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1.4.3 Required Curriculum (RC) - MBA
safe and intimate haven where, under the encouragement of mutual support, students can apply newly acquired skills and leadership abilities. It is one of the most formative and defining experiences at HBS. HBS understands that some...
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- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
the necessary tools to encourage people to come forward with information? Jonas Heese: Our research focuses on specific legislation known as the False Claims Act, which was the first cash-for-information whistleblower law in the world. It...
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by April White
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
agents optimize. But providing agents with information about the benefits of an action often fails to encourage that action. This paper proposes a far-reaching behavioral explanation: information may make salient that the benefits of...
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Carmen Nobel
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Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work
retirement—limit their hours. By learning about and accommodating the needs of these workers, firms can encourage part-time employees to take on more hours—helping ease the talent shortage and raise productivity. Read the report Hidden...
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- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
Working PapersGlobalizing the Beauty Business Before 1980 Geoffrey G. Jones This working paper examines the globalization of the beauty industry before 1980. This industry, which had emerged in its modern form in the United States during the late nineteenth century,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2024
- Article
Beyond the 510(k): The Regulation of Novel Moderate-Risk Medical Devices, Intellectual Property Considerations, and Innovation Incentives in the FDA’s De Novo Pathway
By: Mateo Aboy, Cristina Crespo and Ariel Stern
Moderate-risk medical devices constitute 99% of those that have been regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since it gained authority to regulate medical technology nearly five decades ago. This article presents an analysis of the interaction between...
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Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Health Care and Treatment;
Technology Adoption;
Technological Innovation;
Safety;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Aboy, Mateo, Cristina Crespo, and Ariel Stern. "Beyond the 510(k): The Regulation of Novel Moderate-Risk Medical Devices, Intellectual Property Considerations, and Innovation Incentives in the FDA’s De Novo Pathway." Art. 29. npj Digital Medicine 7 (2024).
- March 2019
- Article
A Structural Analysis of the Role of Superstars in Crowdsourcing Contests
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Param Singh and Anindya Ghose
We investigate the long-term impact of competing against superstars in crowdsourcing contests. Using a unique 50-month longitudinal panel data set on 1677 software design crowdsourcing contests, we illustrate a learning effect where participants are able to improve...
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Crowdsourcing Contests;
Superstar Effect;
Bayesian Learning;
Utility;
Economics Of Information System;
Dynamic Structural Model;
Dynamic Programming;
Markov Chain;
Monte Carlo;
Learning;
Competition;
Performance Improvement
Zhang, Shunyuan, Param Singh, and Anindya Ghose. "A Structural Analysis of the Role of Superstars in Crowdsourcing Contests." Information Systems Research 30, no. 1 (March 2019): 15–33.
- April 2018
- Case
Happy UAE
By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Brian J. Hall, Tiffany Y. Chang, Karim Sameh and Alpana Thapar
This case centers on the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national goal of raising the happiness of its residents and visitors through ambitious government initiatives. They combined this bold national goal with an accountability structure (incentive plan) built on Key...
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Schwartzstein, Joshua, Brian J. Hall, Tiffany Y. Chang, Karim Sameh, and Alpana Thapar. "Happy UAE." Harvard Business School Case 918-041, April 2018.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game
By: Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen
Putting an end to the "earnings game" requires that CEOs reclaim the initiative by avoiding earnings guidance and managing expectations in such a way that their stocks trade reasonably close to their intrinsic value. In place of earnings forecasts, management should... View Details
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Stocks;
Performance Expectations;
Goals and Objectives;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decisions;
Risk Management;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Earnings Management;
Value;
Projects
Fuller, Joseph, and Michael C. Jensen. "Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-090, April 2010.
- 10 Dec 2018
- HBS Seminar
Julianna Pillemer, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
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1.2 MBA Honor Code - MBA
to be used by an instructor as part of a course or as a basis of grading. Act as stewards of the Honor Code in upholding its spirit and letter, and encouraging others to do so as well. The Honor Code is a commitment of the faculty,...
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
because this gap discourages research effort directed towards clean technologies. Carbon taxes and research subsidies may nonetheless encourage production and innovation in clean technologies, though the transition will typically be slow....
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human...
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- 2013
- Working Paper
Where do the Most Active Customers Originate and How Can Firms Keep Them Engaged?
By: Clarence Lee, E. Ofek and Thomas Steenburgh
In this paper, we study how firms offering Web services can acquire and develop an active customer base. We focus on two basic questions. First, how does the method of customer acquisition affect the way customers use the service to meet their own needs and to interact...
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MIT Roundtable on Corporate Risk Management
By: Robert C. Merton
Against the backdrop of financial crisis, a distinguished group of academics and practitioners discusses the contribution of financial management and innovation to corporate growth and value, along with the pitfalls and unintended consequences of such innovation.... View Details
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Financial Crisis;
Market Participation;
Finance;
Innovation and Invention;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Value;
Distribution;
Capital Structure;
Risk Management;
Business Ventures;
Business Model;
Strategy
Merton, Robert C. "MIT Roundtable on Corporate Risk Management." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 20, no. 4 (Fall 2008): 20–38.
- August 2000
- Case
Developing Nurse Practitioners at the College of St. Catherine
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Sarah S. Khetani
Margaret McLaughlin has just begun her new appointment as the Dean of Health Professions at the College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. As an education leader, her charge is to develop Minnesota's health care workforce for the future. She is...
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Debates;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Higher Education;
Teaching;
Growth and Development;
Technological Innovation;
Leading Change;
Goals and Objectives;
Value Creation;
Health Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Sarah S. Khetani. "Developing Nurse Practitioners at the College of St. Catherine." Harvard Business School Case 601-039, August 2000.
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Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
class session Cold calls should not be viewed as punitive. Instructors can frame cold calls as "opportunities to shine" and further encourage this view by balancing challenge and support as the cold call unfolds. Whom to Call Instructors...
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Stages of Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Strategy Stages of Development Stages of Development Successful economic development is a process of successive upgrading. A nation’s business environment evolves to support and encourage increasingly sophisticated and productive ways of...
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- 04 May 2021
- Book
Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer
useful, as it can help us connect with a purpose, which in turn determines how we relate to our work. This is why Best Buy employees are encouraged to reflect on that question. “What drives you?” has become a central element of the Best...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
information in a way that protects individual’s privacy. That’s where these privacy preserving techniques will have a huge potential impact, in my view.” But Make It Work for You As Aetna’s CMO from 2016 to 2020, HBS senior lecturer David Edelman oversaw an initiative...
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