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Uncertainty, Trust and Cybersecurity
Human factors like trust are a major question of interest in cybersecurity. Uma Karmarkar's talk at the 2017 Enigma conference explores how the neuroscience and psychology of uncertainty can offer insights into how people handle security issues in digital spaces. View Details
- April 1991 (Revised April 1992)
- Case
Hospital Sector in 1992
Examines the major issues facing the hospital sector in 1992. The environment surrounding the industry is one of great uncertainty and rapid change, and involves significant public policy questions. Describes recent trends, issues and new types of competitors that... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Nonprofit Organizations; Competition; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Change; Health Industry; United States
Teisberg, Elizabeth O. "Hospital Sector in 1992." Harvard Business School Case 391-167, April 1991. (Revised April 1992.)
- 07 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club
their LGBTQ+ status private. We accept everyone in any stage of their coming out process and hope that you will be inspired by the stories of these students as they continue to grapple with a world that is not always accepting of who they are. Now, during this period... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50237 Economic Uncertainty and Earnings Management By: Stein, Luke C.D., and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We document that firms report more negative discretionary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 1992 (Revised March 1993)
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Brigham and Women's Hospital in 1992, The
Brigham and Women's Hospital is a highly successful teaching hospital in 1992. However, the hospital sector is undergoing a major transition and the hospital faces uncertainty about changing demographic trends, new types of competitors, and technological and scientific... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Change Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment; Business Strategy; Education Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts
Teisberg, Elizabeth O. "Brigham and Women's Hospital in 1992, The ." Harvard Business School Case 792-095, April 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
- August 2000 (Revised November 2001)
- Background Note
Liability Reporting
By: Paul M. Healy and Preeti Choudhary
By examining key criteria for recognizing a liability, this case explores liability recognition in straightforward situations and then examines the most difficult reporting issues in recording liabilities. These often arise when: 1) uncertainty arises about whether an... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Legal Liability; Valuation; Problems and Challenges; Accounting Industry
Healy, Paul M., and Preeti Choudhary. "Liability Reporting." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-016, August 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
- May–June 2021
- Article
Capturing Value in Platform Business Models that Rely on User-Generated Content
By: Hemang Subramanian, Sabyasachi Mitra and Sam Ransbotham
Business models increasingly depend on inputs from outside traditional organizational boundaries. For example, platforms that generate revenue from advertising, subscription, or referral fees often rely on user-generated content (UGC). But there is considerable... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Network Effects; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Risk and Uncertainty
Subramanian, Hemang, Sabyasachi Mitra, and Sam Ransbotham. "Capturing Value in Platform Business Models that Rely on User-Generated Content." Organization Science 32, no. 3 (May–June 2021): 804–823.
- 29 Nov 2011
- News
What We Really Know About Consumer Behavior
- 04 Dec 2013
- News
Economic Prediction Made Us (Too) Comfortable With Capitalism
- 27 Feb 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Judgment Aggregation in Creative Production: Evidence from the Movie Industry
- 04 Jan 2013
- News
B-school curriculum is now covering legal, ethical issues too
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Troy Peterson
switcher from the military, Troy knows the uncertainty of changing paths and working through challenges. He loves helping students and alumni reflect on their career and life goals, and develop plans to realize them. Troy draws on his... View Details
- 21 May 2020
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4 Rules for Identifying Your Life’s Work
- March 2016
- Article
The Role of Investor Gut Feel in Managing Complexity and Extreme Risk
By: Laura Huang
Securing financial resources from investors is a key challenge for many early stage entrepreneurial ventures. Given the inherent uncertainty surrounding a decision to invest in these ventures, prior research has found that experienced investors rely heavily on their... View Details
Keywords: Angel Investors; Gut Feel; Intuition; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; Complexity; Decision Making
Huang, Laura. "The Role of Investor Gut Feel in Managing Complexity and Extreme Risk." Academy of Management Journal 61, no. 5 (October 2018): 1821–1847.
- 2012
- Report
Better Outcomes, Lower Costs: A Conversation with Dr. Atul Gawande
By: Mark R. Kramer
In the face of increasing health care costs and uncertainty about health care quality in the United States, community-based collective impact initiatives driven by regional funders offers a new way to improve patient outcomes at the local level. Collectively,... View Details
Keywords: Community Foundations; Health Outcomes; Health Care and Treatment; Quality; Cost Management; United States
Kramer, Mark R. "Better Outcomes, Lower Costs: A Conversation with Dr. Atul Gawande." Report, FSG, 2012.
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Price as a Stimulus to Think: The Case for Willful Overpricing
Consumers aware of a new benefit will often experience uncertainty about its personal relevance or usage value. This paper shows that the decision to deliberate further to resolve this uncertainty and reach a polarized judgment of personal relevance critically depends... View Details
- 2021
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Designing, Not Checking, for Policy Robustness: An Example with Optimal Taxation
By: Benjamin B. Lockwood, Afras Sial and Matthew C. Weinzierl
Economists typically check the robustness of their results by comparing them across plausible ranges of parameter values and model structures. A preferable approach to robustness—for the purposes of policymaking and evaluation—is to design policy that takes these... View Details
Lockwood, Benjamin B., Afras Sial, and Matthew C. Weinzierl. "Designing, Not Checking, for Policy Robustness: An Example with Optimal Taxation." Tax Policy and the Economy 35 (2021).
- 10 Jul 2018
- News