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- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
reviews on average) and accuracy (some reviewers are more erratic than others), (2) reviewers to be influenced by existing reviews, and (3) product quality to change over time. We apply this approach to reviews from Yelp.com to derive optimal ratings for each View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Trends in Consumer Products
simple and often logical but difficult to predict. Jake Kirsch ‘11, VP Innovation, ABinBev Covid had a massive effect on our business. Fifteen percent of our business is in bars and restaurants and they were effectively closed. Some new... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Entrepreneurship Immersion - Four Highlights
with HBS founders on campus. For example, this was a run-in with Leslie Means (MBA 2015), Founder & CEO of Anomalie and Nick Alexander, Founder & CEO of Yoshi (MBA 2015); we then ended up having dinner at Leslie’s favorite Harvard Square View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
Center's Roof Terrace Restaurant on Friday evening. Ferguson discussed the changing nature and role of leadership today, and illustrated his talk with an insider's view of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. “Alan was by no means... View Details
- 13 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012
passion she'd had since childhood: food. "We always sat together at the table for dinner," she says. In her adulthood, "I used cooking to recreate that warmth and connect with friends." Although "going to culinary school and working in a View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1
optimize your time and choose an effective event format? Is a Company Presentation right for us? At HBS, Company Presentations are held either off-campus at a local hotel or restaurant or on-campus in a classroom. Our classrooms seat up... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
as it happened, Nova’s twin daughters had interned in the Mayor’s office. Segneri worked with then-Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis to launch Operation Safe Delivery, a comprehensive safety plan for local restaurants and delivery... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Yelp data can complement government surveys by measuring economic activity in close to real time, at a granular level, and at almost any geographic scale. Changes in the number of businesses and restaurants reviewed on Yelp can predict... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog
Health Care General Management, Technology & Operations Management Fall 2024 Q1 1.5 Rebecca Karp Innovating at Scale Strategy Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Michael S. Kaufman Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
the like. Right now, a developer must accept a dramatically reduced price for that kind of land. But PRT could connect outlying buildings directly to a subway platform and a restaurant district. A PRT-connected outlying building could be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant industries. Return to June Bulletin THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education, health care,... View Details
- 22 Mar 2022
- News
Clubs Mark a Milestone and the Lunar New Year
not only great to see everybody for the first time in a long time, but there was a strong sense of community. It was also good to just see people out and about in Chinatown. And the restaurant was busy. It felt like things are getting... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
first T-shirt is reserved for him.” Matthew “My family has a restaurant business throughout the Pacific Northwest. Initially, my father wanted me to come home to help run that after graduation, but since I described the business to him,... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making the Most of Government Upheaval
markets, trade tariffs, and taxation virtually overnight in 1991, sending shock waves throughout its economy. For YPF, at the time heavily diversified in cinemas, airlines, hotels, and restaurants in addition to energy, the first order of... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
Also, McDonald's has already shouldered some of the costs of establishing quick-service restaurant formats locally. Sell Out. Even in cases where the big deal makes sense, it may be better for your company's shareholders if you're the... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
oversight at a chain restaurant company. Prestley Blake founded Friendly Ice Cream in 1935 with his brother, and the two created a chain of full-service restaurants. In 1979 they sold the business and retired. In 2000, Blake became... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
been almost a year and a half since Aydin had agreed to sell the company's shares to Delivery Hero, the Berlin-based global leader in online and mobile food ordering, for $589 million. In 2016, the company had grown to include more than 13,000 member View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
few decades, what were some of the key factors in China’s economic rise? A: In the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping’s establishment of the free trade zones began the transformation of China’s state-run economy. In the 1990s, you saw a significant easing of restrictions on... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
hungry. The Carsons initially reached out to local restaurants that agreed to turn surplus food into soups. Then they went to supermarkets. “We went to one grocer where we’d been shopping for 30 years and asked if we could take the... View Details
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
PMD, it's OPM for me. Refrain: OPM (OPM), Harvard Square (Harvard Square). You'll learn with all the smartest teachers there. Come on down to Cambridge to spend a week or three. AMP, PMD, it's OPM for me. OPM 34. Wasabi! (from a case about a Japanese View Details