Economics Of Information System - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2004
News

Survey Spotlights HBS Experience

social relationship with at least one fellow alumnus. Fifty-seven percent take advantage of the alumni community for professional networking, and 46 percent tap the network for job search advice. “The View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Jul 2016
First Look

July 26, 2016

excellence with high-volume experts. Finally, we need better health information technology systems to facilitate knowledge transmission and communication. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

investment decisions, the use of project finance can also affect asset values. By using project finance, companies get the opportunity to create a project-specific governance system designed to optimize the... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep

from the Working Paper.Ann Cullen: How is your system different than traditional mutual fund rating systems? Cohen: Our method takes advantage of a wealth of previously... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Apr 2002
News

Dot Vertigo

economic environment. The I-Net, Nolan explains, merges a firm's intranet seamlessly with the Internet, creating "fluid, permeable, and connected" enterprises that "truly reflect the speed, collaboration, and scalability View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2003
News

All in a Day's Work

for a small organization that is growing quickly and needs new systems and management tools,” says Oakes. “And it’s important that whatever changes are made don’t take away from the kids’ experience — hat’s the primary driver.” A tour... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

20 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, and Filippo Mezzanotti Abstract—Do private equity firms contribute to financial fragility during View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

2024
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The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create

By: Steve Kaczynski and Scott Duke Kominers

We demystify the coming digital revolution, showing how NFTs will transform our online and offline interactions.

NFTs aren’t just pictures on the internet, or a fad that has come and gone. Rather, they’re a new technology for creating digital assets and... View Details

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01 Sep 2009
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Read All About It!

many households, the most important symbol of their place and economic possibilities was where they lived. Before World War II, about 40 percent of families owned their own... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Information; Information; Information; Information

01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Publishing) With Murder You Get Sushi: A Miss Information Technology Mystery by Diane Davidson (MBA 1980) and Mary Ann Davidson, collaborating as Maddi Davidson (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Destiny’s Child: Memoirs View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Facing Ambiguity

find out the threat is harmless, but that’s OK — you learned, built capabilities, and understand the system better.” The case, which is dedicated to the memory of Columbia’s flight crew, includes a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Space Research and Technology; Government

25 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

expectations with them. With the support of ambitious university presidents, they strove to make their new academic environments like those from which they had come. This internal drive was reinforced by external View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

01 Dec 2018
News

Trade Off

what used to be a rather blunt tool. That we live in a world of politically independent yet economically interdependent states was already a platitude by the time of Adam... View Details

13 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

financial returns but are also deeply committed to improving the environment and making a difference in people's lives. Robert Salas, CEO, wants a management system that communicates and motivates Amanco's three high-level goals.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Student-Profile

Anastassia Fedyk

previous stories and aggregate news that combine information from several sources. Business Economics Program After a few years doing research at Goldman Sachs, I found that my interests spanned a broad set... View Details

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

trillion mandate and no assurance of reversing the inexorable rise in health care costs. Paradoxically, although America has the most technologically advanced and expensive health care system in the world,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15

system of expense allocation, and anti-inversion legislation—reflect the intuition that building "strong fences" around the United States advances American interests. This paper examines the... View Details