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- 20 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
statistical simulations to analyze drivers’ work patterns and pay. Their findings suggest that the ability to set one’s own work schedule has a significant impact on quality of life—not just for gig workers, but for everyone—and that that... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
rather than stop with static measures of firm creation, the researchers tracked the fortunes of the firms that the immigrant entrepreneurs created. Examining statistics on growth and survival, they found that immigrant-founded companies... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
statistical simulations to analyze drivers’ work patterns and pay. Their findings suggest that the ability to set one’s own work schedule has a significant impact on quality of life—not just for gig workers, but for everyone—and that that... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
forest fires, catastrophic storms, and floods, he shared statistics that placed the lion’s share of the blame on the worldwide dependence on fossil fuels, followed closely by deforestation. He added that deforested areas on Earth add up... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
to the passive control arm at the end of the incentive period and relative to the PVI arm at both points in time were not statistically significant. Conclusion: Commitment contracts can improve ART adherence and virologic suppression.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
labor market. For firms, we document an economically and statistically significant cumulative abnormal return of -0.97% around announcement of dissent. Although the literature has suggested that dissent might be reflective of diverse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
implementation of an innovative, but ultimately unsuccessful strategy. Quarterly strategic reviews, based in part on the firm's balanced scorecard, led executives at Store24 to identify problems with, and eventually abandon, this strategy over a two- year period. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
the market. But when Lerner and Cao started analyzing the actual performance numbers, they saw that conventional wisdom had it wrong. "Reverse LBOs appear to consistently outperform other IPOs and the stock market as a whole. The positive returns appear to be... View Details
- Web
What We Do | Research Associates
five-person start-up, or a nonprofit organization. A few RA positions focus exclusively on a book manuscript. Some projects require intensive statistical analysis, while others involve weeks of field interviews (and a few, of course,... View Details
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
statistics of two schools, the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Business School. Last year, fully 68 percent of Stanford’s graduates took jobs in the Western United States. Only 39 percent of Harvard graduates remained... View Details
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
client. This overweighting is not explained by superior information. We also quantify the flow benefit to the trustee mutual funds of being included in the client firm's 401(k) plan and find that this inclusion has an economically and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Blog
When Generations Learn Together
continues to give me new insights just from the way he views a case here at HBS and when we discuss deals and operating improvement opportunities in my business. It's also a huge benefit to learn from the application of analytical tools that he has developed through... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
focus on the development of privacy-preserving algorithms, with a particular emphasis on ML systems. These algorithms help safeguard personal data while extracting valuable insights across domains like statistical genetics, personalized... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=15-010.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 214-083 An Overview of Project Finance and Infrastructure Finance-2014 Update Provides an introduction to the fields of project finance and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
unbelievable statistics here. 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Half of Americans save less than $100 a week. 40% of Americans have been in situations in the past couple of months where they literally don't know how they're... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
what's being done and allowing them to see it for themselves," says Buell. "Moving from the 'base case' where we just show statistics to a transparent version of the website that shows the problems that are being addressed,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
related impressive statistic is that 13% of all public research and 23% of all private research in Denmark were funded by the foundation!). Arla Foods is the world’s fourth largest dairy company and the largest organic dairy producer. The... View Details
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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising
who “drummed” up business and sometimes used drums to attract attention. 15 Sidney A. Sherman, “Advertising in the United States,” Publications of the American Statistical Association , vol. 7, no. 52 (December 1900): 124. The rise of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
Because it’s a problem that we could actually solve right now! A statistic from a Washington, D.C., hospital network highlights the seriousness of the situation: Sixty percent of physicians’ time at that hospital system was spent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
faculty in 1998. “It took me a while to find my niche.” His on-going research at HBS synthesizes elements of history, sociology, business, and statistics (see sidebar). In the classroom, Fleming has carved out a place for himself helping... View Details