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Report - Telegraphs, Shrinking Economic Distances? A preliminary enquiry (1870s-1912)

<< forthcoming on Business Archives: Sources & History >>
This is a very preliminary report on sources and data for my research on telegraphs. Telegraphs are usually analysed in the context of railway expansion and the literature... View Details
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How can General Managers Contribute to IT Success?

US companies are currently spending approximately 5% of their revenue on information technology (IT) each year. Over half of this investment goes to IT intended to change business processes, either within a single enterprise or across several. Hovewer, 30-75% of... View Details
  • August 2000 (Revised July 2001)
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Laura Martin: Real Options and the Cable Industry

By: Mihir A. Desai and Peter Tufano
CSFB equity research analyst Laura Martin publishes a report on valuing Cox Communications that introduces an innovative approach to valuation. She contends that EBITDA multiple analysis, typical for the cable industry, is flawed because it overlooks the value of the... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Innovation and Invention; Telecommunications Industry
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  • 08 Sep 2010
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Emerging Scholar Award

  • 14 Nov 2019
  • HBS Seminar

Volodymyr Babich, Georgetown University

    Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture

    All complex systems can be described in terms of their architecture, that is, as a nested hierarchy of subsystems. In this paper, we use network methods to detect the core components of an architecture, to establish... View Details

      Preventing Regulatory Capture

      From Cambridge University Press: When regulations (or lack thereof) seem to detract from the common good, critics often point to regulatory capture as a culprit. In some academic and policy circles it seems to have assumed the status of an immutable law.... View Details

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      1.8 Academic Honors - MBA

      General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6. Important Contact Information Following the completion of the Required Curriculum, and again at the completion of the Elective Curriculum, the Academic Performance... View Details
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      Research Overview

      Eddie Riedl's research focuses on two primary topics: fair value accounting, and international accounting settings. 

      Regarding fair value accounting, his research examines both the critical reporting choices that managers make, as well as... View Details

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      Adaptive Machine Unlearning

      By: Varun Gupta, Christopher Jung, Seth Neel, Aaron Roth, Saeed Sharifi-Malvajerdi and Chris Waites
      Data deletion algorithms aim to remove the influence of deleted data points from trained models at a cheaper computational cost than fully retraining those models. However, for sequences of deletions, most prior work in the non-convex setting gives valid guarantees... View Details
      Keywords: Machine Learning; AI and Machine Learning
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      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      Data Governance, Interoperability and Standardization: Organizational Adaptation to Privacy Regulation

      By: Sam (Ruiqing) Cao and Marco Iansiti
      The increasing availability of data can afford dynamic competitive advantages among data-intensive corporations, but governance bottlenecks hinder data-driven value creation and increase regulatory risks. We analyze the role of two technological features of data... View Details
      Keywords: Organizations; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; Growth and Development; Transformation
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      • 23 Oct 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: October 23, 2007

      Identifies the challenges for experienced leaders who transition from their primary income-earning careers to a next phase of public service or social-purpose work, based on interviews and published sources. Purchase this case:... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 24 Mar 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together

      differently about their coworkers and their work,” he says. The findings are detailed in the recent paper, Work Group Rituals Enhance the Meaning of Work, published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Norton conducted... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz
      • 15 Aug 2023
      • HBS Case

      (Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

      three-dimensional and social,” according to the case. Matthew Ball, author of the recently published book The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything, has described the future technology as a “massively scaled and... View Details
      Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Computer; Information Technology
      • 12 Apr 2022
      • Book

      Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

      Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman
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      2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct - MBA

      Outcomes & Sanctions 2.6 Sample Disciplinary Violations 2.7 Admissions Materials 2.8 MBA Community Values Annual Report (2023) 3. Financial Obligations 4. General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6. Important... View Details
      • 02 May 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

      April 14, 2017 Harvard Business Review Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It By: Deighton, John A. Abstract—United Airlines has pledged to improve its training programs and empower its employees to put customers first... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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      Being a Student at HBS - MBA

      Student Handbook Being a Student at HBS Welcome to HBS Being a Student at HBS 1. Academic Information & Policies 2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct 3. Financial Obligations 4. General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing... View Details
      • 01 Dec 2023
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      Wide Horizon

      persuade researchers and funders by meeting with them directly or publishing articles in the media. “But that only gets you so far. Serious funders and their researcher advisors are convinced by high quality, View Details
      Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
      • 30 Jun 2022
      • HBS Case

      Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

      Critics in a New York Times article called the ad “sexist and dystopian,” and The Atlantic published a piece with the headline: “Peloton Doesn’t Understand the People Who Love It Most.” ‘A pretty hard fall’ By early 2021, equipment... View Details
      Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle