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- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
academic approaches to date has provided an entirely coherent picture of the process, in part because of the contradictory models of the process that they generate. The article goes on to consider the planning processes that are involved in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
proficient in English, or risk demotion. “I was simply astonished,” said one engineer interviewed after the announcement. “Many Rakuten employees are allergic to English.” At Rakuten, an online shopping mall that does not sell to... View Details
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54476 Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace By: Gu, Grace, and Feng Zhu Abstract—As an intermediary improves trust between two sides of its market to facilitate matching and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
stores, schools, and other food-handling establishments, checking whether they adhere to public health regulations. The rules are strict. Food businesses where serious violations are found must clean up their acts quickly or risk being... View Details
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2.1.2 Using ChatGPT & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools | MBA
privacy and security protections. Students who are considering procuring generative AI tools or have questions about AI tools should contact HBS IT at mbaithelp@hbs.edu . All vendor-generative AI tools must be assessed for View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
ClimateCAP: The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, & Business brings together MBA students, business leaders, and experts from around the world to assess the implications of climate change for business and investment. At the... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
risk—operations risk, asset impairment risk, and competitive risk—and demonstrates how these risks can undermine an entire business. To assist in the identification of these risks, the risk exposure... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
a useful input to assessing risks, allocating quality improvement resources, and making sourcing decisions. This paper examines how the scheduling of inspections risks introducing bias that erodes inspection... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
differences in their forecasts of future events (such as the profitability of a business being sold), attitudes toward risk and time, tax and regulatory status, market and technological knowledge and access, and so on. The third dimension... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
for her analytical skills and sound judgment, Erdoes is particularly sought out for her expertise in assessing complicated financial instruments, such as derivatives. The Chicago native and Georgetown University graduate says that during... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
software in private fixed investment in the United States. We argue that these findings point to a large potential undercounting of "digital dark matter" and related IT spillovers from university and federal funding. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
have become quite influential and controversial in the technology industries they touch. The goal of this paper is to shed light on the role and efficiency tradeoffs of these new patent intermediaries. Finally, we offer a provisional View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
M. Howitt Publication:In Integrative Risk Management: Advanced Disaster Recovery, edited by Simon Woodward. Zürich, Switzerland: Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, 2010 Abstract Societies face a wide array of significant hazards—ranging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”
optimism were New Jersey Senator and former Goldman Sachs co-head Jon S. Corzine, and Ernst & Young chairman James S. Turley. In assessing the current business climate at the Restoring Confidence in American Business conference at... View Details
Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
student proposed a way to assess the possible risks of Gavin’s strategy: “Since this company is about the kids who use it, maybe you could send out a survey,” she suggested. Beaming at the exchange,... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
sufficient to fuel international expansion. The author presents advice on overcoming the paradox but warns it can be a lengthy process. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2010/12/why-you-arent-buying-venezuelan-chocolate/ar/1# Bringing Ethics into Focus: How Regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
assessing the startup health care company's 2014 marketing plan. On December 31, 2013, Vaxess had obtained an exclusive license to a series of patents for a silk protein technology that, when added to vaccines, reduced or removed the need... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
risk and return are assessed in different parts of the brain, thereby questioning theories regarding expected utility on which a great deal of decision theory has been based up to now. Thus, according to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
not to give. Managers of nonprofit organizations should carefully assess this tension when determining if and how to provide information on their performance metrics. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55523... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 May 2016
- Op-Ed
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
new report says as much. The report comes from The Commission on Global Health Risk Framework for the Future. It makes 26 recommendations which aim to strengthen the WHO’s leadership role in coordinating international preparedness and... View Details