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- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
different from that perspective than from the way it looks to more average folks. Some things a giant can see clearly because he has a higher vantage point. Others he can not see at all. His vision is further distorted by spending a lot...
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by Richard S. Tedlow
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
good, or it’s going to affect our overall well-being, and it can have a massive impact, we found in our research, on the performance of organizations. The data have never gotten old faster, Bill, during this last three years or so,...
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- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
objected. They supported the notion of diversity and inclusion regardless of economics. As Yin put it, “We should promote diversity and inclusion because it’s the right thing...
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by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2014
- Blog Post
Leverage the Power of Alumni Networks in Recruiting
stood out – the power of the HBS alumni network. Although we talk about it all the time, it is another thing to see it come to life right before your very eyes. During our alumni event, we witnessed alumni...
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- 21 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business
often referred to in the form of a career pursuit, but for me it is, and has been a way of life. I have lived to see Uganda’s economy transform over the years, with every trip home a constant reminder View Details
- Article
NTT DoCoMo: The Future of the Wireless Internet?
Bradley, Stephen P. "NTT DoCoMo: The Future of the Wireless Internet?" Journal of Interactive Marketing 16, no. 2 (Spring 2002).
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
paid when deals are done, and the fever pitch of auctions. And guarding against these pathologies is a critical role for senior management. Gerdeman: What are the most important things you think people...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
6 Lessons Learned from a Summer of Entrepreneurship
model, our hypotheses, and our assumptions. 5. Be patient really patient. One of the most difficult lessons we learned was that things take a very long time to develop and transpire. Whether it’s designing...
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Entrepreneurship
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
Imagine the glee of marketers at the dawn of the Internet era—could anyone imagine a more sophisticated, precise way of reaching consumers? By...
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- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
As chair of the investment committee for a college, Sam Hayes was faced with a challenging dilemma: Should the committee invest only in socially responsible funds even though the outcome might mean fewer scholarships and teaching...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
An online shipping platform that uses social networks and smartphones. Low-cost medical care and monitoring that helps seniors to live at home. The "Skype" of broadband, offering free Internet service. On an...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty
accounting from the University of Chicago. He’ll tap his interests in corporate accountability and disclosure to help him teach the first-year required course Financial Reporting and Control. Assistant Professor Thales Teixeira, a member...
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Margie Kelley
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
focused on full-time, 40-hour-a-week types of employment, toward as they take on more jobs and tasks to be using freelance workers to augment their skills base. Tell us a little bit about how you and also the customers you’re working with...
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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Sign of the Times: General Management Course Evolves
announcing the change, MBA Program Chair and Senior Associate Dean W. Carl Kester emphasized the need to address new management challenges, such as increased competition from abroad and from companies that are taking advantage of...
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- 2021
- Working Paper
The Value of Descriptive Analytics: Evidence from Online Retailers
By: Ron Berman and Ayelet Israeli
Does the adoption of descriptive analytics impact online retailer performance, and if so, how? We use the synthetic difference-in-differences method to analyze the staggered adoption of a retail analytics dashboard by more than 1,500 e-commerce websites, and we find an...
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Descriptive Analytics;
Big Data;
Synthetic Control;
E-commerce;
Online Retail;
Difference-in-differences;
Martech;
Internet and the Web;
Analytics and Data Science;
Performance;
Retail Industry
Berman, Ron, and Ayelet Israeli. "The Value of Descriptive Analytics: Evidence from Online Retailers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-067, November 2020. (Revised December 2021. Accepted at Marketing Science.)
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New York Club Names Entrepreneur of the Year
highlight of the dinner event was the presentation of the Club's Entrepreneur of the Year award to David McCourt, chairman and CEO of RCN...
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- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
Moss: One of the things that a historical perspective helps make clear is that risk management has always been an essential function of government. From the very earliest days...
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by Laura Linard
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
Climate Rising episode. Newsletters: Strictly VC, ClimateTech.VC Publications: Climate Change @ The Economist, IPCC Reports, UN State of the Climate Reports, UN COP 27 Summary, Climate Change @ World Economic Forum Books: The Lean...
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- November–December 2022
- Article
The Value of Descriptive Analytics: Evidence from Online Retailers
By: Ron Berman and Ayelet Israeli
Does the adoption of descriptive analytics impact online retailer performance, and if so, how? We use the synthetic difference-in-differences method to analyze the staggered adoption of a retail analytics dashboard by more than 1,500 e-commerce websites, and we find an...
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Keywords:
Descriptive Analytics;
Big Data;
Synthetic Control;
E-commerce;
Online Retail;
Difference-in-differences;
Martech;
Internet and the Web;
Analytics and Data Science;
Performance;
Marketing;
Retail Industry
Berman, Ron, and Ayelet Israeli. "The Value of Descriptive Analytics: Evidence from Online Retailers." Marketing Science 41, no. 6 (November–December 2022): 1074–1096.
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sorry, We’re All Out of Chilean Sea Bass
Bruce Knecht (MBA ’86) reveals in his new book, Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish (Rodale, 2006). The author, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, details an Australian patrol boat’s 4,000-mile chase of an illegal fishing...
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