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  • 01 Sep 2017
  • News

Starting Lineup: Power Plays

MORE Folsom Labs’ Paul Grana on what it means to live a “quantified” life on the Skydeck podcast MORE Folsom Labs’ Paul Grana on what it means to live a “quantified” life on the Skydeck podcast Illustrations... View Details
Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

achieve actionable transparency by embedding their design in a centralized system with a shared design language and near-real-time updating, where everyone with an interest in improving the design has the right and the means to act on it.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

Abstract—Although documenting everyday activities may seem trivial, four studies reveal that creating records of the present generates unexpected benefits by allowing future rediscoveries. In Study 1, we use a "time capsule"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

A Case for Coffee

Another highlight of the trip was a stimulating case discussion on coffee production led by two local alumni, Thomas Dixon (MBA ’88) and Tim Piper (MBA ’88). Dixon and Piper both work for the Tanzania arm of TechnoServe, a global... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • June 2008
  • Article

Current State of Fellowship Hiring: Is a Universal Match Necessary? Is It Possible?

By: Christopher D. Harner, Anil S. Ranawat, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, Peter J. Stern, Shepard R. Hurwitz, William Levine, G. Paul DeRosa and Serena S. Hu
Currently, approximately ninety percent of the six hundred twenty graduating orthopaedic residents are planning on entering a post-graduate fellowship. Since January of 2005, two of the largest fellowship match programs, Sports Medicine and Spine Surgery, were... View Details
Keywords: Medical Specialties; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Employment; Market Timing; Marketplace Matching; Health Industry
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  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

Regulation By: Drake, David, Paul R. Kleindorfer, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove Abstract—We study the impact of emissions tax and emissions cap-and-trade regulation on a firm's technology choice and capacity decisions. We show that emissions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • News

Sailing lessons give disabled children and adults greater life skills

A freak accident at age 21 left Paul Callahan (MBA 1992) a quadriplegic. It was a moment that led him, ultimately, to cast off from a career in wealth management at Goldman Sachs to take the helm of Sail to Prevail, a nonprofit that helps... View Details
  • 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50763 Finding Excuses to Decline the Ask By: Exley, Christine L., and Ragan Petrie Abstract—A growing body of empirical evidence documents a reluctance to give. Individuals avoid donation asks, and... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19

Electronic Monitoring Authors:Di Tella, Rafael, and Ernesto Schargrodsky Publication:Journal of Political Economy Abstract We study criminal recidivism in Argentina by focusing on the re-arrest rates of two groups: individuals released... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

Understanding Ordinary Unethical Behavior: Why People Who Value Morality Act Immorally By: Gino, F. Abstract—Cheating, deception, organizational misconduct, and many other forms of unethical behavior are among the greatest challenges in today's society. As regularly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2020 (Revised June 2023)
  • Case

EyeControl: Inspiring Communication

By: Paul A. Gompers and Danielle Golan
Eye-controlled communication device startup EyeControl was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2016 by cofounders with a shared personal connection to locked-in syndrome—a neurological disorder that left sufferers cognitively sound, yet paralyzed, with the exception of eye... View Details
Keywords: Health Disorders; Communication Technology; Business Startups; Expansion; Finance; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Every Gift Counts

Perry Driggs reached out to every member of the class, ensuring that the class’s support will have a lasting impact on global activities and other key needs at the School. Class of 1991 The 20th Reunion gift campaign, led by Paige... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

authority. This three-level structure closely parallels that of all organized team sports. The play on the field is like the markets of capitalism, and the actions of the players are regulated by referees who enforce a set of rules... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

http://hbr.org/2011/05/column-the-hollow-science/ar/1 Effective Managers Say the Same Thing Twice (or More) Authors:Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract How do effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

A Measured Approach

machine learning model, which enabled the organization to locate between 50 and 200 percent more out-of-school children for no additional cost. “That’s the sort of success case that gets us really excited, where we can unlock so much impact View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

(Study 1). Product priming also increases the speed with which product-relevant individuals come to mind (Study 2). In Study 3, consumers felt subjectively closer to networks primed by specific products, and this felt closeness predicted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Nov 2019
  • News

From the Ground Up

Paul Phillips (MBA 2003) is cofounder of Kai-Viti Water, which bottles and sells artesian water from the Fiji Islands. In this interview he talks about the company’s policy of dedicating profits from the company to support basic education... View Details
Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 15 Apr 2021
  • News

Bringing Light to the Fight

expectations for myself,” she says. Smyth continued her work with the foundation when she left the corporate world to run her own businesses, together with her husband, Paul Lockey (MBA 1984), and when she moved into governance. She... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Unexpected Advice from Am Ex’s Chenault

Chenault and Dean Jay Light at Class Day ceremonies. Photos by Stuart Cahill Of all the attributes tomorrow’s leaders will need to manage through good times and bad, one took center stage in American Express chairman and CEO Kenneth... View Details
Keywords: commencement; speech; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services