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  • Web

Help - Alumni

every industry and searching the alumni directory and searching within the Employment categories can lead you to alumni who are experts in every field or who have resources or connections that may be of assistance. Social media : Many... View Details
  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Quantile Forecasts of Product Life Cycles Using Exponential Smoothing.

By: Xiaojia Guo, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. and Yael Grushka-Cockayne
We introduce an exponential smoothing model that a manager can use to forecast the demand of a new product or service. The model has five features that make it suitable for accurately forecasting product life cycles at scale. First, the trend in our model follows the... View Details
Keywords: New Product Development; Demand Forecasting; Product Adoption; Innovation Diffusion; Product Development; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Adoption
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  • 29 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

on their past favor-trading voting behavior," Malloy says. "So now you know where they stand better than others who aren't looking at these patterns." The researchers plan to continue investigating the effects of social View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 26 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 26

April 2016 Review of Economic Studies Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas Abstract—Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2021 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

Bühler: Mobilizing Industry around a Common Purpose

By: Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen and Malini Sen
Bühler Group, a Swiss multinational processing technology provider, started by selling machines for processing grains and later transitioned into selling food processing solutions. A family-owned business in the fifth generation, Bühler’s high-end milling, grinding,... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Customer Focus and Relationships; Machinery and Machining; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Innovation Leadership; Switzerland
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  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

social entrepreneur," was born in 1963 and grew up in poverty, like virtually all non-white South Africans during apartheid. During the 1970s and 1980s, he served in leadership positions in the ANC, struggling against apartheid.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2012
  • Article

An Age Penalty in Racial Preferences

By: Deborah A. Small, Devin G. Pope and Michael I. Norton
We document an age penalty in racial discrimination: charitable behavior toward African American children decreases-and negative stereotypical inferences increase-with the age of those children. Using data from an online charity that solicits donations for school... View Details
Keywords: Stereotyping; Charitable Giving; Prejudice; Prosocial Behavior; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Age; Race; Prejudice and Bias
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  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

that a leading affiliate network could have invoked an optimal payment delay to eliminate 71% of fraud without decreasing profit. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-072.pdf Red Light States: Who Buys View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Sep 2015
  • Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

of leaders in the social sector and cutting edge social change models as well as valuable networks in the public, private and non-profit sector. Is there anything else you... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • Program

Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual

Summary When you improve value, everyone wins—your patients, your organization, and the global health care ecosystem. This live online program examines the latest strategies and organizational models for transforming the way health care... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care
  • Web

Managing the Future of Work

Jorge Tamayo Mitchell B. Weiss Cases Influencer-led brand building: Hairitage and the McKnights By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor, & James Palano 26 AUG 2024 Mindy McKnight leveraged social media to build a multi-million-dollar... View Details
  • January 2021 (Revised March 2022)
  • Teaching Note

Ureed.com: The Marketplace for Language

By: Ashley V. Whillans
This case explores the growth of Ureed, an online marketplace for translation services that is powered by a workforce consisting of remote freelancers who are based in the United Arab Emirates. Nour Al Hassan, the founder and CEO faced the challenge of how best to... View Details
Keywords: Language Translation; Freelancers; Remote Work; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Management; Motivation and Incentives; Job Design and Levels
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  • 08 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

that perpetuate the privileges of certain racial groups. “A lot of hiring comes through referrals, and people’s networks tend to be pretty racially segregated. So it’s possible that referrals will reinforce some of these disparities,”... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Article

Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?

By: Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien
We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like): 1)... View Details
Keywords: Market Intermediation; Search; Two-Sided Markets; Platform Design; Demand and Consumers; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Retail Industry
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  • January 2002
  • Case

Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day 2001, The

Explores the motivation for businesses to be concerned with the global AIDS epidemic. The formation of the council serves as an example of how business leaders are building a network of companies to develop an effective business response to AIDS-both through workforce... View Details
Keywords: Health; Social Issues; Global Strategy; Business and Community Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Health Industry
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  • 25 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 25

necessary. Yet IP address transfer rules also need to facilitate purchase by the networks that need the addresses most, from the networks that value them least. We propose a market rule that avoids excessive... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 12 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 12

monitoring efforts as well as the syndication process. Working Papers The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting Authors: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim Abstract : We examine the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on several... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2015
  • Teaching Plan

Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Lisa Mazzanti
This is a Teaching Plan for the case on Codecademy, an open-platform, online community for learning computer programming, launched in 2011. By 2014, the company had raised a total of $12.5 million in funding and was, on many fronts, an overwhelming success. However,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Internet and the Web; Open Source Distribution; Social Entrepreneurship; Education
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  • 13 Nov 2020
  • News

Global Ambition

and Chew each have their own area of interest. She enjoys investing and entrepreneurship. “I just love startups. I’m industry agnostic,” says Kao, now running Tamarind, a family office. She is also committed to contributing to the social... View Details
  • 17 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

  Working PapersPlatform Envelopment Authors:Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Abstract Due to network effects and switching costs, platform providers often become entrenched. To dislodge them, entrants generally... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace