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- 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2
one where orders need to be made before demand is realized. In our analysis, the latter situation corresponds to a newsvendor model with the additional decision of choosing a sales effort to increase demand...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
classes since mid-March 2020, with the exception of 10th and 12th grades, which reopened in January for students preparing for board (school leaving) exams. There are 250 million K–12 students and 10 million teachers who have been affected by school closures in India,...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
affordable, changing the way we consumers pay for the services doesn't fix anything. What we need is a system of new value networks that will disrupt the old business models in this industry. We need a new approach not just to insurance...
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- 14 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco
Starting this past fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On Thursday, February 9, nearly 250 San Francisco Bay Area alumni gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "HBS in the Bay...
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- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
goals without providing the structures to educate senior executives in the specific challenges faced by various constituencies. In addition, these strategies often don't provide models that teach or encourage new behaviors. IBM has taken...
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- 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
forecast less extreme)? To answer these questions, we introduce a class of optimal aggregators. These aggregators are Bayesian ensembles because they follow from a Bayesian model of the underlying information experts have. Each ensemble...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. “These five distinguished alumni are role View Details
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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
campus to be a model of best practice for them. On the academic front, in addition to a burgeoning number of technology-related courses in the curriculum, students use technological tools - interactive...
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- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
would be a hierarchical, top-down model like venture capital," he says. Companies like Kickstarter-a crowdfunding site that anyone can access and participate in—have changed that view. An additional...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
has revamped more than just the design, says Yong, a former Bain consultant and Acumen Global Fellow who joined the automaker in 2016. “We have also rethought the conventional automotive business model itself,” with specific decisions in...
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Amy Yee
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
asking how much we can pay employees rather than how little we can pay," stated Southwest's VP and general counsel Jim Parker. As for the changes that technology brings, Southwest has one foot in the future and the other in the past. In...
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- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
Photo credits: Brenae Bowers Brix and Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: This story starts the way all classic stories of tech entrepreneurship do: In Todd Brix's garage. Brix (MBA 1997) started his career in the...
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- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Cheese Whiz
through a range of initiatives, including a complimentary employee shuttle service, free and subsidized child care, and classes in emotional intelligence. “Rural America is the Detroit of 2008,” Scharfman said. “As a model for...
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- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
Offices have opened in Boston and San Francisco, and now the company is raising additional capital to further expand its operations. Amadio wants to franchise the NeuroLaunch model worldwide, and he’s...
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Sophia Virani
important part of her leadership training. In addition to providing "invaluable contacts for the future," the close-knit quality of the section serves as a great model for effective teamwork The...
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- 01 May 2013
- News
Thompson Dean, MBA 1984
Dean family explored additional opportunities to support Harvard, they were drawn toward the Harvard Graduate School of Education and its new program, the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.). “The Ed.L.D. Program was a perfect fit...
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- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
Abstract—Current academic and policy debates focus on the impact of tort reforms on physicians’ behavior and medical costs. This paper examines whether these reforms also affect incentives to develop new technologies. We develop a theoretical View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
amount of waste generated to improve the efficiency of the by-product process. In addition to the managerial implications, this analysis can inform policy as we show that increasing disposal cost decreases...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Elevator Pitch: Spread the Wealth
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Sabine Tejerina (MBA 2009) Cofounder and COO, Upstreet Concept: Launched in 2020, Upstreet makes it easier and more economical for companies to reward employees and customers with shares to improve engagement and...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
New Face at Facebook
advertising arm, which generates more than half its revenue and employs thousands of people. In addition to developing an advertising network for Facebook, she will be in charge of marketing and human...
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