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- 22 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Platform Competition under Asymmetric Information
- 16 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
A Survey-Based Procedure for Measuring Uncertainty or Heterogeneous Preferences in Markets
- Research Summary
Optimal Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Inventory control problems in supply chains. In this stream of theoretical research, Professor Goh has investigated how inventory should be optimally managed in supply chains. Specifically, he has studied how supply chains can make decisions to operate... View Details
- February 1997 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Harrington Financial Group
By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel
In early 1997, Harrington Bank, a small Indiana savings and loan (thrift) wondered what its next move should be. Harrington was acquired in 1988 by the principals of Smith Breeden Associates, a money-management and consulting firm specializing in the application of... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Price; Risk Management; Mortgages; Contracts; Asset Management; Investment; Financial Services Industry
Merton, Robert C., and Alberto Moel. "Harrington Financial Group." Harvard Business School Case 297-088, February 1997. (Revised April 1997.)
- March 2008
- Course Overview Note
Dynamic Markets
By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford
The Dynamic Markets course at Harvard Business School is organized around the hands-on application of financial decision making in a wide variety of capital market settings. The course relies heavily on in-class simulations of a range of market settings where students... View Details
- Research Summary
Experience and description-based decision making.
Prof. Barron and his co-authors study the effect of the economic environment on decision making. One example involves the effect of rare (low probability) events. People behave as if they overweight these events in some settings (e.g., when buying insurance and... View Details
- Program
Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual
Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities. Application Deadline JUN 2022 session View Details
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Class Profile - Doctoral
Education 89 Undergraduate Institutions GMAT & GRE All applicants are required to take either the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Additional information regarding... View Details
- Web
Marketing - Faculty & Research
applications including synthetic data generation, data analysis, and more. However, their role in creative ideation—a cornerstone of consumer research—remains underexplored. Drawing on the human creativity literature, we propose that... View Details
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Fellowships - Business History
fall semester. Recipients of the fellowship will receive work space, an e-mail account, a phone, a computer, an ID card, and access to the University’s libraries and to the HBS Intranet for the duration of the appointment. Applicants... View Details
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Courses - Entrepreneurship
listed under Accounting & Management and General Management) George Serafeim Fall 2023 Q1Q2 3.0 Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in the Era of Climate Change (ROICC): Solutions Lab (By Application Only) (also listed under Accounting... View Details
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Key Dates - Doctoral
TBD Date TBD 2025 Applications Open Apply here . January 2026 Jan TBD Date TBD 2026 PRIMO Application Strategy Session TBD Join representatives from PRIMO to learn more about the program and the View Details
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Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care
Harvard-affiliated postdoctoral researchers within the first 5 years of their training program in a Harvard program or research lab. Postdocs can continue technical and commercial development of their existing scientific research during the fellowship year. View Details
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Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Competitiveness & Economic Development Why are some nations or regions more prosperous than... View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment
of Ambient Fuels, a developer of green hydrogen projects. He describes how green hydrogen can help decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors and which applications are especially promising for green hydrogen solutions. Jacob also describes... View Details
- October 2013
- Article
Ferguson's Formula
By: Anita Elberse and Sir Alex Ferguson
When Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: It hadn't won a league title in nearly 20 years and faced a very real threat of being relegated to a lower division. In 26 seasons under Ferguson,... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Business or Company Management; Management Style; Success; Sports; Sports Industry; England
Elberse, Anita, and Sir Alex Ferguson. "Ferguson's Formula." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 10 (October 2013): 116–125.
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Breaking up Is Never Easy: Planning for Exit in a Strategic Alliance
By: Ranjay Gulati, Parth Mehrotra and Maxim Sytch
This article highlights several important dimensions of planning for exit from strategic alliances and also offers several examples of the disastrous consequences of inadequate exit-planning. While many companies fall into the trap of having no exit plan, other... View Details
Gulati, Ranjay, Parth Mehrotra, and Maxim Sytch. "Breaking up Is Never Easy: Planning for Exit in a Strategic Alliance." California Management Review 50, no. 4 (Summer 2008): 147–163.
- March 2006
- Module Note
Valuing Cross-Border Investments
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes a core module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores how valuation differs in an international context and introduces students to the major issues in cross-border valuations: how to value investments in currencies... View Details
Keywords: International Accounting; Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Framework; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Body of Literature; Risk Management; Projects; Valuation
Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Valuing Cross-Border Investments." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-125, March 2006.
- winter 2003
- Article
Massively Categorical Variables: Revealing the Information in Zip Codes
We introduce the idea of a massively categorical variable, a variable such as zip code that takes on too many values to be treated in the standard manner, and show how to use it directly as explanatory variables in an econometric model. In an application of this... View Details
Steenburgh, Thomas J., Andrew Ainslie, and Peder Hans Engebretson. "Massively Categorical Variables: Revealing the Information in Zip Codes." Marketing Science 22, no. 1 (winter 2003): 40–57.