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- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
perspective that Porter has taken, often as a result of his specific background and prior research interests. The chapter then turns to extensions of these core concepts in Porter's more recent work. A central focus of this work has been the creation of broad-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Next Lessons
significant developments Khan cited is a new partnership with the College Board, a nonprofit that helps prepare students for college through standardized test preparation and other programs. “The College... View Details
Keywords: William Weber
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | MBA
program? Which standardized tests does the 2+2 Program accept? When is the latest I can take the GMAT or GRE? Is it possible to apply to a joint degree program via the 2+2 application process? How many... View Details
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
institutions that accompany it (e.g., financial disclosure rules, investor protections, etc.) allows corporations to rely less on connections to banks. There are two specific hypotheses tested in this work. First, given the development of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
of all the others. After we built and implemented a software tool to make demand predictions and optimize prices, we ran a field experiment to test the impact of our tool and saw a 10 percent revenue increase in the View Details
- 17 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers
regular inspections can help. Third party testing companies can insure that industry standards are met. Safety innovation needed But most companies do not innovate around safety or push for tougher safety... View Details
- Profile
Marie Kyle
three months, I knew there was no way I could leave so soon." She took an eighteen-month operations role establishing pediatric HIV testing and treatment programs, then worked for another eighteen months in New York as a strategic... View Details
- Web
Eligibility | New Venture Competition
are testing initial concepts through basic pilot operations. Eligibility will be reviewed by the Review Committee based on the parameters outlined below and its decisions are final. Revenues or donations since inception (either earned or... View Details
- 03 Apr 2012
- News
Just Compensation
years, we developed a model—the Alignment Model—that provides a market standard against which to analyze a company’s pay relative to its performance,” Ferracone says. “So, for a given company, in terms of its current revenue size, its... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details
- Profile
Jaime Mendez
method to the test by entering a business case competition sponsored by Columbia University and American Express. Despite being two members short of the standard four-person team size, Jaime and his... View Details
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
pool. Be aware of how video background and noise out of a candidate’s control influence your perception and offer alternatives. Standardize your interview process so that each candidate answers the same questions and performs the same... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
from the Working Paper.Ann Cullen: How is your system different than traditional mutual fund rating systems? Cohen: Our method takes advantage of a wealth of previously unexploited information about fund holdings. Standard metrics rate... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
productivity of EHR use and delegation. We then explored the interaction between these 2 strategies and the role of practice size. Results: Greater EHR use and greater delegation were independently associated with higher levels of productivity. An increase in EHR use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
Ratcheting, Competition, and the Diffusion of Technological Change: The Case of Televisions Under an Energy Efficiency Program By: Amano, Tomomichi, and Hiroshi Ohashi Abstract—In differentiated goods markets with societal implications, quality View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Instant Photography Is Launched | Baker Library
Instant Photography Is Launched Edwin Land, positive test photograph (left) and negative test photograph (right), April 1946. Polaroid Corporation Records Related to Meroe Morse, b. VII.80, f. 5, f. 19.... View Details
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
consistent with established economic theories of accounting. That said, the results suggest that accounting has a broader political role than was previously thought. What surprised us was the significance of our estimates. We were skeptical going in: We weren’t sure... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
students lagging behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all children in treatment schools by 0.28 standard deviation, mostly due to large gains experienced by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
country. The impact is notable: Statewide analyses show students who use Zearn show double-digit gains on standardized exams. But while test scores and market share are great, Sharma also has loftier goals... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
a concurrent change in electronic transaction standards allowed hospitals to document a larger number of diagnoses per claim, which had the effect of reducing risk-adjusted patient readmission rates. Prior studies of the HRRP relied upon... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman