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- 04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4
that investors were increasingly supporting late stage research with higher probabilities of success, while funding for riskier early stage research was drying up. Should FasterCures raise money and direct it toward early stage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
time she’s been doing research in this area—and what has remained the same. Lynn Paine: Probably the most obvious thing that has changed is the attitudes toward women and towards diversity in general. You know, back when Tosh joined her... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
accountability and people working together to solve problems. This is Chuck Callan, 1982. My first job-- oh, that's going back a ways. Well, I guess I was somewhat industrious as a kid and I used to rake leaves and stack wood, cut grass for people in the neighborhood... View Details
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
whose numbers you use, it doesn't really matter, but the probability that you'll be successful is somewhere between 10% and 30%. And why is that? If it truly is a crapshoot, then it means that you just have to throw the dice a lot in... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
problem-solving, so you’re probably going to be able to see two or three solutions around something in a way that other people don’t.” The other benefit, the neurologist noted, was creativity. While Lo never saw herself as a creative... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
the payoffs are, and then the probability of each of the payoffs. But in this case, you talked about the information asymmetry, and it's very clear in the social media context, the fear of missing out totally miscalculates what the... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
life; move past common misconceptions—such as the idea that asking for more will make people dislike you—and understand why your go-to negotiation strategies are probably making you less influential; discover the one thing that influences... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
heard all too often. Then, taking a deep breath, Tufano adds, "There may be a fairly low probability that we'll help all forty million people with this. But even if we could reach a fraction of the total, just think of the potential." The... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
a mess. [S]he acknowledged: "I probably should have done more research. The core business wasn't making any money. The customer service was poor. In my first few weeks, three or four of the senior managers came in and said, 'Oh, we're... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
unable to tell whether each child was honest or not, we speculate about the proportion of reported white outcomes. Children report the prize-winning outcome at rates statistically above 50% but below 100%. Moreover, the probability of... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
we’re just getting started. And I think that that’s probably if I’m being honest kind of a really truthful way of looking at Cloudflare. Zatlyn: I do say that, and Matthew does make fun of me. Matthew, Lee, and I started this 10 years... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
replacement of most faculty and administrative desktop machines, the introduction of a single electronic-mail system, and the construction of a 100-machine personal computer lab in previously unfinished space in the basement of Shad Hall. "If we had a minute to think... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
superior product, adding to the probability of success. However, OSS has disadvantages too. Most importantly, it comes from behind in terms of market share (installed base). Because the value of an operating system depends critically on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
compromising their way of life? The author provides surprising answers and helps readers develop a new understanding of the full ramifications of climate change, including the discovery that they have far more control over the impacts of climate change than they View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
Ostrovsky, and Schwarz. We prove that convergence occurs with probability 1, and we compute the expected time until convergence. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-056.pdf Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
much better job at work and probably always wonder if you aren't missing out on one of the great life experiences. You can decide to have kids and give up your career, and always wonder if you are not maximizing who you could be. You... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue By: Rashid, Faaiza, Amy C. Edmondson, and Herman B. Leonard Abstract—Three years ago, when a cave-in at the San José mine in Chile trapped 33 men under 700,000 metric tons of rock, experts estimated the View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
countries for the period 2001–2010. We uncover the following stylized facts: In emerging Asia, real depreciations are associated with faster growth of firm-level total factor productivity (TFP), sales and cash-flow, higher probabilities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
publicized predictions of 50-100 municipal defaults have caused anxiety among municipal bond investors. While there is some chance that negative investor sentiment will lead to further spread widening, the probability of the kind of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne