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- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
life through a new set of eyes. His curiosity reminds me that the world is full of magic. I am becoming a better aunt with each and every playdate. He plays with my curls and together we laugh. I am becoming a better sister to his dad, my... View Details
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Running Jobs - Research Computing Services
resource usage. The section on choosing your resources provides guidelines for doing this. Running a Program/Submitting a Job There are two sets of methods of running programs and jobs on the HBS compute Grid: using default submission... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
governed by three factors: a specified rate increase set by the University, which in fiscal 2022 was 2.5 percent; new gifts to the endowment, which consists of more than 1,000 discrete funds established over the years by individual... View Details
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Research Thrust
By: Rakesh Khurana
I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
with a diverse set of companies. "In this way, we could pool all this knowledge and distill it down to the essential principles that CIOs can generally apply, regardless of industry or size of firm, while describing 'realistic' and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)
says. “Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.” This might seem an extreme way to motivate employees (and, of course, fails spectacularly in the movie). But companies hold so-called tournaments based on... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
associated with risky lending in the corporate loan market by examining the performance of individual loans held by CLOs. We employ two different datasets that identify loan holdings for a large set of CLOs and find that adverse selection... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016. Lauren H. Cohen : Set the All-Time World Record in the Squat in the 165 lb. drug-tested division of the United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) with a squat of 583 lbs in December 2016.... View Details
- 20 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism
resources—people, innovation, traction, money, and execution—business is the most powerful force for change on the global stage right now. No other set of institutions—not religious organizations, not the nation-state, not individual... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy Koehn
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
backlash from sectors exposed to increasing foreign competition. Here, too, pressure has been rising but so far there is "no significant intensification of trade or investment restrictions" (WTO/OECD/ UNCTAD, 2010). Another set... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
men tend to favor competitive settings more than women do, which may contribute to the gender gap in the high-stakes senior ranks of a company. Ideally, sponsorships would result in more women entering the competitive pool, which would... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
which a Nash equilibrium exists while the set of Nash equilibria coincides with the solutions of the system of first order condition equations, a property of essential importance to empirical studies. This condition specifies that in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
installments are 11 percent less likely to be missed under the group liability setting in comparison with individual liability. In addition, compulsory savings deposits are 20 percent less likely to be missed under group liability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2007
- Working Paper
A Taste For Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption
By: Anita Elberse
Because online retailers are often able to provide products in a more cost-efficient manner than bricks-and-mortar stores, online channels are characterized by a vast assortment of products. Proponents of the "long tail" principle recently argued that the demand for... View Details
- 05 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors
varied the set of customers or consumers being studied were in other ways. It was as if we had identified a secret code of thought. The seven deep metaphors discussed in Marketing Metaphoria are those appearing most often across a variety... View Details
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
that are ready to apply. With every minute of learning, my company was better off and was setting a course for success. Andrzej Buks Vice President at Dakota Guardian Trust Assess opportunities and learn how to better determine what... View Details
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
discovery—talking with customers and understanding what you need to get to product market fit or grow adoption—then these priorities set the hiring agenda. For example, if you’re realizing that your onboarding process is too complicated,... View Details
- 23 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming Nervous Nelly
making bad choices that may harm us. "If people know that everyone feels anxious a lot—including themselves—then they can be more self-aware and able to do things that are likely to improve their decision-making," says Brooks.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
corrective action. Is there any way to find out earlier whether you're on the right track? There is indeed. The trick, we believe, is to periodically assess the decision-making process, even as it is under way. Scholars now have considerable evidence showing that a... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto