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- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
time. Optimal Deterrence When Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid in Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract I develop a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic delayed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
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
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
- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup
Bend’s rebranding over its 100-year history, and its Spirit of the Silver Lining Award, which celebrates independent insurance agents for outstanding service to nonprofit organizations in their communities, and includes grant money to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
communicate with and motivate its citizens to make them agents of change to a market-driven economy? —Jaime Fortuño (MBA 1988) MORE Brunell offers an inside look at Myanmar’s historic transition on our new Skydeck podcast MORE Brunell... View Details
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
leverage over a country's government. In the case of the Panama Canal, for example, the United States was concerned enough about maintaining political stability in the country during the construction of the canal to install a fiscal agent... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
databases: ABI/Inform, OneSource, and CareerSearch. This active committee will also survey graduates to understand how they currently use the Alumni Web site. The goal is to design a personal preference software agent that would allow... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
by Dan Morrell Perhaps the biggest free agent target in major league baseball this off-season was 25-year-old Masahiro Tanaka, a pitcher in the Japanese professional league with a devastating split-finger fastball who made international... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
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
- 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
- First Look
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
- 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
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
products. We find that public choices in which participants display their preferences to others encourage feature-seeking behavior, but that the anticipation of having to use a product in front of others provides an incentive to avoid additional features.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Shaila Ittycheria
of life. It is a role that knows no bounds in its application, and HBS is constantly reminding us to never forget that. I never thought I would be empowered and emboldened to be an agent of change based on a mere HBS case... View Details
- Web
IT Strategy: Improving Service to Support Innovation | Information Technology
touchless equipment pick-up and drop-off service. Implemented a Microsoft Bookings calendar for appointment scheduling. This eliminates time-consuming back-and-forth exchanges between TSS agents and customers to look for a mutually... View Details
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Harvard Business School
studies, leadership, innovation, and information technology. Agents of Change: A Review of Thought Leadership on Race and Black Business Leadership at Harvard Business School , an essay by Dr. Laura Morgan Roberts, provides an historical... View Details
- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
in the Midwest, and my mother was a real estate agent who took on other work as money needs arose. They both hoped that I wouldn't have to deal with the financial stresses they had faced. They wanted me to have a nest egg. They hoped I... View Details
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
fulfilled? A: Many managers will express opinions about whether it is possible to hire talent or not, just as many football fans can argue whether signing expensive free agents is likely to improve their teams' prospects. What our work... 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