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  • 28 Mar 2024
  • News

Rooms with a View

Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997) has spent two decades in the hospitality industry, opening and growing major hotel brands, including Hilton, Starwood, and Caesars, with locations around the world. And with each new project, Mirza faced the same primary challenge. “It didn’t... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

A More Accommodating Approach

Shelly Nooner (GMP 33, 2022) had already proven herself to be visionary and execution-focused during her two decades at Trimble, an industrial technology company that provides hardware, software, and services across agriculture, construction, geospatial, and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • Web

Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

independent consultants, vetted to meet specific company needs. Expert360 Freelance management platform and marketplace allowing businesses and individuals to come together to do project work. GLG GLG is the world’s leading platform... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Unlocking the Power of Community

When Tara Fung (MBA 2016) explains Co:Create, the company she cofounded in 2022 and now leads as CEO, she doesn’t mention Web3 first. “We help innovative brands and creators unlock the power of community,” she explains. Co:Create does this with a new, gamified approach... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 14 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 14

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mrhodeskropf/GovernanceCEOTurnoverMS.pdf 2006 Journal of Law, Economics & Organization Contractual Incompleteness, Contingent Control Rights, and the Design of Internet Portal Alliances By: Lerner, Josh, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

play in the global marketplace currently and in the future? A: The Panama Canal will never again be as important to the United States as it was before World War II, but its importance to the world economy is set to grow. The continuing... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
  • 02 Aug 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?

seed the concept more broadly.” But Ana Frony reminded us to “never forget that even trainees must have some intuition and poetry to develop a hypotheses and design an experiment.” Nick C raised the question of just how far the practice... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
  • 18 Nov 2022
  • HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

many of its funds as mid-size. Shifting to a majority mid-sized fund designation might confuse the investment community that now associated Brown Capital with its winning small-company strategy. What’s more, their mid-sized company fund... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • Person Page

Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

course is designed to introduce HBS students to the complexities of Africa – economic, sociological, and historical – and the ways in which these Africa-specific trends impact the opportunities and challenges in undertaking business and... View Details
  • 22 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance

approaches to increasing demand for workers with criminal records. The experiments asked hiring managers to make hiring decisions under different randomized “incentive-compatible” conditions. The researchers partnered with Wonolo, an on-demand job View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • Web

Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

to design use investment capital to create social change. Key Themes: The social impact bond is a unique financial contract that allows investors to fund social service organizations with the potential to earn a return. Returns, if any,... View Details
  • 12 Feb 2020
  • Blog Post

Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)

some of the 2019-20 SIPs offerings.   Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent  Faculty: Hakeem Belo-Osagie & Carrie Elkins  This course was designed to introduce HBS students to the... View Details
  • 27 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

And we've helped set up the New England Program for Kidney Exchange. And I'm the chair of a committee of the American Economic Association to recommend changes that we should make in the marketplace for new Ph.D. economists. As is the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation
  • February 2020 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

StockX: The Stock Market of Things

By: Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2015 by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, and Greg Schwartz, StockX was an online platform where users could buy and sell unworn luxury and limited-edition sneakers. Sneaker resale prices often fluctuated over time based on supply and demand, creating a robust... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Analytics and Data Science; Market Design; Digital Platforms; Market Transactions; Marketplace Matching; Supply and Industry; Analysis; Price; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; North and Central America; United States; Michigan; Detroit
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

through experimentation. Highlights Describing Successful Ventures The Idea Pivots - Voluntary and Involuntary Show Hide Details Concepts The POCD Framework The Journey of Rent the Runway Post-Launch Considerations Dynamic Fit Management Featured Exercises Evaluating... View Details
  • Web

Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Chains in Climate Change" (Fall 2013). Feng Zhu : Winner of the 2017 Strategic Management Society Best Conference PhD Paper Award for “Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace with Grace Gu (HBS Working... View Details
  • March–April 2023
  • Article

Market Segmentation Trees

By: Ali Aouad, Adam Elmachtoub, Kris J. Ferreira and Ryan McNellis
Problem definition: We seek to provide an interpretable framework for segmenting users in a population for personalized decision making. Methodology/results: We propose a general methodology, market segmentation trees (MSTs), for learning market... View Details
Keywords: Decision Trees; Computational Advertising; Market Segmentation; Analytics and Data Science; E-commerce; Consumer Behavior; Marketplace Matching; Marketing Channels; Digital Marketing
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  • 06 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

http://hbr.org/2011/12/the-ordinary-heroes-of-the-taj/ar/1 Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs Authors:Robin J. Ely, Herminia Ibarra, and Deborah Kolb Publication:Academy of Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Courses on our course platform are designed to work on an internet-connected desktop or notebook computer running either the Chrome or Firefox browser. Tablet computers and smartphones are not supported for programs on the course platform... View Details