Preference - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

Returns By: Greenwood, Robin, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

potential impact of policies to manage systemic risk. Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences Author:Hanna W. Halaburda Publication:Games and Economic Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech

the preferred testing ground for Phase 1 clinical trials of new drugs, the benefits of massive R&D spending and economic throw-offs are being enjoyed elsewhere, primarily in the United States and in an increasingly competitive Asia.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical; Technology

Web

Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

students who have taken Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 and those who have not. If we reach the enrollment limit, preference will be given to students who took Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Plunging Into the Net

almost four decades ago, this change is clearly more evolutionary than revolutionary. During the last five years, the Internet - and more specifically, its most user-friendly thoroughfare, the World Wide Web - has emerged as a preferred... View Details

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

standard results on double marginalization and pricing of complementary goods, a platform that already has exclusive access to content may prefer to relinquish control over pricing and associated revenues from the content to the content... View Details

17 Jan 2025
News

Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff

important story was that we ultimately were successful and ended up putting together two airlines that were perfect for each other. My preference was not doing a hostile deal, my preference was to do a... View Details

02 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success – Part 2

Conversations, you can reserve one of our office’s video conference rooms. Or, use your preferred web based video conference tool and we can reserve small rooms on campus for students if they need a quiet space. For public Company... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2020
News

Ink: The Habit of Innovation

one organization that Innosight worked with preferred to talk about transforming zombies into angels. It certainly sounds more pleasant than purging or killing zombies! We do purposefully call this a zombie amnesty to highlight the fact... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

06 Apr 2016
News

Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship

Courtesy of Flatiron Books Courtesy of Flatiron Books When Jim Koch (JD/MBA 1978) sat down to write Quench Your Own Thirst, published this month, he realized he had told these stories many times before—usually over a beer, preferably a... View Details

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research The Role of (Dis)similarity in (Mis)predicting Others' Preferences By: Barasz, Kate, Tami Kim, and Leslie John Abstract—Consumers readily indicate liking options that appear dissimilar—for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Maliha Khan

In college, Maliha Khan kept her family's textile business at arm's length, preferring to follow a path that would lead to a PhD in political science. But as she approached graduation, the business changed dramatically. "Pakistan... View Details

Profile

Jennifer Kelly

different styles — some were authoritative, some preferred a service approach — but they were all effective!" "The case method," says Jennifer, "is a much more challenging way to learn business concepts. It's easy to... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)

CFO, Gary Crittenden, asked me to become CFO for Citi Holdings right at the beginning of the financial crisis. He told me: “Careers are defined in times of crisis.” I said, “You want me to be CFO of a bad bank?” and he said, “I prefer you... View Details

Keywords: April White; Photo by: Michael Bucher; banking; diversity; COVID-19; leadership; African American; career advice; Finance

02 Jun 2003
What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

ethical values, but include preferred behaviors such as treating people with respect, exercising speed in decision-making, insuring transparency and the sharing of information, and emphasizing simplicity in ways of getting things done.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Mar 2019
Blog Post

What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program

non-western participants are committing significant resources to winning in those markets. The gulf between sophisticated African consumer preferences for products and services and resource and capacity constraints in many African... View Details

02 Jan 2018
Op-Ed

'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year

the lessons of the past are being used to educate the business leaders of the future. Why Employers Favor Men Ruth comments: The race factor is important to be considered. In Latin America I have seen quite often that white men prefer to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

Turkasset began opening physical branches around the country to service customers who preferred to talk in person. Despite these additional outlays, the gamble paid off for the company by allowing it to collect a much higher percentage of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

28 Nov 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?

with a comparison of two different systems under which he worked, preferring pay for performance "based on my direct impact on profit, relationship with my client, project team performance and development of individual members of my... View Details