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15 Jan 2013
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The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation: A Generalized Theory Calibrated to Survey Evidence on Normative Preferences Explains Puzzling Features of Policy

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My research examines approaches to improving the performance of our health care delivery system with a primary focus on health information technology. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of my program, my dissertation draws upon theories and insights from... View Details

October 1995 (Revised June 1996)
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Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd.

Li & Fung, one of the largest export trading companies in Asia, works primarily as an agent to connect U.S. and European manufacturers and retailers of nondurable, mass-market consumer goods with suppliers located all over East Asia who manufacture products according... View Details

Keywords: Networks; Marketplace Matching; Supply Chain Management; Trade; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Asia; United States; Europe

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Data Practices - Research Computing Services

Data Practices Data Tips & Toolkits RCS has compiled an array of packages and tools that can help you with your data wrangling, web scraping, and statistical analysis, among others. Below is a selected list of tips and toolkits. Machine Learning Fuzzy View Details

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

heuristics and apply research-based personas and behavior models to make innovations easier to adopt. Highlights Match Mental Models, Reduce Complexity, and Prevent Errors Developing Research-Based Personas Anticipate Needs, Recognize... View Details

20 Apr 2020
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Introducing LivelyHood, A Volunteer Nonprofit Founded in Response to COVID-19

“no contact” delivery protocol. With our system, volunteers get to decide when and how much to help. Additionally, we have decided to build a matching algorithm to pair volunteers to requests. We looked around at some of the different... View Details

18 Jul 2011
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Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

question certain activities where they are spending substantial time and money yet not contributing to organizational goals and maybe they shouldn't be pursuing." Does The Way You Spend Your Time Match Your Key Priorities? Many CEOs... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Sep 2022
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How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

don’t match the majority in the C-suite, but causing financial repercussions for businesses as well. “Investors may worry that executive teams are not hiring the best talent they can get, but are instead recruiting those with particular... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

she said, “and I saw engineering as an opportunity to stretch myself and take me out of my comfort zone.” Several years into her career at Shell, Nneka noticed that the intellectual challenge of chemical engineering and her work in the refinery was a View Details

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IPOs (initial public offerings)

add any additional screening criteria. In LSEG Workspace: Click on the Search Tools tab and select Companies. In the text box where it says Add Filters type in ‘IPO’ and select IPO Date. Add the desired date or date range and click Done. Add other criteria... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

predicts. That all has social fallout, of course. Salter notes that one result in the United States will be a widening income gap as a growing pool of less-educated, low-skilled American workers see jobs that match their abilities... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

Featured Exercises Market-to-book ratios exercises Match companies to their cost of debt and industries to their betas 6-7 hrs Module 5 Valuation Determine how the future affects value today, compare various valuation methods, and discuss... View Details

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Ratnika Prasad

me achieve my goals. As I consider what’s next, I remain strong in my willingness to try to mold reality to match my ideals, to compromise intelligently to drive change and to always, be a daughter my father would be proud of. View Details

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1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

legislation,” wrote Harvard Business School Professor Thomas McCraw, Landis “recognized the importance of matching the sanctions to the problems.” 16 One of the strengths of the New Deal’s SEC was its ability to co-opt various... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

material rewards of business. They will come if you first take care to match your abilities with the opportunities that are available." CURRENT READING When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, by David Maraniss When Joe... View Details

23 Mar 2023
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Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

presenter highlighted the nutritional benefits of cow-based dairy products and said she was unsure that alternative dairy products would be able to match the nutrition and taste profile. Arla is also farmer-owned, meaning that the core... View Details

15 Mar 2022
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This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer

establishments in the US that they certified to the OHSAS 18001 standard. The researchers used automated and manual techniques to match workplaces across these and other datasets. To estimate the effects of certification, they compared... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

24 Jun 2002
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Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

positive attitudes; Stevenson ticked them off. Successful people are good at matching goals with their own skillsets; they lead a team of believers; they take risks; they are lucky, hard workers, fierce competitors; they overcome... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jun 2021
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How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration

purchased data related to thousands of tennis and golf clubs across the country and matched the data with demographic information based on ZIP codes. They found that clubs located near more racially diversely populated areas tended to be... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Statistical & Data Services - Research Computing Services

facilitates our matching process, which links requests to team members based on expertise and availability. When possible, more than one team member may be assigned to your project to ensure coverage and leverage complementary skillsets.... View Details

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