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  • 23 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 23

strategy. Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation Authors:Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias, and Nikolaos Trichakis Publication:Operations Research (forthcoming) Abstract We propose a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

Harvard. Endowment Distribution (in millions) 150 FY18 162 FY19 173 FY20 184 FY21 191 FY22 Endowment Distribution Components 34% Professorships 24% Financial Aid 16% Unrestricted 8% Other 7% Special Initiatives 6% Research 5% Building... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

interests of others as well as your own” or is the effort merely window dressing? Means: Are methods employed perceived, among other things, as being fair? Impact: What are the results, good and bad, and do you take responsibility for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • April 12, 2022
  • Article

Evaluation of Individual and Ensemble Probabilistic Forecasts of COVID-19 Mortality in the United States

By: Estee Y. Cramer, Evan L. Ray, Velma K. Lopez, Johannes Bracher, Andrea Brennen, Alvaro J. Castro Rivadeneira, Michael Lingzhi Li and et al.
Short-term probabilistic forecasts of the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States have served as a visible and important communication channel between the scientific modeling community and both the general public and decision-makers. Forecasting models... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Forecasting and Prediction; Health Pandemics; Mathematical Methods; Partners and Partnerships
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  • 10 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

In the summer of 2023, Initiatives intern Skye Bluestein conducted important research with the BEI on the intersection of environmental justice (EJ), policy, and business. The resulting paper posted below provides an interesting and... View Details
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

learning, can reorient research about the link between identity-group-based diversity and performance. How to Make Finance Work Authors:Robin Greenwood and David S. Scharfstein Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Modest Victims: Victims Who Decline to Broadcast Their Victimization Are Seen As Morally Virtuous

By: Nathan Dhaliwal, Jillian J. Jordan and Pat Barclay
What do people think of victims who conceal their victimhood? We propose that the decision to not broadcast that one has been victimized serves as a costly act of modesty—in doing so, one is potentially forgoing social support and compensation from one’s community. We... View Details
Keywords: Public Opinion; Mathematical Methods; Communication; Perception; Reputation
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1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction 1837: The Hard Times 1873: Off the Rails 1907: The Banker's Panic 1929: The... View Details
  • 29 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest-quality product in the shortest time. Understanding the conditions that facilitate teamwork has been a pursuit of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

re-emergence. “What this research suggests is that it is possible to prolong the life of some technologies, along with the organizations and communities that support them” Take, for example, the mechanical wristwatch. Swiss watchmakers... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products
  • Profile

Prineeta Kulkarni

better. How do you think about risk versus return? How do you value opportunities or identify shortcomings? I was missing business intuition and rigor. I wanted to apply depth to the job I had." Through the case method and the... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Nonprofit/Government/Education
  • 29 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The $1 Trillion Link Between Mental Health and Economic Productivity

mental health is an outcome of improvements in economic development.” “We haven’t been as good at understanding the link between mental health and economics as we could be” A behavioral economist, Ashraf has spent most of her career conducting field View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

beverage), furthering our audience research program, and building a more robust understanding of how as an institution we interact with the art and artists we feature. What advice would you give someone considering applying to HBS from... View Details
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

exploratory study of learning processes in globally dispersed new product development teams. These qualitative data are used to investigate components of team learning previously highlighted in the team learning literature—namely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jun 2016
  • Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

pursue an MBA to gain both (1) substantive perspective on how to run companies and (2) qualitative perspective on how to lead. In the long term, the types of organizations I hope to help lead are those focused on impact, so I also decided... View Details
  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

and on the probability distribution over the sets of feasible alternatives that the society will face. Our methods generalize the well-known Kemeny Rule. In the Kemeny Rule, it is known a priori that the subset of feasible alternatives... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • August 2005 (Revised September 2006)
  • Case

Polyphonic HMI: Mixing Music and Math

By: Anita Elberse, Jehoshua Eliashberg and Julian Villanueva
In 2003, Mike McCready, CEO of Barcelona-based Polyphonic HMI, was preparing to launch an artificial intelligence tool that could create significant value for music businesses. The technology, referred to as Hit Song Science (HSS), analyzed the mathematical... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Music Entertainment; Business History; Leadership; Marketing Strategy; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Mathematical Methods; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • March 2012
  • Article

The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras

By: Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas
New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high technological, market, and competitive uncertainty. In this paper we explore how a firm's conceptualization of products in this context, reflected in its introduction of product features, is... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Transformation; Risk and Uncertainty; Competitive Strategy; Product; Values and Beliefs; Mathematical Methods; Power and Influence; Behavior; Experience and Expertise; Design; Market Entry and Exit; Employment Industry; Computer Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

From Big Pharma to Startup

Hunter Goble (MBA 2022) did not enroll in Harvard Business School with dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. After earning his MBA, Goble intended to return to Eli Lilly to continue to work building brands and launching products. He envisioned himself leading a big,... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 26 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

ways of understanding the world and as sets of varying methods for achieving that understanding. It rejects the assumption that material interests either linearly or simply determine economic outcomes and demands that analysts consider,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace