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significant discretion. Corporate philanthropy is our setting to study how a differentiated structural element—the corporate foundation—constrains the influence of individual senior managers View Details
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Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About
heart of Silicon Valley. His landmark 2003 gift to establish the Rock Center funded not only a home base for entrepreneurship faculty, but also a lasting foundation for innovative course development, MBA... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
channels instead persist, with strong odds against upstream suppliers waging a successful defense of material interests. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-042.pdf Growth through Heterogeneous View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Business, Government & the International Economy Curriculum - Faculty & Research
Q3Q4 3.0 IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation Sophus A. Reinert , Dante Roscini January 2026 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Vincent Pons Spring 2026... View Details
- 2024
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Scaling Core Earnings Measurement with Large Language Models
By: Matthew Shaffer and Charles CY Wang
We study the application of large language models (LLMs) to the estimation of core earnings, i.e., a firm's persistent profitability from its core business activities. This construct is central to investors' assessments of economic performance and valuations. However,... View Details
Keywords: Large Language Models; AI and Machine Learning; Accounting; Profit; Corporate Disclosure; Analytics and Data Science; Measurement and Metrics
Shaffer, Matthew, and Charles CY Wang. "Scaling Core Earnings Measurement with Large Language Models." Working Paper, November 2024.
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Activity-Based Costing
and customers. At the same time, the new approach provides more accurate cost-driver rates by allowing unit times to be estimated even for complex, specialized transactions. Estimating the cost per time unit View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
key problem for organization design will be the management of distributed innovation in such dynamic ecosystems. Specifically, how should diverse entities be integrated into a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2013
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PadFone vs. FonePad
By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
To Jonney Shih, Chairman of ASUSTek Computer, the introduction of Apple's iPad made clear the need to transition his company to a new cloud-computing era. But the company's roots in the manufacture of Windows-powered desktop and notebook PCs bounded the creativity of... View Details
Keywords: Mobile Phones; Smartphone; Tablet Computer; Android; Recombination; Design Thinking; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Asia; Taiwan; Europe; United States
Shih, Willy, and Sen Chai. "PadFone vs. FonePad." Harvard Business School Case 614-023, September 2013.
- July 2020
- Technical Note
Digital Natives Growing Without a Sales Force
By: Das Narayandas, Michael Norris and Amram Migdal
This brief case describes the rise of so-called digital natives (also called born-in-digital) in the 2000s and 2010s that successfully grew without a sales force. The case highlights the emergence of business-to-business Internet and cloud-based companies and their... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; Crisis Management; Health; Health Pandemics; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Social Issues; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Information Technology Industry; Australia; North and Central America; United States; Illinois; Chicago; California; San Francisco
Narayandas, Das, Michael Norris, and Amram Migdal. "Digital Natives Growing Without a Sales Force." Harvard Business School Technical Note 521-019, July 2020.
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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online
measured, and how you can effectively manage your performance. Harvard Business School Professor V.G. Narayanan shares why you should learn finance and accounting even if... View Details
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President of the Urban League of Broward County in Fort Laude... DNPIV Perspectives: Erica Mitchell, United Way of Greater Nashville Erica Mitchell 01 Jul 2025 Erica Mitchell... View Details
- 29 May 2012
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First Look: May 29
Publication:Stanford Social Innovation Review (summer 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/in_search_of_the_hybrid_ideal Coordinating Marketing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2021
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Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?
customer service and product design, information technology and administration. Finding people with these kinds of backgrounds View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but his fiancée is much more risk averse, his... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?
lengthening of value chains, has allowed for a finer division of labor and greater gains from specialization—hyper-specialization—across countries. Just-in-time View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2024
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Elevator Pitch: Banking On It
institutions through self-serve customization, a low-code API builder that allows lenders to integrate partners of their choosing, and personalized agent portals that provide effortless onboarding View Details
- 10 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 10
Publications February 2015 RAND Journal of Economics Performance Responses to Competition Across Skill-Levels in Rank Order Tournaments: Field Evidence and Implications for Tournament Design By: Boudreau,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Organizational restructuring: the influence of formal and informal structure on tie formation. This paper considers how changes in formal structure and a key element of informal structure – the embeddedness of employee... View Details
- 16 Nov 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Boston
Starting last fall and continuing through this coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On November 8, more than 170 alumni and guests gathered in Klarman Hall to hear the dean discuss how the School is addressing today’s... View Details
- 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23
other sources of entrepreneurial influence: we find that peer influences are strongest for those who have less exposure to entrepreneurship in other aspects of their lives. Family Control View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace