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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
you content and information that you will find useful. We also are exploring a concept we're calling "HBS for Life" that we hope will more effectively connect you with the School and with fellow alumni throughout your career. Finally, we... View Details
- September–October 2024
- Article
Where Data-Driven Decision-Making Can Go Wrong
By: Michael Luca and Amy C. Edmondson
When considering internal data or the results of a study, often business leaders either take the evidence presented as gospel or dismiss it altogether. Both approaches are misguided. What leaders need to do instead is conduct rigorous discussions that assess any... View Details
Luca, Michael, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Where Data-Driven Decision-Making Can Go Wrong." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 5 (September–October 2024): 80–89.
- November 2015 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Streaming Over Broadband: Why Doesn't My Netflix Work?
By: Shane Greenstein and Michael Norris
In late 2013 and early 2014, Netflix service over the major U.S. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) suffered major slowdowns. What were the causes of these problems? What could Netflix do to solve them? View Details
Keywords: Digital Innovation; Internet; Broadband Service; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; United States
Greenstein, Shane, and Michael Norris. "Streaming Over Broadband: Why Doesn't My Netflix Work?" Harvard Business School Case 616-007, November 2015. (Revised April 2017.)
- Article
A 'Present' for the Future: The Unexpected Value of Rediscovery
Although documenting everyday activities may seem trivial, four studies reveal that creating records of the present generates unexpected benefits by allowing future rediscoveries. In Study 1, we use a "time capsule" paradigm to show that individuals underestimate the... View Details
Zhang, Ting, Tami Kim, Alison Wood Brooks, Francesca Gino, and Michael I. Norton. "A 'Present' for the Future: The Unexpected Value of Rediscovery." Psychological Science 25, no. 10 (October 2014): 1851–1860.
- April 2013
- Article
First-Party Content and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets
By: Andrei Hagiu and Daniel Spulber
The strategic use of first-party content by two-sided platforms is driven by two key factors: the nature of buyer and seller expectations (favorable versus unfavorable) and the nature of the relationship between first-party content and third-party content (complements... View Details
Keywords: Two-sided Platforms; Platform Strategy; Technology; Information Technology; Performance Expectations; Strategy; Digital Platforms
Hagiu, Andrei, and Daniel Spulber. "First-Party Content and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets." Management Science 59, no. 4 (April 2013): 933–949.
- April 2009 (Revised July 2009)
- Exercise
Bringing AMP Home: Personal Case Study
This exercise helps AMP participants build their own personal case study. They develop a gap statement, do formal root cause analysis, and action planning. This exercise is done for each participant and each phase is shared with living group colleagues. View Details
- 1985
- Book
Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book
By: Catherine Overholt, Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud and James E. Austin
Overholt, Catherine, Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud and James E. Austin, eds. Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book..
- 1985
- Book
Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book
By: C. Overholt, Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud and James E. Austin
Overholt, C., Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud and James E. Austin, eds. Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book. West Hartford, CT.
- January 1986 (Revised October 1986)
- Case
Data Administration in Citibank Brazil (Abridged)
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Zuboff, Shoshana. "Data Administration in Citibank Brazil (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 486-081, January 1986. (Revised October 1986.)
- September 1994
- Supplement
Forging the New Salomon (Supplement)
By: Lynn S. Paine
Provides a management retrospective. View Details
Paine, Lynn S. "Forging the New Salomon (Supplement)." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-047, September 1994.
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Teaching is in his DNA
John McArthur, as many of his friends say emphatically, is a teacher. “That’s his DNA,” says Boston advertising legend Jack Connors. “He wants to take his students, whoever they may be, and turn them into contributors to the community. And nobody does it better.” “A... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events
Recent HBS Alumni Events Around the World 1 In November, the HBS Association of Southeastern New England hosted its first-ever reunion of local nonprofit leaders, who through the club’s scholarship program attended the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
You’re an Old Fuelie
For his first year at HBS, Jan Hyde (MBA ’66) arrived in style, driving all the way from San Francisco to Soldiers Field behind the wheel of a silver-and-white 1960 Chevrolet Corvette, a fuel-injected model known to aficionados as a “Fuelie.” Fuel injection in those... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
Former HBS Dean John McArthur to Receive Harvard Medal
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Ink
Making Your Presence Felt by Sean Silverthorne Now trumpeted by popular writer Susan Cain as the “high priestess of self-confidence for the self-doubting,” Associate Professor Amy Cuddy nevertheless crumbled in her first elevator pitch. Attending a gathering of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Construction Begins on New Exec Ed Building
Visual Appeal: The lower two floors of Tata Hall will be wrapped in glass, opening views into and through the building and establishing a visual connection between HBS and the Charles River. Courtesy Dongik Lee/William Rawn Architects Construction of Tata Hall, a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
HBS Contributors Report
Support from alumni and friends accounted for almost one-quarter of the School’s revenue in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011, according to the HBS Contributors Report, which was mailed to some 12,000 donors in November. All told, with the help of alumni... View Details
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Capital Murder
sister cities. They’re both industry towns, and in many ways the marketing campaign for a movie or a television show is not unlike a campaign for a political candidate. You’re trying to inform people, arm them with information, remind... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- May 2004
- Article
Environmental Implications of Wireless Technologies: News Delivery and Business Meetings
By: Michael W. Toffel and Arpad Horvath
Keywords: Information Technology; Communication; Information; Environmental Sustainability; Business Ventures; Technology Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and Arpad Horvath. "Environmental Implications of Wireless Technologies: News Delivery and Business Meetings." Environmental Science & Technology 38, no. 11 (May 2004): 2961–2970.
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation
What do thirty second-year MBAs know about automotive technology? When it comes to communications and infotainment systems, more than you might think. That’s why Ford Motor Company executive vice president Mark Fields (MBA ’89) welcomed six teams of five students each... View Details