Information And Transformation Function - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

but large language models like generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs) may allow companies to rely on AI to uncover consumers’ tastes, according to new research from Harvard Business School and Microsoft.... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Formulate a Successful Business Strategy This guide will equip you with the tools, frameworks, and knowledge to formulate a successful business strategy to propel your organization forward. Access Your Free E-book Upskill Your Team, View Details

18 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 18

managers-firms with the greatest information frictions prior to the rule change. We report three changes related to compensation after 1992 for division managers. First, within firms with dispersed managers, division manager pay co-moves... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

and economic histories to illuminate Schumpeter's life and work. A central theme details how Schumpeter's insights help us understand how the forces of capitalism, innovation, View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

functioning of the team. Together with Leigh Plunkett Tost of the University of Michigan and Richard P. Larrick of Duke University, Gino explores this question in When Power Makes Others Speechless: The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

Your Free E-Book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your Organization Whether you represent a large multinational corporation or a small local business, we have a solution for your learning and development needs.... View Details

February 2024 (Revised January 2025)
Case

AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup

By: Frank Nagle, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein and Susan Pinckney

The case describes the history of AGENTS.inc. Despite being a small startup, with only four employees, that had never had a funding round, the company boasted an impressive client portfolio including multiple Fortune 500 companies. While AGENTS.inc had been an early... View Details

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11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

performance indicators that shifts strategic decision making to customer-facing edges of the organization. Others advocate less sweeping but still significant changes: Housing the budgeting and strategic planning View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

building was extensively revitalized and expanded in 2003-2005, primarily with funds donated by generous HBS alumni. Special attention was given to updating and enhancing the building’s traditional View Details

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

challenges and drive informed decision-making. 8 weeks 5 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

other research here . More Info The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market By: Marco Di Maggio , Francesco Franzoni & Amir Kermani NOV 2019 How does the network of relationships between brokers View Details

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

industry? How will better data collection transform the ways in which we do clinical trials for new cancer drugs? It is both staggering and exciting to imagine how data and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

Summing Up Dependency ratios are useful as general indicators of future economic and social health. But they must be managed downward on both a micro and macro basis, in the opinion of the majority of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

celebrate those around you and celebrate yourself. Here, students share their personal stories through the National Coming Out Day student storyboard series organized by the PRIDE club. Visit @prideathbs on Instagram for more View Details

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

that has defined the transformational experience of an HBS MBA. "Will we continue to get the most promising young students and future leaders and attract the most remarkable... View Details

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

with staff and more meeting-based communication may be necessary now, particularly in the early days of adjusting to the remote work world. Research shows that informal conversation benefits remote... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Bloomberg: Excel Add-In

Table where you will add your securities, whatever data fields you wish to import, and a date range. You can also use the Function Builder to pull in data. The most commonly used View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

period, they showed us how work was actually done in practice in dozens of plants. Kent and I went to Toyota plants and those of suppliers here in the U.S. and in Japan View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

18 Feb 2019
Book

What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

short periods of time. If you're traveling to Rio de Janeiro next week and you just bought a $700 camera that you fear you’ll lose, you can upload some information about the camera to the Trov app, swipe... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Beauty & Cosmetics; Insurance; Service; Retail

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