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- 23 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 23
measured by the maximum Sharpe ratio achievable. We propose a model in which menu setters differ in their ability to preselect the menu. We show that when the cost of increasing the menu size is sufficiently small, a lower-ability menu... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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It mows your floors - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
together and fed into this machine, like a gigantic lawn-mower, which shears the pile to the correct height. Three sheerings are necessary to produce the smooth, velvety appearance of the finished fabric. Explore the full size image It... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Utopian Vision
(The New Yorker, March 20, 2006). At the moment, his would-be utopia is an undeveloped 2,200-acre tract — nearly three times the size of Central Park — acquired for $50 million. Aiming for a highbrow clientele, Curry wrote in one pitch... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
and the size and quality of the menu. We show that when the cost of increasing the size of the menu is sufficiently small, low-ability menu setters optimally offer more items in the menu than high-ability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
From A to Z
ABEREOJE AND ZOTOVA: Two of the new faces (and new friends) of the Class of 2009. Class of 2009 Class Size 901 Yield 89% Women 36% Minorities 24% International 33% Total Countries 67 Undergraduate Majors Humanities and Social Sciences 36%... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
practices—which Fuller defines as employers’ tendency to raise the degree requirements for job applications. More than 60 percent of companies in the study’s survey admitted to using college degrees as a baseline for hiring, both to reduce application pools to a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
reduction in applications for retail superstore construction. There was a big decrease in the average size of stores that belonged to large retail chains, such as Tesco or Asda, a British subsidiary of Walmart. Yet large retail chains... View Details
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Bearing engineer and his three dimensional graph - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
science can point with precision to the specific lubricant which will give best possible service. Hitherto considered dry and abstract to the layman, such work saves years of hit and miss testing in the driving of many cars to arrive at satisfactory solutions. Explore... View Details
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Henry Ford presents new V-8 - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
picture was taken at Dearborn during the newspapermen’s preview of the new car, which excited unusual interest because of its completely new appearance and the advent of the 60 horsepower V-8 engine, giving a choice of engine sizes. Explore the full View Details
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Making Kraft mayonnaise - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Explore the full size image Making Kraft mayonnaise , ca. 1933 Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation Photographer unknown Gelatin Silver Print, 13.25 × 14.5 inches Industrial Life Photograph Collection, Mss:1412 :414 N277 Baker Library |... View Details
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Selecting and breaking fresh eggs - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
oil, choice spices, and aged-in-the-wood vinegar, selected eggs. The photograph shows one of the egg-breaking rooms in a Kraft plant, one of the finest of its kind. This single plant has a capacity of thirty million eggs annually. Explore the full View Details
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Ditching to drain off the whey - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
and when acidity is at just the right degree, the curd is permitted to settle and the whey is drained off. The curd is then drawn to the sides of the vat, as shown in the picture, to permit thorough draining. This operation is known as “ditching.” Explore the full... View Details
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Where flavor development begins - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
full size image Where flavor development begins , ca. 1933 Kraft–Phenix Cheese Corporation Photographer unknown Gelatin Silver Print, 13.25 × 14.5 inches Industrial Life Photograph Collection, Mss:1412 :414 N277 Baker Library | Historical... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- News
Merlin Entertainments Taps Scott O’Neil as CEO
Entertainments is second in size only to Disney in the theme park space, with more than 140 attractions in 24 countries, featuring partnerships with Lego, Hasbro, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. “We will be very active in making sure... View Details
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
inventory needs. Take, for example, a large American manufacturer of men's blazers. As part of our research into lean retailing, we tracked the demand for different sizes of a blue blazer. Far from a trendy fashion item, the blue blazer... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do!
education around the world. In this effort, gifts of all sizes make a difference. William A. Sahlman (MBA ’75, PhDBE ’82) Senior Associate Dean for External Relations Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff–MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Books: Judo Strategy
develop the metaphor into a systematic way of thinking about strategy. The approach they describe minimizes the importance of brute size and strength by teaching companies how to make the most of their advantages — and transform their... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
If you want to become good at early-stage investing, you need to learn how to size up the fundamental elements of an opportunity. Many investors use checklists or think of evaluation as a process of judging an entrepreneur, or an idea, or... View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Jun 2005
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One-on-One with Grover Norquist
eyebrows with his provocative rhetoric. A master of hyperbole, he once declared that he wanted to “reduce government to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” Rhetorical flourishes aside, his stock in... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Mar 2015
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Research Brief: Political Capital
campaigns, weighing the size of the candidates’ ground game in the area against the number of ad impressions in each respondent’s region. The findings showed that the more partisan the voter, the more likely they were to respond to... View Details