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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

enterprises, government, and the private sector. Whether you aspire to launch or lead a social enterprise, innovate within policymaking and philanthropy, catalyze systemic change, or drive corporate social responsibility initiatives, this course provides the critical... View Details

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Cluster Studies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

important new direction in economic policy, building on earlier efforts in macroeconomic stabilization, privatization, market opening, and reducing the costs of doing business. Cluster Mapping Jun 2017 Cluster Mapping as a Tool for... View Details

08 Apr 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It

No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle It used to be that we equated power and prestige with a leisurely, luxurious lifestyle. Today, lack of leisure time may just be the real status symbol. Does Le Pliage Help or Hurt the Longchamp... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto; Retail; Fashion

16 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)

“American” as a separator; a little line that pushes two worlds apart. I think it’s more powerful to think of it as a bridge. Standing on that bridge, we have access to a unique vantage point. With that comes the opportunity to take... View Details

23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987

1999 Named Managing Director, Morgan Stanley 2000 Releases album, Carla’s First Christmas 2005 First solo concert at Carnegie Hall 2005 Releases album, Joy Is Waiting 2005 Named by Fortune to list of 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Brandon Graves

time, I couldn’t anticipate how much my initial opinions and viewpoints would change over an 80-minute case discussion. What is your favorite childhood memory? One of my favorite childhood memories is going to work with my mother. She worked in the retail View Details

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Exhibition Homepage Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography Documenting the Wartime Effort Labor Practices Post-war PR... View Details

15 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

hierarchy in interfirm transaction networks in two industry sectors in Japan: automotive and electronics. Our empirical results show that the electronics sector exhibits a much lower degree of hierarchy than the automotive sector due to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

trend is the use of online tools to improve physical asset utilization in many traditional off-line businesses. This article discusses the water industry as an example, and the organizational changes and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

institutional theory, and economic theory. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf Broadening Focus: Spillovers and the Benefits of Specialization in the Hospital Industry Authors:Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

offers powerful advantages for teams and businesses. [...] Read more 09 Jul 2025 Make Your Personal Brand Your Competitive Edge with HBS Online’s New Certificate Course HBS Online Author Staff tag Marketing News & Events Personal Branding... View Details

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

in your sales and marketing team, especially if they come from the industry or companies on your target list. Nowadays functional leaders have more power than in the past to decide which software to use, so... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

2011
Working Paper

Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation

By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias and Nikolaos Trichakis

We propose a scalable, data-driven method for designing national policies for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys to patients on a waiting list, in a fair and efficient way. We focus on policies that have the same form as the one currently used in the U.S. In... View Details

Keywords: Fairness; Policy; Health Disorders; Marketplace Matching; Performance Effectiveness; Rank and Position; Health Industry; United States

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13 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

Imagine a future in which a smart marketing machine can predict the needs and habits of individual consumers and the dynamics of competitors across industries and markets. This device would collect data to answer strategic questions,... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

thing? If the ratings are capturing real quality, then that's a force for good. To the extent that there is gaming or nonrepresentative views, that's a problem. The onus is on the review industry to change that." “If the ratings are... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

March 2022 (Revised July 2022)
Teaching Note

Camera IQ and the Metaverse: Building Augmented Reality Brand Experiences

By: Jill Avery

Camera IQ, a camera marketing software company that empowered brands to create and launch augmented reality experiences (AREs) across social platforms, had just raised an additional $5 million to fund further product development and expand its marketing and sales... View Details

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12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

oil industry. I came full circle with both of those cases, having spent my career in the oil industry and as CEO of a company involved in the Macondo well disaster in 2010. Going through the Macondo crisis and looking back on the... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

were a number of views regarding the role of judgment. Wayne Brewer commented that "judgment is needed for creating a vision, decision tools are for optimizing a decision." Mark Andrew said, "Judgment can work well in 'high... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

tend to violate less on the hygiene issues mentioned in reviews, suggesting that restaurants may indeed take reviews into account when cleaning up. Farronato believes digital tools could streamline the inspection process, which is costly... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

later: "What business are you really in?" "An industry begins with the customer and his or her needs, not with a patent, a raw material, or a selling skill," wrote Levitt, citing the railroads as one example of a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

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