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30 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

self-match? The research team found self-matching can work to a company’s advantage in three ways: Retailers can raise online prices. While prices online tend to be cheaper, a retailer that self-matches can raise the online price of a product to offset the loss the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

25 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Collaborating Across Cultures

a "snake." The story illustrates a common challenge to Hollywood filmmakers as they attempt to break into China's more than $2 billion-a-year film market—and to businesspeople in all industries as foreign markets become increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Find Past & Upcoming Events - Alumni

2005), you'll learn the benefits, principles, and process of establishing your unique personal brand. Apr 10 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 10 Apr 2025 Virtual Fireside Chat: Planning for a Successful Career Break and Return Whether you're actively... View Details

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Generative AI - Alumni

developed by former LinkedIn employees and are designed to help optimize your profile, leverage GenAI in your job search, engage with alumni and connections, and help MBAs break into the tech sector. View Details

28 Jul 2023
Blog Post

How I Landed My Manufacturing Internship at HBS

fortunate to receive an offer of an interview during the winter break period and made use of the advice I’d learned in CPD-run behavioral interview seminars to prepare. A few days after the interview, I received a telephone call from HR... View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

Network HBS Executive Education programs supporting Women Leaders Women on Boards: Women on Boards empowers participants to break into corporate board roles by navigating the selection process, building strategic networks, and... View Details

August 2019
Article

When and How to Diversify—A Multicategory Utility Model for Personalized Content Recommendation

By: Yicheng Song, Nachiketa Sahoo and Elie Ofek

Sometimes we desire change, a break from the same or an opportunity to fulfill different aspects of our needs. Noting that consumers seek variety, several approaches have been developed to diversify items recommended by personalized recommender systems. However,... View Details

Keywords: Recommender Systems; Personalization; Recommendation Diversity; Variety Seeking; Collaborative Filtering; Consumer Utility Models; Digital Media; Clickstream Analysis; Learning-to-rank; Consumer Behavior; Media; Customization and Personalization; Strategy; Mathematical Methods

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18 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 18

PublicationsSidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed and How We Can Stick to the Plan Authors:Francesca Gino Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, forthcoming Abstract You may not realize it but simple, irrelevant factors can have profound consequences on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

envision a world in which there was a computer on every desk at a time when personal computers didn't exist. But he also realized that the way to capitalize on that future was to focus his energies on controlling software, not hardware. Andy Grove foresaw the eventual... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

her team set the goal of building a $1 billion business inside of three years. At the end of five years, the unit’s revenues exceeded $3 billion. She got there by breaking rules and sustaining a commitment to her vision, even as she... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

experience. What is your favorite memory of your time at HBS?I have loved all the treks! Most recently, my section did a trek to Morocco for spring break and it was especially meaningful since my Moroccan sectionmate organized it. HBS... View Details

29 Mar 2022
Book

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

buy.” 4. Business leaders strive for inclusivity and gender equality Some of the business leaders featured in the book were among the first generation of women to break through considerable barriers in their professions. One method used... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2021
Op-Ed

How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback

reports delivered to employees at all sorts of companies. I’m often struck by the way the process can break down. First, what the givers intend to convey and what they actually express to recipients may differ dramatically. Second, what... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

luxury of long breaks between jobs or extended periods of time to think about their transition before they step into the next thing. Additionally, as Bridges points out, we often don’t see when we are in a neutral zone, that time when we... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

next challenge was convincing port authorities to redesign their sites to accommodate the new intermodal transport operation. Although he received his first big break with the backing of the New York Port Authority chairman, McLean... View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

15 Dec 2023
News

The Musts of 2023

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. At fall reunions, we set up shop on campus and asked alumni about what media moved them this year. What changed their minds or their hearts. And their answers ran... View Details

08 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

Google and Groupon, for instance, a higher percentage of employees work in sales than engineering or data mining. And at Facebook the salesforce's ability to translate 'likes' into advertisers will make or break that company's valuation... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

time breaking through the corporate shields that Bezos has erected. (A former analyst recalled to us that on a trip to the company, she saw the World War II slogan “Loose Lips Sink Ships” on a bathroom wall.) So we wondered if there... View Details

Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail

Blog

Making the Decision to Attend: Our Participants Share Their Stories

definitely worth the time investment. My family came out to Boston the first week so I could spend a little time with them. I also went home to California for the brief break halfway through the program. Today's technology, like FaceTime,... View Details

20 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Language Wars Divide Global Companies

are certainly entitled to speak their language. It's just sometimes infuriating because they'll just break into it in mid-meeting ," one American explained. In another multinational group, this one featuring four German workers in... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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