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- August 2012
- Article
Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen
We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role of foreign ownership. Using a worldwide establishment panel dataset, we investigate how multinational subsidiaries around the world... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Financial Crisis; Multinational Firms and Management; Analytics and Data Science; Business Subsidiaries; Production; Finance; Performance; Ownership
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen. "Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 4, no. 3 (August 2012): 30–55. (Also NBER Working Paper No. 17141.)
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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online
have real-life case studies, as well as the actual entrepreneurs sharing their journeys and experiences. At the same time, having analytical comments from HBS professors seemed to me a great way to learn. This is my eighth or ninth... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
MacGregor golf clubs.” The big H: “I had a hard time finding my footing at Harvard but did develop a relationship with Howard Raiffa, who coauthored Games and Decisions. It introduced an analytical approach to multi-person decision... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
theory the classical logic of benefit‐based taxation in which an individual's benefit from the activities of the state is tied to his or her income‐earning ability. First‐best optimal policy is characterized analytically as depending on a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
"multi-front negotiation campaign" (Sebenius 2010, Lax and Sebenius 2012) offers an analytic approach that may enjoy descriptive and prescriptive advantages over more traditional approaches that focus on a specific negotiation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
transactions within a network of customers, such as financial services and telecommunications, currently face tough challenges. The factors determining success in their industries are changing rapidly and the boundaries of many of their markets are realigning. General... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother
industry. Before RMI, I worked for a distributed generation developer that specializes in combined heat and power and ground source heat pumps where I was part of their analytics team, constructing renewables. How did you become... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
when you look at the B2B applications, Menard explains. He points to a number of tech disruptions that are happening in parallel, including low earth orbit satellites, cloud storage, edge computing, Internet of Things networks, applications for connected cars and smart... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
Kyarisiima’s analytical skills and gave her the interpersonal connections she valued. After graduating in 2011, she worked at Goldman as an analyst for just over a year, and then set out to understand the public sector by working as an... View Details
- May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System
By: Robert L. Simons
Describes the computer-based information system (ABACUS) used to monitor and control business operations in a complex, global company. Describes the technical attributes of the database system, financial reporting requirements, target setting and profit calculations on... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Profit; Business Growth and Maturation; Analytics and Data Science; Design; Accounting Audits; Growth and Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Complexity; Technology Industry
Simons, Robert L. "Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System." Harvard Business School Case 192-140, May 1992. (Revised January 2000.)
- May 2010 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Data.gov
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi
This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to rapidly develop the website and to... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Management; Information Management; Public Administration Industry; Information Industry; United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Robert D. Austin, and Yumi Yi. "Data.gov." Harvard Business School Case 610-075, May 2010. (Revised May 2010.)
- May 2005
- Exercise
Forecasting the Adoption of E-books
By: Elie Ofek
Gives students an opportunity to understand the challenges inherent in forecasting the diffusions of innovations. Provides data for forecasting the adoption of electronic books. Students are encouraged to use the Bass Model framework, while being cognizant of its... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Framework; Books; Analytics and Data Science; Product Launch; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption
Ofek, Elie. "Forecasting the Adoption of E-books." Harvard Business School Exercise 505-063, May 2005.
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Training Course in Personnel Administration: 1937 - 1944 | Baker Library
for the program was to provide women with a background in the "understanding and treatment of human problems in any employment situation" that would enable them to enter positions in human resources departments. (3) Personnel work, the course catalogue explained,... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
woman who had climbed Everest," he recalls. "She drew a lot of parallels to business, including team effort and setting goals." Analytical and methodical by nature, and a mechanical engineer by training, Petzel began thinking about making... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
businesses, were so momentous. [ ] There is no question, however, that small business intelligence will develop quickly on the coattails of other areas of big data and artificial intelligence. Combining data sources and using analytic... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
the operations literature that systematically analyze the impact of e-intermediaries are lacking. Our work fills this gap and answers practical questions regarding the responsible operations of e-intermediaries. Methodology: We develop an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
analysts from Gradient Analytics and Banc of America face charges of stock price manipulation from Biovail, a Canadian pharmaceutical company. Gradient and BofA produced negative reports on Biovail's earnings quality. At the same time,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
income taxation. I show analytically how age dependence improves policy on both the intratemporal and intertemporal margins. I use detailed numerical simulations, calibrated with data from the U.S. PSID, to generate robust policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Research Resources | Baker Library
Cambridge: Radcliffe College. Radcliffe College. Training Course in Personnel Administration, Catalogues, 1937-1945. Cambridge: Radcliffe College. Full text available. (1940-1941 only). This catalogue describes the course as a practical education that coordinates... View Details
- February 2024
- Case
ReSpo.Vision: The Kickstart of an AI Sports Revolution
By: Paul A. Gompers, Elena Corsi and Nikolina Jonsson
This case study explores the growth journey of Polish computer vision sports start-up ReSpo.Vision in an emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem. By providing 3D data and analysis to soccer clubs, ReSpo.Vision achieved significant milestones with a €1 million seed round, an... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Plan; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Decisions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; Business Strategy; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; Poland; Europe
Gompers, Paul A., Elena Corsi, and Nikolina Jonsson. "ReSpo.Vision: The Kickstart of an AI Sports Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 824-151, February 2024.