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- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
worth more. But often these contracts have sharp points at which the curve changes direction all at once, which can produce odd incentives. Even more strikingly, many of the compensation functions have jumps—sell just one more unit and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
curves at sixty miles an hour!” Any entrepreneur can tell you how well the same description suits the wild ride of a start-up, and the e-mail coming through on Gisholt’s Trio promised a perilous turn of its own. Back at company... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
passed along the knowledge it took him years to discover, Chandra's learning curve was shortened; Chandra in turn shortened the period for Reddy to learn certain aspects of entrepreneuring, and Reddy quickened Majmudar's learning process.... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
Diffusion Curves Authors:Diego Comin, Bart Hobijn, and Emilie Rovito Periodical:Journal of Technology Transfer (forthcoming) Abstract This paper documents the sources and measures of the cross-country historical adoption technology (CHAT)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
relentlessly. The learning curves point to improvements of 20% every time the globally installed capacity doubles. And already, in many parts of the United States and beyond, wind energy and even, solar energy, is now more cost effective... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
Users will learn how to produce and interpret demand curves and calculate the price elasticity of demand. The concepts of revenue, costs, contribution margin, gross margin, and net income will be introduced to inform profitability... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
stocks: stocks of large, mature, low-volatility, profitable, dividend-paying firms that are neither high growth nor distressed. Variables derived from the yield curve that are already known to predict returns on bonds also predict returns... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
to outcomes. We assessed the learning curve for a new cardiac surgical center using precursor events (incidents or circumstances required for the occurrence of adverse outcomes). Methods: Intraoperative precursor events were recorded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
how he gets inside the standard economic paradigms and frees himself to think about them in ways that generate such groundbreaking ideas. BW: Well, so I was always disappointed in standard economic theory. This idea that there’s, you know, supply and demand View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
you to confront reality, grow capacity, fuel curiosity, and create change so you can bring fresh eyes and fresh thinking to your leadership approach; increase your confidence in your ability to make a difference; lead at levels you never thought possible, and... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We present a model of the yield curve in which the central bank can provide market participants with forward guidance on both future short rates and on future Quantitative Easing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
of the chapel. And if you’re webcasting, if somebody’s in Europe, they can be anywhere, they’re watching it on a TV screen, all they see is the chapel and the services being presented. JH: Ryan’s learning curve included an education in... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
footsteps." After five years of managing Uncle Dave's, Lyon left its day-to-day operations in the hands of his father and stepmother and entered HBS at the age of thirty. "I felt I had hit the top of the learning curve and was ready for a... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
went blind because I'm mentally strong enough to deal with it"—which, by the way, means I'm mentally strong enough to deal with all of the other curve balls that life throws at me. Fundamentally, if we can revisit the narratives that we... View Details
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in economies of scale or in the learning curve sustainable? While the focus is mostly on value creation, we also look at the strategic aspects of value capture – esp. pricing and bargaining. As the course progresses, attention shifts from... View Details