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Beyond Statistics: The Economic Content of Risk Scores
By: Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Raymond Kluender and Paul Schrimpf
"Big data" and statistical techniques to score potential transactions have transformed insurance and credit markets. In this paper, we observe that these widely-used statistical scores summarize a much richer heterogeneity, and may be endogenous to the context in which...
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Einav, Liran, Amy Finkelstein, Raymond Kluender, and Paul Schrimpf. "Beyond Statistics: The Economic Content of Risk Scores." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 8, no. 2 (April 2016): 195–224.
- July 1997
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The Presidio Trust legislation: Preservation or Privatization?
By: Brian Trelstad
This analysis of the Presidio Trust legislation places the recent developments on the Presidio in the context of a century and a half of environmental planning. By first exploring the Presidio's history, and then tracing the more recent legislative background to the...
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Keywords:
Presidio;
Presidio Trust;
National Parks;
Urban Parks;
Public-private Management;
Natural Environment;
Urban Scope;
Planning
Trelstad, Brian. "The Presidio Trust legislation: Preservation or Privatization?" Urban Ecosystems 1, no. 3 (July 1997): 135–153.
- February 25, 2016
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The Hodgepodge Principle in U.S. Privacy Policy
By: John A. Deighton
Data, says Professor Lawrence Summers, is the new oil, "a hugely valuable asset essential to economic life." Personal data, the kind of data that invites thoughts of privacy, is a big part of that. The European Union saw this economic fuel source coming long ago and...
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Keywords:
Data;
Privacy;
Technology;
Big Data;
Personal Data;
Marketing;
Information Technology;
Analytics and Data Science
Deighton, John A. "The Hodgepodge Principle in U.S. Privacy Policy." Harvard Law and Policy Review Blog (March 2, 2016). http://harvardlpr.com/2016/03/02/the-hodgepodge-principle-in-us-privacy-policy/.
- November 2012 (Revised July 2013)
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Kenichi Nonomura, Dena Neuenschwander, Meghan Ricci, David Roth, Kate Schoch and Sergey Vartanov
A few hours after the earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, CEO Tadashi Yanai of Fast Retailing was eating sushi at a restaurant near his office. He was confident that his store managers would be able to decide for themselves the best action to take in the midst of this...
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Keywords:
Japan;
Earthquake;
Fast Retailing Group;
Decisions;
Natural Disasters;
Crisis Management;
Retail Industry;
Japan
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Kenichi Nonomura, Dena Neuenschwander, Meghan Ricci, David Roth, Kate Schoch, and Sergey Vartanov. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response." Harvard Business School Supplement 713-439, November 2012. (Revised July 2013.)
- December 2011 (Revised June 2015)
- Case
Chairman Zhang and Broad Group: Growth Dilemmas
By: Christopher Marquis, Nancy Hua Dai and Juelin Yin
Zhang Yue, founder and chairman of Broad Group, had developed a series of innovative products aimed at solving China's environmental problems. Broad Group's products, services, and management were guided by values that prioritized morals, responsibility, environmental...
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Marquis, Christopher, Nancy Hua Dai, and Juelin Yin. "Chairman Zhang and Broad Group: Growth Dilemmas." Harvard Business School Case 412-095, December 2011. (Revised June 2015.)
- May 28, 2010
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Going Green in Annual Reports
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Michael P. Krzus
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., and Michael P. Krzus. "Going Green in Annual Reports." Huffington Post, The Blog (May 28, 2010).
- November 1991 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
New Jersey Solid Waste Crisis
Emmons, Willis M., III. "New Jersey Solid Waste Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 792-003, November 1991. (Revised November 1992.)
- Article
Do Equity Financing Cycles Matter?: Evidence from Biotechnology Alliances
By: Josh Lerner, Hilary Shane and Alexander Tsai
Lerner, Josh, Hilary Shane, and Alexander Tsai. "Do Equity Financing Cycles Matter?: Evidence from Biotechnology Alliances." Journal of Financial Economics 67, no. 3 (March 2003): 411–446. (Earlier versions distributed as HBS Working Paper No. 00-038 and NBER Working Paper No. 7464.)
- 31 Mar 2017
- News
How Can Business Schools and MBAs Contribute Toward Climate Action?
- 05 Jan 2017
- News
The American Food Paradox: Growing Obese and Going Hungry
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
Pacific Lake Partners cofounder Jim Southern (MBA 1983). Some 2,400 alumni and guests gathered on campus in October for fall reunions, which included presentations on the science of happier spending, leadership lessons from the musical...
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- 05 May 2020
- News
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
“Work was lucrative and fun and often hugely interesting, but it was something I did before returning to real life.” Business was ever-changing, but nature was constant. It wasn’t until in the mid-2000s, at her brother’s urging, that she started to read about the View Details
- 17 Dec 2018
- News
Tomorrow, Transformed
the Blavatnik Fellowship is breaking down silos—and accelerating life science research Read the complete HBS Campaign Final Report: A Strong Foundation: Message from Dean Nohria What a Difference a Community Can Make HBS Campaign Impact...
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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
A Natural Balance
ancient Indian practice of ayurveda, "a holistic science about well-being, inner balance, and inner beauty." Ayurvedic medicine holds that a person's body type, or dosha, derives from the three elemental energies of air, fire, and earth;...
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- 17 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
2017 Harvard Startup Fair
For-profit Ventures – $100; Non-Profit Organizations – $50 Register Now. (Previous Startup Career Fairs have all sold out, so reserve your table today). For more information contact: Faculty of Arts and Sciences Office of Career Services,...
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Keywords:
All Industries
- Portrait Project
Bismah Rahmat
question – the GDP of Burkina Faso or the science behind cosmic inflation – and unequivocally, he’d know the answer. He did mental math faster than I could punch numbers into a calculator. In my father’s final days, his brain could no...
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Henry McGee: From HBO to HBS - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID MD/MBA MS/MBA Biotechnology:...
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- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
Despite its name, the Great Wall of China began as a series of smaller, isolated defensive fortifications. Those structures grew and were later unified into the imposing structure that exists today. The Great Wall is a great metaphor for the Chinese economy. By...
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- 01 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
When Do Alliances Make Sense?
To answer one of the oldest business quandaries—is it better to partner or go solo on a project—John Beshears looked for answers in an unusual place: the oil and gas drilling industry in the Gulf of Mexico. But instead of mining for energy sources, Beshears dug for...
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- 21 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings
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by Timothy Simcoe & Michael W. Toffel