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- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
approval," Trichakis says. "The Office of Civil Rights is involved too. Everyone is still in the loop of thinking about how the system should look: how many points for dialysis time, waiting time,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
In Israel, getting into business is not so much a matter of what university you went to but rather what military unit you served in. And that may be the single thing you need to understand about what makes... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss
New research suggests that if you break out in tears in front of supervisors or colleagues, you have a chance to recover. The key: reframe your distress as passion. Most people tend to apologize in those situations, says Elizabeth Baily... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- March 2022
- Article
Learning to Rank an Assortment of Products
By: Kris Ferreira, Sunanda Parthasarathy and Shreyas Sekar
We consider the product ranking challenge that online retailers face when their customers typically behave as “window shoppers”: they form an impression of the assortment after browsing products ranked in the initial positions and then decide whether to continue... View Details
Keywords: Online Learning; Product Ranking; Assortment Optimization; Learning; Internet and the Web; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; E-commerce
Ferreira, Kris, Sunanda Parthasarathy, and Shreyas Sekar. "Learning to Rank an Assortment of Products." Management Science 68, no. 3 (March 2022): 1828–1848.
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
succeeded in producing and distributing My Name is Khan in the country. The first thing Fox did right? "They set up shop in India." The company's previous release of the Hollywood blockbuster... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
models—we need to go back to when consumers started paying attention to pricing online. The internet becomes widespread starting in 1994, and suddenly you can know the price of something with very minimal... View Details
- Web
National Markets - The Art of American Advertising
“Household routines involved making fewer things and purchasing more; consumption became a major part of the work of the household,” cultural historian Susan Strasser asserts.... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
Success at the movie box office can be difficult to predict. For every surprise hit film like Crazy Rich Asians, there’s a massive flame-out like Justice League. Unlike television, where a station can test a pilot before committing to a series, studios must spend... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
own future and control what its destiny is. We say that our mission is to help build a better Internet, and people sometimes sort of smile, but if you talk to the people at Cloudflare they go, No no we’re serious. We think that the View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Governor of Kaduna State Malam Nasir AHMAD El-Rufai (left) and Mira Mehta (right) meet with Nigerian government officials (photo courtesy of Tomato Jos) Mira Mehta (MBA 2014) didn’t set out to become a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
Aviv, killing 36 people. “I’m convinced he wasn’t a terrorist when we talked,” says Hussein. “I think Hamas came to him and promised to take care of his family if he’d do this one thing for them. I believe... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
breadth has grave, powerful implications. My overall sense is that the New York Times and other newspapers have made available all kinds of information in the wake of this last astounding year. It's not that... View Details
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
own works. And so my first book that published, which is called Meta Wars, came out around the same time as Holly's book. And so I was on the hunt looking for things that I thought would translate well specifically to TV. And I remembered... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
"read" are examples of design rules. Disk drive designers must obey these rules if their drives are to function in a given computer system. CB: As long as the rules are obeyed, disk drive designers can vary many View Details
- June 2008
- Teaching Note
Threadless: The Business of Community (TN)
By: Karim R. Lakhani
Teaching Note for 608707 View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
receive double bilateral cochlear implants,” Sommer says. “Now I can hear a golf ball hitting the bottom of the cup or the sound of rain on the window, all the little things... View Details
- January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
By: Jill Avery, Ayelet Israeli and Emma von Maur
THE YES, a multi-brand shopping app launched in May 2020 offered a new type of buying experience for women’s fashion, driven by a sophisticated algorithm that used data science and machine learning to create and deliver a personalized store for every shopper, based on... View Details
Keywords: Data; Data Analytics; Artificial Intelligence; AI; AI Algorithms; AI Creativity; Fashion; Retail; Retail Analytics; E-Commerce Strategy; Platform; Platforms; Big Data; Preference Elicitation; Preference Prediction; Predictive Analytics; App Development; ＂Marketing Analytics＂; Advertising; Mobile App; Mobile Marketing; Apparel; Online Advertising; Referral Rewards; Referrals; Female Ceo; Female Entrepreneur; Female Protagonist; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Creativity; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Channels; Digital Marketing; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; AI and Machine Learning; E-commerce; Digital Platforms; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Avery, Jill, Ayelet Israeli, and Emma von Maur. "THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI)." Harvard Business School Case 521-070, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) In a kind of twisted and sometimes painful way, I learned from a Japanese norm how to achieve great View Details
- 09 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?
geopolitics of the moment. The interesting thing about the energy sector is that it is always and everywhere inherently geopolitical, even when the decision-making by firms is utterly commercial in its... View Details