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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • 09 Apr 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

    trillion hedge fund industry to police itself with voluntary standards and codes. Codes of conduct and self-regulation programs are growing in popularity, but are these initiatives just window dressing to appease critics and deter... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • Blog

    What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

    to work as their peers who are male or single, and as a result, don't hear about challenging developmental and high-profile assignments. Once they reach higher levels of leadership, women discover they are held to different standards and... View Details
    • 28 Feb 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels

    cues. While standardized scripts, automation, and training that emphasizes cultural awareness can go a long way in preventing bias, managers must set the right tone and hold their teams accountable. Managers must also realize, the... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • Web

    Interviews - Recruiting

    preparation and more focused student decisions. Contact us for help understanding student timelines and availability. First year interviews may begin January 6. Recruiting Standards of Conduct & Dates By hosting an interview publicized... View Details
    • 04 Apr 2023
    • Book

    Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

    While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
    • Web

    FAQ - Alumni

    counted in that year’s giving totals and listed in HBS's annual Report on Giving . For questions about an existing pledge or to customize your pledge fulfillment schedule, please contact HBS Gift Management at gifts@hbs.edu or 617.495.6207. Is my pledge legally... View Details
    • 17 Feb 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Breaking Them In or Revealing Their Best? Reframing Socialization around Newcomer Self-Expression

    Keywords: by Dan Cable, Francesca Gino & Brad Staats
    • 17 Sep 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Secrets of the Academy: The Drivers of University Endowment Success

    Keywords: by Josh Lerner, Antoinette Schoar & Jialan Wang; Education
    • Article

    Passion Penalizes Women and Advantages (Unexceptional) Men in High-Potential Designations

    By: Joyce He, Jon M. Jachimowicz and Celia Moore
    High potential programs offer a swift path up the corporate ladder for those who secure a place on them. However, the evaluation of “potential” occurs under considerable uncertainty, creating fertile ground for gender bias. We document that men are more likely than... View Details
    Keywords: Passion; Potential; Gender; Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Talent and Talent Management
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    Oracle Efficient Private Non-Convex Optimization

    By: Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth, Giuseppe Vietri and Zhiwei Steven Wu
    One of the most effective algorithms for differentially private learning and optimization is objective perturbation. This technique augments a given optimization problem (e.g. deriving from an ERM problem) with a random linear term, and then exactly solves it.... View Details
    Keywords: Machine Learning; Algorithms; Objective Perturbation; Mathematical Methods
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    • May 2020
    • Article

    Value-Based Health Care in Undergraduate Medical Education

    By: Jessica N. Holtzman, Bhushan R. Deshpande, Jessica C. Stuart, Thomas W. Feeley, Mary Witkowski, Edward M. Hundert and Jennifer Kasper
    Problem: Value-based health care (VBHC) is an innovative framework for redesigning care delivery to achieve better outcomes for patients and reduce cost; however, providing students with the skills to understand and engage with these topics is a challenge to... View Details
    Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Higher Education; Curriculum and Courses
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    • July 2018
    • Case

    LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry

    By: Boris Groysberg and Akiko Kanno
    In the spring of 2018, Kinya Seto, president and CEO of LIXIL Group Corporation, a major housing and building products and services company, called a meeting at the company’s head office in central Tokyo to discuss how to implement the new three-year strategic plan.... View Details
    Keywords: Turnaround; Leadership And Change Management; Consolidation; Change Management; Leadership; Global Strategy; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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      Passion Penalizes Women and Advantages (Unexceptional) Men in High-Potential Designations

      High potential programs offer a swift path up the corporate ladder for those who secure a place on them. However, the evaluation of “potential” occurs under considerable uncertainty, creating fertile ground for gender bias. We document that men are more likely than... View Details
      • Web

      MOC Network reaches 20 year milestone - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

      practical efforts that raise competitiveness and, ultimately, citizens’ standard of living. The MOC course provides an integrative framework to understand and analyze the drivers of competitiveness. MOC faculty and their students become... View Details
      • Web

      Photography and Print Advertising - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

      the mind as the critical element of rationalized consumption. Greater sales in an increasingly competitive and national marketplace required persuading reticent consumers that individual difference and personal meaning could be theirs despite a regularized landscape of... View Details
      • 07 Mar 2023
      • Blog Post

      Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

      implications of collaboration versus IP protection for competitive advantage. Cooperation can standardize processes that catapult an industry toward emission reductions while minimizing investment risks. Despite the challenges it faces,... View Details
      • 13 Jan 2015
      • First Look

      First Look: January 13

        Publications January 2015 Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Agglomeration and Innovation By: Carlino, Gerald, and William R. Kerr Abstract—This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 20 Feb 2009
      • Working Paper Summaries

      When Does Domestic Saving Matter for Economic Growth?

      Keywords: by Philippe Aghion, Diego Comin, Peter Howitt & Isabel Tecu
      • 2024
      • Article

      Beyond the 510(k): The Regulation of Novel Moderate-Risk Medical Devices, Intellectual Property Considerations, and Innovation Incentives in the FDA’s De Novo Pathway

      By: Mateo Aboy, Cristina Crespo and Ariel Stern
      Moderate-risk medical devices constitute 99% of those that have been regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since it gained authority to regulate medical technology nearly five decades ago. This article presents an analysis of the interaction between... View Details
      Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Safety; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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