Robert C. Clark - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

Cavallo, Alberto, W. Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer Abstract—We show that online prices can be used to construct quarterly purchasing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

violence decreases firm survival, increases the benefits of incremental planning, and decreases the benefits of comprehensive planning. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-086.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsA Note on Water View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Financial Analysis of Pediatric Resident Physician Primary Care Longitudinal Outpatient Experience

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Carole H. Stipelman, Brad Poss, Laura Anne Stetson, Luca Boi, Michael Rogers, Caleb Puzey, Sri Koduri, Vivian S. Lee and Edward B. Clark

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To determine whether residency training represents a net positive or negative cost to academic medical centers, we analyzed the cost of a residency program and clinical productivity of residents and faculty in an outpatient primary care practice with or... View Details

Keywords: Academic Medicine; Cost; Children; Graduate Medical Education

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18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18

Funds at Vanguard (A) Robert C. Pozen and Steven VickersHarvard Business School Case 311-134 Vanguard Group management, led by CEO John Brennan, was considering whether to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 2, 2010

note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710456-PDF-ENG A Chronology of Integrated Reporting Robert G. Eccles and Michael P. KrzusHarvard Business School Note 411-049 This technical note traces the development of integrated reporting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2018
Working Paper

Bayesian Ensembles of Binary-Event Forecasts: When Is It Appropriate to Extremize or Anti-Extremize?

By: Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr., Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Victor Richmond R. Jose and Robert L. Winkler

Many organizations face critical decisions that rely on forecasts of binary events. In these situations, organizations often gather forecasts from multiple experts or models and average those forecasts to produce a single aggregate forecast. Because the average... View Details

Keywords: Forecast Aggregation; Linear Opinion Pool; Generalized Additive Model; Generalized Linear Model; Stacking.; Forecasting and Prediction

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18 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 18, 2007

a social loss function. Purchase the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13622 New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability Authors:Dale F. Gray, Robert View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

restructuring can feel like a “just because” pursuit among companies, which often coincides with a change in C-suite leadership. “If you bring in an executive from the outside, it’s very common that, as soon as they get into their chair, they want to reorganize,” says... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Apr 2011
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Authors:Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Building on research in strategy formation and organizational innovation, this paper reports on a field study of a young company in the sustainable cities industry. We examine how company... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

improve health in their communities. The business case for investing in community health is compelling, especially for companies that depend on communities for workers and customers. Sick and absent workers cost American firms some $225 billion annually. Now a study... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

21 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 21, 2010

patent owner has when that right is violated. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311020-PDF-ENG Introduction to Mutual Funds Robert C. PozenHarvard Business School Note 310-117 This... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Lessons from Mayo Clinic's Redesign of Stroke Care

By: Robert S. Kaplan, W. David Freeman, Kevin M. Barrett, Lisa Nordan, Aaron C. Spaulding and Meredith Karney

Facing escalating costs of medications and technology, health care patients and providers in the United States continue to search for opportunities to reduce overall costs while maintaining and improving health care outcomes. The Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Stroke Center... View Details

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24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

PublicationsClusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution Authors:Christian H.M. Ketels Publication:Chap. 10 in Competition and Competitive Advantage: The Ideas of Michael Porter, edited by Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi, 173-192.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

celebrate a new peace: After 20 years of negotiations, the four groups had agreed on a historic deal for land use in the Great Bear Rainforest, a 25,000-square-mile stretch of BC’s north and central coastlands—the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest on the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

2009
Working Paper

Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect

By: Amir E. Khandani, Andrew W. Lo and Robert C. Merton

The confluence of three trends in the U.S. residential housing market—rising home prices, declining interest rates, and near-frictionless refinancing opportunities—led to vastly increased systemic risk in the financial system. Individually, each of these trends is... View Details

Keywords: Housing; Mortgages; Risk and Uncertainty; Value; Mathematical Methods; Real Estate Industry; United States

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2009
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Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect

By: Amir E. Khandani, Andrew W. Lo and Robert C. Merton

The confluence of three trends in the U.S. residential housing market-rising home prices, declining interest rates, and near-frictionless refinancing opportunities-led to vastly increased systemic risk in the financial system. Individually, each of these trends is... View Details

Keywords: Equity; Mortgages; Interest Rates; Price; Housing; Risk and Uncertainty; United States

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