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  • 22 Apr 2015
  • Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

Greek companies to simulate growth in the economy, another mechanism to do this could have been foreign direct investment (FDI). Again, the news was not good, with no positive trends shown. Only the Greek government is to blame for this... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 19 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

of the two. The company can also buy from the spot market. The students use a spreadsheet model with Monte Carlo simulation to analyze the contracting options. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/613065-PDF-ENG J.C. Penney's 'Fair... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

Japanese policy were not successful, and the poor results elsewhere in the world are not surprising. We also point out in the book, however, some areas where Japanese policy was truly innovative like high standards for energy efficiency and policies to View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

using simulated reinforcement learning agents, we find that both in settings where subjects are given complete information about auction payoff rules and in settings where they are given no information about auction payoff rules, subjects... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Demo Day | New Venture Competition

Playlish offers an AI-powered voice tutor inside a pocket-sized English environment. Through real-life simulation games, interactive tasks, and real-time feedback, it helps learners build confidence and communication skills, unlocking... View Details
  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

dominance, with income. Given familiar functional form assumptions on utility and the distributions of ability and preferences, a simple statistic for the effect of preference heterogeneity on marginal tax rates is derived. Numerical View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater

cheap and rapid iteration as cheap and rapid experimentation. The ability to run experiments cheaply and quickly is an important benefit when the cost of iteration is low. Simulation technologies, for example, allow automakers to run... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
  • 05 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 5, 2016

costs and simulate counterfactuals under alternative feedback policies. The results suggest that feedback on net increases the number of high-quality ideas produced and may thus be desirable for a principal seeking innovation. Download... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 21 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 21

ability distributions as endogenous to current taxes. We model this endogeneity, calibrate the model to match estimates of the intergenerational transmission of earnings ability in the United States, and use the model to simulate optimal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

reverberate through a supply chain, causing huge swings of inventory and production levels. That's a difficult idea for a faculty member to convey at the blackboard. This year, we used our wireless network to run a simulation exercise,... View Details
  • Web

Finalists | New Venture Competition

over 30 million patients Playlish Assel Amangeldi (EdM 2025) Ranjitsinh Disale (EdM 2025) Luis Gaitan (EdM 2025) Husain Rasheed Engaging kids in Kazakhstan with an AI-driven simulation game that makes learning English fun Remarcation... View Details
  • 04 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 4, 2016

housing policy. Our counterfactual simulations estimate that relaxing GSE eligibility requirements would have significantly increased refinancing activity in response to QE1, including a 20% increase in equity extraction by households.... View Details
  • 23 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

provide software developers in sectors ranging from video games to engineering simulation with training, tools, and support for application development tailored to exploit the unique capabilities of NVIDIA graphics processors.21 NVIDIA... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
  • 18 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

multiple categories would be better served by offering online product discounts to their most frequent customers. "Our results suggest that that's a safer and in the end more profitable way for the firm to reward loyal shoppers." Ngwe and Chen also used the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail
  • 23 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 23

year gains. We evaluate the performance of all policies under consideration using the same statistical and simulation tools and data as the U.S. policymakers use. Other case studies perform a sensitivity analysis (for instance,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 25

simulation tools and data as the U.S. policymakers use. Other case studies perform a sensitivity analysis (for instance, demonstrating that the increase in extra life year gains by relaxing certain fairness constraints can be as high as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006

Ricardo Software Harvard Business School Case 607-019 Engineer John Harrison must determine why motorcycle racer Marco Presto does not feel that his motorcycle is providing enough power as it comes out of corners. Harrison uses engine View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

companies and entrepreneurs. Q: What sorts of hurdles remain? A: One challenge is general distrust in the approach. PRT is complicated—numerous small vehicles rather than a few large vehicles, computer control in place of drivers. View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation
  • 13 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

practicing harder and working harder. (The example was shared of the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team, which has its starters practice not against five other players, but against eight, to simulate the most difficult... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
  • Web

Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA - Course Catalog

reactions and what you would do – not to judge what they did. Weekly Exercises. Most weeks you will have exercises that accompany the readings to learn more about you, whether it’s looking back at your past, or tracking how you spend your time, or playing a life View Details