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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

hrs Module 1 Describing and Summarizing Data Recognize trends in data and detect outliers, summarize data sets concisely, and analyze relationships between variables. Highlights Histograms and Summarizing Data Understand How to Interpret... View Details

18 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

employers. Employers can create win-win scenarios for themselves and their employees. Senz: Are there other strategies companies can use to protect trade secrets in the absence of non-competes? Wu: Ongoing trends in technology and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

key players involved, interpret metrics to analyze performance, and discuss trends in alternatives. Highlights The Money Journey Part 1 Complementarity PFA Pension: Strategy 2020 Show Hide Details Concepts The Money Journey Performance... View Details

08 Apr 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It

lucrative but often confusing dynamics of the luxury market. Harvard Business School researchers have studied the trends to answer a number of questions. Does a prestige brand like Longchamp dilute its aura by selling an affordable... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto; Retail; Fashion

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

bars. But there is a chicken-and-egg question of what ignites that development. Although it’s possible some existing shops could be squeezed out by the influx (the report didn’t specifically study that question), the overall trend is that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

current with industry trends and connected with other executives and directors who are wrestling with similar problems. That's why your professional network is so important to your role as a board member—your network is part of what you... View Details

31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

role employers play, Wilmers says. “This is an example where employer decisions are really having an impact on these macro level trends that can sometimes seem, inexorably, out of any of our hands,” Wilmers says. “So, I think it’s good... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Events - Creating Emerging Markets

Boston, MA The Business History of India & South Asia: Recent Trends in Research This one-day conference brought together leading scholars from Asia, Europe, and the United States to discuss the latest research on the evolution of... View Details

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locating equity research; For a multimedia learning module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction. Articles and news... View Details

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

have, except for a time after the wars and depression of the twentieth century, outpaced economic growth. As a result, returns to labor have lagged far behind, accentuating the concentration of income and wealth in the hands of an increasingly small number of people.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Research - Private Capital Project

we examine trends in the banking industry over the last twenty-five years. On the... 2024 Working Paper Corporate Debt, Boom-Bust Cycles, and Financial Crises By: Victoria Ivashina , Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Luc Laeven and Karsten Müller... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

billion-dollar company by taking calculated risks and making bold investments based on anticipated industry trends and client demand. Now, despite slowing demand for CRO services, PAREXEL is betting that a global footprint and technology... View Details

11 Apr 2016
HBS Seminar

Pian Shu, Harvard Business School

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

Anderson Consulting, went from 13 percent to about 19 percent. This demonstrates how profitable performance-based pricing can be. The trend toward broader agency involvement with clients beyond traditional advertising has made it both... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

data reveal that the transition from fixed to flexible exchange rate arrangement due to the Bretton Woods agreement is more nuanced than previously described. The authors also discuss trends in capital account restrictions and capital... View Details

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Research Design - Impact Investments

ever-more complete picture of the impact investing landscape. Focus Area 2 The second focus area of the project takes an in-depth look at a group of 200 portfolio companies, which are sampled to reflect some of the main trends in the U.S.... View Details

24 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet

Those changes are likely to be as big as any of those mentioned above. Related Reading: Dear Internet: You Are Extraordinary, But Not Exceptional Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction Quantifying the Economic... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology

January 2024
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Sprouts Farmers Market

By: Rajiv Lal, Forest L. Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred

Sprouts Farmers Markets (Sprouts) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based chain of 400-plus natural foods stores in 23 U.S. states and $6.4 billion in sales as of 2022. In its product assortment, brand image, and store environment, Sprouts emphasizes freshness, health, innovation,... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Strategic Planning; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Retail Industry; United States; Arizona

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Hospital Performance, the Local Economy, and the Local Workforce: Findings from a U.S. National Longitudinal Study

Background: Pay-for-performance is an increasingly popular approach to improving health care quality, and the US government will soon implement pay-for-performance in hospitals nationwide. Yet hospital capacity to perform (and improve performance) likely depends on... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Performance; Health Industry; United States