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- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
When the dust settled, Luca determined that each ratings star added on a Yelp review translated to anywhere from a 5 percent to 9 percent effect on revenues (depending on the control variables and means of estimation)—more than he had...
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- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
disruptors, produce profitable growth, and strengthen institutions at the community, national, and international levels. Publisher's Link: http://hbr.org/product/capitalism-at-risk-rethinking-the-role-of-business/an/13297-HBK-ENG View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810140-PDF-ENG Deworming Kenya: Translating Research into Action (A) Nava Ashraf, Neil Buddy Shah, and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Case 910-001 Karen Levy...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet
Doing so yields a novel outlook. Research has found many variants of the same theme: The experience with the commercial internet depends on where you are located. It manifests in a surprising number of dimensions. For example, the quality...
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by Sean Silverthorne;
Transportation;
Telecommunications;
Shipping;
Publishing;
Technology
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
yesterday's—manufacturing. German producers have targeted those customers who require the most exacting, high-performance, costly products. As a result, they have created some of the least tradable manufacturing jobs. Several readers cited the challenge that a...
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- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
In the summer of 2023, Initiatives intern Skye Bluestein conducted important research with the BEI on the intersection of environmental justice (EJ), policy, and business. The resulting paper posted below provides an interesting and...
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
tech (“tech bros”) still struggle to translate hiring into thriving at senior levels. What does gender research tell us about why this is happening and what firms and individuals might do to help?...
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- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
but it's not going to create the kind of value that ultimately gets translated into financial success. Kost: In the first line of your book, you say that strategy is simple. Why is that such a provocative statement? Oberholzer-Gee:...
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by Danielle Kost
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
you working on next? Rob Austin: My work focuses on the role of aesthetics in business competitiveness, and I'm continuing to play around with the case as a literary form. I'm working on a project right now, for example, where we are trying to View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Leveraging Generative AI
Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)...
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Jennifer Gillespie
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Yaping Wang
"I wanted a job in an industry instead of a PhD." For more than eight years, Yaping worked for Mars in Beijing, conducting research for product innovation. "I probed for consumer insights, then helped View Details
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
participated in several major research initiatives during the 1980s and early 1990s, before becoming Dean of the School in 1995. And even as Dean, he continued to pursue research until 2005, when he left...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 28
Kindler barely mentions McKinnell's (controversial) early retirement and describes efforts to reform the company. The case closes in February 2009, just after Pfizer announces plans to acquire competitor Wyeth. Since 2000, Pfizer's tremendous growth in assets through...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest-quality product in the shortest time. Understanding the conditions that facilitate teamwork has been a pursuit of View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
money. But they also learned Mexicans loved their smartphones and wanted to earn more money, despite the hassle of two-hour job commutes. Given their backgrounds in retail, Campbell and Monroy focused on seven different industry use cases, including market View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets
we lack the resources needed for translation and subtitling. We retain the ambition to add China to our list of countries in which we conduct interviews. Can I use the material freely? Yes, for both teaching and View Details
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2021 Virtual Presentations - Alumni
Schlesinger will explore an exciting new area of research that seeks to crack the code on satisfaction for people in the second half of life. Slides Related Resources The Atlantic: Brooks's "How to Build a Life" column Podcast: "The Art...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Building a Better Brazil
courses without leaving their home, school, or office." In recent years, the Lemann Foundation has partnered with Khan Academy—founded by Sal Khan (MBA 2003)—to translate its free online educational videos into Portuguese for use in...
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- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
(Grossman/Helpman, 1991). Exports, then, might not be beneficial per se, but only if they occur in the "right" activities. The empirical analyses tried to provide insights into the factual linkages between trade and growth. Many View Details
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by Christian Ketels