mathematics - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1997
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Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

the future and the managerial skills required of the "conflict-competent organization." Assistant Professor Patrick W. Sileo mathematically analyzes bargaining behavior and how people should select negotiating situations and tactics. For... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Sep 2004
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Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)

described her as a middle-aged woman. Middle age is a much different proposition these days. And far more mathematically accurate — there are probably as many years left as lived. Looking back, thanks to social change, the baby boomer... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

innovation become the norm. Research Methodology: The Aims, Practices and Ethics of Science by Peter Pruzan (MBA 1959) (Springer) This in-depth guide to effective scientific research explains at the outset what science can and can’t achieve and discusses its... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age Understanding the Digital, Data, and... View Details

09 Jul 2019
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The Road to Impact

kids mathematics or to teach non-English speakers how to read English in third grade, or how to better inhibit suicidal patients from taking their own lives,” he notes. Offensend is currently focused on increasing the organization’s... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 2000
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Faculty Retirements

HBS professor emeritus Robert H. Hayes. Wheelwright, who received a BS in mathematics from the University of Utah (1966), has served on the faculty of INSEAD (The European Institute of Business Administration) in Fontainebleau, France,... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

discusses its relationship to mathematics and laws. It explains aspects of the scientific method, including experimental design, verification, uncertainty, and statistics and also includes sections on planning research, presenting one’s... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Light Years Ahead

my application aside and asked whether I’d like to get a doctorate instead,” recalls Light. After discussions during a visit to the campus, Light agreed to enter a new doctoral program in decision and control theory, a joint program between HBS and Harvard’s economics... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

19 Mar 2015
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Walter Salmon Remembered

1967) You might say Walt saved my career. Much in ego-building demand, I accelerated out of the Harvard Economics PhD program, where I had loaded my brain with monetary policy, Keynes versus Friedman, mathematical macro-modeling and lots... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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