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The Information Age has introduced well recieved opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands show individuals their own performance; service companies including Uber and leading hospitals help pick from drivers or doctors based on how others rate them;... View Details
Keywords: Management Accounting; Performance Measurement; Incentives; Control; Healthcare Industry; Education; Education Industry; Health Industry; Transportation Industry; Energy Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Japan; India
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Leading Global Businesses

Global executives, such as CEOs, presidents, CFOs, and corporate staff officers leading global businesses Global marketing executives running global product or marketing groups Regional executives or country heads preparing for greater... View Details
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Disruptive Innovation

Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven... View Details
  • January 2020
  • Case

The June Oven

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Christian Godwin
The June Oven was a smart oven which was capable of identifying food and cooking it accordingly. This type of smart oven represented the next step in the long history of oven and stove development. Due to the widespread use of traditional ovens, the market for the June... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Trends; Customers; Design; Entrepreneurship; Food; Goods and Commodities; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Demand and Consumers; Distribution; Product Development; Sales; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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  • 22 Nov 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Humans vs. Machines: Untangling the Tasks AI Can (and Can't) Handle

highly-skilled tasks with and without AI. After establishing a performance baseline, consultants were randomly divided into two groups. The first group would “conceptualize and develop new product ideas, focusing on aspects such as... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology
  • August 2019
  • Case

The Allstate Corporation, 2019

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In July 2019, Allstate, the United States’ number-three property and casualty (P/C) insurer, released its second-quarter earnings, which reported first-half revenues of $22.1 billion, up 11.4% year-over-year. Shareholders cheered the top-line growth, but P/C premiums... View Details
Keywords: Insurance Companies; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Change; Insurance; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Insurance Industry; North America
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Human-Algorithm Collaboration with Private Information: Naïve Advice Weighting Behavior and Mitigation

By: Maya Balakrishnan, Kris Ferreira and Jordan Tong
Even if algorithms make better predictions than humans on average, humans may sometimes have private information which an algorithm does not have access to that can improve performance. How can we help humans effectively use and adjust recommendations made by... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Forecasting and Prediction; Digital Marketing
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  • May 2022
  • Supplement

Thinking Outside the Wine Box (B): Mekanism and the Franz for Life Campaign

By: Tomomichi Amano, Elie Ofek, Mengjie Cheng and Amy Klopfenstein
This case reveals the events that took place after the conclusion of the case “Thinking Outside the Wine Box (A): Mekanism and the Franz for Life Campaign.” After reviewing Mekanism’s pitches for the Franz for Life 2.0 campaign, TWG executives felt that the proposed... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Digital Marketing; Social Marketing; Marketing Communications; Product Positioning; Advertising; Communication Strategy; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Food and Beverage Industry; Advertising Industry; United States
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  • 06 Dec 2016
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December 6, 2016

products offered to customers—has recently been used as a competitive advantage for both brick-and-mortar and online retailers. Fast-fashion retailers have differentiated themselves by rotating their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Nov 2023
  • Blog Post

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Duolingo

HBS with a virtual event to invite students to learn more about the company and summer internship opportunities. From there, students are invited to apply and applications are reviewed by Shehata and a team of View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 23 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

Review of Financial Studies Structural GARCH: The Volatility-Leverage Connection By: Engle, Robert F., and Emil N. Siriwardane Abstract—During the financial crisis, financial firm leverage and volatility both rose dramatically.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Apply to PRIMO - Doctoral

will include 3 short essay questions; Copy of your current transcript, ideally with Fall 2024 grades posted. Unofficial copy is acceptable; One letter of recommendation. Recommendation letters are submitted online through our secure... View Details
  • 26 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

(PPE)ople First: Bringing Critical Personal Protective Equipment to Boston Hospitals

then turn to our resident MD/MBA – Graham – for direction on which products to purchase. Graham spends considerable time interfacing with each of the hospitals and clinics to gather insights on their latest PPE needs. Our process then... View Details
  • 20 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

benefits from outsourcing the use of intellectual property increases. We also examine how the variability of payoffs to effort affects the optimal way the owner of the intellectual property uses it. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-100.pdf Does... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Mansi Raythatha

personal criteria in a post-MBA career. Mansi is happy to prep peers for a diversity of interview settings, including 1:1, panel, group interviews, and online leadership assessments. As a previous RC Career Rep, she is also happy to help... View Details
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Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting - Recruiting

venture capital but also expand to goods and service-based businesses. Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting There are excellent resources to help train your managers and employees to confront unconscious bias, and we encourage companies to invest time and... View Details
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Making Corporate Boards More Effective

group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method. Review Our Campus Health & Safety Protocols Admissions Criteria and Process We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and... View Details
  • July 2016 (Revised July 2019)
  • Teaching Plan

Doctor My Eyes: The Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb by Warburg Pincus (A)

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Ricardo Andrade
In early 2010, senior partners at Warburg Pincus met to review a report on Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, the firm's largest investment at the time. Warburg Pincus had led a group of investors in acquiring Bauch & Lomb on October 26, 2007, taking the company private and... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Governance; Buyout; Private Equity; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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  • April 2016 (Revised July 2019)
  • Case

"Doctor My Eyes"--The Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb by Warburg Pincus (A)

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz
In early 2010, senior partners at Warburg Pincus met to review a report on Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, the firm's largest investment at the time. Warburg Pincus had led a group of investors in acquiring Bauch & Lomb on October 26, 2007, taking the company private and... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Governance; Buyout; Private Equity; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Health Care and Treatment; Reports; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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  • 28 Jan 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War

Many newspapers saw the emergence of the Internet as an attack on their core business, and responded with online products of their own. Unfortunately, says HBS professor Clark Gilbert, the papers failed to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing