Probability - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2001
News

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

elsewhere and then work with those countries to clean up their act. Most executives probably believe these problems don't affect them or their companies. Are they right? Assisting in the movement of tax-evading money is subtle and can... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

05 Jul 2016
First Look

July 5, 2016

healthcare providers are associated with a significant reduction in medical device patenting. Tort reforms have the strongest impact in medical fields in which the probability of facing a malpractice claim is the largest, and they do not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

to finance ratings. Issuers have no choice but to pay the fee, and are not allowed to choose the rater. By severing the link between issuer and payment, this is supposed to limit potential pressure for favorable ratings. This model has not really been tested, and is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

Her objective of working with retailers known for carrying high-quality, premium-priced merchandise probably owed something to the social aspiration that drove her. Her interest in such stores was also strategic. Estée suspected that her... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail

04 May 2018
News

How to Win the Kentucky Derby

ago. Hanna: I'm guessing that you were probably part of making the barn clean—that you were picking stalls and stuff like that, which is pretty tough work really. Finley: Well, I didn't answer the second part of that question, but you're... View Details

Keywords: horse racing

18 Apr 2022
News

Home Grown

that they have with fellow children out here, because they’re all growing up watching the same content, probably in a different time zone. And so a new wave in my view is getting created in the last, I would say decade, or half a decade... View Details

08 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity

“That’s probably the opportunity leaders overlook most often.” The third step was being explicit with the recruiting team: “It’s not about saying ‘I prioritize diversity but ultimately I’m going to hire the best person for the job.’... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

22 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Balancing the Ideal with the Real: Conveying Corporate Culture to Candidates

opportunities might be.” RBI amplifies its recruiting presentations by speaking from the top. “We’re probably one of the only companies of our size where the CEO participates in our presentations,” says Saeed. “It really signifies the... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Oct 2021
News

Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations

Brian Ratajczak (MBA 2022) was nervous, too. “If you are talking about finance, and someone says something you disagree with, there’s probably not going to be a lot of emotions stirred up,” says Ratajczak, a white man from Calabasas,... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Ask the Expert: On the Fly

bags for free? The result would be more checked bags, more overhead bin space, faster boarding and deplaning, and probably more money. —Katherine Liu (MBA 2004) CARTY: The airlines are wrestling with this. Unbundling pricing and charging... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1997
News

David M. Hughes

young professionals more involved in fundraising. Having been a research analyst for Mercer Management Consulting prior to HBS, Hughes plans to return to consulting after graduation - and to continue throwing himself into service projects in whatever communities he... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA: Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993)

fellow adventurers on a journey together. You can try to get them really fired up about what you’re trying to do and why you’re trying to do it. And the advantage of that is if they find themselves making tough decisions on their own without the ability to refer... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Sep 2003
News

The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case

they’re new.” That prompted another student to say, “The only problem with that is people might like a game that you put away, and that would make them probably not want to go back to the site.” Asked by Eisenmann if he would take that... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Profile

Bruce Gago

plan to execute, the bigger risk would in fact be to abandon that to pursue a "safe" career path. HBS is not insurance against entrepreneurial failure but it certainly increases the probability of entrepreneurial success. What... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Real Estate; Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

The Creativity Maze

motivation, will indeed get him out of the maze. But the solution that arises from the process is likely to be unimaginative. It won't provide new insights about the nature of the problem or reveal new ways of looking at it. The rote solution View Details

Keywords: by Teresa Amabile

Profile

Cathy Zhou

there were many aspects of business that I could probably learn on the job, but becoming a leader with a strong sense of personal values and conviction takes introspection and reflection. I knew at HBS I would be surrounded by professors... View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Jun 2007
News

A Roadmap for Moms

stay-at-home moms to return to work? Money is probably the biggest motivation but not just for itself. Often it’s a desire to be able to spend one’s own earned money. People often measure how successful they are by money. Many women want... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

14 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)

would be interested in for the summer were probably going to come in April or May, and even though I saw people around me securing internships earlier in more traditional industries, I just had to be like okay with that,” Gomih said.... View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

Origin Story: Tasila Banda (MBA/MPP 2025)

On track: “There’s a feeling of precariousness in the immigrant mindset, so having a sensible, certain career is very big. That’s probably why my little sister is a doctor, and I studied law at Cambridge.” Shifting gears: “I think we all... View Details