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Dr. Burch’s research focuses on capitalism, work, and gender in the twentieth-century United States. Her work reinterprets the history of direct selling by placing it at the center, rather than on the margins, of narratives about advanced capitalism. Examining the... View Details
- 01 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself
my life before college, my undergraduate experience, my time at HBS - has been one of becoming. Baby Alexxis could never have imagined where she would end up. Her path was one of constant evolution towards becoming who she is and being... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
cutthroat competition or totally collusive bonding. Either extreme will harm the firm's performance. These swings can occur because each of the four drives was created by evolution to improve the odds of gene survival. When any one drive... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 02 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top
facilitate future evolutions in content, as required to reflect changes in the broader technological context. Q: Gates has said, and history suggests, that Microsoft one day will fail. What will be the company's downfall? A: If we knew... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered
examined four U.S. industrial giants from the 1900s to the 1940s, focusing on the executives who devised the decentralized, multidivisional structure of the large corporation. In Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism, he compared the View Details
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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets
Dimensions of leadership The subject of leadership permits opposite conclusions to be drawn from the same observations and data... 24 May 2021 HBS Working Knowledge Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource? 29 May 2020 Center for Sustainable Investment The View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Research Summary
Land in China's Political Economy
By: Meg Rithmire
Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform
Published October 2015
China since the 1980s has been the scene of unprecedented efforts at urban construction and growth, even in the absence of privatization... View Details
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Strategic Human Capital
My research focuses on the links between managerial background, job attributes, organizational/firm characteristics, and firm performance. Broadly speaking, I am interested in how a manager's skills, knowledge, connections, experiences, and other attributes... View Details
- August 2019
- Article
When and How to Diversify—A Multicategory Utility Model for Personalized Content Recommendation
By: Yicheng Song, Nachiketa Sahoo and Elie Ofek
Sometimes we desire change, a break from the same or an opportunity to fulfill different aspects of our needs. Noting that consumers seek variety, several approaches have been developed to diversify items recommended by personalized recommender systems. However,... View Details
Keywords: Recommender Systems; Personalization; Recommendation Diversity; Variety Seeking; Collaborative Filtering; Consumer Utility Models; Digital Media; Clickstream Analysis; Learning-to-rank; Consumer Behavior; Media; Customization and Personalization; Strategy; Mathematical Methods
Song, Yicheng, Nachiketa Sahoo, and Elie Ofek. "When and How to Diversify—A Multicategory Utility Model for Personalized Content Recommendation." Management Science 65, no. 8 (August 2019): 3737–3757.
- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
all cities for women to shop by themselves, to be out on the streets actively spending money. So this is one important aspect of a sea change," says Koehn. "Madam Walker was part and parcel of that evolution and can't really be... View Details
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Events - Private Capital Project
Events Events The Evolution of the Gulf Investor October 8, 2024, “The Evolution of the Gulf Investor” drew out perspectives from general and limited partners to explore the regional private capital... View Details
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
entertainment all on one device." Structural Evolution The path to the future that Law envisions will in fact be paved with many of the same advertising structures that have traditionally been integral parts of the ad industry.... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
further investigation into the development of the consumer electronics and computer industries. Here is an excerpt.I have just completed an initial sketch of the evolution of two industries—Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story... View Details
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Professor Robertson conducts research on the history of financial markets. Her book manuscript and working papers shed light on the evolution of securities markets and the relationship between finance, governance, and society. Some of the topics she pursues include:... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
significant demographic implications for the future and the promising scope of emerging markets. “Africa’s evolution is not much talked about—outside the circles that closely watch the continent—but it has massive implications for the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets
Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj 10 JUN 2021 Article Business History Review The Cost and Evolution of Quality at Cipla Ltd, 1935–2016 By: Muhammad H. Zaman and Tarun... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
over the last 12 years some alumni and friends have established dedicated funds to support the Harvard Innovation Labs, the School continues to depend on annual gifts to the HBS Fund to help spur and sustain the evolution and growth of... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 20 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries