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  • January–February 2025
  • Article

Want Your Company to Get Better at Experimentation?: Learn Fast by Democratizing Testing

By: Iavor Bojinov, David Holtz, Ramesh Johari, Sven Schmit and Martin Tingley
For years, online experimentation has fueled the innovations of leading tech companies, enabling them to rapidly test and refine new ideas, optimize product features, personalize user experiences, and maintain a competitive edge. The widespread availability and lower... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Product Development; Competitive Advantage
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  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Soul and Machine (Learning)

By: Davide Proserpio, John R. Hauser, Xiao Liu, Tomomichi Amano, Alex Burnap, Tong Guo, Dokyun Lee, Randall Lewis, Kanishka Misra, Eric Schwarz, Artem Timoshenko, Lilei Xu and Hema Yoganarasimhan
Machine learning is bringing us self-driving cars, improved medical diagnostics, and machine translation, but can it improve marketing decisions? It can. Machine learning models predict extremely well, are scalable to “big data,” and are a natural fit to rich media... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Marketing; AI and Machine Learning
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  • January 2019
  • Case

Data.gov (Abridged)

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi
This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to rapidly develop the website and to... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Management; Information Management; Public Administration Industry; Information Industry; United States
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  • 2018
  • Chapter

Competing Interests

By: Joel Goh
Book Abstract: The editors, aided by a team of internationally acclaimed experts, have curated this timely volume to help newcomers and seasoned researchers alike to rapidly comprehend a diverse set of thrusts and tools in this rapidly growing cross-disciplinary field.... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Analytics; Health Care and Treatment; Research; Competition
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  • March 2011 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

The Whiz Kids

By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
In October 1945, Henry Ford II received a telegram in his office at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan written by Charles "Tex" Thornton, a U.S. Air Force colonel. The telegram presented an opportunity for Ford to deploy a system of statistical control which... View Details
Keywords: Ford Motor Company; Statistical Control; Management Systems; Accounting; Operations; Strategy; Mathematical Methods; Auto Industry; United States
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  • April 2002 (Revised May 2003)
  • Supplement

An Overview of Project Finance-2002 Update

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Irina L. Christov
This case introduces to the field of project finance and provides a statistical overview of the project-financed investments over the last five years. It consists of four sections. The first section defines project finance and contrasts it with other well-known... View Details
Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Project Finance; Investment
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  • April 2006 (Revised April 2007)
  • Case

Endeca Technologies: New Growth Opportunities

By: Paul A. Gompers and Kristin Perry
Steve Papa, CEO of Endeca Technologies, must decide whether to expand into a new market with a new application of his company's technology. Endeca has experienced significant success with its information access software in the online retail industry, and in September... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Market Entry and Exit; Production; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
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  • Program

Disruptive Innovation

advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555). Application Submission We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an... View Details

    Michael Beer

    MICHAEL BEER

    Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

    • Research Summary

    The Equilibrium Concept in Game Theory

    By: Elon Kohlberg
    Elon Kohlberg is studying the foundations of the equilibrium concept in game theory, which is to the study of economic systems what the notion of "equilibrium of forces" is to the study of mechanical systems. Although much of economic theory can be viewed in... View Details
    • Other Article

    Want to See the Future of Digital Health Tools? Look to Germany

    By: Ariel Dora Stern, Henrik Matthies, Julia Hagen, Jan B. Brönneke and Jörg F. Debatin
    A new law will make it easier to introduce and determine the benefits of new tools. Perhaps its most important provisions are its formalization of “prescribable applications,” which include standard software, SaaS, and mobile as well as browser-based apps, and the... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Transformation; Internet and the Web; Technological Innovation; Germany
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    • December 1995 (Revised February 1999)
    • Case

    Toys "R" Us Japan

    By: Debora L. Spar
    Documents the American retailer's process of entry into the Japanese toy market. Discusses the history of Toys "R" Us in the United States as well as the history of the Japanese toy market, distribution, wholesaling, and retailing systems. Eager to enter the world's... View Details
    Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Retail Industry; Japan; United States
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    • 24 Oct 2017
    • News

    What Managers Need to Know About Social Tools

    • Program

    Driving Corporate Performance

    selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities. Application Deadline JUL 2023 session application due: 27 JUN 2023 Applications... View Details
    • January 2013
    • Case

    Omidyar Network: Pioneering Impact Investment

    By: Michael Chu and Lauren Barley
    Omidyar Network, having deployed to date over $500 million in ways ranging from donations to commercial equity capital, must decide whether to back Anudip, an Indian organization dedicated to providing the rural unemployed and marginalized with livelihoods linked to... View Details
    Keywords: Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; India
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    • October 2014 (Revised September 2017)
    • Case

    The National Football League and Brain Injuries

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
    The National Football League (NFL) was both the most popular spectator sport in the U.S. and a major economic entity, taking in roughly $10 billion a year in revenue. However through the early twenty-first century, an increased understanding of the long-term effects of... View Details
    Keywords: Employee Safety; Safety; Employees; Sports; Health; Ethics; Sports Industry; United States
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    • 04 Mar 2024
    • What Do You Think?

    Do People Want to Work Anymore?

    month’s column How Do You Hire for Attitude? Hiring for attitude, training for skills is an important and winning strategy. But too many applicants experience what Caroline Hickey, in an email to me, described: “As a career coach, I... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    Professor Goh’s primary research interest is applying mathematical models to real-world problems in health care in order to inform, improve, and enhance medical decision making and health policy. His recent work in this domain focuses on developing new methods for... View Details
    Keywords: Uncertainty; Optimization; Inventory Management; Health; Decision Making; Supply Chain
    • November 2024 (Revised January 2025)
    • Case

    Balancing Impact: Modeling the Future at British International Investment

    By: Shawn Cole and Jonah Zahnd
    In 2022, British International Investment (BII), the £8.1 billion development finance arm of the British government, implemented a new impact measurement system called the Impact Score to align its financial and impact objectives systematically. The tool was designed... View Details
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    • January 2018
    • Article

    The Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence Across Countries

    By: Josh Lerner, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski and Karen Wilson
    This paper examines investments made by 13 angel groups across 21 countries. We compare applicants just above and below the funding cutoff and find that these angel investors have a positive impact on the growth, performance, and survival of firms as well as their... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Investment; Business Startups
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