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Cordelia Shackleton
optimism being kind, “everything is going to be alright.” She gave me a hug. I started to cry as she walked out my bedroom. I cried all evening. I cried because I felt I had done nothing for my family, and then, when I had failed, my... View Details
- 30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016
impatience parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to be economically substantial, and the optimal rule... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Future Positive - Managing the Future of Work
Research Research Future Positive: How Companies Can Tap Into Employee Optimism to Navigate Tomorrow’s Workplace By: By: Joseph B. Fuller Joseph B. Fuller , , Judith Wallenstein Judith Wallenstein , , Manjari Raman Manjari Raman & & Alice... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1
Jeremy C. Stein Abstract—We study optimal government debt maturity in a model where investors derive monetary services from holding riskless short-term securities. In a setting where the government is the only issuer of such riskless... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
A Side of Data with Your Dinner
also makes it a dangerous time to be a restaurateur.” The danger is the diners’ high expectations amid ever-increasing competition for their dollars. “More than ever, technology must play a critical role in helping a restaurateur optimize... View Details
- 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008
prescriptive suggestions for candidates to approach job negotiations as a two-level game and to minimize disadvantageous effects of gender on job negotiation outcomes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-095.pdf Optimal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
seeking to shave 10 to 20 percent off of research budgets. In flush times, a rising tide of consumption can compensate for less than optimal branding, positioning, pricing, or segmentation. That is certainly not the case now. At the same... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
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Sarah Zia
school. Sarah can provide insight into and support with 1) the tech / media industry - including what the job entails and how to stand out in the recruitment process, 2) finance recruiting - including networking tips and resource View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21
Opportunities: Optimal Taxation when Children's Abilities Depend on Parents' Resources Authors:Alexander Gelber and Matthew Weinzierl Abstract Empirical research suggests that parents' economic resources affect their children's future... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
impact of alumni giving, plus inspiring donor profiles, visit HBS’s annual Contributors Report. VISIT REPORT For more stories that illustrate the impact of alumni giving, plus inspiring donor profiles, visit HBS’s annual Contributors Report. VISIT REPORT WHOOP strap... View Details
- 10 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
EXPERTS SHARE 5 TIPS TO BECOME A BETTER MANAGER
Sharer explains, managers must both understand and be prepared to optimize or change the processes related to their work: Kevin Sharer and Process in Management Video 2.Implement that process Developing a process is a great start, but it... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth
growth and is interested in testing and refining its model in new locations; or when a nonprofit has less ambitious, less geographically dispersed expansion plans. We were not surpised that our research suggests that there is no single, View Details
- 08 May 2015
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Ubiquitous digital connectivity is now essential to competitiveness
its “industrial Internet,” an open global network of machines, data, and people that provides analytics and designs solutions to optimize its customers’ complex operations. “The paradigm is not displacement and replacement,” says Iansiti,... View Details
- 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10
pre-selection by a menu setter. We develop a model to study the relation between the ability of the menu setter and the size and quality of the menu. We show that when the cost of increasing the size of the menu is sufficiently small, a lower-ability menu setter View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Shabrina Jiva
billion in various Asian funds and businesses. Inspired by U.S. optimism and drive "When you grow up with a family that started with nothing and made so many sacrifices for your education, it seems only natural to use education to... View Details
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Carolin Oldenbuettel
worked on a project to optimize the target costing management system, aligning new car models to feasible costs,” she says. “What I like about the auto industry is that they’re more and more influenced by tech—self-driving cars, for... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
at the individual level. We discuss the implications of our results for the study of learning as well as for providers and consumers of outsourced services. Preference Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation Authors:Golosov,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
The Best Place for Retirement Funds Location, location, location isn’t just about real estate. Assistant Professor Daniel Bergstresser discusses his research on optimal asset-location strategies. The Hard Work of Failure Analysis We all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
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Ink
Future-proof Handling his first consulting job after years of experience in accounting and academics, Vijay “VG” Govindarajan (MBA 1976, DBA 1978) sat down to sketch out a strategy for his client. Literally written on the back of an envelope, the structure he mapped... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18
subsequent growth into a diversified group. Download working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2520237 Optimal Aggregation of Consumer Ratings: An Application to Yelp.com By: Dai, Weijia, Ginger Jin, Jungmin Lee,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne