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  • Research Summary

A Consistent Weighted Ranking Scheme with an Application to NCAA College Football Rankings (with Chaim Fershtman and Neil Gandal)

The NCAA college football ratings, in which the so-called national champion is determined, has been plagued by controversies the last few years. The difficulty arises because there is a need to make a complete ranking of teams even though each team has a different... View Details
  • August 2024
  • Article

Partisans neither Expect nor Receive Reputational Rewards for Sharing Falsehoods over Truth Online.

By: Isaias Ghezae, Jillian J. Jordan, Izzy Gainsburg, Mohsen Mosleh, Gordon Pennycook, Robb Willer and David Rand
A frequently invoked explanation for the sharing of false over true political information is that partisans are motivated by their reputations. In particular, it is often argued that by indiscriminately sharing news that is favorable to one’s political party,... View Details
Keywords: Political Ideology; Reputation; Communication Intention and Meaning; Social Media; News
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  • March 2022 (Revised July 2022)
  • Case

Nexleaf Analytics: Saving the World Using the Internet of Things

By: Frank Nagle
In 2019, a decade after co-founding Nexleaf Analytics, CEO Nithya Ramanathan faced an important decision that would impact the ability of the small, but growing, not-for-profit organization to thrive for another decade. Their sensor technologies and big data analytics... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Strategy; Patents; Expansion; Information Technology; Health Industry; Information Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry
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Analyzing Scrip Systems

By: Kris Johnson, David Simchi-Levi and Peng Sun
Scrip systems provide a nonmonetary trade economy for exchange of resources. We model a scrip system as a stochastic game and study system design issues on selection rules to match potential trade partners over time. We show the optimality of one particular rule in... View Details
Keywords: ＂Repeated Games＂; Stochastic Trust Game; Dynamic Program; P2P Lending; Scrip Systems; Artificial Currency; Non-monetary Trade Economies; Marketplace Matching; Currency; Operations; Game Theory
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Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

condition. In primary and preventative care, value is created for segments of the population with similar needs. Ultimately, the medical condition becomes the unit of value creation and the focus of measurement in a value-based delivery... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

The Imposter Among Us

requirements were short, simple, and easy to understand and measure. I experienced a similar challenge later when I assumed the role of CEO of a German startup. I tried to leverage what I brought to the table that was unique, and let the... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • Research Summary

Multinationals and Linkages: an Empirical Investigation (joint with Andres Rodriguez-Clare)

By: Laura Alfaro
Several recent papers have used plant-level data and panel econometric techniques to carefully explore the existence FDI externalities. One conclusion that emerges from this literature is that it is difficult to find evidence of positive externalities from... View Details
  • 2012
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The Excess Burden of Government Indecision

By: Francisco J. Gomes, Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Luis M. Viceira
Governments are known for procrastinating when it comes to resolving painful policy problems. Whatever the political motives for waiting to decide, procrastination distorts economic decisions relative to what would arise with early policy resolution. In so doing, it... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Retirement; Policy; Government and Politics
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  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Earnings Management from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives Below the CEO

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Julie Wulf
Performance-based pay is an important instrument to align the interests of managers with the interests of shareholders. However, recent evidence suggests that high-powered incentives also provide managers with incentives to manipulate the firm's reported earnings. The... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Interests; Business and Shareholder Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Earnings Management; Performance Evaluation; Stock Options
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  • May 2009 (Revised October 2009)
  • Case

Newton-Wellesley Hospital

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Natalie Kindred
How will Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) preserve its private practice tradition while remaining effective and competitive in a healthcare industry demanding increasing integration between physicians and hospitals? This is the decision facing Newton-Wellesley Hospital... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Profit; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Health Industry; Massachusetts
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  • July 2008
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Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream'

By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
We observe that countries where belief in the "American dream" (i.e., effort pays) prevails also set harsher punishment for criminals. We know that beliefs are also correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc). Our objective... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Economic Systems; Values and Beliefs; Law Enforcement; Mathematical Methods; Personal Characteristics; United States
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  • 12 Apr 2022
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Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 18 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

more likely to report being willing to take on non-promotable tasks—those activities that support the organization but are typically not rewarded. While more research is needed, Coffman speculates that differences in status and power may contribute to these gaps, View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

Finance - Faculty & Research

congressional bill proposals over decades of policy debate. Using a novel natural experiment and Census-Bureau microdata, we inform this debate. Comparing observably similar firms within a Delaware-adjacent state, we show that physical... View Details
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Profiles - MBA

address similar challenges in other industries. Professional goals: My goal is to develop innovative technology that addresses critical gaps in accessibility and affordability across various industries, with a focus on consumer... View Details
  • 30 Jun 2022
  • HBS Case

Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

off by the original products’ cost. In August 2021, the company dropped the original bike’s price to $1,495; the treadmill that was still on the market cost $2,495, with a similar name but not the higher price of its recalled sister... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle
  • Portrait Project

Vi Mai

ability to adapt, learn, and grow, even in the face of tremendous adversity. When I speak in public, I remember that ignorant remark about my English. However, I also remember the hard work and dedication that have brought me to where I am today. Rather than dimming my... View Details
  • 22 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

large as you might think.” Both traditional and impact investors had similar portfolio sizes, with roughly 24 companies with 31 investments each, and had operated for about a decade on average. Impact investor deals averaged about $5... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 10 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back

series of experiments led by Harvard Business School Associate Professor Christine Exley show that people generally view women as more generous and equality-minded than men—but actually, men and women have similar behaviors and beliefs... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • 03 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

similarities in the uprisings that have gripped the region, every country is unique. The histories, perspectives, and needs of people across the region differ, and we need to tailor our approach country by country. For example, too strong... View Details
Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities