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characterizes a successful entrepreneur and the skills you need to thrive. Download for Free Business in Society E-Book Define your purpose, make the case for corporate social responsibility, further your education, and help enact change... View Details

09 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

antitrust authorities, who fear they could ultimately harm consumers by raising prices above typical competitive levels. It doesn’t seem too long ago when a price change was a major strategic decision for companies, requiring extensive View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

offices—have promised to make patient data easier to analyze and move around to different care settings. But the biggest EHR players sell systems that are relatively closed, that are best at communicating within the walls of the hospital... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

07 Jun 2019
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Are You a Digital Manager?

need to build ecosystems, networks with those both inside and outside the organization. We are collecting data on how managers build partnerships, even with other industries, to gain insights into how to drive innovation in their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

few pennies to that dollar. Lack of social supports, such as child care and paid sick leave, is another ever-present issue the pandemic laid bare. It could explain why some women have elected to leave the workforce altogether: “Women have... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2008
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Faculty Books

The Oxford Handbook of Business History edited by Geoffrey Jones and Jonathan Zeitlin (Oxford University Press) This handbook surveys research in business history, a broad area of study generating empirical data that have sometimes... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management

18 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

consumer behavior, Ngwe and Chen analyzed sales data from Southeast Asian fashion retailer Zalora in the Philippines. Because the data included the company's startup period, encompassing more than two... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

early modern pirates in Asia can tell you as much about mercantile capitalism of the era as the activity of ostensibly regular merchants. He applied the same logic to hackers and data capitalists of today. In 1970s California, capitalist... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

25 Feb 2020
News

3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)

Tech has real social and ethical responsibilities, but we’ve seen that the current leadership of these platforms is not willing to make changes to promote a healthier ecosystem. When I was at Reddit, its culture needed a lot of work, and... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette

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Tony Shu | MBA

harnessed to address pressing social issues at scale. When I learned out about the Tech Innovation Fellowship, I was so excited to see something that combines my passions for entrepreneurship and technology in a program that promotes both... View Details

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5.1 Information Technology | MBA

system or database, falsely obtaining electronic services or data without payment of required charges, intentionally intercepting electronic communications, and obtaining, altering, or destroying others’ electronic information. Similarly,... View Details

07 Oct 2021
News

Bringing Light to the Fight

Zealand government instituted free breast cancer screenings for women ages 50 to 64, later extended to 45 to 69. The foundation is currently working to extend those screenings to women up to the age of 74. Data shows that access to these... View Details

11 Oct 2022
News

On Balance

renamed and given a broad purview to collect data on equality metrics like composition, pay, policies, and practices from all private-sector employers in Australia with 100 or more employees, criteria that currently cover about 40 percent... View Details

Keywords: April White

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target="new">Chronicle of Philanthropy: Our subscription to the online product includes access to articles, a jobs section, and interactive features. A Facts and Figures section includes data on donors, charities & foundations,... View Details

26 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 26

estimating the impact of changes in supplier performance on customer demand. Using data from Hugo Boss, a manufacturer of branded apparel, we find increases in supplier reliability to be associated with significant increases in orders... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2016
News

HBS and SEAS Explore Opportunities for Innovative Thinking

research presentations illustrated how business, science, and technology are addressing societal challenges: SEAS professor Yiling Chen discussed the design of social computing systems, HBS professor Karim R. Lakhani explained the use of... View Details

08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8

with—and may displace—producer innovation in many parts of the economy. We argue that a transition from producer innovation to open single user and open collaborative innovation is desirable in terms of social welfare and so worthy of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55409 Harvard Business School Case 119-023 Chateau Winery (A): Unsupervised Learning This case follows Bill Booth, marketing manager of a regional wine distributor, as he applies unsupervised learning on View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 30

longitudinal data from 68 multi-method case studies of organizational change initiatives conducted at the National Health Service in the United Kingdom support these predictions and advance a relational view of organizational change in... View Details