probability - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success

regularly change what you make and sell, and probably how you make and sell it. You must be nimble and, as certain lines of business wane, be able to identify growth opportunities in and out of the core industry and pursue them in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Basics of Consumer Marketing in Asia

of BBK's products return questionnaires, enabling the company to collect some data. Mikitani said that in Japan, he and his partner probably visited 1,000 stores to get ten to sign up to use his site. Marketing to consumers also took... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

trade-off between competitive price discovery and convenience. Evidence from eBay fits the theory: auctions are favored by less experienced sellers and for idiosyncratic products, and auction listings sell at a discount but with higher View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

these vaccines. Kost: How can regulators maintain confidence in the drug review process, especially during such a politically polarized time? Cohen: That is probably the hardest question. I don't know the right answer. They’re between a... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

06 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School

stories that the School probably isn't very proud of. But it's all part of our history, and hopefully our future is going to be better than our past." "you're A Shining Light" The authors conducted some 60 interviews for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model

children from Pakistan. It's probably one of the nicest things anyone could have done to repair Indo-Pak relations and reduce the possibility of nuclear war. He has done it beautifully. He has a colleague stationed at the border, and the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

Act, which was passed by Congress in 2010, created a mechanism to deal with many of them, alongside Basel III the most recent iteration in global banking regulations. Important details of both are still being hammered out. The most progress has View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

measures used by banks, insurance companies, and asset management pools to describe the risk differences among assets. It measures how much the asset value could decline within a specified future time period and within a certain View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

02 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Health Care Research and Prospects

well subscribed program. We're now looking into the possibility of launching an executive education program for physicians, physician leaders of health care providers. Q: Do the faculty members in the initiative have backgrounds or interests in health care? A: That's... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Health

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

"talking past each other" manifests itself in many ways. Q: Can outsiders bring enough pressure to create political and social change in China? A: Outside pressure can be a useful catalyst, but probably more so when used to feed... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

requires about the same amount of work as a small deal) but Yudkoff isn't convinced that the economies of scale would work that simply. And so, we later find out (though the case is silent on this), he sticks to the original plan for a $1 billion fund, despite the fact... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

21 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store

shoppers modify their behavior to take advantage of reward or loyalty deals. How do behaviors such as cherry-picking and stockpiling play into the equation? A: When we looked at this data, we didn't see much of a stockpiling effect. Worst customers View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Retail

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

women who apply to them; they assume that all schools and all applicants are basically the same. In fact, business schools are quite different from each other, and Harvard probably is even more different than others. So at one level,... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

Almost all our students are capable of being entrepreneurs. Still, even if people have innate musical talent, you can't necessarily teach them to become Beethoven. But if they have that innate talent, then they probably would still... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

Internet's immediacy and wealth of information to educate and advise the consumer. "It all adds up to a real boon for consumers," he notes. "At our Web site, for example, we have posted financial planning information that not so long ago View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

segmented. "Small business" probably isn't right, and "industry vertical" probably isn't right. We have to figure out what jobs the customers are trying to get done, and then design... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

05 Sep 2000
What Do You Think?

Whither the Information Economy?

founder of Napster, would probably agree with the assertion. While Harlan Cleveland foresaw the dimensions of the Information Economy, what he may have underestimated was the ease with which information, proprietary or not, could be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

Ceilings, Floors, and Imperfect Calibration Authors:F. Gino, Z. S. Sharek, and D. A. Moore Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract Prior research has claimed that people exaggerate View Details