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- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
example, a leadership role can be assumed by a person who believes he or she has superior knowledge or skills. Up The Mountain Gino, Larrick, and Tost tested this dynamic in a simulation involving people planning an imaginary climb up... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?
Training the cars to handle a wide variety of driving scenarios and testing them both in simulation and on real roads is key, De Freitas says. AVs, for example, should be able to handle possible situations like navigating around large... View Details
- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
opposed to the simulated experience we try to create here) MBA classroom at HBS in which students and the instructor alike teach and learn. The answer: Take time out to agree on labels and definitions. So we decided to pull and revise the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
checks, taking their pictures, and having them sign a waiver. Employees use a simulation to practice enforcing the protocols at peak times. Another scenario helps them manage noncompliant customers. Even the richest and most famous... View Details
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
be delivered anytime anywhere, so you destroyed the barriers of time and distance with simulation." I'm curious about this very notion of how much we know about what people learn through simulation.— Dorothy Leonard To this I would add that obviously View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
percent of its revenues came from rating structured finance products, versus the 32 percent of revenues generated from its traditional business of rating corporate bonds. A simulation is "still a model and it's not exact, which is... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
208-116 The goal of this simulation is to understand how convertible bonds can be viewed as a portfolio of simpler securities and to introduce an over-the-counter market. The convertible bonds that are available during the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Essentials for Enlightened Experimentation
New technologies such as computer simulations not only make experimentation faster and cheaper, they also enable companies to be more innovative. But achieving that requires a thorough understanding of the link between experimentation and... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke
- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
all well and good for people who were already in great financial shape. Interest rates and monthly payments went down for millions of prime borrowers, which was a tremendous boon to the overall economy, not to mention the simulative... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607014 Asset Allocation I Harvard Business School Note 208-086 The goal of these simulations is to understand the mathematics of mean-variance optimization and the equilibrium... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water
customers like his product. In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade The Strategic Brew computer simulation puts MBAs in charge of their own breweries, rising or sinking based on the popularity of their pseudo suds. Ramon... View Details
- 05 Sep 2008
- What Do You Think?
Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?
response is a revival of the management simulation that became the rage before the emergence of the Internet and nearly unlimited computing and storage power. As a developer and user, I can testify that those early View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
ranging from minor modifications to major new innovations. The user-friendly tools, often integrated into a package we call a "tool kit for customer innovation," deploy new technologies like computer simulation and rapid... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
modifications to major new innovations. The user-friendly tools, often integrated into a "toolkit" package, deploy new technologies (e.g., computer simulation and rapid prototyping) to make innovation faster, less expensive and,... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
manufacturer can increase profits and reduce inventory risks. To demonstrate that improvement, we ran a computer simulation that tests various inventory policies for three groups of SKUs in the same product line — one group with low... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
case: http://hbr.org/search/413127-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Exercise 713-804 Competition Simulator Exercise In the "Competition Simulator Exercise," students explore through trial and error... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
to crucial functional systems is not just a one-time task, but an ongoing process. This approach fosters a culture of continuous improvement and preparedness, ensuring that the company is always ready to respond to potential disruptions. Technology: View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
The design of the New York City (NYC) High School match involved tradeoffs among efficiency, stability, and strategy-proofness that raise new theoretical questions. We analyze a model with indifferences—ties—in school preferences. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
Negotiation Game simulates the experience negotiating the sale, purchase, or financing of a property. The class competes as either a lender, buyer, or one of two groups of sellers, Raleigh, North Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada. This is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
calculated so that directional recommendations can be made. 'What if' analysis or simulations: A small number of marketing plans are considered by simulating their effects on sales and profit. The best plan can then be chosen from this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne