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    How Do Fairness Definitions Fare? Examining Public Attitudes Towards Algorithmic Definitions of Fairness

    What is the best way to define algorithmic fairness? While many definitions of fairness have been proposed in the computer science literature, there is no clear agreement over a particular definition. In this work, we investigate ordinary people’s perceptions of three... View Details

      The Gift of Global Talent

      The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Foreign talent has transformed U.S. science and engineering, reshaped the economy, and influenced society at large. But America is bogged down in thorny debates on... View Details

        W. Carl Kester

        Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

        Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)
        • 26 Jul 2023
        • Research & Ideas

        STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out

        For mid-career STEM professionals looking to advance their skills and careers, certificate programs at elite universities can offer a fast track. And for universities, such programs are an important and growing revenue stream—and a recruitment tool for women and... View Details
        Keywords: by Rachel Layne
        • 2020
        • Working Paper

        Scientific Production: An Exploration into Organization, Resource Allocation, and Funding

        By: Jerry Thursby, Marie Thursby, Karim R. Lakhani, Kyle R. Myers, Nina Cohodes, Sarah Bratt, Dennis Byrski, Hannah Cohoon and Maria Roche
        Production of scientific knowledge is core to civilizational advancement in economic and material wellbeing of societies. Despite its fundamental importance, however, a systematic effort to quantitatively study the factors underlying scientific production, particularly... View Details
        Keywords: Funding; Science; Knowledge; Research; Information Management; Resource Allocation
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        Research Community - Doctoral

        Student Research Reputation Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers By: Mengjie Cheng and Shunyuan Zhang 01 JUL 2025 | Management Science Extraverts Reap Greater Social Rewards from Passion Because They... View Details
        • August 2011 (Revised October 2011)
        • Case

        PureTech Ventures in 2011

        By: Andrei Hagiu, Cesar Castro and Sarah Murphy
        In early May 2011, Daphne Zohar, founder and managing partner of PureTech Ventures, a life science venture creation company in Boston, MA, was reviewing a term sheet she had just received from a venture capital (VC) firm for one of PureTech's portfolio companies. The... View Details
        Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Negotiation; Partners and Partnerships; Science-Based Business; Opportunities; Boston
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          Samuel L. Hayes

          Samuel L. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School.  He has taught at the School since 1970, prior to which he was a tenured member of the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He... View Details

          • 25 Mar 2016
          • HBS Seminar

          Curtis Keith, Harvard University, Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator

          • 15 Oct 2016
          • News

          Political dysfunction, economic progress and James Buchanan

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          Internet Auctions for Close Substitutes

          Economists agree that eBays auction design is sensible and potentially welfare-maximizing for the trade of collectibles, which are unique and idiosyncratic. For mainstream goods, which have close but imperfect substitutes (cars, cameras, computers, clothes), the... View Details

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          MBA Experience - Health Care

          DMD/MBA Harvard School of Dental Medicine MBA/MPP Harvard Kennedy School MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Harvard Department of Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Harvard John A.... View Details
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          An Exploration of Marketing's Impact on Society: A Perspective Linked to Democracy

          By: John A. Quelch and Katherine Jocz
          The authors propose a political theory perspective for examining the impact of the modern aggregate marketing system on consumer welfare and society. Specifically, they suggest that the benefits marketing delivers to consumers are similar to the conditions required for... View Details
          Keywords: Government and Politics; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Welfare
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          • February 2023
          • Article

          National Models of Climate Governance Among Major Emitters

          By: Johnathan Guy, Esther Shears and Jonas Meckling
          National climate institutions structure the process of climate mitigation policymaking and shape climate policy ambition and performance. Countries have, for example, been building science bodies, passing climate laws and creating new agencies. Here we provide the... View Details
          Keywords: Environmental Regulation; Policy; Analytics and Data Science; Climate Change
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          • 14 Jul 2009
          • First Look

          First Look: July 14

          http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-148.pdf   PublicationsOpen to Negotiation: Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming)... View Details
          Keywords: Martha Lagace
          • 09 May 2024
          • Research & Ideas

          Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

          been using Clarivate Web of Science to collect citation and reference patterns from more than 12,000 works across 15 disciplines published as of 2015, with the goal of exploring the role of geographic proximity on the evolution of ideas... View Details
          Keywords: by Ben Rand
          • 12 Mar 2024
          • HBS Case

          How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

          Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
          Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology
          • September 2024
          • Case

          Myeloma Investment Fund

          By: Kyle Myers and Scott Sawaya
          This case explores a critical decision facing the Myeloma Investment Fund (MIF) as it evaluates two investment opportunities aimed at accelerating a cure for multiple myeloma.

          The MIF, a venture philanthropy fund, must choose between two distinct paths. One... View Details
          Keywords: Venture Philanthropy; Biomedical Research; Investing For Impact; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Science-Based Business; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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          Beacon and Warning: Sherman Kent, Scientific Hubris, and the CIA's Office of National Estimates

          By: J. Peter Scoblic
          Would-be forecasters have increasingly extolled the predictive potential of Big Data and artificial intelligence. This essay reviews the career of Sherman Kent, the Yale historian who directed the CIA’s Office of National Estimates from 1952 to 1967, with an eye toward... View Details
          Keywords: National Security; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; History
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          Class Profile - Doctoral

          Undergraduate Majors* Accounting Applied Mathematics Biology Business Computer Science Decision Sciences Economics Engineering Finance Government History Information Systems Law Mathematics Operations... View Details