Decision Rules - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

money-maximizing evaluation procedure. Our findings are compatible with a behavioral model of information processing and with the System 1/System 2 distinction in behavioral decision research where people have two distinct modes of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Michael Rothschild. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1993. * Merton, Robert C. "Optimum Consumption and Portfolio Rules in a Continuous-Time Model." Journal of Economic Theory 3, no. 4 (December 1971): 373-413. ** Merton,... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

authors have helped scale hundreds of hypergrowth Internet sites through their consulting practice. Drawing on their experience, they present 50 clear, proven, and up-to-date scalability rules and practical guidance for applying them.... View Details

26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

incremental change, while also seizing new markets where flexibility, autonomy, and experimentation rule the day. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50401 forthcoming European Economic Review Taxation,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

decision maker. It’s not possible to simply rubber stamp his vision for the city. But he has found the flexibility to insert himself in multiple committees focused on his chief concerns. Yes, as head of investments, he does speak to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Mar 2006
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The Producers

members, and special needs like a prosthetic nose or a trained dog. If the process works, once the pieces are reassembled the film resembles or even improves on the original dream.” Even so, all agree that sometimes the decision of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues

of all professions." A few years later, in 1929, General Electric chairman Owen D. Young ad-dressed the complexities of achieving that goal: "[I]f you ask me to apply the golden rule to a bank rate, I find it amazingly difficult to do."... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money

because corruption had destroyed her hopes for her country and her son’s future. “People in poor countries are not resigned to corruption, they actively despise it,” Baker says. “It is rooted in the weak rule of law, not poverty. Good... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Past Issues - Alumni

what’s next for global business from former GE CEO Jeff Immelt Complete Table of Contents June 2021 Alumni Achievement Awards 2021 Recipients of the School’s highest honor talk about the challenges, decision points, and takeaways that... View Details

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