands the leader's innovation tool kit with a... View Details
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
with Generative AI—In Consumer Research and Beyond By: Julian De Freitas , G. Nave and Stefano Puntoni June 2025 | Article | Journal of Consumer Research The use of large language View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
communities like leeches. The time is ripe for a new corporate model, driven by a new type of business leader, where creating business value also means creating value for society. Surprisingly, Kanter finds models for these so-called... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?
experiment with generative artificial intelligence (AI)—ramifications of its use on practice are just starting to be examined. The research sheds light on the biases that digital platforms, whether a simple messaging solution or a sophisticated View Details
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
technology in the case “Timnit Gebru: ‘Silenced No More’ on AI Bias and the Harms of Large Language Models.” The case study examines the efforts by the pioneering Gebru to warn Google’s executive suite. Born... View Details