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Productivity Tip: Stop Moving Your Star Workers | Working Knowledge
make all the difference. Companies are often eager to land the big fish—a massive order that will boost production and revenue. Yet firms might not understand the costs of serving a large buyer, says Jorge Tamayo, an assistant professor... View Details
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
especially with grocers, is that they use these cards to give discounts at the checkout. In the process of doing this, they have accumulated a lot of data. What they do with that data is anybody's guess. Other retailers, such as Talbots... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
name inspired by the Roman philosopher’s civic-minded teachings—has grown into a successful company with offices in Salt Lake City, Dallas, and Washington, DC, offering big data and analytics services to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
issues. Big accounts drive a disproportionate amount of a company’s revenue (the 80/20 rule), and reliance on large customers has grown. Publicly traded US companies must disclose any customers that account for more than 10 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
which was last raised in 2009. Twenty-nine states and 41 cities have increased the minimum wage above that federal level. “The minimum wage is a big issue, and this is one piece of the puzzle” Opponents counter that government-mandated... View Details
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Security & Privacy | Information Technology
Security & Privacy We all have a role to play in protecting Harvard Business School’s (HBS’s) data and systems—and our own. Practicing good security habits is always important, especially so in times of heightened risk. The following... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Taking Tailoring High Tech
Instilling Production with Principles Áslaug Magnúsdóttir Customizing Couture Online Customizing Couture Online Jamal Motlagh Taking Tailoring High Tech Taking Tailoring High Tech Katrina Lake Dressing by Number Dressing by Number Karen Moon Making View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- News
Teaching Farmers New Tricks of the Trade
Erik Malmstrom (MBA 2012) is general manager of crop marketing for the Farmers Business Network in California. In this video, he describes how the organization is helping transform the agriculture space using data analytics and sharing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Accelerating Research in China
of the world will be critical for future economic growth. “Harvard Business School can play a key role in shaping aspects of these global economic relationships,” says Plummer, the chief strategy officer at TalkingData, China’s leading mobile View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch
stakes for advertisers are huge. Americans were exposed to over 5.3 billion online video ads in July 2011 alone, with Hulu generating the highest number of video ad impressions at more than 963 million, according to data from comScore. So... View Details
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Madhav Datt
problem, validating with users, building an MVP; (2) big tech recruiting - Madhav conducted over 50 interviews for candidate at Google; and (3) navigating hedge fund recruiting - understanding what funds are best fit for you, preparing... View Details
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Just Digital Future - Race, Gender & Equity
chart a course toward a digital world that works for everyone. Our 10-episode listening tour brings scholars, practitioners, and activists into conversation about disparities in technology and the tech sector. The articles below share the View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Research Brief: The Best Medicine
As it turns out, innovation doesn’t benefit everyone equally, and a new study tries to understand how that plays out in the pharmaceutical R&D process in the United States. “The numbers are striking,” says Associate Professor Joshua Schwartzstein, pointing to the fact... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
KarimLakhani Digital Task Force Chair Professor Karim Lakhani and a task force of 36 faculty and staff from across HBS, charged with envisioning a new digital future for the School, have mapped a path for digital transformation. The direction they have set is based on... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck
Why They Buy The first big puzzle Professor Clay Christensen tackled when he joined the HBS faculty in 1992 was an elemental one: Why was success so hard for businesses to sustain? The search led to his theory of disruptive innovation,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow
part, Serafeim studies how companies should respond to big problems—such as corruption or climate change—in order to sustain their competitiveness and how investors should integrate nonfinancial (environmental, social, and governance)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Dressing by Number
individual client and the “client in aggregate” becomes. And better data means better-dressed shoppers, says Lake, noting that 70 percent of Stitch Fix’s clients return for a second “fix” within 90 days. Next: Karen Moon (MBA 2008) —... View Details
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Summit Explores the New Economy
discussions held during the event. ©iStock.com/VioletKaipa big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices How do companies profit from the fact that mobile users are more engaged than ever? Panelists discuss "Monetization in a Mobile... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A revolution in healing
formerly was CEO of bioMérieux. He joined the company in 2011 after seeing impressive data indicating Moderna had found an entirely new way to treat rare diseases and cancer—using technology that was inexpensive to produce. The company is... View Details