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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
and found a number of broadly applicable factors that allowed clubs to amplify their investments. SIDENOTE: Tanaka's former team is the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, established in 2004 by the Rakuten Group—a company founded by Hiroshi... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
individuals. All forecasting is a case in point. When the application becomes personal, it raises many questions that will have to be addressed. In this case, should we be careful what we wish for? What do you think? Original Article In... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Faculty Mentors | Research Associates
support. Research Staff Services hires all RAs and is happy to answer questions about the application process. Please do not contact faculty directly about opportunities. Accounting & Management Unit Brian K. Baik Assistant Professor of... View Details
- Fast Answer
Forecasts: economic, industry, and country
How can I find economic, industry, and country forecasts worldwide? Datastream: HBS access is limited to Consensus Economics Mean Forecasts. Open the Excel application and select Refinitiv link, then... View Details
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Accessibility | About
disabilities. Moving forward, Harvard expects University Information Technology and University Digital Content to conform to applicable Digital Accessibility Standards to the fullest extent possible. “Accessibility is about more than... View Details
- Profile
Rocio Parra
Why was getting a business education important to you? As a consultant, I had the opportunity to work in a variety of industries from pharmaceuticals and medical devices to government and consumer packaged goods. Through these experiences, I became interested in View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
and probably hungrier. Our independence has eliminated the strategic conflicts that we faced in trying to sell networking solutions to AT&T's competitors. That's no longer an issue, and the entire market is open to us. How rapidly do you... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
employing an engineering team to create a web application that applies natural language processing, machine learning, big data, and data visualization algorithms to make conflicts with trademarked names immediately visual, accessible, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- March 2022
- Article
Winner Takes All? Tech Clusters, Population Centers, and the Spatial Transformation of U.S. Invention
By: Brad Chattergoon and William R. Kerr
U.S. invention has become increasingly concentrated around major tech centers since the 1970s, with implications for how much cities across the country share in concomitant local benefits. Is invention becoming a winner-takes-all race? We explore the rising spatial... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Invention; Agglomeration; Artificial Intelligence; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Applications and Software; Industry Clusters; AI and Machine Learning
Chattergoon, Brad, and William R. Kerr. "Winner Takes All? Tech Clusters, Population Centers, and the Spatial Transformation of U.S. Invention." Art. 104418. Research Policy 51, no. 2 (March 2022).
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
be because we mostly notice the things that government gets wrong. "You drive for miles on perfectly paved roads but are outraged when you run into one pothole," says Michael I. Norton, an associate professor in the Marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
2+2: Building on Business Basics at HBS
training from HBS is invaluable when going to places to conduct business where what you are doing has never been done before.Where did you work before coming to HBS?I worked for Walmart Marketing, as an Assistant Marketing Manager, for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
United States. Fuller collaborated with labor market analytics firm Burning Glass Technologies—led by CEO Matt Sigelman (MBA 1999)—to identify occupations best suited for the apprenticeship model. One criterion: The occupation must... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games
Markets don't just determine prices, they also determine who gets what. For commodities, the price does most of the work, but many markets, like labor markets, don't clear by price alone. You don't hire just anyone who is willing to work... View Details
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The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF) - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF) Course Number 1315 Professor Aiyesha Dey Professor Jonas Heese Fall; Q1; 1.5 credits Project Educational Objective We are in the golden age of fraud. Learning how to detect and prevent fraud, and make better investment... View Details
- August 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Siebel Systems: Anatomy of a Sale, Part 2
By: John A. Deighton and Das Narayandas
How does a $2 million software sale happen? This case traces efforts by Siebel Systems to sell lead management software to discount broker Quick & Reilly. The buying process is mapped out over four years. Covers in detail the last six months--from Siebel's initial... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Leadership; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Structure; Behavior; Competition; Applications and Software; Technology Industry
Deighton, John A., and Das Narayandas. "Siebel Systems: Anatomy of a Sale, Part 2." Harvard Business School Case 503-022, August 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
category, and browse buying guides, helping customers make an informed buying decision. vinsnap is a mobile automotive marketing company. The application organizes car searches for customers using... View Details
- March 2018
- Case
IBM: Watson and the Internet of Things
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
IBM has recently launched a business unit devoted to the Internet of Things. The group's leadership team needs to figure out the best way to quickly scale its business in a fragmented and nascent market. View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
need to bring trouble-shooting forums in house, Ruediger Voelske said, "Innovations and strategies can then be developed from forum experience." Others offered examples of interesting applications of the idea of involving... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
Hiring more minority loan officers could help people of color secure significantly more home loans and address one of the biggest factors driving the racial wealth gap, new research finds. In the white-dominated US banking industry, minority borrowers’ View Details
- Portrait Project
Clare Hawthorne
It may not be sexy, but I'll make sure it's useful... You see, every shelf in my apartment is alphabetized. I leave organized file cabinets and supply closets in my wake. I even have a list of "dream chores." In middle school, I learned my affinity for... View Details