Large Language Models - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

accounting that includes health care costs puts the savings figure closer to $1.3 trillion. And capacity to produce an additional 1 billion vaccine courses could similarly be worth on the order of $1 trillion. “Astoundingly, even those are pretty conservative numbers,”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

workers who are carrying out the work of the organization. In my research we look at how entrepreneurs and executives can think about the day-by-day management of those people in the trenches, since they determine, to a large extent,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

10 Jan 2005
What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

in my retirement, or 2) It is money I put in now to pay people who are already retired. I prefer the first view ... ." There was support for forced savings programs. Bill Bittner said, "[Without one] I am afraid a large portion... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

16 Mar 2023
Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

assets if their technology investments prove economically uncompetitive compared to alternative “green” solutions. The newly finished Hysynergy Power-to-Hydrogen facility. Inside, large alkaline electrolyzers convert excess energy to... View Details

26 Oct 2017
News

Can Farming Save the Planet?

and you capture carbon; and it’s a natural consequence of growing grains, growing row crops,” he observes. Wiviott and SFP have come up with a win-win, market-based way of getting farmers to go organic. The model affords investors the... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

13 Jul 2017
News

Making Friends with Mother Nature

In 2006, the entire region celebrated the opening of the Wild Center, a 54,000-square-foot, interactive museum experience. The center includes live wildlife exhibits, a movie theater, an art studio, a large system of trails, and... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Mar 2009
News

A New Approach to Health-Care Reform

until we make sure that the treatments and services consumers are getting are effective and affordable, changing the way we consumers pay for the services doesn’t fix anything. What we need is a system of new value networks that will disrupt the old business View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

11 Aug 2014
News

The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)

my life. Joking aside, getting great press or opening a large account are the entrepreneurial highs that keep us going. The most challenging part of the business is managing inventory. It is easy to be aspirational and to design the next... View Details

01 Apr 2020
Blog Post

How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage

about the opportunity to pivot from a large corporation to a small business and build the general management skills he would need to eventually start his own company. Arriving at HBS, Linzmeyer hit the ground running and used every... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

One-on-One with Jim Breyer

today on specific Internet opportunities where there are certainly Web 2.0 characteristics, but they are very different in the kinds of models they’re pursuing and the kind of focus. Accel specializes in technology investments. Is... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

Transparency with Costly Information Processing By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marco Pagano Abstract—We study a model where some investors (“hedgers”) are bad at information processing, while others (“speculators”) have superior... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

Many people today are focused on the global economic crisis, but Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter sees also a global crisis of business. The model of American capitalism that worked so well to raise the fortunes of... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

being created, while in others, the stock of technical knowledge that can potentially be transferred into new ventures is locked up in companies. The best example is Japan, where most innovations are generated within research laboratories operated by View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

the response of U.S. multinational firms to the formation of the ASEAN free trade agreement. Observed patterns guide the development of a model in which heterogeneous firms from a source country decide how to serve two foreign markets.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Mar 2017
News

Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

get into that behavior pattern and language pattern where-- I'm so knowledgeable, I'm working so hard, I'm trying so hard to reach out to others, and they still don't agree, therefore they must truly be bad people with dumb ideas. That... View Details

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

criticism have followed Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade America's credit rating. However, the real story is about how unsustainable the massive US government deficits are, and how difficult they will be to close. The deficits were View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation

even businesswomen within large organizations can be learned on the playing field, said Lopiano. In her view—and it is part of the mission of her foundation, which was founded in 1974 by tennis star Billie Jean King—every girl should... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

exploitation tends to drive out exploration, rendering organizations rigid and vulnerable to environmental change. Drawing on the Carnegie School, we propose a model where perturbation moderates the relationship between exploitation and... View Details