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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
Last month, health care executives and clinicians gathered to brainstorm strategies for navigating payment reform for providers, payers, and pharma. Speakers included HBS faculty Leemore Dafny and Robert Huckman, as well as Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Chief Medical... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
Understanding how the brain’s cognitive system relates to social and economic phenomena—including financial markets—was the focus of an April workshop on Belief Formation and Prediction, sponsored by the Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Project. Chaired by... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
Barack and Hillary haven’t made it to the HBS campus this year, but that’s okay — last week, I dropped in on four pairs of first-year MBAs hoping to serve as co-presidents of the Student Association (SA). The candidates went head-to-head with each other in Spangler... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- News
Lessons from Building a Business
- July 2011 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Assistant Professor Gyan Gupta and the Wet Noodle Class (A)
By: Dorothy Leonard and Susan S. Harmeling
Professor Gupta faces three major problems in teaching cases: 1) his students, accustomed to lectures, don't know how to conduct a case discussion; 2) the students are using the Internet to discover the outcome of managerial dilemmas posed in the case; 3) he wants to... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Learning; Teaching; Cases; Outcome or Result; Internet and the Web; Theory; Education Industry
Leonard, Dorothy, and Susan S. Harmeling. "Assistant Professor Gyan Gupta and the Wet Noodle Class (A)." Harvard Business School Case 912-405, July 2011. (Revised December 2015.)
- Web
1.16 Student Educational Records | MBA
1.16 Student Educational Records 1.0 Academic Information & Policies The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (FERPA) is a federal law that gives students certain rights with respect to their education records.... View Details
- 24 May 2018
- Blog Post
3 Ways to Get to Know HBS
Newsletter: Signing up for our emails is a great way to stay up to date with the latest news and updates from HBS. You'll receive Admissions updates, new content based on what you're interested in learning more about, and information... View Details
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Music & Activism: Market Research Resources
Where can I find information to help me with my course work? Where can I find market research reports on target demographic groups? Mintel Reports on consumer attitudes toward industries by generation.
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- November 2013
- Teaching Note
Barnes & Noble: Managing the E-Book Revolution
By: Alan MacCormack, Brian Kimball Dunn and Chris F. Kemerer
In 2012, Barnes & Noble found itself in a difficult position. While the company had weathered the advent of online retailing relatively well, the arrival of electronic books (e-books) threatened the company's viability. Primary competitor Borders had already fallen by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age
When considering how to enter the digital learning arena, HBS did what any startup would do. It began in 2012 by identifying a challenge: How to merge the unique elements of the HBS learning experience with the latest technology to create a powerful educational... View Details
- 18 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Gains New Insight Into Africa
Senior Lecturer John Macomber, far left, and students in the Africa: Building Cities course toured the Rappie Waste-to-Energy Power Project in Addis Ababa with developer Samuel Alemayehu of Cambridge Group Companies. With a growing population of 1.2 billion people... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
@Soldiers Field
A COYOTE SPOTTED resting on Ohiri Field in November was later found wandering on Harvard Way near Morris Hall at 3 a.m. A Mass. Environmental Police investigation found that the animal "posed no danger." THE FALL I-LAB SCRAMBLE student start-up crash course: 40 hours... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
A Case For Fellowships
LEOPOLD At HBS we often say that fellowships are the lifeblood of the School. During my 20-plus years serving on the MBA Admissions Board—and the last 7 as its director—I have witnessed firsthand the truth of that statement. Fellowships, which are funded by gifts from... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- News
A New Solution to Backend Needs
- July 7, 2022
- Other Article
Are Online Prices Higher Because of Pricing Algorithms?
By: Zach Y. Brown and Alexander J. MacKay
This article reviews recent work examining pricing strategies of major online retailers and the potential effects of pricing algorithms. We describe how pricing algorithms can lead to higher prices in a number of ways, even if some characteristics of these algorithms... View Details
Keywords: Pricing Algorithms; Online Marketplace; Digital Strategy; Internet and the Web; Retail Industry
Brown, Zach Y., and Alexander J. MacKay. "Are Online Prices Higher Because of Pricing Algorithms?" Brookings Series: The Economics and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies (July 7, 2022).
- 2020
- Working Paper
Scientific Production: An Exploration into Organization, Resource Allocation, and Funding
By: Jerry Thursby, Marie Thursby, Karim R. Lakhani, Kyle R. Myers, Nina Cohodes, Sarah Bratt, Dennis Byrski, Hannah Cohoon and Maria Roche
Production of scientific knowledge is core to civilizational advancement in economic and material wellbeing of societies. Despite its fundamental importance, however, a systematic effort to quantitatively study the factors underlying scientific production, particularly... View Details
- May 1986 (Revised October 1986)
- Case
Data Administration in Citibank Brazil (B): Strategy and Technology
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Zuboff, Shoshana. "Data Administration in Citibank Brazil (B): Strategy and Technology." Harvard Business School Case 486-110, May 1986. (Revised October 1986.)
- 1982
- Casebook
Cases in Operations Management: Strategy and Structure
By: W. Earl Sasser, Kim B. Clark, David A. Garvin, Margaret B.W. Graham, Ramchandran Jaikumar and David H. Maister
Sasser, W. Earl, Kim B. Clark, David A. Garvin, Margaret B.W. Graham, Ramchandran Jaikumar, and David H. Maister. Cases in Operations Management: Strategy and Structure. Richard D. Irwin, 1982.
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
Understanding that for many prospective students the greatest barriers to attending graduate school are financial, HBS is taking proactive steps to make the MBA Program more affordable. The School has held tuition flat for the past five years, and in August 2022... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Elizabeth Powers (MBA 2021) was thrilled to land a summer internship at a highly respected consulting firm. Then came COVID-19, and the firm announced it was shortening her job from 10 weeks... View Details