Understanding Interests - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side

been fascinated by the complex effects that time pressure (and other forms of pressure) had on my own creativity and productivity. And, in working with many companies, I've noticed an interesting phenomenon: Most managers—and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Fine Arts

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For MBA Students - Entrepreneurship

For MBA Students Courses Our courses provide the foundation for understanding the processes, finances and context of entrepreneurship. They bridge the gap from the theoretical to the practical and offer invaluable takeaways for the... View Details

07 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

interest approved by the board. The idea was to use these mind-numbingly complex entities to manage reported earnings, minimize reported debt, and maintain the company's all-important credit rating and overvalued stock price. Enron also... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

04 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks

on the faculty at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business," Stuart says. "I was part of a committee examining why there wasn't a more vibrant life sciences industry in the Chicago area when all of the requisite ingredients were in place. I... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

shareholders as well as other interested stakeholders with rather elaborate information on the company's operations and strategic activities during the preceding fiscal year. However, in the last two decades and in addition to these... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks

Source: rawpixel Many jobs involve completing a series of sequential, independent, prearranged tasks. Physicians see patients; teachers grade papers; insurance agents process stacks of claims. In the interest of productivity, some... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

12 Apr 2022
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Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

funding although there are a few hybrid flavors as well. Sources of funding. These include venture capital firms, angel investors, crowd-funding, and accelerators/incubators. What investors look for. Each source has a different funding process and set of criteria which... View Details

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

important and what are the keys to analyzing and understanding a country's near-term direction? A: Any business person is interested only in the future—in where markets and countries are heading. The only... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing

Dey: It would be interesting to understand the other avenues of motivating employees to come forward. To do that, we would need to study to what extent the environment within a company or specific society... View Details

Keywords: by April White

06 Jul 2023
News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Back in 2014, When Chris Marinak (MBA 2008) was in the process of rolling out the instant replay system as a Senior Vice President at Major League Baseball, he... View Details

12 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 12, 2008

interested in understanding how gender plays out in negotiations that take place within organizations? Do we start with women and men and explore their individual differences in thought, motivation, style,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Investment analyst reports (equity research reports)

How do I find investment analysts' reports on companies, industries and geographies? Analyst Reports contain advice on whether to buy or sell the securities of specific companies or industries. They are produced by research analysts employed by firms that may have... View Details

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Discover how balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements are developed and how each interact Evaluate the financial health of a business using financial statements Understand GAAP and IFRS... View Details

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Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work

Francis Hintermann 03 OCT 2024 Companies have long ignored the caregiving responsibilities of employees, compromising both performance and access to talent. With the rising burden of childcare and eldercare, it's in the best interest of... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

in MBS duration function as large-scale shocks to the quantity of interest rate risk that must be borne by professional bond investors. I develop a simple model in which the risk tolerance of bond investors is limited in the short run, so... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

Abstract This paper decomposes the excess return predictability in inflation-indexed and nominal government bonds into effects from liquidity, market segmentation, real interest rate risk, and inflation risk. We estimate a large and... View Details