Vulnerabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?

Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details

Keywords: by Tim Gray

22 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

How to Make AI 'Forget' All the Private Data It Shouldn't Have

that the larger the model, the more memorization occurs, the more training data is sort of reverse engineerable.” Layne: What makes generative AI so vulnerable to attack? For example, you talk about privacy leakage in your research. Neel:... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

08 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 8

Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton Abstract—In this paper we distinguish different... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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By: Feng Zhu

Professor Zhu’s research focuses on the design of platform business models and its impact on platform performance. Platforms have become central to our economy. A platform is a product or service that enables two or more customer groups to interact. For example,... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

unpack how Calyx Global evaluates carbon credit quality, how the company maintains independence in a space vulnerable to conflicts of interest, and how data and technology—from satellite sensing to AI—are transforming how carbon credits... View Details

20 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: December 20

PublicationsUnconscious Thought Works Bottom-up and Conscious Thought Works Top-down When Forming an Impression Authors:Maarten W. Bos and Ap Dijksterhuis Publication:Social Cognition 29, no. 6 (2011) Abstract We tested and found supportive evidence for one of the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

May 21, 2020
Editorial

Primary Care Is Hurting: Why Aren't Private Insurers Pitching In?

By: Leemore S. Dafny and J. Michael McWilliams

Primary care clinicians are the front line for patients with suspected infection. We rely on them to diagnose, triage, and manage patients with potential or confirmed COVID infections. They are also responsible for keeping non-COVID medical conditions under control... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Primary Care; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Financial Condition; Insurance

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24 Jun 2010
Working Paper Summaries

“An Unfair Advantage”? Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing

Keywords: by Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina & Josh Lerner; Banking

Article

Resilience vs. Vulnerability: Psychological Safety and Reporting of Near Misses with Varying Proximity to Harm in Radiation Oncology

By: Palak Kundu, Olivia Jung, Amy C. Edmondson, Nzhde Agazaryan, John Hegde, Michael Steinberg and Ann Raldow

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Psychological safety, a shared belief that interpersonal risk taking is safe, is an important determinant of incident reporting. However, how psychological safety affects near-miss reporting is unclear, as near misses contain contrasting cues that... View Details

Keywords: Psychological Safety; Near-miss Reporting; Health Care and Treatment; Safety

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02 Oct 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Bitcoin

Keywords: by Rainer Böhme, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman & Tyler Moore; Banking

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Reinhart, and Trebesch explore the rich history of booms and busts in capital flow by uncovering data from sources going back to 1815. The pattern uncovered by the authors have strong implications on the vulnerabilities of many emerging... View Details

24 Feb 2016
HBS Seminar

David Brumley of Carnegie Mellon University

29 Nov 2010
HBS Case

United Breaks Guitars

in class is whether social media are better at destroying value than creating it. In social media an entity's size and brand recognition make it more vulnerable to parody and attack, not safer. As we accumulate experience with these... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

Télécom before privatization and were disoriented by the company’s multiple restructurings.” “You are left with the most vulnerable people in the organization, who passed up earlier opportunities to leave,” Whillans said. “Now management... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Leaders Lose Their Way

communications skills, they force people to accept these distortions, causing entire organizations to lose touch with reality. At this stage leaders are vulnerable to making big mistakes, such as violating the law or putting their... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

12 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

vulnerability A series of major crises and surprises over the past few years raised concerns of the potential fragility of sprawling supply chains for both companies and governments. The rethinking extends beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2023
News

Joint Venture

The human knee is a marvel. It’s the hinge at the center of our gait, the evolutionary adaptation that makes humans the only fully bipedal mammals on the planet. But the knee also is a complicated and vulnerable knot of bone, muscle, and... View Details

Keywords: Shoshi Parks

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

homeowners insurance contracts covering the entire United States for over a decade, with rich information on mortgage contracts, property characteristics, and climate exposures. We document pervasive under-insurance, particularly among the most financially View Details

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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment

of nitrogen-based fertilizers and clearing of forests for agricultural uses, have also increased greenhouse gas emissions. Food and agriculture is the second largest contributor to climate change. [26] This sector is also especially View Details

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