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- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
potential approaches to establishing evidence of social influence in partially endogenous networks, and they may be especially persuasive in combination. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-136.pdf Technology Innovation...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!
Work degree and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She oversees the various programs and functions of the Support Services team and provides information to students on mental...
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People - Advancing Racial Equity
Task Force Co-Chairs Ron Chandler Chief Information Officer Jan Hammond Faculty / Technology and Operations Management and Senior Associate Dean, Community and Culture Jan Rivkin Faculty / Strategy and...
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- January 2021 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Amazon Shopper Panel: Paying Customers for Their Data
By: Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli
This case introduces a new Amazon program that has consumers upload their receipts from transactions outside of Amazon, in exchange for money. Through the discussion, the case aims to explore issues in customers’ privacy in the digital age, the value of customers’ own...
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Data Analytics;
Data Privacy;
Data Management;
"Marketing Analytics";
Marketing Communication;
Marketing Research;
Data-driven Management;
E-Commerce Strategy;
Ethical Decision Making;
CRM;
Consumer Protection;
Targeted Advertising;
Targeted Policies;
Data Ownership;
Marketing;
Research;
Marketing Communications;
Analytics and Data Science;
Management;
Customer Relationship Management;
Ethics;
E-commerce;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Ascarza, Eva, and Ayelet Israeli. "Amazon Shopper Panel: Paying Customers for Their Data." Harvard Business School Case 521-058, January 2021. (Revised May 2021.)
- June 2018 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
John Chambers, Cisco, and China: Upgrading a Golden Shield
By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
This case examines the role of Cisco led by John Chambers in facilitating web filtering in China. It begins by tracing the origins of Cisco as a pioneer of networking equipment. John Chambers, who had worked as a sales manager at IBM and Wang Laboratories, joined Cisco...
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Cisco;
Internet and the Web;
Governance Controls;
Ethics;
Rights;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Technology Industry;
China
Jones, Geoffrey, and Emily Grandjean. "John Chambers, Cisco, and China: Upgrading a Golden Shield." Harvard Business School Case 318-158, June 2018. (Revised July 2023.)
- August 2014
- Case
Netflix in 2011
By: Willy Shih and Stephen Kaufman
Reed Hastings founded Netflix to provide a home movie service that would do a better job satisfying customers than the traditional retail rental model. But as it encountered challenges it underwent several major strategy shifts, ultimately developing a business model...
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Netflix;
DVD;
DVD-by-mail;
Streaming;
Online Entertainment;
Online Video;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Business Model;
Disruption;
Operations;
Service Operations;
Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Media;
Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Technology Platform;
Web;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Shih, Willy, and Stephen Kaufman. "Netflix in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 615-007, August 2014.
- February 2001 (Revised February 2018)
- Case
The iPremier Company (A): Distributed Denial of Service Attack
By: Robert D. Austin, Larry Leibrock and Alan Murray
Describes a new CIO trying to manage a denial of service (DOS) attack against his e-retailing business. The attack and its aftermath provide students an opportunity to discuss the business issues that are interwoven with computer security issues.
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Austin, Robert D., Larry Leibrock, and Alan Murray. "The iPremier Company (A): Distributed Denial of Service Attack." Harvard Business School Case 601-114, February 2001. (Revised February 2018.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Distributionally Robust Causal Inference with Observational Data
By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Kosuke Imai and Michael Lingzhi Li
We consider the estimation of average treatment effects in observational studies and propose a new framework of robust causal inference with unobserved confounders. Our approach is based on distributionally robust optimization and proceeds in two steps. We first...
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Bertsimas, Dimitris, Kosuke Imai, and Michael Lingzhi Li. "Distributionally Robust Causal Inference with Observational Data." Working Paper, February 2023.
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Board Use - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
information prior to class, such as key contextual facts from the case, row/column headings for quantitative analysis, or a summary of the day's agenda. Using the board during class in a meaningful and structured way, without slowing down...
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- July 2021
- Teaching Note
Digital Transformation 2.0: CEO Elie Girard at Atos
By: Tsedal Neeley
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 421-024. Elie Girard has taken the helm as CEO of multinational IT giant Atos to lead the company into the next era of digital transformation. Noticing that customers’ digital needs were evolving to become even more specialized and global...
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- 09 Aug 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
A Lesson from Google: Can AI Bias be Monitored Internally?
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Re: Tsedal Neeley
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
Again Rohit Deshpande, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing. ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN Tip: Use technology to scale your organization to current conditions An old canard applies to today's environment: Nobody notices View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Pharmaceuticals | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
HBS community. See also the related research guide on Biotechnology, Medical Devices, and Health Care. 53 1208 Add My Librarian Item Overviews and Analysis BCC Research https://www.library.hbs.edu/find/databases/bcc-research Global...
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- 2024
- Working Paper
Generative AI and Creative Problem Solving
The rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) open up attractive opportunities for creative
problem-solving through human-guided AI partnerships. To explore this potential, we initiated a
crowdsourcing challenge focused on sustainable, circular...
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Boussioux, Léonard, Jacqueline N. Lane, Miaomiao Zhang, Vladimir Jacimovic, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Generative AI and Creative Problem Solving." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-005, July 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 29 Jan 2018
- Book
How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster
(Robbins, 2007). Michael Duncan, a deputy chief medical of cer with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), reported that the Chilean of cials said, “Let’s try to identify who the experts are in the eld let’s get some consultants in here that can...
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- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
The technology to make soap was known for several thousand years, but the product was rarely used for personal washing, especially by Europeans who largely avoided washing with water after the Black Death in the Middle Ages, believing it...
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Learn with Baker Library | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
MBAsPatent Analytics - IntroRefinitiv Workspace - IntroVitalLaw - Intro Contact Curriculum & Learning Services (CLS) Nicholas Lamb, Information Research Specialist, Learning Technology nlamb@hbs.edu...
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- July 2023
- Case
Crocs: Using Community-Centric Marketing to Make Ugly Iconic
By: Ayelet Israeli and Anne V. Wilson
In 2022, the Crocs Classic Clog was the best-selling item of clothing on Amazon, the brand was one of the fastest growing brands in the U.S., and global net revenue had increased to approximately $3.6 billion. By most accounts, Crocs had become the “it” shoe. Crocs...
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Brands and Branding;
Product Development;
Growth and Development;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Digital Marketing;
Digital Strategy;
Segmentation;
Advertising;
Consumer Products Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States
Israeli, Ayelet, and Anne V. Wilson. "Crocs: Using Community-Centric Marketing to Make Ugly Iconic." Harvard Business School Case 524-006, July 2023.
- August 2016
- Case
VMD Medical Imaging Center
By: Susanna Gallani and Eva Labro
VMD Medical Imaging Center, a local independent provider of medical imaging services, is facing some important challenges. Despite efficiency improvements and cost cutting initiatives carried out over the past few years, their profitability is shrinking; their prices...
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Costing;
Death Spiral;
Transfer Pricing;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Medical Specialties;
Health Industry
Gallani, Susanna, and Eva Labro. "VMD Medical Imaging Center." Harvard Business School Case 117-002, August 2016.
- 22 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies
of the intriguing findings from our analysis is that electronic and face-to-face interactions are near perfect complements. In other words, people talk to the very same people they e-mail. As electronic collaboration technologies further...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert