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- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
Viceira Publication:Chapter 5 in Overcoming the Saving Slump: How to Increase the Effectiveness of Financial Education and Saving Programs, edited by Annamaria Lusardi. University of Chicago Press, forthcoming Abstract The U.S. retirement View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
appear invulnerable blocked precisely the kinds of actions that encourage safety and effectiveness. Covering up mistakes, for example, curtails learning and allows for the repetition and escalation of errors. In complex systems with high... View Details
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
solution in combination with property rights can be used to capture a stream of rents. The tools a firm can use to manage bottlenecks are, first, an understanding of the technical architecture of the system and, second, an understanding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
Back in 2001, I wanted to test some theoretical predictions about negotiations versus auctions. At the time I was co-course head for the first-year required course on Negotiation at HBS, so I designed an elaborate experiment that used all... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online
Featured Exercise Articulate dynamic pricing’s benefits and drawbacks Define the most important characteristics of economies of scale Determine how platforms build trust into their systems Advise a startup platform, Picabuu, on how it can... View Details
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
appear to be unrelated to measures of innovation. The Design of Patent Pools: The Determinants of Licensing Rules Authors:Josh Lerner, Marcin Strojwas, and Jean Tirole Periodical:The RAND Journal of Economics (forthcoming). (Earlier... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
in K-12 education, has brought to a collaboration with Hewlett Packard (HP) high credibility and access to key curriculum decision makers in the public education system. A leading designer, manufacturer, and service provider of products and View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
Using a sample of commercial logo design competitions, and a novel, content-based measure of originality, I find that intensifying competition induces agents to explore novel, untested ideas over tweaking their earlier work, but heavy... View Details
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
Healthcare, and Leadership. "The Initiative designation is meant to acknowledge a new phase of activity: one that we hope will engage the faculty, students, staff, and alumni in enhancing and extending both knowledge creation and... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
arena," Goldman says. "More than a discount transaction house, we're positioning ourselves to compete now as a full-service investment firm without charging the hefty commissions that 'full service' usually implies. Our online presence is just part of a larger... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
immediately for active duty. Andreichuk managed to delay his service for a year after receiving a prestigious Luce Scholars fellowship, which took him to Hong Kong where he worked with an engineering firm designing the city’s tallest... View Details
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things." That's what this book is about—innovation far more audacious than a new way to find a restaurant or a smart phone you can wear on your wrist. Amy C. Edmondson and Susan Salter Reynolds explore... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
(and has since sold) a startup company that lets people connect over a home-cooked meal for a small group. Hosts post dinner details and interested guests can register to attend. “Building Bridges is based on that,” says Gupta. “But we use the Harvard LEFA View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation
of Business: A Systems Approach with Explicit Integration of Public Health Co-Benefits Professor Macomber structured the course to have students approach the topic from four points of view, and assigned student team projects to think... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated (revised) Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
Understanding Boards of Directors: A Systems Perspective By: Lorsch, Jay W. Abstract—In this essay, my goal is to explore why, despite the tireless efforts of talented people, research on corporate governance has been slow and uneven, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
pressure for antitrust revision came from the states. A perhaps unlikely leader, Edna Gleason, organized California's retail pharmacists and coordinated trade networks to monitor and enforce Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) contracts, a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
patients; however, organizations have struggled to obtain outcomes data from electronic health record (EHR) systems. This study describes how Texas Children’s Hospital customized a commercial EHR system and assembled a cross-functional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
laws the government uses to enforce their whims and desires...For Microsoft to treat such a system of non-objective law with disdain ... and contempt ... is a commendable and uplifting act of principle." Questioning whether outside... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
believe that the ideas the elite present are not universal and true but, in fact, are designed to serve their own interests. Why are we seeing a surge in populism? See more from the online-only September Alumni Bulletin IMPACT section’s... View Details
Keywords: April White