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  • January–February 2023
  • Article

Forecasting COVID-19 and Analyzing the Effect of Government Interventions

By: Michael Lingzhi Li, Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Omar Skali Lami, Thomas Trikalinos, Nikolaos Trichakis and Dimitris Bertsimas
We developed DELPHI, a novel epidemiological model for predicting detected cases and deaths in the prevaccination era of the COVID-19 pandemic. The model allows for underdetection of infections and effects of government interventions. We have applied DELPHI across more... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Epidemics; Analytics and Data Science; Health Pandemics; AI and Machine Learning; Forecasting and Prediction
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  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

Publication:Social Choice and Welfare (forthcoming) Abstract We take a decision theoretic approach to the classic social choice problem, using data on the frequency of choice problems to compute social choice functions. We define a family... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

transition? Would these strategic decisions be sufficient to steer SOHO China through new economic hurdles? Is 3Q enough to buoy SOHO’s performance and bring it into the next phase of growth? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 23

Levy Publication:American Journal of Public Health (forthcoming) Abstract Objectives: We assessed whether a 2-phase labeling and choice architecture intervention increased sales of healthy food and beverages in a large hospital cafeteria. Methods: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Research Summary

Institutions and Corporate Lobbying

“Institutions and Make-or-Buy Decision of Lobbying: The Role of Sociopolitical Legitimacy on Foreign MNEs’ Lobbying Internalization”

In this study, I examine how legitimacy comes into play in foreign MNEs’ make-or-buy decisions... View Details

Keywords: Institutions; Make V. Buy; Lobbying; Legitimacy; Corruption; Culture; Multinational Enterprise; United States
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

"paper" board, existing only on paper, or acts as a "rubber stamp," validating whatever decisions the owner makes. During the Sibling Partnership stage, where two or more siblings have voting control of the company,... View Details
  • 23 Nov 2021
  • Book

What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins

produce desired behaviors. That slows down decision making and execution. Employees (and, as we will see) customers are loyal only to a point. This is a culture designed to support one strategy. It may be a strategy built around a highly... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

class supplier to design and build a turnkey automotive painting facility in Oakville, Canada. Ford and ABB agreed to work together in an initial preparatory phase, rejecting the traditional approach of bids based on incomplete information. The initial preparatory... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing
  • 21 Feb 2018
  • Research & Ideas

When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

Administration. He looked most closely at decisions made during phase two clinical trials—the period when diseased patients are treated with the test drug and results are compared with patients randomly... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health
  • 14 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

other hand, always prided itself on its personal touch, empowering individual stores—even individual employees—to make decisions about products that emphasize high quality, healthy, and local foods. That decentralization, however, caused... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage
  • 16 Nov 2021
  • HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

differently in the initial phases of the restructuring, pushing back against the French government and other shareholders by resisting the pressure for increased dividends, or more accurately gauging the likely acceleration of competition... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 30 Jul 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

predict that they will act ethically at the bargaining table.   2. Participating in the negotiation: During this action phase when negotiators are at the table, making decisions about offers, agreements, and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016

how today's organizations run. By demonstrating the interconnectivity among the three key pillars of management, students see how decisions impact strategic choices, organizational alignment, and leadership approaches, ultimately leading... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

in the retail industry, some shareholders claimed that the price was "grossly inadequate," making the decision whether to approve the transaction a difficult one for shareholders generally. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

decisions more quickly and reliably. Case 3: Preempt the threats Brazil Energy Biomass is an energy producer, generating steam from biomass and selling the energy to industrial clients in take-or-pay contracts. The company has two plants... View Details
Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa
  • 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5

phases of a new industry, formed a strategic goal. Our data show goal formation as a phased social process. By aggregating previously encountered solutions to known problems, the founding team formed an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

challenge as one of employing focus appropriately or in proper proportion to more broadly "noticing." Cedric Roossel said: "To put it simply, you don't want to be focused during a strategy definition phase but you have to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Sep 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

academics call transactional “friction.” As a result, decisions are made and implemented faster and at lower cost, something critical in an age where speed takes on greater and greater value. At a 2019 business conference, Brian Chesky,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 30 Oct 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

worries, their personal finances may be in shambles. Most entrepreneurs cut their own salaries as their venture goes into decline, and many have invested their life savings in the startup—along with funds from friends and family. If entrepreneurs reach the acceptance... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

http://hbr.org/product/Opening-the-Valve--From-S/an/415015-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-016 Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B) The (B) case provides significant detail on Valve's initial decisions but keeps the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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