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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
With Y2K predictions running the gamut from glitches with home appliances to worldwide economic collapse, Y2K expert John F. Keane (MBA '54) assesses the situation as it appears with one year to go. John F.... View Details
- July 9, 2012
- Blog Post
Is It Cheating to Have a Side Project?
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "Is It Cheating to Have a Side Project?" Harvard Business Review Blogs (July 9, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/07/is-it-cheating-to-have-a-side.
- February 23, 2012
- Blog Post
How to Turn an Obstacle into an Asset
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "How to Turn an Obstacle into an Asset." Harvard Business Review Blogs (February 23, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/02/how-to-turn-an-obstacle-into-a.
- March 29, 2012
- Blog Post
Choosing Between Making Money and Doing What You Love
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "Choosing Between Making Money and Doing What You Love." Harvard Business Review Blogs (March 29, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/03/choosing-between-making-money.
- April 5, 2012
- Blog Post
When Should You Quit Your Day Job?
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "When Should You Quit Your Day Job?" Harvard Business Review Blogs (April 5, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/04/when-should-you-quit-your-day/.
- April 13, 2012
- Blog Post
How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes." Harvard Business Review Blogs (April 13, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/04/how-to-get-the-boss-to-say-yes.
- June 27, 2012
- Blog Post
Are You Spending 1,000 Hours Preparing for Your Next Job?
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "Are You Spending 1,000 Hours Preparing for Your Next Job?" Harvard Business Review Blogs (June 27, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/06/are-you-spending-1000-hours-pr.
- March 2012
- Article
New Project? Don't Analyze—Act
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
In a predictable world, getting a new initiative off the ground typically involves analyzing the market, creating a forecast, and writing a business plan. But what about in an unpredictable environment? The authors recommend looking to those who are experts in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Managing Yourself; Project Management; Project Strategy; Risk Management
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "New Project? Don't Analyze—Act." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012): 154–158.
- 2013
- Article
Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance
By: David F. Larcker, Eric C. So and Charles C.Y. Wang
Firms with central or well-connected boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. Initiating a long position in the most central firms and a short position in the least central firms earns an average risk-adjusted return of 4.68% per year. Firms with... View Details
Larcker, David F., Eric C. So, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance." Journal of Accounting & Economics 55, nos. 2-3 (April–May 2013): 225–250.
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
Charles J. Christenson Chuck Christenson, the Royal Little Professor of Business Administration and a specialist in management control, has been a member of the HBS faculty for 39 years. Throughout his career, he has been an innovative... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- Article
How Much Should We Trust Staggered Difference-In-Differences Estimates?
By: Andrew C. Baker, David F. Larcker and Charles C.Y. Wang
We explain when and how staggered difference-in-differences regression estimators, commonly applied to assess the impact of policy changes, are biased. These biases are likely to be relevant for a large portion of research settings in finance, accounting, and law that... View Details
Keywords: Difference In Differences; Staggered Difference-in-differences Designs; Generalized Difference-in-differences; Dynamic Treatment Effects; Mathematical Methods
Baker, Andrew C., David F. Larcker, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "How Much Should We Trust Staggered Difference-In-Differences Estimates?" Journal of Financial Economics 144, no. 2 (May 2022): 370–395. (Editor's Choice, May 2022; Jensen Prize, First Place, June 2023.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
How Much Should We Trust Staggered Difference-In-Differences Estimates?
By: Andrew C. Baker, David F. Larcker and Charles C.Y. Wang
Difference-in-differences analysis with staggered treatment timing is frequently used to assess the impact of policy changes on corporate outcomes in academic research. However, recent advances in econometric theory show that such designs are likely to be biased in the... View Details
Keywords: Difference In Differences; Staggered Difference-in-differences Designs; Generalized Difference-in-differences; Dynamic Treatment Effects; Mathematical Methods
Baker, Andrew C., David F. Larcker, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "How Much Should We Trust Staggered Difference-In-Differences Estimates?" European Corporate Governance Institute Finance Working Paper, No. 736/2021, February 2021. (Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-112, April 2021.)
- March 2, 2012
- Blog Post
Career Plans Are Dangerous
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "Career Plans Are Dangerous." Harvard Business Review Blogs (March 2, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/03/career-plans-are-dangerous.
- 04 Dec 2014
- News
Hacking Health Care
new era,” he says. Sirois credits former professors Jeffrey F. Rayport (Managing in Cyberspace) and Howard H. Stevenson (Entrepreneurial Finance) with jump-starting his thinking. “It was like an epiphany,” he says. “There were lessons on... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
has made extraordinary contributions to education,” said HBS professor Howard H. Stevenson, senior associate dean for External Relations. “He will have a lasting impact on the future of learning.” Batten’s gift to HBS continues a tradition that began with George View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- 16 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS
welcomed me to campus. Together we crossed the Lars Anderson Bridge over the Charles to hear Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein speak in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. The discussion in the Forum was dynamic... View Details
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
Authors:Lee Fleming and Mark Charles Szigety Periodical:Advances in Strategic Management 23 (2006): 335-362 Abstract Where are the ultimate sources of technological breakthroughs? What makes a firm more likely to invent a breakthrough or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 2017 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Miami Price: Bidding on an Iconic Transit-Oriented Development Site
By: Charles F. Wu, Aaron Stolear, Vitali Bourchtein and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
13th Floor-Adler, a partnership of 13th Floor Investments and Adler Group, was compiling a response to a Miami-Dade County Request for Proposal (RFP). The RFP's prize was the opportunity to develop a 7.5+/- acre parking lot, adjacent to a heavy-rail rapid transit... View Details
Keywords: Land Valuation; Real Estate Development; Real Estate; Land Markets; Land Investment; Property; Design; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Miami
Wu, Charles F., Aaron Stolear, Vitali Bourchtein, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Miami Price: Bidding on an Iconic Transit-Oriented Development Site." Harvard Business School Case 218-034, September 2017. (Revised December 2019.)
- Web
Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
1998. Bodie, Zvi, and Robert C. Merton . "The Informational Role of Asset Prices: The Case of Implied Volatility." In The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective , by Dwight B. Crane, Kenneth A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André F.... View Details
- January 2021
- Case
The Governor's Dilemma
By: Charles F. Wu, Emma Hodge, Carlos Marin, Alexander Styk and George Zhang