Derivatives - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Jul 2015
Blog Post

3 Things Women Need to Know About Business School

career building activities. For me personally, the biggest benefits I’ve derived from the WSA have been social; I’ve loved meeting highly intelligent, fun, friendly women who share similar career ambitions. As a member of the WSA board, I... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Short Takes

catalyst for new ideas. "The creativity necessary [for] innovation derives not only from the obvious, visible expertise but from invisible reservoirs of experience," they write. Such reservoirs, they note, are particularly helpful in... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

connections, confidence, and cognition due to their work experiences at a particular employer. Career imprints are associated with particular organizations; they derive from patterns in the career experiences that people share as a result... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

26 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?

When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology

Profile

Lisa Cousins

someone else apply something I taught them! How has HBS helped you make an impact? My leadership purpose, "to enable others to experience things they never thought were possible", is derived not only from my passion for the... View Details

Keywords: Services; Entertainment / Media

12 May 2015
Blog Post

"Every Day at HBS is a Gift"

method derives most of its value from learning from your peers The general management curriculum means almost everyone is going to have at least one class they find easy and at least one class they struggle with, so there’s an incentive... View Details

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

banks, manipulated LIBOR to gain profits and/or limit losses from derivative trades. In addition, between 2007 and 2009 the firm had made dishonestly low LIBOR submission rates to dampen market speculation and negative media comments... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

and probabilistic delayed observation of agents' types. I derive conditions in which an advertising principal can set its payment delay to deter rogue agents and to attract solely or primarily good-type agents. Through the savings from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 1998
News

Running Up the Score

Dodgers will give us the capability and flexibility to build related businesses and programming," Carey says. The sports franchise, he elaborates, will furnish the stimulus and content for derivative ventures such as TV stations, a cable... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

29 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Global Change in the Built Environment

to understand the relationships to our industry. Clearly our trade relationship with China is having a profound impact on where and how we do our business. The new real estate derivatives business, which is just emerging, could completely... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur Segel; Construction; Real Estate

Profile

Brett Laffel

forward to being able to give back, after receiving so, so much from giving career advice, connecting one person to another and teaching others things I have learned (both classroom and non-classroom related). Independent of what I end up doing long-term, I want to be... View Details

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries

entrepreneurship, with special advantages for excelling in certain industries. “It does generally cast a favorable light on a more accommodating immigration policy, showing that the US economy derives extra benefits from this,” says Kerr,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Transportation; Beauty & Cosmetics; Retail

05 Jan 2011
Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

have come to grips with the many ethical considerations in working with stem cells derived from embryos that were created during IVF procedures and were destined to be destroyed before the donors agreed they could be used for research.... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical

03 Mar 2014
Blog Post

Align Your Social Media and Recruiting Strategies

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. These platforms should be regularly used to push out new products, services or research being derived from your organization. Ask your followers what they think about your new product or service and allow... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Beacon of Liberty

replace “power-less and lost” with “hopeful and optimistic.” I want the New York skyline to once more inspire dreams of the possible, not echoes of the past. I want to come home again. — Sharjeel Kashmir (PLDA 4, 2007) works on banking strategy and financial View Details

Keywords: Sharjeel Kashmir; Islam; 9/11

15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

Working Papers Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements By: Schmidt, William, and Ryan W. Buell Abstract—We examine how people make decisions when the value they derive from those decisions... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Feb 2005
What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

decision making based on probabilities derived from very small samples of data. The Bayesians in some ways freed decision makers from the burden and expenses (in terms of money, but especially in terms of time) of large-sample information... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Feb 2001
News

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

corrupt and criminal money from around the world. That's correct. Approximately half of that sum is generated by violent criminal activity, such as organized trafficking in drugs, weapons, or people. The other half is illegal flight capital — tax-evading money View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

optimal government debt maturity in a model where investors derive monetary services from holding riskless short-term securities. In a simple setting where the government is the only issuer of such riskless paper, it trades off the... View Details