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- 06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
expert-produced knowledge, we compare bias in these two models in the context of contested knowledge, which involves subjective, unverifiable, or controversial information. Using data from Encyclopædia Britannica, authored by experts, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
Research Data Uncertainty in Markov Chains: Application to Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Medical Innovations By: Goh, Joel, Mohsen Bayati, Stefanos A. Zenios, Sundeep Singh, and David Moore Abstract—Cost-effectiveness studies of medical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia
and economic inclusion—and then sharing that research with students, practitioners, policy makers, and the general public to affect meaningful change. Addressing society's rapid move to digital platforms, Dean Datar said, "As you look at... View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016
might be appropriate to redesign (“refactor”) a system, to reduce what has been called “architectural debt.” Unfortunately, we lack robust data by which to evaluate the relationship between architectural design choices and system... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
such, from the perspective of the trader, the market works much like any other stock exchange. Movies have an initial public offering once the project first takes shape, and traders can buy, sell, cover, and short stocks just as they can... View Details
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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
experiences across their careers. We sought to understand what kinds of harassment they experienced and how it affected them, as well as what organizational features were associated with more or less sexual misconduct. This brief report offers a snapshot of the key... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
book) is accelerating that trend. “There are substantial public health impacts in wildfire smoke, extreme heat, and the aftermath of flooding,” notes Macomber, who teaches the MBA electives Business Opportunities in Climate Adaptation and... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
estimating the impact of changes in supplier performance on customer demand. Using data from Hugo Boss, a manufacturer of branded apparel, we find increases in supplier reliability to be associated with significant increases in orders... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
Policy,” in which University of Michigan Professor Andrew J. Hoffman wrote, “One of the reasons (among many) that the public discourse on critical scientific issues of our day has become so confused is that too many academics, according... View Details
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
and content on DocSend’s platform, which is used daily by organizations across a variety of sales contexts. The result is empirical data and a good starting point for examining core aspects of any content marketing initiative. The authors... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
begin with consumer electronics. That industry began with radio. Two enterprises commercialized, that is, brought the technology into public use: Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading U.S. electrical and... View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
located in a largely Black section of Miami-Dade County. After teaching at a public school in Harlem for two years, Rebecca Fishman Lipsey rose through the ranks at Teach for America, moving to Miami as the organization’s regional... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a responsibility and a real opportunity to... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
Publications 2006 Stanford University Press Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future By: Groysberg, Boris, and Paul M. Healy Abstract—Wall Street equity analysts provide research products and services on publicly traded companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
directions of change on processing times. Using data from 283 hospitals, we find (1) high congestion increases a patient's hospital stay up to 28%, indicating inefficiencies from overloaded resources; (2) a patient stays up to 11.7%... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Real Cost of Bribery
with regulators, its public reputation, and the morale of its employees. (Each of these factors has proven to be crucial to a firm's standing in the competitive landscape.) He hypothesized that the extent of the damage to a firm would... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
tuition and fee revenue from the MBA program decreased 17 percent to $113 million from $136 million in fiscal 2020, as a number of students chose to take advantage of the School's deferral and leave policies during the pandemic. To put the View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
A. Hidalgo. Scott Duke Kominers : Winner of the 2018 Western Economic Association International Best Economic Inquiry Article Award for “Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life” with Edward... View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
other common myth that even if the world isn't quite flat today, it will be tomorrow. The data clearly indicate that national borders still matter. I group the differences that they demarcate into 4 areas: those related to cultural... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
why it might be taking so long. Researching Drugs Versus Devices She started with three decades of data from FDA databases on the approvals of all new drugs and high-risk medical devices between 1977 and 2007, measuring how long those... View Details