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- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
How Do You Predict Demand and Set Prices For Products Never Sold Before?
explained that the world of business analytics includes descriptive analytics (analyzing what has happened), predictive analytics (analyzing data...
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- 05 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Simple Ways to Take Gender Bias Out of Your Jobs
in their job listings, research shows that the language of job descriptions often subtly adheres to gender stereotypes. And that deters members of the opposite gender from applying to those jobs. For example, a few years ago, social...
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- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
competition. The emergence of the Indian software industry offers a unique experimental setting to ask whether globalization can promote convergence in corporate governance. Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu Part of our narration of the Infosys corporate...
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Management Science Track Courses - Course Catalog
Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024 Management Science Track Courses View by Unit | View by Course Title | View by Faculty | View Management Science Track Courses | Print View #ABCDEFGILMNPRSTV # Area...
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Turnarounds and Transformation - Course Catalog
than any other component of the organization), it is often neglected. The course will feature situations where leaders must reassess organizational culture, values, and purpose. While these dimensions are analytically distinct, they...
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- 08 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) of OMERS Ventures and His Career Switch into Venture Capital
VC,” Memme wrote in his article for Medium. “The ability to combine critical thinking skills, an understanding of what it takes to commercialize innovation, and my love of all things entrepreneurial convinced me I had a lot of value to add. More importantly, Leone’s...
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Venture Capital
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
evidence of management ability and leadership potential, while Tamblyn probes for hard analytical skills. Yet both scrutinize resumes with the equivalent of “x-ray specs,” hoping to find hidden qualities that could be meaningful for their...
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- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
firm-level data between 1998 and 2003. First, we present the first exhaustive description of the U.K. retail sector using micro data sources. Second, in the spirit of Foster, Haltiwanger, and Krizan (2002), we look at the contributions of...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0710F&referral=2340 R&D Project Selection and Portfolio Management: A Review of the Past, a Description of the Present, and a Sketch of the Future Authors:D. Brunner,...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
description of the economic conditions in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, then details the BEE Commission, and finally narrates Charnley's story. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-057.pdf Managing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
courses were general and descriptive ("Economic Resources of the United States," "Railroad Organization and Finance") and taught primarily through lectures from the economist's point of view. The situation remained...
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by David A. Garvin
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
evidence to challenge a common misperception about internalization theory. The theory has often been criticized for maintaining that it assumes a hierarchically organized MNE based on knowledge flowing from the home country. This is not an accurate View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
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Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024 By Course Title View by Unit | View by Course Title | View by Faculty | View Management Science Track Courses | Print View #ABCDEFGILMNOPRSTUVW # Area Faculty Name Term...
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- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
"multi-front negotiation campaign" (Sebenius 2010, Lax and Sebenius 2012) offers an analytic approach that may enjoy descriptive and prescriptive advantages over more traditional approaches that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
that accounting research would benefit from a greater focus on the study of causal mechanisms (or causal pathways), increased emphasis on structural modeling of the phenomena of interest, and more in-depth descriptive research. We argue...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
the Future Authors:Chia-Jung Tsay and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Through the decision-analytic approach to negotiations, the past quarter century has seen the development of a better dialog between the descriptive and the prescriptive, as...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
such behaviors led to undesirable consequences, even if they saw those behaviors as acceptable before they knew its consequences. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that a rational, analytic mindset can override the effects of one's...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
Human beings are critical to the functioning of the vast majority of operating systems, influencing both the way these systems work and how they perform. Yet most formal analytical models of operations assume that the people who...
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Martha Lagace
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- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case provides background for the company, as well as a description of how its culture...
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Sean Silverthorne