[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates

Tue Aug 29 20:53:51 PDT 2006

What all does the Harvard Business School researching
-- even people's lives?  Interesting!!

Umesh

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> Highlights this Week
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> Research & Ideas: Online Match-Making with Virtual
> Dates 
> Op-Ed: The Real Wal-Mart Effect 
> First Look: Cartels and big business, rural credit
> in Argentina, more 
> Summing Up: How Do the Economics of Scarcity Meet
> the Economics of Abundance? 
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> New on the Site
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> Research & Ideas: Online Match-Making with Virtual
> Dates
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5478.html
> Users of online dating sites often struggle to find
> love because the sites themselves make it more
> difficult than it needs to be. To the rescue:
> Virtual Dates, an online ice-breaker from Jeana
> Frost of Boston University, Michael Norton of HBS,
> and Dan Ariely of MIT.
> 
> Op-Ed: The Real Wal-Mart Effect
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5474.html
> Critics are lining up to take shots at Wal-Mart's
> treatment of workers and a host of other alleged
> knocks against society. But the critics miss one big
> point, says Pankaj Ghemawat: Wal-Mart's overall
> impact benefits the economy and lower-income
> consumers.
> 
> First Look: Cutting-Edge Work from Faculty
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/firstlook/
> This week: How cartels have affected big business
> ... bond markets in Brazil ... a case on New Balance
> Athletic Shoe; more.
> 
> Jim Heskett Sums Up: What Happens When the Economics
> of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5469.html#forum-summary
> The "Long Tail," a term coined by Chris Anderson?and
> the title of his new book?describes the item
> popularity curve. Does the Long Tail represent a
> paradigm shift for business and consumer behavior?
> What are its implications for management going
> forward?
> 
> Most Popular Stories
> 
> On Managing with Bobby Knight and "Coach K"
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5464.html
> 
> Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers
> Returning
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3107.html
> 
> The Real Wal-Mart Effect
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5474.html
> 
> Is MySpace.com Your Space?
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5483.html
> 
> How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5475.html
> 
> Best of Faculty Q&As
> 
> John Gourville: Use the Psychology of Pricing To
> Keep Customers Returning
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3107.html
> When to charge for a product or service can be more
> important than how much to charge, says Harvard
> Business School professor John Gourville. If you
> want to build long-term loyalty with customers, you
> better understand the difference.
> 
> Working Paper Spotlight
> 
> Information Dispersion and Auction Prices
> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5404.html
> by Pai-Ling Yin
> Millions of people use Internet auctions for goods
> that are often of unknown value (e.g., used goods,
> unknown brands). This paper asks: Do bidders behave
> in the way auction theory predicts they should?
> 
> Elsewhere at Harvard Business School
> 
> Real Estate Management Program: Developing Future
> Leaders
> http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/remwk/index.html
> HBS Executive Education Program
> October 22 - 26, 2006
> 
> Families in Business: From Generation to Generation
> http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/fibwk/index.html
> HBS Executive Education Program
> November 5 - 10, 2006
> 
> Private Equity and Venture Capital
> http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/pevcwk/index.html
> HBS Executive Education Program
> November 5 - 8, 2006
> 
> Governing for Nonprofit Excellence: Critical Issues
> for Board Leadership
> http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/gnewk/index.html/
> HBS Executive Education Program
> November 5 - 11, 2006
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Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
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Class of 2005

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