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  • 2019
  • Article

Fair Algorithms for Learning in Allocation Problems

By: Hadi Elzayn, Shahin Jabbari, Christopher Jung, Michael J Kearns, Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth and Zachary Schutzman
Settings such as lending and policing can be modeled by a centralized agent allocating a scarce resource (e.g. loans or police officers) amongst several groups, in order to maximize some objective (e.g. loans given that are repaid, or criminals that are apprehended).... View Details
Keywords: Allocation Problems; Algorithms; Fairness; Learning
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  • April 2013
  • Article

First-Party Content and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets

By: Andrei Hagiu and Daniel Spulber
The strategic use of first-party content by two-sided platforms is driven by two key factors: the nature of buyer and seller expectations (favorable versus unfavorable) and the nature of the relationship between first-party content and third-party content (complements... View Details
Keywords: Two-sided Platforms; Platform Strategy; Technology; Information Technology; Performance Expectations; Strategy; Digital Platforms
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  • December 2007 (Revised December 2021)
  • Case

The South Sea Company (A)

By: David A. Moss, Eugene Kintgen, Agnieszka Rafalska and Kimberly Hagan
In early 1720, the South Sea Company and the Bank of England were cometing for the right to issue new shares and to exchange those shares for government bons that were then in the hands of the public. The British government had already executed two such debt conversion... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financial Strategy; Bids and Bidding; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Great Britain
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  • 02 Sep 2020
  • News

The Secret to Reallocating Resources in a Recession

    Are the 'Best and Brightest' Going into Finance? Skill Development and Career Choice of MIT Graduates

    Abstract

    Using detailed data on recipients of bachelor's degrees from MIT between 2006 and 2012, I examine the selection of students into finance or science and engineering (S&E). I find that academic achievement in college is negatively correlated with... View Details

    • 2013
    • Comment

    Fairness and Redistribution: Comment

    By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
    In an influential paper, Alesina and Angeletos (2005)—henceforth, AA—argued that a preference for fairness could lead two identical societies to choose different economic systems. In particular, two equilibria might arise: one with low taxes and a belief that the... View Details
    Keywords: Taxes; Beliefs; Economic Systems; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Taxation
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    • 2008
    • Other Unpublished Work

    Punctuated Identities and the Careers of Professional Women

    This paper proposes a punctuated equilibrium model of identity change to explain how professional women's career goals and attitudes can change rapidly and dramatically during mid-career years. Data collected from interviews of 43 women alumni of an elite business... View Details
    Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Identity; Personal Development and Career; Gender
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    • 12 Jan 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

    determined by what industry you are in, or what particular company you work for, but it's also a result of how collaborative your job is. This suggests that workers who have already developed extensive... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports
    • 04 Jun 2018
    • What Do You Think?

    Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

    found in our own organizations, it gives us pause not only to be especially careful in the CEO hiring decision but also to give serious thought to how or whether such a hire might be introduced successfully to the organization. #METOO... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 24 Feb 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns

    Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel G. Hanson
    • December 2024
    • Case

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM): The AI Journey

    By: Shikhar Ghosh
    In early 2024, Bill Fandrich, Executive VP and CIO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), faced a critical decision about AI adoption within the organization. Fandrich had championed AI implementation at BCBSM. After successfully developing three AI... View Details
    Keywords: Blue Cross; Automation; Generative Ai; Health Insurance; Insurance Companies; Innovation; IT Strategy; Organizational Transformations; Technology; Non-profit; AI and Machine Learning; Health; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Leadership; Technology Adoption; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Innovation Strategy; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; Michigan
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    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel Dirty

    By: Tiziana Casciaro, Francesca Gino and Maryam Kouchaki
    To create social ties to support their professional or personal goals, people actively engage in instrumental networking. Drawing from moral psychology research, we posit that this intentional behavior has unintended consequences for an individual's morality. Unlike... View Details
    Keywords: Networking; Morality; Dirtiness; Power; Networks; Moral Sensibility; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence
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    • 04 Feb 2025
    • HBS Seminar

    Anocha Aribarg, University of Michigan

    • 31 Jul 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

    Keywords: by Eric D. Werker
    • 11 Jun 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs

    Keywords: by Pierre Azoulay, Christopher C. Liu & Toby E. Stuart
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Feature Importance Disparities for Data Bias Investigations

    By: Peter W. Chang, Leor Fishman and Seth Neel
    It is widely held that one cause of downstream bias in classifiers is bias present in the training data. Rectifying such biases may involve context-dependent interventions such as training separate models on subgroups, removing features with bias in the collection... View Details
    Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Prejudice and Bias
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    • 2023
    • Article

    Association Between Regulatory Submission Characteristics and Recalls of Medical Devices Receiving 510(k) Clearance

    By: Alexander O. Everhart, Soumya Sen, Ariel D. Stern, Yi Zhu and Pinar Karaca-Mandic
    Importance: Most regulated medical devices enter the U.S. market via the 510(k) regulatory submission pathway, wherein manufacturers demonstrate that applicant devices are “substantially equivalent” to 1 or more “predicate” devices (legally marketed medical devices... View Details
    Keywords: Recalls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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    • 22 Sep 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: September 22

      Working PapersMixed Source Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gastón Llanes Abstract We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms that sell software and complementary goods or services. In addition to tactical... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 15 Mar 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: March 15

    http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20sommers.pdf   Working PapersSustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future? Authors:Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, and Tiona Zuzul Abstract Two trends are likely to... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research

      I think that most business school research should examine and help solve real-world problems that managers are facing--or that they might face in the future. This means that these scholars need to choose relevant research questions, and propose and test hypotheses... View Details