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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
combined with annual assessments on insurance providers, hospitals, and, indirectly, employers. Observes Pozen: “Any state thinking of following the Massachusetts model needs to have, as we did, a clear accounting system — remarkably,... View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
important, we found no evidence that new ecommerce shoppers were less loyal than existing customers. In fact, we observed quite the opposite: Customers who started buying online during the most severe lockdown conditions exhibited higher... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
pessimistic forecasts for banks that could be their future employers. This pattern is not observed when the same analysts forecast earnings of companies that are not likely to be their future employers. Moreover, we use the Global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
in optimization of supply chains and logistics. I think that for all of us, the order cycle provided a wonderful window through which to observe the intricate details of revenue management, cross-functional coordination, and profitability... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
problem lies not with the people who serve on boards, but rather the structure of boards themselves, argue Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch and consultant Colin B. Carter. In Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World, the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
no blueprint to tell you in detail what to do, you must work artfully. Forging ahead without detailed specifications to guide you obviously requires innovation, new actions. We take this observation one step further by suggesting that... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
change observation and trying to fix some of the biggest problems on Earth, the space economy is now interwoven in our everyday lives,” says Weinzierl, who is also the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
justify the investment. While HBS remains a leader in the field, Nohria observed that “you need to worry when the health of the whole field doesn’t look promising, even when you are at the top.” The third interpretation of inflection... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
between two firms with possibly differing mental models regarding the structure of demand. The paper addresses the following questions: (1) How sticky are incorrect mental models, and how are market observations interpreted in such... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
firms subject to monitoring, have incentives to downplay problems they observe in order to satisfy and retain their clients. This paper discusses the most important factors that our research and the research of many others has shown can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
finance patents, we observe qualitatively similar patterns of under-citation when we restrict our analysis to finance patents held by individuals and NPEs, as opposed to non-NPE corporations. These findings raise questions about the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
Hanna Hałaburda Abstract In this paper we address the question of learning in a two-sided matching mechanism that utilizes the deferred acceptance algorithm. We consider a repeated matching game where at each period agents observe their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
Whiteley observes that corporations, too, are seeing things differently. "Previous activities that have been intended to create organizational vision and purpose have indeed formed the foundation for what's happening today,"... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
P. Donham, a graduate of Harvard Law School who later practiced law and had taught corporate finance at the business school. His background led him to see strong parallels between the two professions. In a 1922 article, he observed that... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
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Commencement 2012 Address | About
Life? ” This question seems especially apt today, when Nate Bihlmaier’s death has reminded how us fragile life truly is. I want to welcome Nate’s parents, wife, brother, and their extended family and friends. The German poet Rainer Maria Rilke View Details
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
that concept in a conventional sense. I mean, I like having a nice life and I'm not always switched on, but my brain is always switched on and observing things with intensity, or hearing things in a nuanced way, and realizing you're doing... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
graduated from the School in 1926. We understand that he has been an active member of the Harvard Club of Tokio [sic] and observe that his alumni dues are paid through October, 1942! War Notes Winter 1955 Married college sweetheart and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
they are. Their names appear on the generic, straight-to-the-wastebasket proxy forms that shareholders receive. But despite recent improvements that have increased shareholders’ voices in governance, a levelheaded observer like former SEC... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
observe in order to satisfy and retain their clients. This paper discusses the most important factors that our research and the research of many others has shown can affect the integrity of third-party monitoring and highlights some... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
which both empirical characteristics of bias are observed in equilibrium. The key assumptions are that the information contained in the facts about a news event may not always be fully verifiable, and consumers have heterogeneous prior... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace