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- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
through three examples: the design of medical residency matching programs, a scrip system to allocate food donations to food banks, and the recent "Incentive Auction" that reallocated wireless spectrum from television broadcasters to telecoms. Our View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband and three children. Shelby Bonnie (MBA 1990), CNET Networks Shelby Bonnie, Chairman and CEO of CNET Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) has overseen the company's evolution from a start-up in 1992 to its position today as the... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
operating systems like Apple, Microsoft, Symbian, and Palm derive their profits from users through licensing fees and do not charge much to allow application developers to access their platforms. On the contrary, videogame console makers... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?
General Brigham, and Lily Payvandi, assistant professor at Boston University Medical Center, was published in March in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Network Open. Audience question leads to inquiry The idea for... View Details
- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Case
On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website
knew from previous experience leading data science at Gap Inc. that consumers get frustrated with slow mobile apps. To him, the most important engineering requirement was providing users with a response to... View Details
- 19 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?
questions. "The Internet makes it so easy for people to aggregate; some scholars worry that people will self-select into groups with a similar ideology," says Zhu. As a result, the Internet may lead to more biased opinions, which only... View Details
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
"Big companies get stuck on analysis paralysis, and they look for the perfect answer. In my company, we iterate very quickly," said Sheila Lirio Marcelo (HBS MBA 1998), founder and CEO of Care.com a website for providers and View Details
- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
prevalence of discrimination among their users by making careful design choices, says Luca, the Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who has been studying platform design for... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
You’ve advised digital leaders like Facebook, Amazon, and Google, but they haven’t been immune to challenges either. Do you think anyone has truly mastered AI? Iansiti: We do have companies who are leading in introducing these models, but... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online
processes Develop a strategic innovation toolkit and learn when and how to apply design thinking and innovative problem-solving tools and exercises Practice empathy in applying a human-centered approach to design techniques, such as user... View Details
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Home Economics
academia. The three areas have more in common than many think, Laidler-Kylander says. Best practices in leadership and management are applicable everywhere, but nonprofits come with additional organizational challenges. There’s often a disconnect between the View Details
Keywords: April White
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
The more people who know, the greater your chances of finding fresh leads, insights, and ideas. Conduct informational interviews Return to your roots and remember to conduct interviews that may not (or probably will not) lead to a job,... View Details
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
scientific discoveries; raising capital, leading a team, developing strategic partnerships with established pharmaceuticals, and other crucial activities are now even clearer to me because of CORe. Enrique Garcia-Rivera Pursuing a PhD in... View Details
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Future of IT Consulting
ensure that the group stays on the leading edge of the subject matter. Related to this third driver is the focus that a separate consulting firm can maintain in managing a highly talented group of knowledge workers. The management and... View Details
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Alumnae Circles - Alumni
since 2016. Regional Leaders Each Circles region requires multiple volunteer leaders for them to be successful. Together, Regional Leads manage program aspects that ensure smooth operations and an engaged community: Oversee and support... View Details
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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
holiday sales season, the demonstration took place at Jordan Marsh in Boston, one of the region's leading department stores. To orchestrate the rollout of the product, Polaroid hired J. Harold Booth, known for his success in sales and... View Details
- 17 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet
recent TNS study reported the leading activities of Internet users as: used a search engine to find information (81 percent); looked up the news (76 percent); used online banking (74 percent); looked up the... View Details
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
installing an electric heat pump in every household in the U.S. would reduce annual emissions by 160 million metric tonnes [3]. Lastly, heat pump adoption will lead to less pollution and cleaner, safer air. There are currently many... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
to enable visual communication between businesses and customers. EyeView will develop and provide EyeCapture, the first web based platform that will allow its users to cost effectively provide high quality video guidance. Good Start... View Details
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
either system can lead to the subversion of expected relationships in the other. This book rejects the simple equation of capitalism with markets or with trade, in favor of a three-level system that embraces factor markets as well those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne