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Hope Carlson
have felt that same kind of familial closeness with complete strangers when performing together in choral festivals. I want to give that to people, to alleviate what Mother Teresa called "the greatest disease in the world" - loneliness. I want to fulfill my... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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It’s a Small World
positive paeans to things such as the joys of popping the bubbles in packing wrap, the cool side of the pillow, the aroma outside bakeries, and high-fiving babies earned him 100,000 daily readers who welcomed his optimism and to whose... View Details
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Prelude - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
economics through his working relationship with Paul Samuelson. Perhaps more than any other economist to date, Paul Samuelson is credited with ushering in the modern era of mathematical economic analysis incorporating formal probability theory and View Details
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Market Perspectives
search engine optimized for locating scholarly and academic material. The "Find It @ Harvard" button will automatically appear with search results when Google Scholar is accessed from our page. EconLit - is a comprehensive,... View Details
- 30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016
impatience parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to be economically substantial, and the optimal rule... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
crossings every year and focuses on finding beneficial traits such as improved flavor, longer shelf life, and pest and drought resistance. Traditionally, this has been a highly labor-intensive R&D process, but Tomato Vision has recently begun employing the use of... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
getting the help they need.” To that end, Simons created a free online job design optimization tool. Try it out to see if your job is offering a healthy mix of responsibility and support. If the answer is no, then talk to your supervisor... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
relative to financially under-developed ones. Mergers That Stick Authors:Rosabeth Moss Kanter Publication:Harvard Business Review 84, no. 10 (October 2009) An abstract is unavailable. Purchase the article: http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2009/10/mergers-that-stick/ar/1... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets
better, or is it just changing form? Are there examples of successful corporate strategies to secure the upsides of policieswithout the downsides? What is the optimal role of government in a global world in which state-owned and/or... View Details
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Lessons from History - Creating Emerging Markets
has faced launching a history elective course at IIMA, including navigating departmental resistance, developing innovative pedagogy, and working to imbue historical problems with contemporary significance. However like Prof. Jones, he expressed an View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
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The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
kind-hearted nature and candor.” How do you use what you learned at HBS today? “At HBS, I learned to think on my feet and make optimal decisions, with limited information, while overcoming complex problems. In the media and technology... View Details
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Maria Makhabane
neighbors, saw difficulty and struggle scars that were more than skin deep. But most striking to me was the palpable sense of hope and optimism embodied in each person I encountered. With unwavering certainty, they told stories of a... View Details
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Cordelia Shackleton
optimism being kind, “everything is going to be alright.” She gave me a hug. I started to cry as she walked out my bedroom. I cried all evening. I cried because I felt I had done nothing for my family, and then, when I had failed, my... View Details
- 07 Dec 2022
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Dubai-Based Proptech Builds Up
Dubai to Saudi Arabia and beyond. "There are almost 25,000 short-term rentals here in Dubai and 550 companies are operating them," he said. "These are often small companies that do a great job, but in a piecemeal manner. They don't necessarily have access to technology... View Details
- 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19
the conventional financial system and the real economy. Publisher's link: http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.29.2.213 May 2015 Journal of Public Economics De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Heterogeneity in Preferences and Optimal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
EXPERTS SHARE 5 TIPS TO BECOME A BETTER MANAGER
Sharer explains, managers must both understand and be prepared to optimize or change the processes related to their work: Kevin Sharer and Process in Management Video 2.Implement that process Developing a process is a great start, but it... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2003
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Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth
growth and is interested in testing and refining its model in new locations; or when a nonprofit has less ambitious, less geographically dispersed expansion plans. We were not surpised that our research suggests that there is no single, View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015
are low, and some useless care is bought even when patients face the full cost. In the presence of behavioral hazard, welfare calculations using only the demand curve can be off by orders of magnitude or even be the wrong sign. We derive View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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About IT: IT Planning and Service Delivery Team Profile | Information Technology
smoothly by rationalizing and prioritizing the work that IT does. They are the behind-the-scenes enablers that empower HBS IT to operate with precision and agility, and assist teams across HBS IT to make informed decisions, streamline processes, and leverage the right... View Details
- 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008
prescriptive suggestions for candidates to approach job negotiations as a two-level game and to minimize disadvantageous effects of gender on job negotiation outcomes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-095.pdf Optimal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace