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- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
adds. "Long-term success in modern operations and information systems management is increasingly dependent on an understanding of the importance of details - as well as the details themselves," Upton elaborates. "The ability to react to... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
on his rapport with the musicians and—in a field where operating budgets depend heavily on philanthropic support—his ability to work a room, the serious matter of contract negotiation began in late spring 2005. With all the particulars... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
has been divided by both worldview and practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas, have national reactions to such vulnerability varied so dramatically across the continent? And why have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
predicted, success and failure. Not an onion, certainly. Maybe an avocado: a fruit with a skin that seems tough but still allows for easy bruising by outside forces, with a certain amount of highly perishable reward below—depending on whether you choose well in the... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
on firm exit in the restaurant industry, exploiting recent changes in the minimum wage at the city level. We find that the impact of the minimum wage depends on whether a restaurant was already close to the margin of exit. Restaurants... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10
introduces methods for increasing the efficiency of retail store liquidation, which we define as the time-constrained divestment of retail outlets through an in-store sale of inventory. The retail industry depends extensively on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12
PublicationsOne-Switch Conditions for Multiattribute Utility Functions Authors:Abbas, Ali E., and David E. Bell Publication:Operations Research Abstract We introduce a variety of new independence conditions for multiattribute utility functions that permit preference... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
that the supplier of this good is relatively altruistic towards them and are therefore more keen to purchase a brand extension that is also directed at them. As a result, the success of brand extensions depends on the overlap between the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Howard (MBA 1971) Boiling Point Editions This story depicts a youth’s journey set in the turbulent Middle East and spiked with tragedy, wrong turns, unforced errors, luck, espionage, and family love. Life can either grind you down or polish you—it View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
will inspire more companies to take advantage of the benefits of investing in urban areas. "The future of our nation really depends on it," she emphasizes. Students and Corporate DNA We try to build up a tool chest of the skills needed to... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract The central insight of asset pricing is that a security's value depends on both its distribution of payoffs across economic states and state prices. In fixed-income markets, many... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010), CEO of East Boston Social Centers, spent time in foster care as a child, living in more homes than he can remember,... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14
Publication:Social Choice and Welfare (forthcoming) Abstract We take a decision theoretic approach to the classic social choice problem, using data on the frequency of choice problems to compute social choice functions. We define a family of social choice rules that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22
access the debt markets. However, fundamental differences in governance and project co-insurance between the two types of acquirer interact with debt misvaluation, resulting in variation in how assets are owned that depends on debt market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6
difference depends on the home country characteristics of the foreign firm. Foreign firms from countries with a weak rule of law are less likely to restate than firms from strong rule of law countries are, despite companies from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
as hard as it can be to overcome infrastructure issues, Gordon’s challenges go well beyond lemon shortages and umbrella access: She’s a first-time entrepreneur trying to build a family business in a country with an ever-shifting stance toward business—and with revenues... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
you like about that work? Do you think it's particularly well suited to MBAs? Do you use your MBA skills in what you do? Lin: Yeah, I mean, it depends on which part of the process. There's so many different parts of the process, but... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
Everything depends on oil: Without a boost in output, there will be insufficient electricity, little money, and few well-paying jobs. Production is still below 1990 levels. But sanctions and secrecy are gone. Iraq’s urgent need is to... View Details
- 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
recall leads to a one-month reduction in time to major innovation. Our results suggest that product failures influence subsequent innovation but that their impact is dependent upon recall source, proximity, and severity. The strategic and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman