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  • 13 May 2008
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First Look: May 13, 2008

  Working PapersSome Neglected Axioms in Fair Division Author:John W. Pratt Abstract Conditions one might impose on fair allocation procedures are introduced. Nondiscrimination requires that agents share an item in proportion to their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

can affect the set of stable equilibrium outcomes. Consequently, agents may be incentivized to modify the set of contracts upfront. We consider one simple way in which agents may do so: unilateral bundling,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Chinese Competition and Emerging Technologies - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Other factors hastened Heard & Co.’s decline, including the misappropriation of funds by the house’s agent Everett & Co. The firm also found it difficult to recover from its extravagant ways. “The prosperity of the past had initiated a... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

cattle ranching. To learn the value of his crop, a farmer could turn on the radio for regular market updates from commodity exchanges. But prices of the seeds and chemical fertilizer used to grow those crops were not listed anywhere; a farmer had to ask the View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
  • 28 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

bankrupt. Consequently many of the plaintiffs turned their attention to Walmart and sued the retailer as a causal agent in the deaths and injuries. Given that more than one party was involved in Walmart's sale of unsafe gas cans, who is... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Rebel with a Cause

environmental activist and ran for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (he lost). HBS attracted Massie after he realized that business could be a powerful agent for shaping public policy and creating social good, “the most potent force... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; social activism; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
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Clarissa Quintanilla

MBA/MPP degree through HBS and HKS. “The Kennedy School makes so many resources available beyond the classroom,” says Clarissa. “We get amazing speakers all the time.” In addition, Clarissa is part of a Change Agents Now (CAN) group with... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

Making a Difference

All six of these alumni change agents identified a problem and set out to fix it. Their examples illuminate a path for others to follow. What’s That Funny Graphic? You’ll notice something new in this issue — small, strange-looking square... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta
  • Web

Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen - Coin and Conscience

by N. Smith, June 10, 1793. 22.5 x 17.5 cm F gb4 x Gresham is known as the founder of the Royal Exchange and of Gresham College, London. As the royal financial agent in Antwerp, he was shrewd in discharging the debts of the crown, and... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2021
  • News

Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations

McCray, who sees herself as an agent of change, was most interested in policy solutions. When one classmate proposed dispersing reparations in the form of college scholarships, McCray voiced concern about overlooking those who don’t... View Details
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

spillovers. We conduct a field experiment in which agents recruited by a public health organization to sell condoms are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group are hired as volunteers,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

PublicationsMediators in Position Auctions Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Dov Monderer, and Moshe Tennenholtz Publication:Games and Economic Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract A mediator is a reliable entity, which can play on behalf of agents in a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Oct 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

further thought: "Does increasing transparency and visibility of the ratios help increase the ability for shareholders and boards to make better choices?" He commented, "One of the best agents to advocate for the right... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 21 Mar 2016
  • Blog Post

MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business

time I was particularly curious about a different set of issues: How can you use business as an agent for change in developing economies? How do you transform a local business to become a global player? And more fundamentally, how do you... View Details
  • 14 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team

are treated as free agents who can take their top performance to work for the highest bidder. Our study debunks that myth. Star analysts rely a lot on the quality of the colleagues that their organization provides to sustain top... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 20 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

issues. In short, it posits that when hired managers, or "agents," are faced with a conflict between their organization's best interests and their personal best interests, the agents will choose the latter. Therefore, the owners... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology
  • 07 Mar 2014
  • Blog Post

Let’s Go! Highlights from the Dynamic Women in Business Conference

could unfold in the future for the students in the audience. A definite and proud highlight was our first-ever Manbassador panel, which discussed how to build change agents for gender equality within the workplace. Adhering to the theme... View Details
  • 27 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Should I Pay the Bribe?

around the topic of extortion. "The Shakedown" looks at the conflicts faced by the owner of a software development center in Kiev. Pavlo Zhuk, the U.S.-based co-owner, is notified by his partner that their Kiev office has been visited by Ukraine Tax Authority... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Faculty Books

and become mere purveyors of a product, the MBA, with students treated as consumers. Moral ideals that once inspired business schools have been replaced by the view that managers are merely agents of shareholders, beholden only to the... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

the agents' well-being, with little or no regard for the customer. Audit studies in the Indian life insurance market find evidence supporting the second view: in 60%-80% of visits, agents recommend unsuitable (strictly dominated) products... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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