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  • 23 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

mean-variance optimization with sample means and covariances. The Bayesian inspired Black-Litterman model is described after introducing the intuition of the Bayesian approach to inference in a univariate setting. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

to influence local funders is important information. Our interviewees suggest that local firms have a very intuitive sense of this from their fundraising activities and we hope our framework will make this more systematic. For executives,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2016
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December 6, 2016

discuss intuition regarding which product categories likely lead to positive vs. negative values of concealment. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49531 Precautionary Savings in Stocks and Bonds By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World

much the same thing: "What will we do with all that bandwidth?" I suspect the answers will be similarly surprising. A third intuition arises out of the one I've just mentioned. Another parallel we think might appear is that just... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

precision of these estimates. The intuition behind one mechanism is slightly ironic: in trying to update optimally, Bayesian agents overweight information of which they overestimate the precision and underweight in the opposite case. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

  PublicationsFeeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-interested Charitable Behavior Authors:L. Anik, L. B. Aknin, M. I. Norton, and E. W. Dunn Publication:In The Science of Giving: Experimental Approaches to the Study of Charity Abstract While lay... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

earlier case. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/americhem-the-gaylord-division-a-1/an/314011-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-433 Intuit QuickBooks: From Product to Platform This case focuses on the challenges and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

One-on-One with Jim Breyer

to help fuel what typically would be a good number of investing years going forward. Are entrepreneurs born or made? It’s a combination. There are some gifted entrepreneurs who have an intuitive sense of how products, customers, and... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

Abstract—The prominent but unproven intuition that preference heterogeneity reduces redistribution in a standard optimal tax model is shown to hold under the plausible condition that the distribution of preferences for consumption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

understand every situation is what I felt Manufacturing was all about." 24 8 George E. McCown, "Assistant's Lecture," 9 October 1962, 5. GFD-HBS. 9 Jean-Louis Barsoux, INSEAD: From Intuition to Institution (New York: St. Martin's Press,... View Details
  • 02 Feb 2023
  • News

Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

for a long time, but we need to do more. Intuition would tell us that would be the easiest way to do it, because you have a concentrated source of the molecules you're trying to gather. DM: But not all carbon dioxide can be easily... View Details
  • 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

stage. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317105-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-513 Intuit: QuickBooks (B) This short case updates the earlier Intuit case on transitioning from a product company into a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Apr 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

intones, "How do you prepare to deal with the unexpected that's coming up? Get there early, set the place up. Read every signal you can get. So it's intuitive, but it's also systematic." Those two qualities—systematic preparation, along with an View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Classroom Legend

Christensen rhetorically intones, “How do you prepare to deal with the unexpected that’s coming up? Get there early, set the place up. Read every signal you can get. So it’s intuitive, but it’s also systematic.” Those two qualities — systematic preparation, along with... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Roland Christensen; George Albert Smith; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Richard Meriam; Edmund P. Learned; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management
  • 10 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

average, consistent with the Bayesian intuition that the market inferred their work was mediocre all along. We then investigate whether the eminence of the retracted author and the cause of the retraction (fraud vs. mistake) shape the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8

have documented the modest (though reliable) link between household income and well-being, we examined the accuracy of laypeople's intuitions about this relationship by asking people from across the income spectrum to report their own... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

should manage their corporate brands. The idea is that a significant part of the value of MNC brands comes from the inferences that consumers draw from their global reach. This idea makes intuitive sense to managers but has never been... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

simple model of collective action which is intended to capture the various mechanisms that are discussed in the theoretical literature on collective action. We argue that several of these intuitive theoretical arguments rely on special... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

statements. 8 weeks, 6–8 hrs/week Enroll by January 2 $1,850 Certificate Leading with Finance Professor Mihir Desai Build an intuitive understanding of financial principles to better communicate with key stakeholders, drive business... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2013
  • News

The Accidental Innovator

distraction the better—so it’s just my voice-over, informal and without a script. I also try my best to give students deeper intuition rather than just learning things by rote. I can also sometimes be a bit eccentric, which I think the... View Details