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- 06 Oct 2015
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October 6, 2015
developed for the same setting. More broadly, our paper contributes to the literature on the multi-armed bandit problem with resource constraints, since our algorithm applies directly to this setting when the inventory View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) - Course Catalog
challenging for general managers because they must rely on others – principally subordinates – to provide important critical input and data that inform decisions, as well as to implement the choices made. The major constraint facing most... View Details
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
response to rivals’ anticipated and actual behavior in game scenarios. Furthermore, coaches are subject to constraints on the number of players allowed on their rosters and on the budget available to spread across their rosters. In other... View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
algorithms developed for the same setting. More broadly, our paper contributes to the literature on the multi-armed bandit problem with resource constraints, since our algorithm applies directly to this setting when the inventory View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Cassidy Wald Wins Dean's Award for Service to the School and Society
signup forms to include questions about accommodations to make events more accessible. With Career and Professional Development, DAAG is now connecting alumni with disabilities with current students. They are working on a resource guide... View Details
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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
objectives: To enable students to get things done successfully. To understand the risks, trade-offs, and constraints leaders face when tasked with achieving results under conditions where they have limited skills, time, and View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
The world’s refugee population has exploded over the last decade, straining the resources of international resettlement agencies as staff struggle to keep up with manually matching millions of refugees and asylum seekers to host... View Details
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Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
to deepen its understanding of the complexities and constraints of the sector while ferreting out what works. Cases are set in various markets including the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Latin America. A third of the cases are set in a non-US... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-006.pdf Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We examine the effect of U.S. branch banking deregulations on the entry size of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Chicago's difficult decision recently to close a number of schools, given that there were too many facilities for too few students. The goal is for the remaining students to thrive with more resources per capita, with a focus on... View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
of enablers, such as education, has the potential for leading directly to the development of ideas that actually expand the limits of even those kinds of growth that rely on physical resources with supposedly finite properties. If all... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
founder believes crowd-funding can become a pillar for development, but U.S. regulatory hurdles and resources constraints are substantial. The company is considering targeting non-diaspora investors,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
policies, institutions, or resource endowments. I show that firms have agency. When governments attempted to reverse globalization during the interwar years, firms redesigned their international businesses rather than abandon them.... View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
collaborative tasks from writing assignments to playing digital instruments. At the same time it needed to address constraints such as the lack of electrical power in many remote rural areas—a problem it solves in several ways. Kids can... View Details
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
to do in the past. Consumers need to think beyond just the monthly cost of their premiums and consider the trade-offs involved in their decisions, especially the risks and constraints of high deductibles and narrow network plans. From... View Details
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From Brainstorm to Breakthrough: HBS IT Hackathon Inspires AI Innovations | Information Technology
tackling security concerns, navigating complex project structures, and linking tests to code effectively. Given the constraints of the Hackathon, we focused on whether ChatGPT API could detect code changes and generate tests automatically... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
(c) accountability in implementation. Examples are drawn from the experiences of South Africa and Brazil. Several preliminary factors are identified that may enhance policy learning, while acknowledging the constraints of bounded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
Earth. This book is an invitation to live in another story, the story of sustainable abundance. Cleantech Sell: The Essential Guide to Selling Resource Efficient Products in the B2B Market by Tony McDonald (MBA 1989) Cleantech Sell... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
negatively impact job performance. But companies can mitigate these effects by adopting specific human resource policies, says Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. The... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
instead of participating in negotiated exchange offers. This paper critically examines this claim and argues that the incentives for holdout litigation are limited because of (1) significant constraints on creditor litigation, (2)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne