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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
didn’t even work—and sent him digging into the larger challenges posed by the pandemic. He soon discovered a gap he knew he could fill: While there was a good deal of clinical research underway, 85 percent of testing, drug, and vaccine trials were View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
complete, and advertisers can extend this delay both to improve detection of improper partner practices and to punish partners who turn out to be rule-breakers. I capture these relationships in a screening model with View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
"It'll All Work Out": Two Alumni Discuss Balancing Marriage and Markets
fixed in place may seem restrictive, but for the Joyces, it turned out to be liberating. "Like many of us at school," Carolina says, "we felt a compulsion to keep as many opportunities as open as possible. But that can delay your... View Details
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
view raises questions of whether there will be an adequate supply of such talent. Will impatient Western managers eager to develop Chinese business opportunities delay initiatives until the right people can be found? How high is the cost... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Chris Howard (MBA 2003)
the military, I took those lessons with me to Bristol-Myers Squibb and then to HBS. We were in class when 9/11 happened. I was a reservist. A few weeks later I got a call saying I was being returned to active duty, and then my activation was View Details
- 21 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
My Fear of Student Debt: Funding the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
but then prevented or delayed me from pursuing them because of student loans? Financial aid opportunities for joint HBS/HKS students As I looked more closely at joint degree programs, the financial aid available at Harvard stood out. Not... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
accountability. But partners are not paid until after their work is complete, and advertisers can extend this delay both to improve detection of improper partner practices and to punish partners who turn out to be rule-breakers. I capture... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect
Humans can be self-destructive. We overindulge in food and fail to make time to exercise, and we delay saving for retirement. Associate Professor John Beshears, whose research focuses on behavioral economics, has identified hope: The idea... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears Authors:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract I develop a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
principles to help counteract this trait: seeking truth persistently, accepting personal responsibility, and delaying gratification (i.e., accepting present pain for future benefit). These ideas, he acknowledges, are stressed in nearly... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
CEO of Silk Road Technologies. For the true entrepreneur, he continued, reality is the superior teacher; and school is an excuse to delay failure. Although their topic was "Post Boom Internet Opportunities," panelists spent most... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
Mark Zuckerberg delayed action and side-stepped responsibility. Two Million Fake Accounts: Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Coming out of the financial crisis, Wells Fargo was one of the world’s most successful banks. But then its sales... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
inventory. The problem with that is you might have strategic consumers who delay their purchase of a pair of sandals, for example, to take advantage of the discounted price. Whereas if you didn’t use a markdown, then—who knows?—maybe... View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
This scenario may sound familiar, unfortunately: Your flight begins with poking and prodding by the TSA agent, all to wait for the inevitable delayed departure. Boarding extends the indignities: more waiting while your section is called,... View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
Course MaterialsAirbus A380—Turbulence Ahead Harvard Business School Case 609-041 Multiple delays of the Airbus A380 have shocked analysts and investors alike. What are the causes of these delays and how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
Therefore, within each country, the theatrical and video window can be closely aligned. Across countries, the delay between video windows should be largely driven by the delay between theatrical windows. It... View Details
- Profile
Willa Zhou
Strategic Marketing in the Creative Industries, we learned how television shows make money through targeted ads. We read inspiring cases on how to make them work." Instead of delaying her broadcast debut until after graduation, Willa... View Details
- Web
Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
from investors in Japan, and in November 2019, with Nakamura and some friends, he presided over a mostly successful “Yasu & Masa’s Ramen” pop-up event in Cambridge. “Everyone ate well, and no one got food poisoning,” he laughs, “but it was definitely a learning... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
countries won medals than ever before, befitting the record number of athletes and nations that took part. What were the problem areas? For an event of this magnitude, perfection is elusive. Transportation delays were inevitable,... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
latFG and parts of the extended face perception system. These results suggest that once a face configuration is perceived, faces are further scrutinized for whether the face is alive and worthy of social cognitive resources. Book:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne