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  • 05 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Are Virtual Tours Still Worth It in Real Estate? Evidence from 75,000 Home Sales

5 percent sales price rise by using visual tools—but it might help sellers in many other ways.” “Maybe in a time where you couldn't really go and see how it was in person, it seemed like having the virtual tours helped shorten time on market,” Troncoso says. “That... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Real Estate
  • 28 May 2024
  • In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

investments in their employees and place a higher value on candidates' foundational skills. In lower-trust societies, however, employers perceive the employer-employee relationship as more of a short-term transaction and prefer to select... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 23 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

HBS Application Tips from MBA Admissions

in-depth details, greater context, and thoughtful reflections on your work experience.” View Video Post-MBA Goals “What we are looking for here is an understanding of where you believe you want to go after HBS, short-term and possibly... View Details
  • Web

Finance - Faculty & Research

(LDI) strategies to maintain collateral. As he watched the crisis unfold, he wondered if it was a reflection of structural flaws in the market or the result of simply short-term panic? While the TfL Pension Fund had a smaller LDI book... View Details
  • Web

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

research here , Stefan’s other research here , and Adi’s other research here . More Info Rate-amplifying demand and the excess sensitivity of long-term rates By: Samuel G. Hanson , David O. Lucca & Jonathan Wright APR 2021 The sensitivity of long-term interest rates to... View Details
  • 23 Jun 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Using Financial Innovation to Support Savers: From Coercion to Excitement

Keywords: by Peter Tufano & Daniel Schneider; Financial Services
  • October 2020
  • Article

Task Selection and Workload: A Focus on Completing Easy Tasks Hurts Long-Term Performance

By: Diwas S. KC, Bradley R. Staats, Maryam Kouchaki and Francesca Gino
How individuals manage, organize, and complete their tasks is central to operations management. Recent research in operations focuses on how under conditions of increasing workload individuals can decrease their service time, up to a point, in order to complete work... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Knowledge Work; Discretion; Workload; Employees; Health Care and Treatment; Decision Making; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Productivity
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Algorithms Need Managers, Too

By: Michael Luca, Jon Kleinberg and Sendhil Mullainathan
Algorithms are powerful predictive tools, but they can run amok when not applied properly. Consider what often happens with social media sites. Today many use algorithms to decide which ads and links to show users. But when these algorithms focus too narrowly on... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Algorithms; Predictive Analytics; Management; Big Data; Analytics and Data Science
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  • 05 Aug 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization Policy

Keywords: by N. Gregory Mankiw & Matthew C. Weinzierl
  • 14 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

need to create space for “slow thinking” in a fast-moving world, making time to meditate and reflect on uncomfortable questions or choices. Leaders can’t afford to be lured by quick fixes or the latest “shiny object.” With clear minds, they can forego View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
  • Web

Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

sustainability journey. This article identifies three fundamental tensions that companies must address. First, they need to maintain a long-term sustainability vision while delivering on short-term financial targets. Second, they must... View Details
  • October 2016
  • Article

Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity

By: Alan MacCormack and Daniel J. Sturtevant
Technical debt is created when design decisions that are expedient in the short-term increase the costs of maintaining and adapting this system in future. An important component of technical debt relates to decisions about system architecture. As systems grow and... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Performance Efficiency; Applications and Software; Infrastructure
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  • 02 Feb 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter; Financial Services
  • 24 Feb 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Accelerating Innovation In Energy: Insights from Multiple Sectors

Keywords: by Rebecca M. Henderson & Richard G. Newell; Energy; Utilities; Technology
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

statement? Nike’s decision to feature in its ads Colin Kaepernick, an American footballer whose patriotism has been questioned, ultimately resulted in what was described by one observer as a “bold success.” On the other hand, brands like Target and Bud Light have... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Faculty & Research - Global

to maintain collateral. As he watched the crisis unfold, he wondered if it was a reflection of structural flaws in the market or the result of simply short-term panic? While the TfL Pension Fund had a smaller LDI book than its peers,... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much

in which they donate a higher proportion of short-term profits. They might also reassess their marketing of programs like Pledge 1% in which companies promise to donate 1 percent of annual profits, employee time or company equity to... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • News

The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
  • Web

Europe - Global

counterpart in Paris. I conclude that the rising importance of the curb markets in both cities reflected the robust, short-term options market developing among coulissiers. Public attention given to the coulisse price lists—distributed... View Details

    The Founder's Dilemmas


    Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: should they go it alone, or bring in... View Details