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  • 20 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

lines. Study 4 shows that the transaction utility of maximizing profits required greater compensation when resources were distributed across, in contrast to within, social categories. We discuss the ethical implications of these... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

energy philanthropy, scale EF to meet the sector's needs, and utilize the strengths of its grantees and their networks. He must determine how the foundation can achieve greater impact by leveraging not only its own resources, but also... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

assemblers in Germany and Turkey with many of their parts suppliers, but it had also developed key links in fast-fashion supply chains. It used combinations of land, short-sea, and rail routes to provide different levels of service. The challenge was maximizing View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Teaching Interest

Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks

By: John D. Macomber

This course is about building sustainable and resilient cities, future proofing real estate and infrastructure assets, and examining how businesses and investors find opportunities in climate adaptation.

The world faces substantial challenges in the face of... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Economic Development; Climate Finance; Migration; Climate Change; Adaptation; Urban Development; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

utilize diverse levels of analysis. Paper: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/obo/page/management Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services Authors:Clark, Jonathan R., Robert S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 9

company, utilizing the extensive resources of the Baker Library, as well as other widely available databases. Exhibits provide detailed information on key resources and instructions for accessing prominent databases. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

clinical documentation. The costing approach enables clinicians to understand utilization and cost of medical resource at a more granular level. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55832 forthcoming... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

problem of an investor with power utility defined over wealth at a finite horizon, who faces a time-varying investment opportunity set, parameterized using a flexible vector autoregression. We apply this framework to study the horizon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

industry friendly while others are consumer friendly. Firms appear to utilize this information in the arbitrator selection process. Despite a randomly generated list of potential arbitrators, industry friendly arbitrators are 40% more... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21

of 'culture clash' in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that shared beliefs lead to more delegation, less monitoring, higher utility (or satisfaction), higher execution effort (or motivation),... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 May 2006
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

in everything you need to know to re-enter the professional work force, a combination of deep dive into yourself, a look at who you are and understanding what is really satisfying to you. What's the best utilization of your skills that... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

algorithms for antibody clustering, imputing gene expression data, and querying the Connectivity Map (CMap). Performance gains are evaluated quantitatively using realistic, albeit sanitized, data sets. The solutions produced through these competitions are then examined... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

shopping environment. We build a demand model in which consumers choose how to allocate their spending over different product categories to maximize their direct utility under contingent free shipping. We estimate model parameters using... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008

Benefits Fund (PBF) enacted by the state legislature. With renewed effort by activists in 2006 to expand AE's role, there was a possibility of the PBF swelling to $50 to $80 million. Naturally, this put AE at conflict with electric View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

Harvard Business School Case 914-011 Progress Energy and Duke Energy (A) Just as Duke Energy and Progress Energy announce their merger-forming the largest utility company in the United States, to be led by the current Progress CEO-a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

provide. The provision and disclosure of information presents tradeoffs for all market participants. Consumers benefit from providing information to the firm, as this increases the utility they derive from the service, but they incur... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

this increases the utility they derive from the service, but they incur disutility from information disclosure. This, in turn, benefits the firm providing an additional source of revenue but reduces consumer demand for the service. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate
  • 30 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

decrease, allowing the club to increase the number of memberships it offers. Q: What do you think of price-optimization software? Can software effectively gauge the market and maximize profit margins? What would you recommend to business managers who are considering... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple equilibria, which result in different utility levels for the users); and (iii) a coordination problem (lacking perfect foresight, it is unlikely that users will end... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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