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- 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007
sharing where all peers are endowed with standard preferences and show that the endogenous structure of the network is conducive to sharing by a significant number of peers, even if sharing is costlier than freeriding. We build on this model of p2p to analyze the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
data, is computationally light and allows for flexible substitution patterns. We apply the model to a data set containing browsing and purchase information from a retailer stocking over 500 products, recover the elasticity matrix, and solve for View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Political corruption governs the efficiency with which tax revenues are translated into infrastructure. The model predicts an inverted-U relationship between taxation and growth, with corruption reducing the optimal taxation level. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
engineers should consider for implementing practical, optimized and reliable ethernet/IP control networks on the factory floor. In this unique book, you’ll find the 12 specific strategies Gary Workman used at GM, and a no-holds barred,... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
optimal action paves the way for incidental learning, while being dogmatic creates a barrier. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54567 Harvard Business School Case 717-035 Turkey and Russia: Dangerous... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
reseller-mode is preferred depends on whether independent suppliers or the intermediary are better suited to optimally tailor marketing activities for each specific product. We show that this tradeoff is shifted towards the reseller-mode... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
some point going forward—in effect, learning alongside our students. We've also continued to optimize our Live Online Classrooms (LOCs), where all participants are remote but the faculty member is in a room where video screens of each... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
lessons from Schwarzman’s life and career that includes creating one of the world’s largest investment firms, and becoming an active philanthropist. The result is an empowering, entertaining, and inspiring guide to optimizing ambition,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
dating platforms were designed by men, they are optimized for surfacing as many choices and pictures as possible,” she says. “My goal is not to get people to just browse hot photos and connect. My goal is really to get them into a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
disciplined in some areas but also more relaxed when things don’t work out.” The wisdom of Admiral Stockdale At this time, we can’t help but reflect on the dangers of optimism again, as Admiral James Stockdale defined it: pinning hopes to... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
theoretical and empirical investigation of the risks of globally diversified portfolios of stocks and bonds and of optimal intertemporal global portfolio choice for long horizon investors in the presence of permanent cash flow shocks and... View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
deliberate and optimal allocations to passive and highly skilled active investment vehicles, and they should eliminate commitments to structurally underperforming long-only active managers, unless the evidence of ability to generate alpha... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
self-refining algorithms (aka machine learning) and wearable sensors and computers, and offer a compass for making the right choice for CEOs and CLOs who are guiding executive program design. Ultimately, this book serves as a guide to View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
Much of the success of microfinance has been attributed to attempts to overcome the challenges of information asymmetries in uncollateralized lending. However, very little is known about the optimal contract structure of these loans, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
right prices, and build and manage a multichannel approach. Sales Management That Works will help sales managers build a great sales team, create an optimal strategy, and steer clear of hype and fads. Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
relationship, greater partner integration is associated with higher costs, but not with higher product quality. Our results shed light on the subtle interplay between formal and relational contracting. They have important implications for practice, with respect to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
local-currency-bond markets in emerging countries have increased dramatically over the past decade. In light of these trends, we revisit the question of the optimal exchange-rate regime when developing countries can borrow internationally... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
Terry understands but rejects the time-worn theory of a “sustainability divide” in favor of an abundance mindset, of greater equity in the technology field. In fact, social scientists have quantified the optimism and resilience in Black... View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
held by the mutual fund clients of the analyst's brokerage firm. The optimism in analyst recommendations increases with the weight of the stock in a mutual fund client's portfolio and the commission revenue generated from the mutual fund... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne