Decision Trees - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

assessments for 462 of 774 occupations, or a rate of 60 percent. (As an aside, few, if any, of the students knew of Blinder's original study, and none were given access to the decision tree he used in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209021 Clifford Chance: Repotting the Tree Harvard Business School Case 207-073 Clifford Chance, LLP, a global law firm headquartered in London, needs to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

our bets, or buying insurance, or educating ourselves about the risks so that we can make better-informed decisions in the future. We use these approaches because they work. And in dealing with climate change we would have more sensible... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt; Energy; Utilities

03 May 2016
First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

tender offer and the urging of several activist investors and sold their firm to the smaller Dollar Tree chain. Dreiling could not help but revisit some of the key decisions he and the rest of the board had... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 May 2016
What Do You Think?

What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?

Show!’ Partner with a toy company and there could be a Boaty under every tree this Christmas and a Boaty Book explaining his or her research mission.’ Others were less enthusiastic. Darmody1 reminded us that, “it’s important to consider... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

petitions, and gifts from desperate fans begging for the renewal of their favorite shows—had filled the empty slots. The final decision was the toughest: although four popular shows were still in contention—Everwood, One View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

The distinguishing characteristic of the giants of enterprise is that they live in the future. And the future for them is not some fantasy world where trees grow in the sky. It is real—it has a concrete existence in their minds. Why?... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

25 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 25

the weakening of democratic governance and the politics of decisions about industrial policy. Publisher's link: http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-05631-9.html August 2013 Research Policy Digital Dark Matter and the Economic... View Details