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Revolutionizing Higher Education in India: Philanthropy Meets Innovation

In recent years, India’s higher-education landscape has undergone a significant transformation in its private institutions, driven by entrepreneurs and philanthropists. The traditional system, dominated by public institutions, has struggled to meet the growing demand for quality education and keep pace with global standards. This has created opportunities for innovative models to emerge, with the goal […]

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Understanding Webmunk: A Game-Changer for Online Behavior Research

The internet’s dominance in modern economic and social activities makes understanding online behavior critical for businesses, policymakers, and researchers. However, traditional tools for measuring this behavior have significant limitations, especially for independent researchers without access to proprietary user data from technology companies. In response to this challenge, Webmunk, an open-source tool, offers a promising solution. […]

The Business Impact of AI Innovations: Driving Profitability and Growth

As AI technologies continue to evolve and diffuse throughout the economy, understanding their value and impact on innovation has become increasingly important. Human decision-making plays a crucial role in the development and implementation of AI, with significant implications for stakeholders across industries, from investors and firms to policymakers and society at large. In their working […]

Unlocking Growth: How Private Equity Fuels Digital Transformation Across Industries

In the last few years, businesses have seen a significant shift towards digitalization, transforming industries and opening new opportunities for growth and innovation. Private equity (PE) investors, who traditionally focused on stable industries, are now playing a major role in speeding up this digital shift. “Private Equity and Digital Transformation” by D^3’s Digital Value Lab […]

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Navigating Markups and Cost Pass-through: What Business Leaders Need to Know

Understanding how costs are passed through along the supply chain is critical for business professionals who want to effectively navigate inflationary pressures and pricing strategies. In the working paper “Markups and Cost Pass-through Along the Supply Chain”, members of the D^3 Pricing Lab Santiago E. Alvarez, Alberto Cavallo, and Paolo Mengano, along with Professor Alexander […]

Entrepreneurial Advice: Insights from Bayesian Learning

In the fast-paced and competitive world of entrepreneurship, advice can be a powerful tool for success or a potential pitfall. Recent research by Susan Cohen, Associate Professor, Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, and Rembrand Koning, Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Principal Investigator in the Tech for […]

Curated Insights | Bill Ackman

Introduction Discover the latest, valuable insights from Harvard that align with your activist investment style, highlighting the importance of AI adoption, preparing for regulatory challenges, strategic data management and adapting hiring strategies in the evolving business landscape. Insights The Harvard USPTO Patent Dataset: A Large-Scale, Well-Structured, and Multi-Purpose Corpus of Patent Applications By: Mirac Suzgun, […]

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