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  • 03 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff

response to more temporary economic shifts, such as recession, often proves less successful, Sucher says. “These are some of those commonsense things that may not occur to people because they are thinking with their labor hats on and not their View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Technology; Technology; Technology
  • December 2024
  • Supplement

Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech for Good (B)

By: Ray Kluender, Natalia Rigol, Benjamin Roth and Nicole Tempest Keller
In 2017, Core Innovation Capital invested $725,000 in Hugo Insurance, a pay-as-you-drive auto insurance startup targeting the non-standard market. Core followed with $300,000 in 2019 during a Seed II round. By 2022, Hugo founder, David Bergendahl, sought $10 million in... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Venture Capital; Social Entrepreneurship; Insurance; Measurement and Metrics; Investment; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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    The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million

    The Sales Acceleration Formula provides a scalable, predictable approach to growing revenue and building a winning sales team. Everyone wants to build the next $100 million business and author Mark Roberge has actually done it using a unique methodology... View Details

    • September 1989 (Revised December 1989)
    • Case

    Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) and (B) (Combined)

    Explores how a cost system can help support a firm's decision to change strategies. In the process, students are exposed to a simple activity-based cost system. Also examines Siemens policy for transferring products between sales and manufacturing divisions. Transfer... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Business Strategy; Technology Industry
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    • September 2015
    • Article

    Design and Implementation of a Privacy Preserving Electronic Health Record Linkage Tool in Chicago

    By: Abel Kho, John Cashy, Kathryn Jackson, Adam Pah, Satyender Goel, Jorn Boehnke, John Eric Humphries, Scott Duke Kominers and et al.
    Objective
    To design and implement a tool that creates a secure, privacy preserving linkage of electronic health record (EHR) data across multiple sites in a large metropolitan area in the United States (Chicago, IL), for use in clinical... View Details
    Keywords: Information; Customers; Safety; Rights; Ethics; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Chicago
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    • Fall 2022
    • Article

    China's Political Economy and International Backlash: From Interdependence to Security Dilemma Dynamics

    By: Margaret Pearson, Meg Rithmire and Kellee Tsai
    Contrary to expectations that economic interdependence might lessen security conflict between China and the U.S. and its allies, much of the contestation between China and several OECD countries has focused on firms and economic links. This paper explains the... View Details
    Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Government and Politics; Information Technology; China
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    • 26 Mar 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

    use biometric identification technology to improve the reliability of administrative information and deliver social services more efficiently. This paper exploits the random placement of biometric devices in tuberculosis (TB) treatment... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 28 Aug 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates

    commercial dating sites. What they found was a high level of dissatisfaction. "People spent hours and hours and hours a week online to generate one cup of coffee with one person. That's not a very good... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Publishing
    • May 9, 2023
    • Article

    8 Questions About Using AI Responsibly, Answered

    By: Tsedal Neeley
    Generative AI tools are poised to change the way every business operates. As your own organization begins strategizing which to use, and how, operational and ethical considerations are inevitable. This article delves into eight of them, including how your organization... View Details
    Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Prejudice and Bias; Ethics
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    Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research

    interdisciplinary perspectives. Case Method Project The Case Method Project is bringing case method teaching to high schools and colleges in U.S. History, Government, and Civics & Democracy. Creating Emerging Markets The Creating Emerging... View Details
    • 30 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    ‘Intrinsic Joy’ Sparks Ideas Better than Cash

    user contributions spiked, generating 27 percent more repos compared with those that weren’t eligible for sponsorship. Once the beta period ended, sponsorable users contributed 30 percent more repos than non-sponsorable users. But once a... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology
    • 26 Apr 2024
    • HBS Case

    Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

    game? Sanders sets high expectations, clearly lays out the plan, checks to make sure people are following through, and provides all the logistical support the team needs to succeed both on and off the field. “Deion reminds me of military... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
    • 05 Apr 2016
    • First Look

    April 5, 2016

    Teenagers for Business Careers after World War II By: Friedman, Walter A. Abstract—This article traces the growing popularity of Junior Achievement’s “Company Program” in the two decades after World War II. The program provided high... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

      Dennis A. Yao

      Dennis Yao is the Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration and Chair of the Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty in 2004 after having been at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. From 1991-1994 he served as... View Details

      Keywords: high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology
      • 17 Oct 2023
      • HBS Case

      With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees

      products and services. In their piece, Ofek and Konary note that BMW generated headlines in 2022 by announcing plans to charge $18 a month for heated front seats, $12 a month for heated steering wheels, and extra subscription-like... View Details
      Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Information Technology; Information Technology; Information Technology
      • March 2018 (Revised January 2020)
      • Supplement

      STRIVR (B): Moving into the Enterprise

      By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
      STRIVR, a company focused on virtual reality training, has decided to shift focus from sports to enterprise customers. The change in strategy requires the CEO to solve a number of issues. The company initally offered training for hard skills, but clients have been... View Details
      Keywords: Strivr; Virtual Reality; Soft Skills; Hard Skills; VR; Applications and Software; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Training; Sports; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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      • 20 Oct 2010
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Financing Risk and Bubbles of Innovation

      Keywords: by Ramana Nanda & Matthew Rhodes-Kropf; Financial Services

        Isamar Troncoso

        Isamar Troncoso is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit at HBS. She teaches the Marketing course in the MBA required curriculum.

        Professor Troncoso studies problems related to digital marketplaces and new technologies. She... View Details

        Keywords: high technology; high technology; high technology
        • 05 Dec 2023
        • Research & Ideas

        Are Virtual Tours Still Worth It in Real Estate? Evidence from 75,000 Home Sales

        forgo them is a key insight of the study, which Troncoso conducted with Mengxia Zhang, an assistant professor at Western University’s Ivey Business School. Technology continues to roil all sectors of the business world, with few areas... View Details
        Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Real Estate
        • Web

        Podcast - Business & Environment

        Climate Infrastructure: Scott Jacobs, Generate Capital 29 APR 2021 | Climate Rising Generate Capital invests in and operates technologies that provide distributed clean energy... View Details