Simulations - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

918-044 Stoy Foods: Role Information for Danijela Stoyanovic In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer, or should the family... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2014
News

Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds

business owners in need of strategic planning and competitive analysis. When the team pitched the HourlyNerd model to classmates at FIELD 3’s simulated stock market, which allows peer “investors” to evaluate the business plans, the stock... View Details

Keywords: April White

29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

defaults during a market drop. To measure the systemic impact of this ratchet effect, we simulate the U.S. housing market with and without equity extractions and estimate the losses absorbed by mortgage lenders by valuing the embedded... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News

more advantageous." This trend is so well established that a simulated long-short stock portfolio created by the researchers to take advantage of this fact earned abnormally high returns of up to 101 basis points per month. (In part, the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

06 Dec 2004
What Do You Think?

Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

Article Two years ago I participated in a disaster drill at Southwest Airlines. It was a simulation of a Southwest plane crash at the New Orleans airport. As part of the exercise, I boarded a plane in Dallas with Southwest employees... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2008
News

Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

being. In higher education, historically we’ve been really good at the first aspect, and we’re starting to develop simulations and external activities to take some of this into practice. Where we haven’t been so great is being — having a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2019
News

Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot

McAllister (MBA 1965) KAPOOR: We think these fleets will be a game-changer for people with disabilities. The question is really when that will happen. The challenge is that the vehicles have to learn all the possible scenarios they’ll encounter on the roads, and they... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Scott C. Bolick

twice the 67 days usually needed to complete the arduous battery of simulated combat missions. The ordeal left Bolick 36 pounds lighter than when he started and further weakened by viral infections that required two overnight... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

13 May 2013
Blog Post

3 Projects, 1 Priceless Picture

the Women’s Training team better understand Nike’s position against global competitors and identify gaps or opportunities to consider in their business plan. Working with the group’s Strategic Planner, I also developed a ‘War Games’ activity to provide a View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Sara Roedner

Director of Operations of the 2011 Retail & Luxury Goods Club conference and will be one of the conference vice presidents next year. "Managing panelists, speakers, and vendors simulates the situations I'll meet in various... View Details

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Lindsay Hyde

in a simulated climb of Mt. Everest,” she says. “It was a great way to start the year, to begin thinking about how we want to develop as leaders.” In FIELD 2, Lindsay and her team helped an Indian retailer, Nalli Silk Sarees, develop a... View Details

23 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 23

people to mentally simulate events more extensively. People who considered situations with their eyes closed rather than open judged immoral behaviors as more unethical and moral behaviors as more ethical. In addition, considering... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10

simulated whether DPD or NEAD chains would produce more transplants when chain segment length was limited to three transplants and reported that DPD performed at least as well as NEAD chains. As this contrasts with the experience of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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The Founder Mindset - Course Catalog

writing a founders’ agreement. You’ll learn tactics for dealing with difficult situations, like firing an employee, pivoting your business model, or selling/closing the business. The course supplements case studies and discussions with View Details

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Anthony Martore

In my Technology and Operations Management (TOM) course during the first semester, we stepped outside of the classroom and completed a two-day live simulation resembling a factory assembly line. We organized production groups of eight... View Details

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production

2.5 weeks). Count the petals, are there really 60? Image source: The authors. Five years ago, the brothers started to test the optimal intensity and spectrum of LED lighting on rose cultivation in an experimental site, recognizing that yellow light View Details

02 Jun 2011
News

Serious Fun

The educational power of video games and simulations to teach everyone from fighter pilots to senior managers is well documented. Games, after all, are fun. Our competitive instinct kicks in, and before we know it we’ve lost an hour to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

simulations will guide students to an understanding of the material’s practical applications. Limiting investment in traditional campus infrastructure will make it possible to charge students a competitive tuition fee and still pay... View Details

20 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

statistical simulations to analyze drivers’ work patterns and pay. Their findings suggest that the ability to set one’s own work schedule has a significant impact on quality of life—not just for gig workers, but for everyone—and that that... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology

18 Oct 2021
Blog Post

How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.