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  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Show or Tell? Improving Agent Decision Making in a Tanzanian Mobile Money Field Experiment

By: Jason Acimovic, Chris Parker, David F. Drake and Karthik Balasubramanian
When workers make operational decisions, the firm's global knowledge and the workers’ domain-specific knowledge complement each other. Oftentimes workers have the final decision-making power. Two key decisions a firm makes when designing systems to support these... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Decision Making; Training; Performance Improvement; Money; Mobile Technology; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Services Industry
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    Arthur I Segel

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    Keywords: federal government; real estate
    • 11 Apr 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

    health care, utilities, energy, real estate, and technology by as much as 2.5 percentage points on an annualized basis. The TOPICS method uses sophisticated financial models to spot hidden similarities in risk and return profiles among... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services
    • 15 Jul 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: July 15

    http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/13-039%20Nov%202012_612ce7e2-7f81-4eea-9126-3c0964f2be2f.pdf August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Search-Based Peer Firms: Aggregating Investor Perceptions Through Internet Co-Searches... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 05 Feb 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 5

    results suggest that board of director networks provide economic benefits that are not immediately reflected in stock prices. Paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1651407 Leading in Crises: Observations on the Political and View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 18 Mar 2013
    • HBS Case

    HBS Cases: LEGO

    market. Green bricks, for instance, appeared in play sets only after a decadelong decision-making process-and the idea to include them came from Godtfred's son (and third-generation toymaker), Kjeld. The snail's pace served the company... View Details
    Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Entertainment & Recreation
    • 25 Jan 2021
    • Book

    In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

    How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
    • 05 Sep 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

    forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior By: Baloria, Vishal P., and Jonas Heese Abstract—The media can impose reputational costs on firms because of its important role as an information... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 23 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55999 forthcoming Journal of Accounting Research The Role of Gatekeepers in Capital Markets By: Srinivasan, Suraj, and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract—Gatekeepers in financial markets have the... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • Web

    2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    measure of company returns but are deeply flawed. We propose an alternative measure that isolates operational performance from financial engineering, titled Core Operating Shareholders Returns (COSRs). In the process of disentangling... View Details
    • 12 Sep 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

    Paris, and Abu Dhabi, with varying levels of financial success. In addition to growing in number, KCON has grown in size. By 2016, KCON LA had become a three-day, two-concert affair, that attracted 70,000 attendees with a wide range of... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 18 Jul 2023
    • News

    The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

    What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details
    Keywords: Robert Bochnak
    • Web

    Finance - Faculty & Research

    Finance Finance May 2014 Article Dynamics of Demand for Index Insurance: Evidence from a Long-Run Field Experiment By: Shawn A. Cole , Daniel Stein and Jeremy Tobacman This paper estimates how experimentally-manipulated experiences with a novel View Details

      Jerry R. Green

      Jerry R. Green

      David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

      John Leverett Professor in the University

      Harvard University

       

      Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

      Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
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      HBR Classics - Alumni

      Landscape Cause Your Firms Decline CSR or Share Holder Value How to Uncover Hidden Shareholder Value , Brian Hagen, Raymond L. Manganelli Shareholder Value Must Top CEOs Agenda , Gregory T. Carrott, Stuart E. Jackson Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value , Alfred... View Details
      • 19 Jan 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

      about how an algorithm works—but following its advice based on trusting the people who designed and tested it—can lead to better decision-making and financial results for businesses, say researchers... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • Web

      Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

      Introduction to Credential of Readiness (CORe) CORe INCLUDES Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, Financial Accounting, + final exam Save $1,790 with this 3-course bundle 3 Courses Credential of Readiness (CORe) $2,650 Next 12-week... View Details
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      Soltan Bryce

      summer, I did research for the United Stated Environmental Protection Agency on the technical and financial feasibility of solar panels on the roofs of dairy barns in California’s Central Valley,” Soltan says. “I loved the data science... View Details
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      Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

      success was unclear, challenging Hillen to ensure the AI factory could continuously refine the technology to improve decision-making in dental practices. Keywords: AI ; Adoption ; Diagnostics ; Organization Design ; Change Management ;... View Details
      • 01 Dec 2023
      • News

      The Exchange: Help Wanted

      Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph... View Details
      Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services