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  • 2011
  • Article

A Choice Prediction Competition for Social Preferences in Simple Extensive Form Games: An Introduction

By: Eyal Ert, Ido Erev and Alvin E. Roth
Two independent, but related, choice prediction competitions are organized that focus on behavior in simple two-person extensive form games: one focuses on predicting the choices of the first mover and the other on predicting the choices of the second mover. The... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competition; Motivation and Incentives; Game Theory; Fairness
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  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Lesson from the Fall

employees of the chairman and CEO. Ethical Discipline What Skilling and chairman Kenneth Lay failed to understand as leaders is that compliance with espoused ethical and legal standards is an organizational achievement. Or to put it... View Details
Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • 01 Oct 1999
  • News

Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies

HBS assistant professor George Chacko, and HBS doctoral candidate Geoffrey Verter that looked at how risk management theory could be applied to understand a biotech firm's decision to buy call options on its... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52723 forthcoming Management Science A Formal Theory of Strategy By: Van den Steen, Eric J. Abstract—What makes a decision strategic? When is strategy most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

Protection Act of 2006, which mandated in part that employees be automatically enrolled in a pension plan upon hiring and must choose to opt out rather than opt in—Bohnet, Bazerman, and van Geen decided to apply the theory to evaluation... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Ex-Con Talks Ethics with HBS Students

80240ad2c5f43acc66f13dc5e89928ff There’s not much room for theory when Patrick Kuhse talks about business ethics. A successful stockbroker and entrepreneur, Kuhse became an international fugitive after being charged in 1994 with 32 counts... View Details
Keywords: Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
  • 17 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 17

  Working PapersThe First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures Authors:Thomas F. Hellmann and Noam Wasserman Abstract This paper examines the division of founder shares in entrepreneurial ventures, focusing on the decision... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

Value: An Examination of Equity Betas and Bid-Ask Spreads Authors:Edward J. Riedl and George Serafeim Abstract Finance theory suggests that information risk—that is, the uncertainty regarding valuation parameters for an underlying... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

theory of value, the allocation of decision rights, performance measurement, stakeholders, and compensation. Students bring their cumulative understanding of organizations to the final part of the course,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 8, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50668 forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract Abstract We propose and test a catering theory of nominal stock prices. The theory predicts that when investors place higher valuations on low-price firms, managers will maintain... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2011
  • Teaching Note

To Catch a Vandal: A Power and Influence Exercise (TN)

By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Meredith Hodges and Ruwan Tharindu Gunatilake
Teaching Note for 911013. View Details
Keywords: Voting; Theory; Debates; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Power and Influence
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  • 26 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

business strategies. Exercising Moral Courage: A Developmental Agenda Author:Linda Hill Publication:In Moral Leadership: The Theory and Practice of Power, Judgment, and Policy, edited by Deborah L. Rhode. Jossey Bass, 2006 Abstract While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader

relationships and sources of information about what is really going on. As one leader said: "There can be a tendency to say, 'Well, I'll lock myself in the room and I'll come up with a plan.' That is important, but you're not going to View Details
Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins
  • 18 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of individual banks by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 1999
  • News

A Constructive Summer at HBS

going on behind the scenes," notes Angela Crispi (MBA '90), assistant dean, chief planning officer. "We're choosing color palettes and making decisions about furniture, flooring, and lighting fixtures. We're also planning the landscaping... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits

presidential skybox for her research into the entertainment industry's most successful stars and products. Her brand-new book, Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment (Henry Holt), examines the behind-the-scenes View Details
Keywords: Patrick Kirchner; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 26 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 26

Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms Authors:Pargendler, Mariana, Aldo Musacchio, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from a variety of agency and political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 16

Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Oct 2006
  • Op-Ed

Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance

developed an influential body of work about justice, starting from the premise that ignorance might just be bliss. His theories were designed to consider a monumental, if esoteric, question: If you were in charge of the world and had to... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis