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- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
setting or a more general oligopoly context. Most past research has found two-part tariffs to be optimal in many settings. More recent research has begun to investigate the limits of such optimality and when... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
control over pricing and associated revenues from the content to the content provider in order to reduce price competition at the platform level. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-009.pdf Applying the Care Delivery... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive
chances of filling needed jobs. Applying a mathematical model to these relational contracts, the researchers found that the optimal number of connections among managers was seven or eight. Those... View Details
- 14 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program
highlight of your HBS experience thus far? HBS has remarkable intentionality behind all of the pieces of the MBA program. The section experience, curriculum, and campus are each optimized for learning across breadth and depth and have... View Details
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Profiles - MBA
Profiles Profiles Technology Innovation Fellows Program Supported by the Roberts Family Foundation Current Students APPLIED MATHEMATICS ELIOT 2025 Cohort 7 Rhea Acharya “Living through this unprecedented period of technological growth has... View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
PublicationsDriven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership Author:Paul R. Lawrence Publication:Jossey-Bass, forthcoming (2010) Abstract The author applies the four drive theory of human behavior (to acquire, to defend, to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Leverage LinkedIn - Alumni
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- Teaching Interest
Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)
Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details
- 04 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness
organization made a change, the same phenomenon that perpetuated the hiring of white men also applied to keeping women and people of color in power. “Once demographic change has happened, it’s much stickier than people might expect,”... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
paper seeks to provide clear, accessible descriptions and novel graphical representations of four major approaches to first-best benefit-based taxation; explain how these approaches relate to each other; and apply them within the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back
designed to alleviate burdens for frontline workers. The model—which included elements like scheduling, cross-training, and optimal store layouts—freed up employees to create a better service experience for customers. This led to... View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
accounting, control, and reporting systems in firms. How Can Decision Making Be Improved? Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Dolly Chugh, and Max H. Bazerman Publication: Perspectives on Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract The optimal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
quantitative implications match a range of moments not targeted in the estimation quite well. We then characterize the optimal policy path implied by the model and our estimates. Optimal policy makes heavy... View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
deeming it unearned. They also reported a heightened sense of belonging, optimism about career advancement, and access to expanded networks. Yet among those who interacted regularly with Japanese counterparts, narratives also revealed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
themselves immediately but also aspire to advance. By offering an optimal club experience, McCarthy aims to establish a long-term membership base that functions as an annuity stream. That, in turn, affords him the ability to bring in more... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
Research Agenda Author:Roberto Verganti Periodical:Journal of Product Innovation Management (forthcoming) Abstract Recent studies on design management have helped us to better comprehend how companies can apply design to get closer to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Program
Public Education Leadership Project
Summary Improved student performance depends on strong leadership, a culture of collaboration, and a dedication to accountability across a school district. This program helps leaders from U.S.-based urban school systems apply proven... View Details
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Generative AI - Alumni
your job search. Using GenAI to Write Cover Letters and Resumes One of the most time-consuming aspects of job searching is tailoring your cover letter and resume to each role you apply to, and yet doing so is essential for highlighting... View Details
- 05 Mar 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?
Summing Up How should context affect leaders' candor and transparency? Candor, transparency, and optimism generally trump dishonesty, deception, and pessimism as characteristics of good leaders. But is this true at all times? Conclusions... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
potential adverse event once the test-statistic crosses a stopping boundary. We employ asymptotic analysis that assumes a large number of observations in a given window of time to show how to compute the stopping boundary by solving a convex View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel