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  • 09 Oct 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

Habit Formation and Rational Addiction: A Field Experiment in Handwashing

Keywords: by Reshmaan Hussam, Atonu Rabbani, Giovanni Reggiani, and Natalia Rigol
  • 10 Nov 2010
  • News

Harvard Business School Introduces Program To Help Leaders Drive More Profitable Growth

    Elisabeth C. Paulson

    Elisabeth Paulson is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the first year course on Technology and Operations Management in the required curriculum.
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    Keywords: agriculture; federal government; state government; grocery; nonprofit industry
    • Research Summary

    Strength of Incentives

    By: Jerry R. Green
    When economists analyze the incentive properties of decision making systems they assume that all economic agents are capable of optimizing their decisions and that they respond without error to the incentives that the system creates. In this project, Jerry R. Green... View Details
    • February 2024
    • Article

    An Economic Framework for Vaccine Prioritization

    By: Mohammad Akbarpour, Eric Budish, Piotr Dworczak and Scott Duke Kominers
    We propose an economic framework for determining the optimal allocation of a scarce supply of vaccines that become gradually available during a public health crisis, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Agents differ in observable and unobservable characteristics, and the... View Details
    Keywords: Vaccine; Fairness; Public Finance; Public Goods; Allocation Problems; Allocative Efficiency; Allocation Rules; Social Welfare; Pandemics; Inequality; COVID-19; COVID-19 Pandemic; Public Sector; Resource Allocation; Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Public Administration Industry
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      Matthew C. Weinzierl

      Matt Weinzierl is Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program at Harvard Business School, where he is the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit, and a Research... View Details

      Keywords: aerospace
      • 11 Nov 2021
      • Blog Post

      ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to

      “Iron Man suit.” The idea seemed absurd—but not because of the comic-book connotations. Tseng, with a background in mechanical engineering and on-the-ground experience in actual conflict zones such as Afghanistan, where the so-called Iron... View Details
      • TeachingInterests

      Making Corporate Boards More Effective

      By: Guhan Subramanian
      While your corporate board may have broadly defined legal duties, its role in evaluating management, providing strategic oversight, and dealing with the complexity of today's regulatory environment has never been more tested—or more... View Details
      • 09 Apr 2014
      • HBS Seminar

      Hanna Halaburda, Bank of Canada

      • 12 Nov 2013
      • News

      Cities, startups tap the wisdom of crowds for sustainability

      • TeachingInterests

      Making Corporate Boards More Effective

      By: Suraj Srinivasan
      While a corporate board may have broadly defined legal duties, its role in evaluating management, providing strategic oversight, and dealing with the complexity of today's regulatory environment has never been more tested—or more critically dependent on effective... View Details
      • December 2023
      • Case

      TikTok: The Algorithm Will See You Now

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      In a world where attention is a scarce commodity, this case explores the meteoric rise of TikTok—an app that transformed from a niche platform for teens into the most visited domain by 2021—surpassing even Google. Its algorithm was a sophisticated mechanism for... View Details
      Keywords: Social Media; Applications and Software; Disruptive Innovation; Business and Government Relations; International Relations; Cybersecurity; Culture; Technology Industry; China; United States; India
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      • December 2012
      • Article

      Grand Innovation Prizes: A Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Evaluation

      By: Alan MacCormack, Fiona Murray, Scott Stern and Georgina Campbell
      This paper provides a systematic examination of the use of a Grand Innovation Prize (GIP) in action—the Progressive Automotive Insurance X PRIZE—a $10 million prize for a highly efficient vehicle. Following a mechanism design approach we define three key dimensions for... View Details
      Keywords: Design; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Performance; Auto Industry
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      • 2008
      • Working Paper

      Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Firms and regulators are increasingly relying on voluntary mechanisms to signal and infer quality of difficult-to-observe management practices. Prior evaluations of voluntary management programs have focused on those that lack verification mechanisms and have found... View Details
      Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Information; Standards; Performance Improvement; Programs; Environmental Sustainability; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      • 20 Feb 2020
      • News

      Productive Innovation: Building a Culture of Experimentation

      • Research Summary

      Overview

      By: Tatiana Sandino
      In studying management control systems, Professor Sandino aims to understand how different control mechanisms can help lead employees within an organization to achieve common goals. Her work builds on contingency theory by exploring environmental, strategic, and... View Details
      • December 2021
      • Article

      Auctioneers Sometimes Prefer Entry Fees to Extra Bidders

      By: Jiafeng Chen and Scott Duke Kominers
      We investigate a market thickness–market power tradeoff in an auction setting with endogenous entry. We find that charging admission fees can sometimes dominate the benefit of recruiting additional bidders, even though the fees themselves implicitly reduce competition... View Details
      Keywords: Entry; Reserve Prices; Entry Fees; Auctions; Design
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      • November 1990 (Revised January 2008)
      • Case

      Regency Plaza

      By: William J. Poorvu and Richard E Crum
      Designed to examine the process of project management during the development cycle of a luxury condominium building, exploring the issue of how the design, development strategy, project organization, and project personnel are interrelated. More specifically, looks at... View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Construction; Housing; Management Practices and Processes; Projects; Luxury; Real Estate Industry
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        Leila Doumi

        Leila Doumi is a PhD Candidate in the Strategy Unit and an affiliate of the Digital Data and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard. She conducts research on technology adoption, corporate strategy, and the future of work with a focus... View Details

        • Research Summary

        Fairness and Efficiency in Resource Allocation

        In studying the relationship of fairness and efficiency, Professor Trichakis takes the novel approach of looking at varied industries for unifying factors, and he pays special attention to inequities by incorporating both quantitative work in social welfare and the... View Details