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- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
legislators in India influences development outcomes, both for citizens of their religious group and for the population as a whole. Using an instrumental variables approach derived from a regression discontinuity, we find that increasing the political View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2.1.1 Citing Sources & Plagiarism | MBA
encourages a student to continuously integrate their learning across courses, it is not acceptable to submit the same deliverable (or a very similar deliverable) to more than one course. In some situations, it may be acceptable to produce... View Details
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
to evaluate the link between dismissal costs and productivity. Drawing on establishment-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturers and the Longitudinal Business Database, our estimates suggest that wrongful-discharge protections reduce employment flows and firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Black Excellence: AASU’s 2019 Fall Retreat in Review
long-term impact will bear fruit for those who come after us." Alexxis Isaac (MBA '20) echoed similar sentiments. "It was beautiful to hear how - despite having different specific dreams - we were united in a hope to elevate... View Details
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Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) - Course Catalog
valuation and financing considerations. SVC-S is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and judgment needed to make better investment, strategic, and operating decisions. Cases typically analyze the value implications of major strategic decisions or... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
companies with such plans do not perform better financially. Further analysis prompted Beer and Katz to conclude that the real role of bonuses is simply to attract highly qualified executives to a corporation. "Companies are forced into... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- Profile
Katie Laidlaw
Why was getting a degree from HBS important to you? HBS attracts people similar to me, yet different from me in every way. I was particularly drawn to challenging myself in this learning environment and meeting new people from around the... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- Web
Article databases: Which to choose? | Baker Library
Some articles may include charts/images. Includes alert service. Academic Search Premier Best for interdisciplinary scholarly literature. Some articles may include charts/images. Business Source Complete Best for management and scholarly literature. View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
Questions of Character by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. (HBS Press) Professor Badaracco argues that serious fiction provides us with memorable characters facing challenges similar to those that confront business leaders. Through View Details
- 10 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice
summer and going forward. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS SUMMER? Allie O'Shea (MBA 2021), Hack.Diversity: Hack.Diversity is focused on improving Black and Latinx representation in Boston's innovation economy. This summer, I am working on... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence
participants - in similar positions in a broad range of businesses. Offered for the second time last spring, TGM brought together 43 senior-level general managers from more than a dozen countries, representing industries such as mining,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
show that (i) firms may become "more closed" in response to competition from an outside open source project; (ii) firms are more likely to open substitute, rather than complementary, modules to existing open source projects; (iii) when the products of two... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
prescriptive suggestions for candidates to approach job negotiations as a two-level game and to minimize disadvantageous effects of gender on job negotiation outcomes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-095.pdf Optimal Life-Cycle Investing with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2017
- Blog Post
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at HBS
belonging, the representation of different cultures and backgrounds is certainly quite vast among the student body. I’ve learned about so many different religions, tried food and recipes I likely would have never been exposed to, and... View Details
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of individual banks by managers, investors, and regulators. The basic analytical tool is the risk-adjusted balance sheet,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)? Empirical analysis shows that developing countries serving on the board can expect more than double the funding from the IBRD as countries not on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
thin representation at senior levels remains in place. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51896 Are 'Better' Ideas More Likely to Succeed? An Empirical Analysis of Startup... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
representation of what people have done,” but believes there’s merit to examining a candidate’s record more closely. “You don’t just want to know if this person has a particular skill you need, but if they have skills View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
the list until you run out of either time or money." But Tucker and Singer's findings diverge from previous research and theory. About half the hospitals that participated in their study chose to do some kind of prioritization—the View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
The difference of 0.6 percent is hardly anything to get excited about, especially given the wide variation in forecasted growth levels overall (e.g., 3 percent to 40 percent). We found similar evidence when we partitioned our analysts on... View Details