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  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

managing demand - using modern sensors and valves, remote measurement, big data optimization algorithms, mobile apps, and other innovations - is a more powerful way to benefit citizens and businesses than just pumping more stuff through... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities
  • 17 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 17

mind. Implications for mind perception, dehumanization, and intergroup relations are discussed. August 2013 Journal of Applied Psychology Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity By: Lee, Jooa Julia, Francesca Gino, and Bradley... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

which the instruments of accountability are at least as likely to reproduce relationships of inequality as they are to overturn them. Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears Author:Benjamin Edelman... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

of strategy as “the smallest set of choices to optimally guide (or force) other choices.” The paper shows that this definition coincides with the equilibrium outcome of a “strategy formulation game,” in which such strategy endogenously... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jan 2018
  • News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

optimize for both my own and my employees' strengths.” What is your favorite HBS case and why? Gaglani:“One that I find myself referencing frequently is on Polyface and the way it focused on economies of scope versus traditional... View Details
Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

a firm practicing by-product synergy is that quantities of the primary product and by-product are linked, with production of the primary product defining the upper bound of the quantity of the by-product. Optimization of a by-product... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 2

ratio and ROE. Applying the model to the cross-section of firms, we find that expected returns and expected profitability are highly persistent and time varying. Our fundamentals-implied estimates of expected returns across time horizons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

cities showing preferential licensing treatment to those building owners who decided to go green. "We thought that maybe the private LEED registrations happened in these cities because although the policy only applied to governments, the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 04 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 4

outcome can be replicated by a licensing scheme in which innovators sell complete patent rights, and (2) they are dynamically unstable. We find that none of the above regimes can reach first or second best. Finally, we consider patents of finite duration and determine... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Impact Stories - Business & Environment

resilient, and consumer-centric through the application of data science and behavioral economics, optimizing the system assets and operations across the electric meter.” Natalie Deschamps MBA 2015 | A Fundamental Foundation "I ultimately... View Details
  • 06 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 6

highlight the paradox that managed globalization has been a force for liberalization. Strategies to Fight Ad-sponsored Rivals Authors: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu Publication: Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract We analyze the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 25, 2016

radio, electric vehicles, cloud-based software, pharmaceuticals, and more), which demonstrate how the topics covered apply to real-world situations. A set of hands-on tools for implementing the various topics can be accessed. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

self-report of the licensee. The self-reporting aspect of the environment gives rise to demand for auditing by the licensor or third-party attestation by the licensee. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

Accordingly, this review provides a framework for optimizing efficiency in the cardiac cath lab. The authors outline a management method based on the Nadler-Tushman Congruence Model, a commonly used business tool by which a company can... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

  Working PapersAn Optimal Lower Bound for Anonymous Scheduling Mechanisms Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Shahar Dobzinski, and Ron Lavi Abstract We consider the problem of designing truthful mechanisms to minimize the makespan on m unrelated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

uncovered by Cohen’s team apply to the coronavirus vaccines? The short answer: Yes, and the more rushed the approval process, the more likely patients will experience side effects from these drugs, Cohen says. We asked Cohen to discuss... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health
  • 23 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

Section H), Summer Internship: Summer Project Manager, E-liability Institute The E-liability Institute is a not-for-profit organization founded by two HBS professors that are reshaping carbon accounting standards. Their methodology View Details
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

perspective on the current global "descent of money." Book Link: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/ 0,,9781440653995,00.html?The_Ascent_of_Money_Niall_Ferguson Optimal Life-Cycle Investing with Flexible Labor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Mar 2017
  • News

Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

what you were engaged in as a negotiator for the provincial government. Talk to me about the approach that you guys employed. Wally Eamer: We were trying for what I think technically is called a Pareto optimal outcome, which is better for... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

behavioral indicator of liking. We trained a natural language processing algorithm as a “follow-up question detector” that we applied to our speed-dating data (and can be applied to any text data to more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne