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- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
delivers perfect results in equilibrium. This result stems from the fact that a sender's willingness to invest in improving the precision of their messages can itself serve as a signal. Interestingly, the content of the messages is ignored by the receiver in such a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
The flight had been arranged by secret military cable. An elaborate code of flares and signal fires was agreed upon, and the US Army Air Force’s 52d Fighter Group staged a midair diversion over the Adriatic Sea. But these attempts at... View Details
- 28 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Duolingo
that phone screens were not giving us a signal if candidates would be successful at the actual work at hand,” Shehata said. “For many candidates, this is their first real go at Product Management because we get students who have come from... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 20 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019
offer need-based financial aid that considerably reduces the price of our program. Read More>>> The Life and Role of a CEO Everything the CEO does is visible, and therefore requires an awareness around the potential signals his... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
that he hoped would send a strong signal about the changes he meant to introduce. Little did he realize that he had sent several other powerful signals as well. Word of his order spread like wildfire. The... View Details
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
effectively. But it’s not about gaming the system, emphasizes Huang—startups need to make sure that they have both the quantitative analysis to back up their idea and the “soft” factors that can appeal to investors. Depending on the View Details
- 23 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
geography, and to make that decision she turned the thought process inward. “Initially I thought that I would like to have experience working in the US over the summer since in Africa having US work experience is celebrated and has a View Details
- Blog
Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs
Datar, Tarun Khanna, and Rob Huckman were all on board. With the all-clear signal given, teams across Executive Education, Dining and Custodial Services, and Operations sprang into action. Details that had not been considered, much less... View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
behavior. A price signal would be a silver bullet that would drive that change.” Jacobs did have answers for some of the risk issues, at least in the global north. He said his company has a decade of proven success in de-risking climate... View Details
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006
overall competitiveness, the report identifies national competitive strengths and weaknesses, highlights global economic trends, and signals the ingredients of successful economic development. The Index is part of the research... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
such small details, anyway? “Observable social behaviors are signals of our competence,” she said simply. “I want you to be your best self: assertive, yet deferential and polite.” After Smith’s presentation I overheard a few skeptical... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
between the firm and an outside investor. A common assumption in the signaling game literature is that beliefs among the participants in the game are refined using the Intuitive Criterion refinement. Our experimental results provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Spring greetings to all HBS alumni! The arrival of April signals the start of intense planning for spring events at HBS. The MBA spring reunions are fast approaching, and plans for the annual Club Officers Roundtable and spring Alumni... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
their demand for a risky asset by weighing two signals: an average of the asset’s past price changes and the asset’s degree of overvaluation. The two signals are in conflict, and investors “waver” over time in the relative weight they put... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
arbitration panels to signals that corruption or incompetency might have been involved in the original negotiations or subsequent renegotiations of agreements that gave rise to disputes. There are other reasons for reaction, but they pose... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
e-mails. But the message takes hold only if he or she also signals a dislike of disruptive, divisive behaviors by pointedly—and, if necessary, publicly—criticizing them. At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the chiefs of medicine,... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
Looking ahead, the authors investigate two possible scenarios for the unfolding of the digital revolution, each stemming from a different well-established medium. Television, they point out, is belatedly attempting to enter the digital age. Transmission of digital... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
livelihood generation. But the people who were nominated by their community as high-growth entrepreneurs had a 25 percent monthly return on investment, and the people who weren’t nominated averaged no return at all. That was our first View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Turning a Moment into a Movement
to signal their support by sharing and endorsing the challenge. To date, 75 organizations have signed on, including NASDAQ, NYSE, Uber, United Airlines, Merck, and Starbucks. Of these, one-third did not yet have any Black directors and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
Because you may be competent and compatible, but if you don’t send signals that you are committed, your manager could worry that you will quit. Or you may be compatible and committed, but if you can’t do the job, none of that matters. Ng... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo