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- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
it could potentially be a significant source of revenue for the sites and their corporate sponsors. Using a unique data set from Cyworld, Raghuram Iyengar, Sangman Han, and HBS professor Sunil Gupta empirically assess if friends indeed... View Details
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The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog
Participation is assessed more by quality and intensity of engagement than by simple quantity of classroom comments. We offer numerous opportunities across term to demonstrate engagement with the course and our guests and to help build a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
informed decisions using data and make the system more resilient, limiting the consequences of bad decisions.” One such effort is the Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Project, an interdisciplinary research initiative across Harvard and led by Greenwood that... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
2011) Abstract In this paper, we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two increasingly important alternative models: innovations by single-user individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
Levine, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and capabilities influence billions of dollars of "socially responsible" investments as well as some consumers, activists, and potential employees. In one of the first... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
potential explanations or collapse many mechanisms altogether. We discuss the empirical difficulties that arise in distinguishing between different mechanisms as well as some promising approaches for making progress in doing so. We also View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016
School Case 317-008 Code.org The case explores Hadi Partovi’s mission to provide every K-12 student in the United States the opportunity to learn computer science. Students can assess how Partovi transformed his passion into an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14
insulates the board from pressures by biased or uninformed shareholders. Whether stronger governance improves retain/replace decisions depends on which of these effects dominates. We use our theoretical framework to assess the effect of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30
incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax distortion, government outlays... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
workshop." Over the past 10 to 15 years the object of management attention has widened to include the care itself. With the development of generally accepted standard processes we have become able to design operating systems specifically to support those processes... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
and John Maynard Keynes, who was a British economist and one of the leading economic thinkers of the time. Despite their differences, their assessment was remarkably similar; that is, how odd it was that there was no shortage of... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
now use familiar and ubiquitous platforms, such as Zoom, to assess and monitor their patients’ health status and their compliance with treatment protocols. Patients will be able to conveniently access clinical services that use... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
within the district. A few months into the 2013-2014 school year, DaVita "Mayor" Kent Thiry, DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg, and members of their teams gather to review and assess the overall progress, impact, and challenges of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
theoretical conclusion based on the historical experiences of business groups built up by the British-based trading companies with their eighteenth- and nineteenth-century origins comes close to mainstream assessments reached by the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
also not an ideal situation for athletes, who feed off of a crowd’s energy. But for the sports leagues and the related startups that can survive this transition period—and not all of them will—it could provide an opportunity to assess and... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
ideation and idea evaluation. Perceptions of insufficient experimentation with new ways of working also predicted participation. Conclusion: The contest enabled frontline staff to share input and assess input shared by other staff. Our... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
private school. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50036 Discretion in Hiring By: Hoffman, Mitchell, Lisa B. Kahn, and Danielle Li Abstract—Who should make hiring decisions? We propose an empirical test for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11
conditions on sequence memory. In addition, conscious thought appeared to increase intrusion nowness and arousal. Limitations. The analogue design and healthy participant sample prevent from generalizing results to other populations. Intrusion frequency and qualities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
specialized robot, and stories of famous innovators like Hedy Lamarr. You will assess your interests and uncover your core purpose through introspective, self-exploratory exercises, then craft a personalized vision and learn how to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
tomorrows. Appropriately, therefore, some nine hundred participants - most of them HBS alumni - convened in San Francisco last March to assess the outlook for business as it stands poised at the edge of unknown territory. At the elegant... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice