Likelihood Of Default - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2020
News

AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

likelihood of an illness, and precision imaging that can detect abnormalities not visible to the human eye. Tantawy says that MRC, founded in 1989, uses advanced technologies to deliver the highest standards... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

20 Jun 2016
News

Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

doesn’t just assess an investment on the basis of whether it will have impact, but also on whether it can generate a return that will make it possible to be self-sustaining. In addition to increasing the View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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Working with Spaces, Files & Folders - Research Computing Services

We wish to bring to your attention a number of items that will help you work efficiently and prevent you from having future problems: Remember that home folders are not sharable, and typically contain files that pertain to your work only.... View Details

15 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This

the likelihood of participation by more than a third. This discouragement, Beshears said, stemmed from employees being reminded that they were already behind in their own investment efforts. “It ended up... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Beshears; Financial Services

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer appears to be yes for all... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

01 Apr 1998
News

Short Takes

invest in flexibility where the likelihood of future changes makes this valuable. The authors identify three general ways managers can increase flexibility in product development. First, they should consider... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey

30 May 2024
News

Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears

Alumnae to Celebrate Official Launch of HBS Women’s Association The Harvard Business School Women’s Association (HBSWA) will host a Virtual Launch Celebration on Wednesday, June 12, to mark its official expansion as a nationwide HBS alumnae Shared Interest Group (SIG).... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Jan 2011
What Do You Think?

How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?

intended victim. (Ironically, in the meantime we have learned that the "worm" that attacked Iran's nuclear centrifuges and sent them whirling out of control and into self-destruction in all View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

12 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

over-promising regarding the likelihood of potential breakthroughs, which required painstaking research and stringent clinical trials. The leadership also questioned whether the mission should remain focused... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

also includes a section about Germany's similar experience with Internet commercialization, as well as contributions from ten industry participants and observers. “Unless fundamental changes are made,” Mills says, “another bubble is a certainty, with the View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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Frequently Asked Questions - Alumni

Alumnae Circles Frequently Asked Questions About Circles FAQ Regional Contacts Does completing the enrollment survey guarantee placement in a Circle? Placement in a Circle is not guaranteed. It is dependent on 5 or more applicants in an active Circles region having the... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

of projects, to try things out, to see what works. Delivery of value is ongoing. The default in this model is action. The idea is you do custom assembly, but you put a premium... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

change; otherwise, the likelihood is high that board members will continue to be unaware of their shareholders' displeasure. We would also urge shareholders to seek each other out and to work in concert on... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

26 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind

increased the likelihood that participants would buy both indulgent and organic items. Moreover, it increased the amount of money they'd be willing to pay for those items. But the researchers had another... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

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Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton

We are currently working on a number of projects investigating decision-making, from how much money millionaires think they need to be happy to whether the feeling of being observed might decrease people’s... View Details

19 May 2020
Blog Post

The Aspen Fellowship: MBA Student Launches Program Supporting Black Undergrads

off your direct reports mind makes you a valuable part of their day and helps increase the likelihood of them adding you to projects that matter. “Yes Man” / “Yes Woman”... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs

is higher than the exercise price of the option) within the agreed upon time frame, the likelihood can be so slight that they no longer provide much incentive. Hall has found that when options fall out View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

02 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity

negative event. Meanwhile, he says, "those that make less extreme claims either are disregarded by the press or have a far less likelihood of seeing their failings exposed." While that conclusion may seem... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

order to reduce the technological and market risks, where reducing technological risk is of paramount importance. As a reward, pioneers ultimately realize a higher likelihood View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 May 2016
Research & Ideas

When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions

In the United States, there’s much debate over whether gun-related legislation can diminish the likelihood of mass shootings. New research from Harvard Business School turns the question on its head: Do mass... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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