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  • 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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  • 24 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

a force, the cost of creating a new design must be within the reach of a single user. User innovations occur when customers of a product improve on that product with their own designs. In rodeo kayaking, the early participants built... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

selling season. As common in practice, we assume the demand function contains unknown parameters, which must be learned from sales data. In the presence of these unknown demand parameters, the retailer faces a tradeoff commonly referred to as the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

provided more opportunities for catch-up from the Rest. Firms from emerging markets had the opportunity to access the global networks that replaced large integrated firms. There were also new ways to access knowledge and capital,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

New Challenge: Whole-Family Care By: Fengler, Keith, Joseph B. Fuller, and Scott Olsen Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52581 May–June 2017 Harvard Business Review Reclaim... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Feb 2016

Australia and New Zealand at HBS Webinar

This webinar will highlight the Australian & New Zealand communities at HBS. It will include a brief presentation followed by a current student panel discussion. The webinar will begin at 8 PM EST. View Details
  • 26 Jun 2000
  • Research & Ideas

A New Ecosystem for Business and Society

survived." Dean Clark continued this theme by discussing issues that businesses, society and higher education need to recognize and confront. For business, he said, the Internet has brought about the creation of "an entirely new... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

Margaret Hanson Costan: A Whole New World

couple met their new son, Jonathan. While they had been discussing adoption for two years, the reality of taking care of a five-day-old infant was overwhelming. "It really hit me then what we were getting ourselves into," Costan admits.... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

Dean Clark on the New Academic Year

We begin a new academic year at Harvard Business School in the midst of a fascinating and compelling time in the history of business. In keeping with the mission of the School — to educate leaders who will... View Details
Keywords: Kim B. Clark; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

education, health care, and the environment at the organizational level of analysis unless we figure out a way to measure collective performance when multiple actors are involved. But funders tend to want to reward individual organizations. We need View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

inadequate in the wake of a large negative shock to the system. Following an adverse shock, it becomes critical to emphasize dynamic resilience, which involves forcing banks to actively recapitalize—i.e., regulation needs to focus on getting banks to raise View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Tella, and Lucas Llach Abstract—This article is an introduction to the special collection on Argentine Exceptionalism. First, we discuss why the case of Argentina is generally regarded as exceptional: the country was among the richest in the world at the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

the world’s biggest problem—CO2 and climate change—provides a quick and entertaining introduction to the science behind it. This concise primer is for anyone interested in how CO2 impacts our climate, but even knowledgeable readers will learn something View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 10 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

forthcoming New York: Palgrave Macmillan New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy By: Fredona, Robert, and Sophus A. Reinert, eds. Abstract—This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

December 2017 Journal of Creative Behavior In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—Creativity researchers have long paid careful attention to individual creativity, beginning with studies of well-known geniuses... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

firms and shareholders. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51128 Harvard Business School Case 418-019 Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi Inspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had invested in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 1998
  • News

New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership

demands a high level of leadership expertise," says W. Earl Sasser, Jr., HBS senior associate dean for Executive Education. "The need for strong management has never been more crucial if this region is to fulfill its economic potential." Fostering such leadership is an... View Details
  • 26 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: New York City

efficiency programs through digital platforms. It was impressive the sheer breadth of industries that alumni in New York are working in to help solve the climate crisis. One of the most inspiring parts of the evening was the number of... View Details
  • 18 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

the types of businesses started by immigrants and the quality of jobs created by their firms. First-generation immigrants create about 25% of new firms in the United States, but this share exceeds 40% in some states. In addition, Asian... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Nov 2014

HBS 2+2 Information Session at New York University

Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA program at HBS. The event will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions to an Admissions Officer. Registration is not required but encouraged. The session will View Details