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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

their shareholder votes. Meanwhile, several NGOs have built certifications and other monitoring and assessment tools to understand how companies are progressing against their targets. This panel will explore the different mechanisms and... View Details

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Building High-Performing Teams Model of Team Effectiveness Inquiry and Advocacy Show Hide Details Modules Taking Charge Leading Your Team Unleashing Potential in Yourself and Others Your Network Featured Exercises Build a foundation of self-awareness through a 360°... View Details

12 May 2023
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Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

How do you assess the viability of a heat pump? Through an Independent Project with Professor George Serafeim, Meghavi Talati (MBA 2023) set out to develop a tool to help the average consumer navigate this decision. The Rise of Electric... View Details

25 Mar 2009
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Demographics, Career Concerns or Social Comparison: Who Games SSRN Download Counts?

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman & Ian I. Larkin; Education

October 2023
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CornerUp: Digitizing the Corner Store

By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, Stacy Straaberg and Diego Zainos De La Sota Riva

In July 2023, Jason Diaz, co-founder and CEO of CornerUp, assessed the progress of his business-to-business e-procurement software application (app) startup, founded in January 2022. CornerUp began as a fast-moving consumer packaged goods (FMCG) distributor in New York... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Small Business; Transition; Decisions; Social Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Disruptive Innovation; Market Participation; Digital Platforms; Trust; Business Strategy; Expansion; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Technology Industry; United States

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2020
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Sticky Capital Controls

By: Miguel Acosta-Henao, Laura Alfaro and Andres Fernandez

There is much ongoing debate on the merits of capital controls as effective policy instruments. The differing perspectives are due in part to a lack of empirical studies that look at the intensive margin of controls, which in turn has prevented a quantitative... View Details

Keywords: Capital Controls; Macroprudential Policies; Stickiness; Intensive; (S, S) Costs; Capital; Management; Macroeconomics

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2018
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Channeled Attention and Stable Errors -- Previous Working Version

By: Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch, Matthew Rabin and Joshua Schwartzstein

A common critique of models of mistaken beliefs is that people should recognize their error after observations they thought were unlikely. This paper develops a framework for assessing when a given error is likely to be discovered, in the sense that the error-maker... View Details

Keywords: Perception; Behavior; Theory; Situation or Environment

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February 2015
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Evaluating the Impact of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative on Breast-feeding Rates: A Multi-state Analysis

By: Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Ariel Dora Stern, Christopher F. Baum and Matthew W. Gillman

Objectives: Despite the passage of state laws promoting breast feeding, a formal evaluation has not yet been conducted to test whether and/or what type of laws may increase breast feeding. The enactment of breastfeeding laws in different states in the USA creates a... View Details

Keywords: Race; Nutrition; Laws and Statutes; United States

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26 Jan 2015
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National Health Costs Could Decrease if Managers Reduce Work Stress

rarely experience just one form of stress, Goh, Pfeffer, and Zenios developed a mathematical model that enabled them to rigorously assess the impact of co-occurring factors. After coming up with formulas to take these factors into... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

26 Oct 2022
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How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap? Assessing the Strength of Network Effects in Social Network Platforms Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting

09 Apr 2007
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Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

is by assessing companies in terms of their social performance and corporate social responsibility efforts. The funds try to screen out the bad companies and invest in the good ones. If CSR efforts are supposed to enhance financial... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2023
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The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

formed a relationship. The authors chose to focus on patient ratings of specialists instead of specific medical outcomes because they assess an “important dimension of quality” that transcends the clinical boundaries of medical... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

01 Mar 2024
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Action Plan: Wild at Heart

At first glance, Heather Evans (MBA 1983) might not seem the likeliest candidate for a career in ecological landscaping. A former chief marketing officer and “true urbanist” (“to the extent I used to hate visiting people in the country!”), Evans spent most of her life... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; gardening; entrepreneurship; sustainability

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Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

are still working, be sure to get clearance from your management on accepting a board position. Step 6: Evaluate the Deal: Assess Time, Money, and Risk During your interviews, you will be asked about your other commitments to ensure that... View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

funds). See the FAQs section below for common questions about eligibility. If you are in the process of searching for a full-time job search for a role in Africa and would like to have a conversation to assess your eligibility for the GO... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

Services 5% Depreciation 3% University Assessments 1% Supplies & Equipment 0% Debt Service Faculty research expenses include a portion of faculty salaries and benefits expense, as well as direct costs for faculty support staff and travel,... View Details

30 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 30

video ads. In a controlled experiment, joy and surprise were assessed through automated facial expression detection for a sample of ads. Concentration of attention was assessed through eye tracking and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2010
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Private Equity and Industry Performance

Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen & Per Strömberg

17 Jul 2008
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A Replication Study of Alan Blinder’s “How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?”

Keywords: by Troy Smith & Jan W. Rivkin

January–February 2023
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Data-Driven COVID-19 Vaccine Development for Janssen

By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Michael Lingzhi Li, Xinggang Liu, Jennings Xu and Najat Khan

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred extensive vaccine research worldwide. One crucial part of vaccine development is the phase III clinical trial that assesses the vaccine for safety and efficacy in the prevention of COVID-19. In this work, we enumerate the first... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Health Testing and Trials; Forecasting and Prediction; AI and Machine Learning; Research; Pharmaceutical Industry

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