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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
as charities. Despite the blurred distinction, all mission-driven start-ups will eventually face a stark choice about which legal structure to adopt, and they need to make it carefully, because it’s hard to undo . Fundraising for... View Details
- December 2009
- Article
Strategy-proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match
By: Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak and Alvin E. Roth
The design of the New York City (NYC) High School match involved tradeoffs among efficiency, stability, and strategy-proofness that raise new theoretical questions. We analyze a model with indifferences—ties—in school preferences. Simulations with field data and the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Secondary Education; Marketplace Matching; Performance Efficiency; Mathematical Methods; Motivation and Incentives; Strategy; Balance and Stability
Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Parag A. Pathak, and Alvin E. Roth. "Strategy-proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match." American Economic Review 99, no. 5 (December 2009). (AER links to access the Appendix and Downloadable Data Set.)
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
says Luca. He also hopes the research will be helpful for college-bound students. “College choice is a fascinating behavioral economics puzzle, and this is one piece,” he says. “Despite the fact that the View Details
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
An old adage says that it's not what you know, it's whom you know. But outsiders can take heart: even for those who don't belong to a high-power social network, there's power in simply keeping track of who went to school with whom.... View Details
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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
technological systems among state railroads began to emerge. Coordination of functions became not a choice but a necessity in order for the railroads to perform even the most basic services of running on time and avoiding catastrophic... View Details
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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
well-known products and companies. Piening’s artful choice of color and fonts and placement of photographs is evident throughout the handsome volume. A variety of photographic treatments elevated the visual impact of images: full-bleed... View Details
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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Baker Library, Harvard Business School (olvwork355024). Russell Aikins. Charging molten pig iron into open hearth, South Chicago Works, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation, 1932. Industrial Life Photograph Collection, Baker Library,... View Details
- 2010
- Other Unpublished Work
Is High School the Right Time to Teach Self-control? The Effect of Financial Education and Mathematics Courses on Savings Behavior
By: Shawn A. Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry
Household financial behavior affects household welfare and the economy at large. Yet our understanding of how to improve financial decisions is limited. Recent literature and policy attention have focused on financial education, for example, in high school. We use... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Financial Management; Secondary Education; Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Finance; Household
Cole, Shawn A., and Gauri Kartini Shastry. "Is High School the Right Time to Teach Self-control? The Effect of Financial Education and Mathematics Courses on Savings Behavior." June 2010.
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Clayton Christensen Has a New Theory
- 25 Apr 2014
- Video
Nan Morrison - Making A Difference
- 08 Nov 2010
- News
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
Isamar Troncoso
Isamar Troncoso is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit at HBS. She teaches the Marketing course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Troncoso studies problems related to digital marketplaces and new technologies. She... View Details
- 22 Apr 2011
- News
Shakespeare's Tough Leadership Lessons
- 09 Jun 2021
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How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration
- 17 Jun 2016
- News
Investors back rivals Uber and Didi, raising eyebrows
- 16 Oct 2014
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Pointers to the future
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
The 2013-2014 MBA Recruiting Report is Now Available
We’re excited to share our latest recruiting report! Gain insights into the diverse career and internship choices made by the Harvard Business School Classes of 2013 and 2014 in the School’s first ever... View Details