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- 09 Mar 2023
- HBS Seminar
Gerard Cachon, Wharton
- 30 Oct 2014
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Robert Leke...
investment firm targeting businesses in the consumer-driven and agriculture-based sectors. My time with Tana has been nothing short of a thrill. I am grateful for the exposure and experiences gained over the past 2+ years, evaluating and... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 06 Feb 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Does Public Ownership and Accountability Increase Diversity? Evidence from IPOs
- 28 Aug 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Homesick or Home Run? Distance from Hometown and Employee Performance: A Natural Experiment from India
Keywords: by Prithwiraj Choudhury and Ohchan Kwon
- September 1992 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Exxon: Communications After Valdez
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Nancy Langford
Focuses on the communications in the period immediately following the March 24, 1989 Alaska oil spill caused by the Exxon Valdez. Includes the text of Exxon Chairman Rawl's "open letter" in an April 3 newspaper advertisment. Addresses the timing and content of... View Details
Greyser, Stephen A., and Nancy Langford. "Exxon: Communications After Valdez." Harvard Business School Case 593-014, September 1992. (Revised October 1995.)
- 23 Nov 2010
- News
Harvard Business School Professor Charles Christenson
Dead at 80
- 04 May 2021
- News
A Return to the Office Is a Great Chance to Make a Fresh Start
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 24 Apr 2018
- Webinars: Career
Rethinking Retirement
Baby Boomers are reshaping retirement to create a life stage of possibilities and growth. But a step back from work requires a great deal of thought and consideration, and it's natural to feel uncertain. This program will provide a framework to plan and address each... View Details
- September 1993 (Revised August 2011)
- Exercise
ExtendSim® Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A)
By: Roy D. Shapiro
First set of exercises meant to be used with ExtendSim, a simulation system created by Imagine That, Inc. of San Jose, California. These exercises allow students to investigate the impact of variable processing times on the performance of simple in-line processes.... View Details
Shapiro, Roy D. "ExtendSim® Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 694-039, September 1993. (Revised August 2011.)
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Introducing: Discover Your True North
- 12 Feb 2014
- News
In Cabot House, Khuranas Reflect on Year Ahead
- 25 Apr 2011
- News
Why CEOs Should Watch the Royal Wedding
- 13 Apr 2022
- News
Hating Hybrid Work? Here’s How to Make It Less Painful.
- 30 Jun 2011
- News
Too much information
- 29 Oct 2020
- News
Governor Baker is wrong about ranked-choice voting
- 31 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay
- August 2014
- Case
Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A)
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Wesley M. Cohen, Kynon Ingram, Tushar Kothalkar, Maxim Kuzemchenko, Santosh Malik, Cynthia Meyn, Greta Friar and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa
In 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings determined that a... View Details
Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Prizes; Digitization; Algorithms; Recommendation Software; Disruption; Transformation; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Sharing; Applications and Software; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Wesley M. Cohen, Kynon Ingram, Tushar Kothalkar, Maxim Kuzemchenko, Santosh Malik, Cynthia Meyn, Greta Friar, and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa. "Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A)." Harvard Business School Case 615-015, August 2014.
- 2006
- Working Paper
Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs
This paper argues that a large component of success in entrepreneurship and venture capital can be attributed to skill. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are more likely to succeed than first time entrepreneurs and those who have previously... View Details
Keywords: Return On Investment; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Success; Experience and Expertise
Gompers, Paul A., Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner, and David S. Scharfstein. "Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 12592, October 2006.
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Program Requirements - Doctoral
to perform original research that develops in a scholarly way a significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding in the chosen special field. The requirement is that the analysis and evaluation of relevant data yield significant and independent conclusions.... View Details
- April 1994 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Kendall Square Research Corporation (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. As sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993, the company sold stock to the public for the first time and analysts forecast higher earnings for 1993. However, when the company's revenue... View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Kendall Square Research Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 194-068, April 1994. (Revised November 1998.)