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- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
middle part of the country say very quickly no. There's not a great sense of optimism about the future. And I think that's what people are looking for. Morrell: So Diane graciously offered to put a question to her group of voters for us... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Vijay Govindarajan (MBA 1976, DBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Leaders understand that creating a new business and optimizing an already existing one are two fundamentally different management challenges. The real problem for... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
between steps. I show that the optimal number of modules (and buffers) increases as the underlying rate of technical change goes up. When the underlying technologies are changing rapidly, it makes sense to sacrifice some degree of flow... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016
increasingly common in data mining, optimization problems, or Internet applications where the goal is to find an acceptably good solution in a short amount of time when a deterministic approach might be less fruitful or impractical. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24
Implicit in U.S. Tax Policy and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions By: Lockwood, Benjamin, and Matthew Weinzierl Abstract—We use official data and standard optimal tax conditions to infer the positive and normative judgments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
transformed during my first year at HBS. She keeps me grounded in a fast-paced environment. I am clear on my priorities and optimize every minute in my day to maximize my time here while still being involved in her life. Random hugs and... View Details
- 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007
out less-intensive users of the product. High prices do not cause greater product use than low prices for a given buyer, but there is some evidence that the act of paying increases use. Our estimates imply that positive prices may be View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
incorporate other organizational objectives and managerial interests. For example, tax optimization can be a powerful tool but can also create performance evaluation and incentive problems. Many financial practices out there excessively... View Details
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Villanova University in the Graduate Programs in Human Resource Development, in the Psychology department. During and after her graduate work, she worked as an independent consultant and for SHL, a global consulting firm, on the View Details
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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online
Media Show Hide Details Concepts The Challenges of Reaching and Acquiring Customers Online Search Advertising Display Advertising Utilizing Paid Media Channels Measuring Paid Media Featured Exercises Quiz yourself on the most important paid media channels and explore... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
guidance on the design of optimal call patterns in route sales. Our analyses reveal that the long-term persistence effect of detailing is more pronounced for specialist physicians, whereas the contemporaneous marginal effect is higher for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1
products, opening a deeper and informed dialogue about pricing. The note concludes with a succinct guide of how to optimally price products based on different organizational goals and product characteristics. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
subgroups can shape information sharing to create a hidden profile where there was none initially. Second, we describe how individual defection can weaken subgroup competition and, paradoxically, increase the chance that a team will View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
products for different business contexts requires that a firm deploy different new-product development processes. Products designed for stable and mature end-user markets require a process optimized for control and efficiency. In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Management, Strategy Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 Livia Alfonsi Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Tomomichi Amano IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem Strategy, Marketing January 2026 J 3.0 Innovation and Renovation: View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
believe that we can just take existing processes for capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air and improve them through optimizing the chemical engineering process. The fundamental bottleneck that controls the economics of direct-air... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
optimal action paves the way for incidental learning, while being dogmatic creates a barrier. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54567 Harvard Business School Case 717-035 Turkey and Russia: Dangerous... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23
reseller-mode is preferred depends on whether independent suppliers or the intermediary are better suited to optimally tailor marketing activities for each specific product. We show that this tradeoff is shifted towards the reseller-mode... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
some point going forward—in effect, learning alongside our students. We've also continued to optimize our Live Online Classrooms (LOCs), where all participants are remote but the faculty member is in a room where video screens of each... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
lessons from Schwarzman’s life and career that includes creating one of the world’s largest investment firms, and becoming an active philanthropist. The result is an empowering, entertaining, and inspiring guide to optimizing ambition,... View Details