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  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract We empirically document factors that influence how local operating managers use discretion to balance the tradeoff between service capacity costs and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

spanning the careers of 3,884 academic life scientists. Using a combination of discrete time hazard rate models and fixed effects logistic models, we find that patenting events are preceded by a flurry of publications, even holding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jun 2018
  • News

Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life

meaningfulness and awe, but there's this whole other element of what about not those one discrete moments, but the compilation of moments? So you talked about children and the pain that comes from having them, but it's that culmination of... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007

evidence of the efficacy of problem solving when disclosing problem information. The method's application to 166 discrete scientific problems from the research laboratories of 26 firms is illustrated. Problems were disclosed to over... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

paper explores the effects of monetary policy parameters and macroeconomic shocks on nominal bond risks, using a New Keynesian model with habit formation and discrete regime shifts in 1979 and 1997. The increase in bond risks after 1979... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

Ross: In our experience, the best tact is the "sandwich" approach to organizational change: drive the concept from the top while developing skills and a track record at lower levels, usually through pilot programs in discrete... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

each originator minimizes his reliance on costly informed capital in good times by issuing safe securities. Our model suggests regulations that limit the issuance of safe securities in good times. Read:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

HBS - Financials | From the CFO

The increase reflected the University's distribution rate and the size of the endowment, which includes gifts from alumni and transfers from the School to the endowment reserve. The endowment consists of more than 1,000 discrete funds... View Details
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

effects of monetary policy parameters and macroeconomic shocks on nominal bond risks, using a New Keynesian model with habit formation and discrete regime shifts in 1979 and 1997. The increase in bond risks after 1979 is attributed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

(category demand expansion or market share stealing). To help brand managers make informed marketing mix decisions, it is essential that marketing mix models appropriately measure the different effects of marketing instruments. Discrete... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

gives firms discretion to manage impairments. We test this argument in a sample of firms with market indications of impairment (firms with book goodwill and market-to-book ratio below one). We find that the frequency of non-impairment in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

unregulated regions and increase global emissions in the process. Carbon tariffs have emerged as a possible mechanism to address these concerns by imposing carbon costs on imports at the regulated region's border. I show that, when firms choose from View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Departments | Employment

small size, work is extremely collaborative. Attributes of Successful Staff Members In addition to having a strong sense of curiosity about HBS and Harvard University, staff members must have the ability to: Work in an always changing environment Handle... View Details
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Program Policies - HBS Online

candid about the questions and challenges they face. To foster a rich dialogue, some of participants’ contributions within a Program will be shared with other participants in their cohort. Participants are encouraged to use discretion in... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

An Application to Shopping Mall Sales By: Chung, Doug J., Kyoungwon Seo, and Reo Song Abstract—We propose a Bayesian model of post-entry outcomes. Endogenous firm entries are modeled as a discrete game of complete information. The model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

accounted for 45 percent of total operating revenues in fiscal 2024. Cash Received from Gifts (in millions) FY24 $ 157 FY23 158 FY22 151 FY21 149 FY20 121 More than 1,000 discrete funds comprise the HBS endowment, which has been built... View Details