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  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

retained its talent; and how Chinese private enterprise can go global. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/415050-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-032 American Well: The DTC Decision In late 2013,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

The Transformers

doubled to approximately $275 billion annually. But the Golden Age of Philanthropy, as some began to call it, risked spending much of that money unproductively. Of the nation’s more than 1.2 million nonprofits, most operated on shoestring budgets. Donors largely based... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple equilibria, which result in different utility levels for the users); and (iii) a coordination problem (lacking perfect foresight, it is unlikely that users will end up buying the same set of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

Behavior and Human Decision Processes When and Why Randomized Response Techniques (Fail to) Elicit the Truth By: John, Leslie K., George Loewenstein, Alessandro Acquisti, and Joachim Vosgerau Abstract—By adding random noise to individual... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15

tax rates at high incomes are lower than in standard analysis and closer to those observed in policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-064.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsHome Depot and Interconnected Retail José... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

considered a reason for sorrow or joy, market dynamics around whole-body donations operate in the United States. It remains crucial to understand how and why these dynamics develop. Scholars, particularly economic sociologists engaging in the sociological View Details
Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health
  • 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

integration across multiple offices, ancillary businesses, early adoption of financial reporting software, and consensus-based decision making. The firm was proud of its corporate culture and sought to maintain it as it grew, bringing in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni

compensation and $130,000 USD. Award amounts are determined based on total funds available, a thorough review of the application, and analysis of the applicant’s projected monthly income. The maximum potential award amount an individual... View Details
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-128.pdf   PublicationsExtreme Governance: An Analysis of Dual-Class Firms in the United States Authors:Paul A. Gompers, Joy Ishii, and Andrew Metrick Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders

years were spent in Brazil where his parents owned and operated a grocery store that they started from a garage and built into a successful small business. After twenty years, the business was forced to close and Westphal’s parents had to make a difficult View Details
  • 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015

Apparel (B) The (B) case provides post-mortem analysis from Quincy's cofounders on why their startup failed and what they could have done differently. Explanations for failure focus on Quincy's ambitious value proposition and resulting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

technique increases support for bills that have both costs and benefits. We also demonstrate that this effect is due to changes in the psychology of decision making, rather than voters' willingness to compromise and support a bill they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2017
  • News

Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

here. Morrell: Does your insight into how venture capitalists think help you in those discussions at all? Polli: That's a really good question. We did an analysis of venture capitalists versus entrepreneurs and the similarities and... View Details
  • 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

can also have dysfunctional effects if it is not placed wisely. Though much research has examined conditions that increase individuals’ tendencies to trust others, we know very little about the circumstances under which individuals are likely to make more accurate... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016

Feeley, Robert S. Kaplan, and Steven J. Frank Abstract—Question: Can we create a value-based tool to visualize the outcomes and cost of various treatments that could facilitate patient-centered decision making? Summary Answer: We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

one where orders need to be made before demand is realized. In our analysis, the latter situation corresponds to a newsvendor model with the additional decision of choosing a sales effort to increase demand at a convex increasing cost... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books

changed the world. In this book, Doerr identifies the measurable OKRs we need to reduce emissions across the board and to arrive by 2050 at net zero—the point where we are no longer adding to the heat-trapping carbon in the atmosphere. Speed & Scale intersperses... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11

Extensions to our model accommodate the possibilities of multiple voucher purchases and firm price re-optimization. Despite the potential benefits of online discount vouchers to certain firms in certain circumstances, our analysis reveals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13530   Cases & Course MaterialsBest Practices: Decision Making Among Venture Capital Firms Harvard Business School Note 804-176 Describes investment decision-making processes, based on interviews with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

proposals, and quality evaluations for more than 12,000 evaluator-proposal pairs. The analysis shows that solicitations offering a personal reward for top submissions boost participation rates without affecting submission quality. We show... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman