Optimism - Publications - Faculty & Research

Jan 2014
Case

Rail Transportation in the United States

BNSF, CSX, and Norfolk Southern. Today, by most measures, freight rail is doing better than ever, while passenger rail faces significant challenges—though it is clear that numerous pain points and bottlenecks interfere with optimal use of... View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 14 Sep 2017
Webinars: Trending@HBS

Why Competition in the Politics Industry Is Failing America

It is often said that "Washington is broken," but this reflects a common misunderstanding of the problem. Washington isn't broken--it is delivering exactly what its currently designed to deliver. The problem is that our political system is no longer designed to serve... View Details

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

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jul 2014
First Look

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

Portrait Project

Myoung Cha

To be changed by the world around me. Many people come to HBS to "change the world." I was one of those people. But I have come to realize that it is HBS that has changed me. I have learned how to optimize a cranberry factory,... View Details

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production

Decarbonization and Sustainable Production, our group visited Van den Ende Rozen, a family business located in Monster, near The Hague and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The company leverages greenhouse technology and digitalization to View Details

Profile

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

Portrait Project

Allison Kean

I carry it with me — to the office, to a dinner party, to the corner store — approaching each person I meet with the assumption that not everything has been, or will be, easy. I offer this gift of empathy to others who are seeking a way forward. With the View Details

10 Oct 2024
Blog Post

High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands

crossings every year and focuses on finding beneficial traits such as improved flavor, longer shelf life, and pest and drought resistance. Traditionally, this has been a highly labor-intensive R&D process, but Tomato Vision has recently begun employing the use of... View Details

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

Analysts and Research Reports," and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) issued Rule 472, "Communications with the Public." Both were effective in May of 2002, which is subsequent to the data used in our study, but seem to have noticeably affected the... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

27 Jul 2021

Future Leadership MBA + Engineering Multi-School Webinar

engineering experiences for optimal career opportunities. Connect with admissions officers, alumni and current students from each school to learn how to make the most of your graduate school experience. View Details

08 May 2025
Blog Post

Startup Roots and Engineering Ambitions: Lizzie Matusov (MS/MBA 2022)

and I spent our summers building businesses so we could buy Starbucks beverages or movie tickets without asking for money from our parents. Our most successful endeavor was a dog-walking business—we had rewards programs, fancy “spreadsheets” (on pen and paper), and a... View Details

Portrait Project

Martin Eston

generations of my family, whose sacrifice and perseverance afforded me a world of opportunity. I will be open. Out of optimism for anybody who is one kindred spirit away from salvaging a bright future from the shadows of a compromised... View Details

Portrait Project

Kevin Mohr

I would like to write a book filled with love, comedy, episodes of tragedy, and obstacles that are heroically overcome. My book will be rather easy to write because most of the stories will come from my own life, and the people who read my book will not be able to put... View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 24 Sep 2015
Webinars: Career

Transitioning Beyond Your First or Second Post-HBS Job

Are you thinking of making a job change? Unlike other career moves, the moves early in your career may be different than those later in life. Conducting honest self-assessment and redefining your career vision are often essential to determining next steps in an early... View Details

17 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?

higher bonus." By contrast, in the traditional mode, where the salon employs the stylists, the competitive pressure is absent, so the salon would have to pay a higher bonus in order to motivate them to the same extent. Thus, this mechanism can actually push the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service; Technology

18 Nov 2014
First Look

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

Portrait Project

Maureen Monagle Miller

not grow up. I will retain the hopeful optimism of a young girl who tried to fly off of the fireplace ledge. I will seek the simple joys once found in a crabbing line and an open bay. I will imbue everything that I do with the fierceness... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)

the tarp out on the field when it rains, to greeting the fans as they enter the park. "Our parent club, the Cincinnati Reds, pays our players," Burke continues. "That leaves us free to concentrate on optimizing the ballpark experience... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

17 Apr 2020
News

Decreasing the Wealth Gap

the way the system is working in a way to increase the size of the pie and divide it well,” he told NPR’s Noel King. While he did share his fear that the economic aftereffects of the pandemic could increase social unrest, Dalio offers a glimmer of View Details

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