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- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
and the legacy that you wish to leave, and it is probably still my favorite of all Ishiguro’s books. I also love memoirs and found Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air to be so powerful. It is a thought-provoking book for those like... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
forecasts as an input into the government budgeting-making process would probably reduce official forecast errors for budget deficits. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51324 College Tuition, Public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
the collective interest levels of the angels can lead to a discrete change in the probability of funding for otherwise comparable ventures. We first show that angel funding is positively correlated with higher survival, additional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
computer ended the use of typewriters, or how electronic fuel injection systems replaced carburetors. It's probably more accurate to say the Apple Watch introduces several impressive incremental innovations that improve and combine... View Details
- 04 Jun 2014
- What Do You Think?
Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?
will probably be enhanced by the information that others have about us. Will big data overwhelm us, thereby reinforcing such things as brand loyalty? Or will the quality of our search and valuation devices make us smarter, and less loyal,... View Details
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
It's called TrapGuard—a special kind of floor drain developed by a Georgia company that prevents sewer gases from entering homes. On the great spectrum of innovative products, it's probably not keeping company with the iPod or Segway... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
headlines from market-driven data and options. When much of the world economy is shut for weeks and possibly months, cascading bankruptcies and higher debt loads probably mean a tightening of purchasing decisions and capital expenditures... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
institutions seem to get far behind because they identify a need, then take a lot of time to develop curricula, find teachers, etc.” Aim was even more blunt, saying, “By the end of the year most probably skills acquired will be obsolete.”... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
stability benefits. Subordinated capital provides MMFs with loss absorption capacity, lowering the probability that an MMF suffers losses large enough to trigger a run and reduces incentives to take excessive risks. Other reform... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
where Barton had grown up. Somehow he'd expected, without thinking it through, a warm homecoming. A rookie mistake, he thought. I can't afford many of those. He knew the SMA PR staff would also consider this a pretty basic mistake, and that they'd View Details
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
economy. Bad government can only lead to less competitive businesses. Q: What are you working on now? A: I am doing case development and heading our biggest required course, BGIE or Business, Government, and the International Economy. My next research project, however,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
from outsourcing may be due to two factors: If the company has outsourced in order to save money, it is probably not focusing on customer needs. Or, if it has outsourced primarily because it is not able to handle the volume of calls... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
epic quest of trying to create that infrastructure and that new kind of commodities marketplace. And that's what we've been doing at FreeMarkets ever since. The anniversary date of the day I left GE was the end of February, five years ago. I View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
makes us feel good.” Hang in there While life might have seemed simpler and more predictable prior to the coronavirus invading our world, that’s probably an illusion. A cluttered home will probably still be... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
American Economic Review The Costs of Sovereign Default: Evidence from Argentina By: Hébert, Benjamin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We estimate the causal effect of sovereign default on the equity returns of Argentine firms. We identify this effect by exploiting changes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
standards. A second fire kills a suburban dad who filled his lawn mower with gas too close to a recently tossed cigarette; the fire raced up the flow of gas and into the can, which exploded. Who is to blame for these deaths? Let's shift our focus. If you live in the... View Details
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
relevant for social networking sites and large advertisers. Key concepts include: There is a significant and positive impact of friends' purchases on the purchase probability of a user. However, there are significant differences across... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
price parameter. We use data from 3,700 Catholic schools, matched to restricted Census data that identifies geography at the block level. We find that a standard deviation decrease in tuition prices increases the probability that a family... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
that investors were increasingly supporting late stage research with higher probabilities of success, while funding for riskier early stage research was drying up. Should FasterCures raise money and direct it toward early stage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 17 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete
evidence of quality improvements—nonetheless, so many organizations continue to pursue them. So you wonder why leaders are choosing this route. One answer might be that the strategy Raffaella is talking about—improving management practice—is really hard. It’s View Details