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  • Portrait Project

Richard Linder

I want to start life over or, at least, re-acquire the lens that I had as a child. As I child I believed that anything was possible, whether it was communicating with the family dog, moving objects with my mind, or becoming President of the United States. Now, I... View Details
  • 14 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 14

decide if the risk governance process is adequate to uncover mega-risks, based on reflections on the risk assessment and sanctioning of a $1 billion credit proposal. Students... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

micro-theorists in economics call biased risk-evaluation?...[It's one in which the bias prevails that you] attach 'gain' to a probabilistic assessment and you trigger action; attach 'loss' to it, you get inaction." Pallavi Marathe... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

Identify physical manifestations of climate change, learn how businesses assess and manage the risks and opportunities associated with climate stressors, and evaluate adaptation measures currently being... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

Faculty Books

Perspectives on Risk and Regulation: The FDA at 100 edited by Arthur Daemmrich and Joanna Radin (Chemical Heritage Foundation) In a period of rapid scientific and market changes, success in regulating food products, prescription drugs,... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
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Closings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Closings Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement Board Use Teaching Quantitative... View Details
  • 18 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 18

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/609016-PDF-ENG Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum Harvard Business School Case 710-004 Maharashtra state is accepting bids to redevelop Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia. A real estate developer View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

long-term impact on the practice and thinking in this field will reach its full potential. From Counting Risk to Making Risk Count: Boundary-Work in Risk Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

consumers in their homes and workplaces. Using a novel web-based face tracking system, we continuously measure consumers' smile responses as well as their viewing interest and purchase intent. A simultaneous Bayesian hierarchical model is estimated to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

useful for assessing vulnerability, policy analysis, sovereign credit risk analysis, and design of sovereign risk mitigation and control strategies. Applications for investors... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

company contemplating an investment to produce forest products in Indonesia. The primary case decisions are 1) how to assess political and operating risk, 2) how to integrate economic and political risk... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Real Estate Private Equity - Course Catalog

2. How to assess the risks and returns in private investments and real estate portfolios 3. How to perform relative value analyses of differing investments 4. How to manage troubled investments (when to hold... View Details
  • 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

Ventures. Forces students to grapple with the nature of financial risk in the start-up firm and assess the prospective risks and returns to a lender to such a firm. To reach a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

vehicles while they catch their breath and assess their interests, unity, and risk tolerance. Longer term, they might start or buy another operating company, while keeping some portion of their assets,... View Details
Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail
  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

  PublicationsBarriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49606 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Can Analysts Assess Fundamental Risk and Valuation Uncertainty? An Empirical Analysis of Scenario-Based Value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 1999
  • News

Short Takes

errors. These teams were also judged to be better performers by nonteam members assessing their work. In addition, they were better able to overcome roadblocks to success such as a lack of material or financial resources. "The team... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
  • 21 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 21, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807074   PublicationsPerspectives on Risk and Regulation: The FDA at 100 Author:Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication:Chemical Heritage Press, 2007 Abstract Perspectives on View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

Medicare cannot directly monitor HAI rates and instead relies on providers accurately self-reporting HAIs in claims to correctly assess penalties. Consequently, the incentives for providers to improve service quality may disappear if... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Oct 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Motivate Me, Please

when goals can go off the rails. Research Paper Is Overconfidence a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence People are most at risk of making overly positive self-assessments when their assessment criteria are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne