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- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
fastest crew is the most efficient at moving through the water—but not necessarily the strongest.” Dream denied: “Due to a mixture of bad luck and politics, our crew didn’t get to go to the Olympics. That was a very tough moment. What I’ve tried to carry forward from... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
Policy Experiment By: Alfaro, Laura, Anusha Chari, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—Emerging-market governments adopted capital control taxes to manage the massive surge in foreign capital inflows in the aftermath... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
the abuse of H-1B visas is as old as the program itself. “I had 3 trainees; each learned a different facet of my job. None of them had near the knowledge or experience as me. I was the lucky American who found work elsewhere and left on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in Dallas, where I had hands-on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
institutional appropriateness was the stronger requirement; the lack of it prevented an otherwise informationally relevant risk control system from prevailing as an interactive control system. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Richard Edelman
Chicago community, Edelman finds it natural to give back to society. A Civil War buff, he is an active board member of the New-York Historical Society. His interest in fitness and fighting obesity attracted him to the board of the Centers for Disease View Details
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Paul Wang
work with the MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). “They’re a group of economists who use randomized evaluation methodologies, similar to those used in pharmaceutical trials, to assess the impact of development projects,”... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Financing the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
growing. Coady’s work has included projects involving lemurs in Madagascar; the Kayapo indigenous people who control millions of hectares in Para State, Brazil; a 400-nest site of blue herons on the Potomac River; and the prairies west of... View Details
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
of consumers towards high fee inferior products. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54865 forthcoming Manufacturing & Service Operations Management The Value of Fit Information in Online Retail: Evidence from a View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
(MBA 1969)—to careers in business. “He taught by the case method, and made sure we had real-life experiences,” Lambert says, recalling a field trip to General Motors in Detroit. “Professor Fitzhugh saw business as a way for the black community to View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
A Woman in the House
governor’s ascension to the top office. The former controller of Indianapolis was confirmed in a unanimous vote by both the State Senate and the House of Representatives. “Congratulations, senators. You just made history,” said Senate... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
at facilitating communication and collaboration between practitioners and academics by introducing key vocabulary and concepts used in rigorous impact evaluation methods, starting with randomized controlled... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
and guesswork. This theory enabled options transactors to take much bigger positions because they were hedged; they could be much more efficient, and they could control their risk much better. If you look at the last 25 years of... View Details
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
Photos by Jeff Moore Conventional wisdom says expertise gained through years of experience is the key to business success. Conventional wisdom has never met Ross Freeman (PMD 30, 1975). Freeman’s unfettered approach to life—“Well, I’ll... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 30 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Unexpected Conversations at HBS
of Managerial Capitalism” that analyzed the impact of family fortunes. Long after the conversation had ended, I was thinking over the ideas that my classmates had brought up. Such random and wonderful encounters happened frequently at... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
flexible random coefficients aggregate discrete choice model that accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success, and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Nick Soman (MBA 2010)
if you are in control of the information you share.” What have been the best and most challenging parts of launching your company? “The most challenging and best parts are the same—building a company is hard, so the learning curve is... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- News
The Beauty Guide
Courtesy Michelle Freyre When Michelle Freyre (MBA 1997) was a brand manager at Neutrogena, Michael McNamara, global president of the beauty brand at the time, asked what she wanted to do with her career. She answered, “I want to be you. I want to run Neutrogena.”... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
financial management and the usefulness of formal hedging of agricultural production risks was offered to randomly selected farmers in Gujarat, India. The authors evaluate the effect of the financial literacy training and three marketing treatments using a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel