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  • 06 May 2021
  • HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

other American cities as well. Too many people were left out and left behind, despite their grit and determination,” says Kanter, who cowrote the case with HBS Research Associate Joyce Kim. Miami’s gender and race roadblocks Miami, once... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
  • January 2010
  • Journal Article

A Choice Prediction Competition: Choices from Experience and from Description

By: Ido Erev, Eyal Ert, Alvin E. Roth, Ernan E. Haruvy, Stefan Herzog, Robin Hau, Ralph Hertwig, Terrence Steward, Robert West and Christian Lebiere
Erev, Ert, and Roth organized three choice prediction competitions focused on three related choice tasks: one-shot decisions from description (decisions under risk), one-shot decisions from experience, and repeated decisions from experience. Each competition was based... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Mathematical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition
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  • 15 May 2017
  • Sharpening Your Skills

The Promises and Limitations of Big Data

Source: peterhowell Although many people claim we have entered the era of big data, research firms tell us that most collected information is never used. It sits uncleaned, unanalyzed, unused in databases.  But when data analytics is used... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Utilities; Public Administration; Health
  • Fast Answer

VCPE Database Comparison

padding-left:1px; border-top:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black">Yes, but not all research included in subscription.  (No Market... View Details
  • 10 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

Knitting together a workforce with diverse backgrounds, cultures, and other demographic differences is challenging even for experienced managers, who must socialize those employees into the organization and also help them form new work identities. Sometimes, concludes... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • Web

Connell House | About

Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1968. In 2003, Dean Kim B. Clark rededicated the building in honor of the late William F. Connell (MBA 1963), whose family’s gift helped establish the HBS Leadership Initiative, a catalyst for cutting-edge View Details
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

David Tunnell (MBA 1997) David Tunnell (MBA 1997) is a longtime advocate of crossing traditional academic boundaries at Harvard. For his Harvard College senior thesis on efficient markets, the economics major conducted most of his View Details
  • 14 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

the city an opportunity to rebuild its low-performing public school system. What led you to do this research and teach case studies on this subject? Stacey Childress: I developed and teach an MBA elective course at HBS called... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • November 2002
  • Compilation

Four Principles of Biomedical Ethics: Definitions and Examples

By: Sandra J. Sucher
Introduces four principles of biomedical ethics, excerpted from Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress (Oxford University Press, 2001). The principles provide a conceptual framework for the analysis and resolution of moral problems... View Details
Keywords: Framework; Moral Sensibility; Health Care and Treatment; Distribution; Problems and Challenges; Research; Emotions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

From Big Pharma to Startup

RapidSOS safety agents, 911, and first responders globally Trove Health—gathers an individual’s medical records to enable them to earn passive income by choosing what records they want to contribute to medical research Vaxess—transforms... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

briefcase nearby is a reminder of his prodigious capacity for work. "I'm currently dealing with five projects simultaneously," he explains. "I carry a part of each one in my bag, so that I can go back and forth between them." Porter's schedule outside of View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
  • Web

HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

Unrestricted 8% Other 7% Special Initiatives 6% Research 5% Building Operations Consistent with the long-term goal of preserving the value of the endowment in real terms (after inflation) and generating a predictable stream of available... View Details
  • 13 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

require. “Without a soul, without human insight, the capabilities of the machine will be limited,” a group of 13 marketing scholars write in their working paper, Soul and Machine (Learning), which takes a high-level view of the present and future role of machine... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 17 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

challenge the idea that it was colonial institutions that sent Brazil, a civil law country, down a particular path of corporate governance and finance. Detailed archival research reveals significantly different patterns of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Tsedal Neeley | About

Tsedal Neeley Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research Unit Organizational Behavior Contact Phone Bio Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

Harvard Business School's Francesca Gino cites findings from her own research studies and those of her colleagues in her book Sidetracked, to warn us of three types of forces that derail our decisions: forces coming from within, from our... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 16 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

discuss her research and the enduring power of Adam Smith's ideas. Ann Cullen: How did you and your coauthors come to be interested in this lesser known publication of Adam Smith? Nava Ashraf: Several years ago while taking a graduate... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • Web

Valerie Porciello | About

Valerie Porciello Bio Valerie Porciello is Executive Director of the Division of Research and Faculty Development at Harvard Business School and a member of the School's executive leadership team. Valerie joined Harvard Business School to... View Details
  • 2006
  • Article

Capital Budgeting: The Role of Cost Allocations

By: Ian D. Gow and Stefan Reichelstein
A common issue for firms is how to allocate capital resources to various investment alternatives. An extensive and long-standing literature in finance has examined various aspects of capital budgeting, including capital constraints, the determination of discount rates,... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Resource Allocation; Performance Evaluation; Cost Management; Research; Investment; Cash Flow; Risk Management; Performance Capacity
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  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics

Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information