Sensitivity Analysis - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a responsibility and a real opportunity to... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Q&A: Andrew Kendall

need for management experience in nonprofits, and I decided to try to combine my business skills with my commitment to the environment," says Kendall. He embarked on a "classic business school analysis of the industry," talking to the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Special Design Services; Professional Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2008
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Classroom Legend

behavior. HBS professor Kenneth Andrews, a close colleague of Christensen’s at this time, once observed that this tendency “led to much closer study of company situations. The strong appeal of his cases and of his writing about them is embodied and reflected in his own... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Roland Christensen; George Albert Smith; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Richard Meriam; Edmund P. Learned; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

01 Mar 2007
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Daniel Vasella

inflation, so from that perspective, complaints are understandable. On the other side, there are benefits. Mortality for many diseases has dropped dramatically over the last forty years. Analysis shows that 40 percent of that decline was... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

taught generations of students to be neither victims of analysis paralysis nor prone to promiscuous decision-making. Finally, although there are always unfortunate exceptions, I think on the whole we’ve graduated a community of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq

energy future — it has too sensitive an address and too much oil to continue in chaos. horgan, at right, with driver, examines bullet hole in his car. Currently serving as Iraq’s Interim Minister of Trade, MIT graduate Ali Abdul-Amir... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Jun 2012
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Around the World

Class of 2013. With more faculty and student diversity, and more international context in courses and cases, the MBA experience itself shifted toward a more global perspective. “Students now develop a keen understanding and sensitivity to... View Details

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

01 Mar 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

or shortcomings in growing their companies and new ventures. This book blends exclusive research findings, personal interviews, and experienced analysis to illustrate how each type handles the five dynamic challenges of building... View Details

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