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- October 1991
- Background Note
Market Research
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes the major classes of market research. Provides students with an overview of methods available enabling them to select the proper set for their purposes.
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Dolan, Robert J. "Market Research." Harvard Business School Background Note 592-034, October 1991.
- January 2017
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Impact Evaluation Methods in Public Economics: A Brief Introduction to Randomized Evaluations and Comparison with Other Methods
By: Dina Pomeranz
Recent years have seen a large expansion in the use of rigorous impact evaluation techniques. Increasingly, public administrations are collaborating with academic economists and other quantitative social scientists to apply such rigorous methods to the study of public...
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Pomeranz, Dina. "Impact Evaluation Methods in Public Economics: A Brief Introduction to Randomized Evaluations and Comparison with Other Methods." Special Issue on Expanding the Frontier of Behavioral Public Economics. Public Finance Review 45, no. 1 (January 2017): 10–43. (Published early online November 5, 2015. Spanish version available by clicking on "Details.")
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
Subjects:AP US History, Introduction to Research Methods, and AP Seminar MI Shannon Headley Brighton High School (MI)Brighton, MI NC Janet Heape Riverside High SchoolDurham, NC MA Andrew Hedberg Kipp Academy Lynn CollegiateLynn, MA MO...
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- Mar 2021
- Conference Presentation
Descent-to-Delete: Gradient-Based Methods for Machine Unlearning
By: Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth and Saeed Sharifi-Malvajerdi
We study the data deletion problem for convex models. By leveraging techniques from convex optimization and reservoir sampling, we give the first data deletion algorithms that are able to handle an arbitrarily long sequence of adversarial updates while promising both...
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Neel, Seth, Aaron Leon Roth, and Saeed Sharifi-Malvajerdi. "Descent-to-Delete: Gradient-Based Methods for Machine Unlearning." Paper presented at the 32nd Algorithmic Learning Theory Conference, March 2021.
- 2006
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Schumpeter's Plea: Historical Methods in the Study of Entrepreneurship
By: Rohit Daniel Wadhwani and Geoffrey Jones
This paper outlines the case for why and how historical methods are important to the study of entrepreneurship. We show that research in entrepreneurship has displayed declining attention to historical context since the field first emerged in the 1940s. We discuss why...
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Wadhwani, Rohit Daniel, and Geoffrey Jones. "Schumpeter's Plea: Historical Methods in the Study of Entrepreneurship." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2006).
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
How Will the Case Method Have to Evolve to Meet Future Needs? Like any good case discussion, this month’s column generated thoughtful comments centered around several issues concerning whether or not the case View Details
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Current research
Professor Pomeranz's research is situated at the intersection of development economics and public finance. Her current work focuses in particular on corporate taxation and public procurement, the two key ways in which government finance affects firms and entrepreneurs....
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The Rituals of Case Method Teaching - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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Causal Inference in Accounting Research
By: Ian D. Gow, David F. Larcker and Peter C. Reiss
This paper examines the approaches accounting researchers use to draw causal inferences using observational (or non-experimental) data. The vast majority of accounting research papers draws causal inferences notwithstanding the well-known difficulties in doing so with...
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Gow, Ian D., David F. Larcker, and Peter C. Reiss. "Causal Inference in Accounting Research." Journal of Accounting Research 54, no. 2 (May 2016): 477–523.
- October 2007
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Methodological Fit in Management Field Research
By: A. C. Edmondson and S. E. McManus
Methodological fit, an implicitly valued attribute of high-quality field research in organizations, has received little attention in the management literature. Fit refers to internal consistency among elements of a research project--research question, prior work,...
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Edmondson, A. C., and S. E. McManus. "Methodological Fit in Management Field Research." Academy of Management Review 32, no. 4 (October 2007).
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Research Staff Services - Faculty & Research
Research Services Research Staff Services 1ms As part of the Division of Research and Faculty Development (DRFD), Research Staff Services (RSS)...
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Faculty & Research
patient portal messaging. Higher message volumes have largely persisted, reflecting a new normal. Prior work has documented lower message use by patients who belong to minoritized racial and ethnic groups, but research has not examined...
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Research Computing Services - Faculty & Research
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- August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Background Note
Note on Lead User Research
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Describes the Lead User concept and method (step-by-step) with brief examples from industrial practice.
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Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Note on Lead User Research." Harvard Business School Background Note 699-014, August 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
- 22 May 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture
- November–December 2019
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Pivoting Isn't Enough? Managing Strategic Reorientation in New Ventures
By: Rory McDonald and Cheng Gao
New ventures often experience deviations from their plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of better fit between their evolving products and their target customers. Yet research is largely silent on how managers explain such changes and justify their ventures in...
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Keywords:
Strategic Reorientation;
Technology Entrepreneurship;
Innovation;
Product Development Processes;
Organizational Adaptation;
Qualitative Methods (General);
Entrepreneurship;
Information Technology;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategy;
Innovation and Invention;
Product Development;
Communication Strategy
McDonald, Rory, and Cheng Gao. "Pivoting Isn't Enough? Managing Strategic Reorientation in New Ventures." Organization Science 30, no. 6 (November–December 2019): 1289–1318.
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Storytelling: A Method for Assessing Children's Creativity
By: B. A. Hennessey and T. M. Amabile
Keywords:
Creativity;
Measurement and Metrics;
Early Childhood Education;
Research;
Performance Evaluation
Hennessey, B. A., and T. M. Amabile. "Storytelling: A Method for Assessing Children's Creativity." Journal of Creative Behavior 22, no. 4 (December 1988): 235–246.