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    The Contract Year Phenomenon in the Corner Office: An Analysis of Firm Behavior During CEO Contract Renewals

    This paper investigates how executive employment contracts influence corporate financial policies during the final year of the contract term, using a new, hand-collected data set of CEO employment agreements. On the one hand, the impending... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2023
    • News

    Solving for Z

    Bronstein (MBA 2010) “It’s not that Gen Z doesn’t want to advance. But sometimes they want to do it in their own way and on their own terms.” —Josh Bronstein (MBA 2010) Balance of Power There are signs that... View Details
    Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government
    • April 2007 (Revised October 2007)
    • Background Note

    An Overview of Project Finance & Infrastructure Finance - 2006 Update

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
    Provides an introduction to the fields of project finance and infrastructure finance, and gives a statistical overview of project-financed investments over the years from 2002 to 2006. Examples of project-financed investments include the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon... View Details
    Keywords: Project Finance; Infrastructure; Investment; Projects; Trends
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    • 2016
    • Article

    Penalized Fast Subset Scanning

    By: Skyler Speakman, Sriram Somanchi, Edward McFowland III and Daniel B. Neill
    We present the penalized fast subset scan (PFSS), a new and general framework for scalable and accurate pattern detection. PFSS enables exact and efficient identification of the most anomalous subsets of the data, as measured by a likelihood ratio scan statistic.... View Details
    Keywords: Disease Surveillance; Likelihood Ratio Statistic; Pattern Detection; Scan Statistic; Mathematical Methods
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    • 05 Jul 2022
    • What Do You Think?

    Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

    stakeholders in making an important decision? Meena Raghunathan said, “My concern is more for the stakeholders who have interest but no power or voice! They are given the least attention and support, though... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
    • 12 Apr 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    From Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark

    Keywords: by Sylvain Lenfle & Carliss Y. Baldwin; Manufacturing
    • Web

    About - Race, Gender & Equity

    experiments, surveys and interviews, she has examined how individuals’ manage their organizational, cultural and personal identities, and how these identities interact to View Details
    • Web

    Curriculum - Business & Environment

    example, instead of discussing general environmental challenges, we focus on how a small island community deals with the impact of sea level rise and related concerns, highlighting costs, benefits, property rights View Details
    • Web

    Frequently Asked Questions - MBA

    reflect the mission of the MD/MBA program - which is to develop outstanding physician leaders, skilled in both medicine and management, to take positions of influence through which they will contribute... View Details
    • 07 Sep 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Sept. 7

    capitalism. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/09/global-capitalism-at-risk-what-are-you-doing-about-it/ar/1 A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 23 Nov 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

    Keywords: by Ufuk Akcigit & William R. Kerr; Technology
    • 23 Apr 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

    indicating that the product was markedly different than Xeon, its 32-bit predecessor. These types of processors power huge computer servers, which play vital roles in companies' day-to-day operations. Servers are a major expenditure,... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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    The Critical Role of Second-order Normative Beliefs in Predicting Energy Conservation

    By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Oliver P. Hauser, Julia D. O'Brien, Erin Sherman and Adam D. Galinsky
    Sustaining large-scale public goods requires individuals to make environmentally friendly decisions today to benefit future generations. Recent research suggests that second-order normative beliefs are more powerful predictors of behaviour than first-order personal... View Details
    Keywords: Climate Change; Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Household; Behavior; Values and Beliefs; Forecasting and Prediction
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    • 24 Feb 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

    conditions possible for students to learn and perform well in their school activities and tests,” Gino says. “Often these debates do not carefully consider the influence of... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
    • July–August 2008
    • Article

    Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare

    By: Regina E. Herzlinger
    Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. She received her bachelor's degree from MIT and her doctorate from the Harvard Business School The first woman to be tenured and... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
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    • 01 Sep 2023
    • News

    Returning to the Roots

    notes, and one that he will grapple with as well, particularly as climate change demands new techniques to ensure optimum harvesting conditions and the highest-quality vintages possible. “The harvest is... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; wine; entrepreneurship; family business; innovation; climate change; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
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    Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in Hawaii

    By: Michel Anteby, Filiz Garip, Paul V. Martorana and Scott Lozanoff

    Background: Human cadavers are crucial to numerous aspects of health care, including initial and continuing training of medical doctors and advancement of medical research. Concerns have periodically been raised about the limited number of whole body... View Details

    Keywords: Decisions; Health Care and Treatment; Personal Characteristics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Industry; Hawaii
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    Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

    first electric scooter, Ather 450, which was powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), to navigate... 2024 Working Paper Catalysts for Climate Solutions: Corporate Responses... View Details
    • March 2024
    • Article

    When Are Social Protests Effective?

    By: Eric Shuman, Amit Goldenberg, Tamar Saguy, Eran Halperin and Martijn van Zomeren
    Around the world, people engage in social protests aimed at addressing major societal problems. Certain protests have led to significant progress, yet other protests have resulted in little demonstrable change. We introduce a framework for evaluating the effectiveness... View Details
    Keywords: Protests; Social Issues; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics; Power and Influence; Motivation and Incentives
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    • 02 Apr 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Salary Negotiations: A Catch-22 for Women

    Professor Julian Zlatev and colleagues found evidence that women who felt empowered at the negotiation table were more likely to reach worse deals or no deal at all. The results held regardless of their negotiation partners’ gender. Eight... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz