Theory Of Machine - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Apr 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Payout Policy

Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely & Martin C. Schmalz

Web

Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

differential, with lower domestic rates leading to an increase in local lending at the expense of a reduction in foreign lending. See Falk’s other research here and Victoria’s other research here . More Info A Quantity-Driven View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

real exchange rates and the fallacy of composition, Mark Setterfield (ed), Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Growth, Northampton, MA:... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

Web

About Us - Research Computing Services

Matching Large Language Models (LLMs) Machine Learning Natural Language Processing Revise and Resubmit Support Simulations Visualizations Software Licensing (login required) HBS has university-wide licenses for most research software... View Details

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

employees make or how many units they produce. “The objective performance measures don’t take into consideration whether the machine broke down or whether someone is still learning the job,” Gallani explains. To compensate, managers often... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

People achieve success in the early years of their career by specializing and becoming functional experts—in essence, they succeed by knowing more and more about less and less, says Benjamin C. Esty, chair View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2021
What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

Shutterstock/Thomas Barrat Twenty years ago in this column we discussed whether the economic activity of that time actually represented the New Economy that Time magazine first touted in a 1983 cover article. Some economists picked up the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

to switch from a negative to a positive valence, while remaining in a state of high arousal, an easier prospect. What better way to put this theory to the test than by asking participants to sing karaoke? In... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

Photographed by Webb Chappell In March 2010, the 1787 drafting of the United States Constitution became breaking news. The members of the Texas State Board of Education had... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes

Halfpoint In the worlds of economic theory and conservative political orthodoxy, corporate tax cuts, such as the 2017 tax reform in the United States, should create benefits beyond businesses. As the... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

Web

A Letter from Michael Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

changing society for the better. The goal of my work has always been to develop theory and concepts that inform and guide practice. What actually happens on the ground—for business leaders, health care... View Details

06 Jan 2021
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)

a sewing factory. I was 14 when she was laid off from her sewing machine factory job. Because I was proficient in English and had computer skills, I helped her to look for another job, which included searching online and writing resumes... View Details

March 2017
Case

Intellectual Ambition at Harvard Business School: Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Amram Migdal

This case, set in the 1920s and 1930s, discusses the contributions of Harvard Business School (HBS) Professors Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger to management research and to the Human Relations Movement in management scholarship. The case focuses on their research... View Details

Citation

Educators

Purchase

09 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

and advances in machine learning technology. Ascarza expects her research will be published early next year and at that point plans to make the code for her model available online for free. With the help of... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

February 2021
Tutorial

What is AI?

By: Tsedal Neeley

This video explores the elements that constitute artificial intelligence (AI). From its mathematical basis to current advances in AI, this video introduces students to data, tools, and statistical models that make a computer 'intelligent.' Through an explanation of... View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Digital; Technological Innovation; Leadership; AI and Machine Learning; Mathematical Methods

Citation

Purchase

28 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

Writers may lament the uncertainties of the digital age, as many turn to online markets to distribute their work with no promises of fame or fortune. But when authors are guaranteed a cut View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

innovations—a theory that typically applies to new products—offers a framework for increasing the number of people who are willing, if not eager, to get vaccinated. Based on the traditional diffusion model,... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

will be crucial. In the arena of digital, data, and design, it’s clear that digital technologies and data science, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, are disrupting operations, business... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

Web

Events - Business History

Francesca Trivellato (IAS), Comment Mattias Fibiger (HBS), Chair Mary Hicks (Chicago), "Captivity's Commerce: The Theory and Methodology of Slaving and Capitalism" Bernard Harcourt (Columbia, Law), "The... View Details

Web

Historical Data & Sources - Business History

First Submarine Cable of 1850 to the World Fiber Optic Network” Download Data Set in Excel Shipping Routes U.S. Navy, Hydrographic Office, Table of Distances Between Ports (Washington: GPO, 1942), opp. p. 4,... View Details

Publications