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  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

of accounting research papers draws causal inferences notwithstanding the well-known difficulties in doing so with observational data. While a minority of papers seeks to use quasi-experimental methods to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2014
  • Article

Pareto Efficiency in Robust Optimization

By: Dan Iancu and Nikolaos Trichakis
This paper formalizes and adapts the well-known concept of Pareto efficiency in the context of the popular robust optimization (RO) methodology for linear optimization problems. We argue that the classical RO paradigm need not produce solutions that possess the... View Details
Keywords: Robust Optimization; Pareto Optimality; Resource Allocation; Game Theory
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By: Boris Vallee
Professor Vallée focuses on financial innovation, investigating it from different angles. This research thread has led him to relate the methods and insights of corporate finance and banking with those of other subfields, including household finance, public finance,... View Details

    Andy Zelleke

    Andy Zelleke is the MBA Class of 1962 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. A member of the General Management unit, he is the Faculty Chair of HBS’ Middle East & North Africa Research Center.

    Since Spring 2021, Dr. Zelleke has taught “Unpacking... View Details

    Keywords: federal government; professional services; defense; financial services
    • 31 Jan 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

    democracy as well as its resilience over time. The book adapts the case method to revitalize conversations about governance and democracy and show how the United States has often thrived on political conflict. Each of the book’s nineteen... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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    Creating Emerging Markets (Business History)

    By: Tarun Khanna

    Professor Tarun Khanna is faculty co-chair of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) Project. The project provides a unique research and teaching resource on business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East over recent decades.... View Details

    • 11 Nov 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections

    often fail to take into account the complete value of the customers they are trying to retain. "What's missing from traditional methods is that they focus only on a customer's likelihood to churn, but not on the overall profitability of... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Service
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    The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details
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    Program Requirements - Doctoral

    2020a) Microeconomic Theory II (HBS 4011/Economics 2020b) Research Methods Courses (4 courses) All Accounting and Management students are required to have completed one undergraduate or graduate course in... View Details
    • 02 May 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

    Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France, conducted with French professors Céline Braconnier and Jean-Yves Dormagen, the researchers examined the difficulties citizens had in registering to vote in the French presidential... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Communications; Public Relations
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    Course Planning Resources - MBA

    Cross-Registration Course Planning Course Planning Resources The HBS Classroom Experience: Inside the HBS Case Method Cross-Registration Policies and FAQ Course Planning Resources Spring 2025 Course Schedule Below is a list of courses... View Details
    • June 2011 (Revised January 2013)
    • Case

    Oddo Securities―ESG Integration

    By: Paul M. Healy
    The case describes the process of integrating environmental, social, and governance issues into valuation models and research analyst recommendations. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Strategy; Mathematical Methods; Integration; Valuation; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Governance Controls; Investment
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    • 2015
    • Chapter

    Optimal Process Control of Symbolic Transfer Functions

    By: Christopher Griffin and Elisabeth Paulson
    Transfer function modeling is a standard technique in classical Linear Time Invariant and Statistical Process Control. The work of Box and Jenkins was seminal in developing methods for identifying parameters associated with classical (r, s, k) transfer functions.... View Details
    Keywords: Transfer Functions; Markov Processes; Stochastic Models; Process Control; Research; Information Technology
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    • 30 Oct 2006
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    First Look: October 31, 2006

    This paper examines accountability processes in a nonprofit organization serving immigrants and refugees, with special attention to their impacts on mission-based activities. The research finds that upward accountability requirements of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 15 Feb 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This

    study was a concern that people aren’t saving enough, and that as a result, they won’t have an adequate standard of living in old age.” Beshears is part of the School’s Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets unit, where he researches... View Details
    Keywords: Re: John Beshears; Financial Services
    • September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
    • Case

    OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)

    By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Kyle Todd Doherty and Maarten W. Bos
    The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social influence to successfully encourage consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex... View Details
    Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Applications and Software; Attitudes; Entrepreneurship; Energy Conservation; Power and Influence; Growth and Development Strategy; Energy Industry; United States
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    Professor Begenau’s research agenda is directed at better understanding how financial markets work and how they affect the real economy. She uses quantitative analysis to build both prescriptive and descriptive models concerning financial risk in banking, and she also... View Details
    • 13 Dec 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Improving Public Health for the Poor

    Microfinance—essentially small loans that help impoverished individuals create jobs, small businesses, and stronger communities—may offer a window on new methods for widening access to healthcare for the poor. Led by Harvard Business... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
    • September 1974 (Revised April 1975)
    • Case

    Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. (B)

    A consumer attitude survey involving more than 1,000 cranberry users has been conducted. Multivariate statistical procedures including factor analysis, cluster analysis and multiple discriminant analysis have been employed to suggest four attitude segments in the... View Details
    Keywords: Surveys; Product Positioning; Mathematical Methods; Consumer Behavior; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • 16 Sep 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

    reaction on capital markets. It was written by Harvard Business School assistant professors Gwen Yu and Francois Brochet, with MIT Sloan of Management doctoral student Patricia Naranjo. Although targeted at foreign executives, the View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman