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technology sector. The proposed transaction centered on Ping Identity Corporation (“Ping”), a fast-growing identity access management (IAM) software company that was being taken private by Thoma Bravo. Blue Owl was invited to play a... View Details
- 24 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?
looking for talent in a tight job market. “A company has to understand that rigidity around job descriptions and work processes artificially constrains the pool of talent that they can access for a position.” The data were culled from... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 21 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers
citing a December 2020 survey from data firm Cardify. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/jDkUSqXh5u6Gl9G77NLQ][/div] Detailed consumer data for BNPL hasn’t been easy to analyze previously because View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
Hidden Software and Veiled Value Creation: Illustrations from Server Software Usage
By: Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Ran Zhuo and Shane Greenstein
How do you measure the value of a commodity that transacts at a price of zero from an economic standpoint? This study examines the potential for and extent of omission and misattribution in standard approaches to economic accounting with regards to open source... View Details
Keywords: Server Software; Open Source Distribution; Applications and Software; Analytics and Data Science; Economics; Value Creation; Measurement and Metrics
Murciano-Goroff, Raviv, Ran Zhuo, and Shane Greenstein. "Hidden Software and Veiled Value Creation: Illustrations from Server Software Usage." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28738, April 2021.
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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research
alternatives that have emerged from time to time. The Unit examines other countries’ business environments and their historical development. The BGIE group is deeply interested in the impact of globalization and the way rules are emerging to govern international... View Details
- 25 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams
transactions among 76 restaurants to investigate whether the gender of managers and workers impacted a team’s ability to handle busy periods. The team also studied training and scheduling data and... View Details
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Help - Alumni
password requirements? A strong password is key to alumni data security. HBS has adopted password requirements to ensure strong alumni passwords. Next time you change your password , you will need to meet the following criteria: Your new... View Details
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
1990s, many companies introduced ERP systems that captured data at the transaction level. It was natural to think how we could modify ABC systems to benefit from the ready availability of View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
Bridgestone/Firestone (2000), related party transactions and accounting fraud at Enron (2001), accounting fraud at WorldCom (2002), corrupt payments at Siemens (2007), mortgage lending abuses at Countrywide Financial (2006) and Wall... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
services firms and executing private real asset investments across infrastructure and alternative real estate. He serves on the boards of Vantage Data Centers, Suntex Marinas, Ridgebury Tankers V4 and VLII, GW Bulkers, and National... View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
March 27, 2017 Harvard Business Review How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Amir Peleg Abstract—Most current talk about “big data” seems to assume the disintermediation or replacement of physical... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2023
- Book
Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target
clearly epitomized by the advent and affirmation of the electronic processing and sharing of data at a magnitude and speed that in no way we have seen before. The digital age is enabled by the emergence and adoption of four key... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
Winter 2017 MIT Sloan Management Review Why Big Data Isn't Enough By: Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract—There is a growing belief that sophisticated algorithms can explore huge databases and find relationships independent of any... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
made at the precision of $1 or $5 per share is associated with a $4 to $5 million higher expected transaction price than one made at a precision greater than one quarter. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
many foreign firms have experienced significant and sustained problems in the United States, though it is also possible to counter such reports with case studies of sustained success. 8 During the 1990s a series of aggregate studies using tax and other View Details
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
data sets and understand them has helped me make major decisions on future state reporting. Kali Pfaff What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
my technical savvy helped to elevate my confidence. I thought methodically through the concepts, questions, and observations that I wanted to convey, then honed my ability to express myself in clear words, with the help of diagrams. I practiced ensuring that all... View Details
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
encourage the continued patronage of customers. They allow retailers to gather data on customer behavior in order to decipher trends, appropriately reward loyalty, and influence shopping behavior. Loyalty schemes take many forms; some of... View Details