Generalized Linear Model - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2002
News

View from the Top

leadership of some of the world's best-known companies — Procter & Gamble, Credit Suisse, General Motors, Bain & Company, and AT&T Broadband — these members of the Class of 1977 have a first-person perspective on the challenges facing... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

How to Survive Past Start-up

Commit deeply to the ideal of entrepreneurship first, and only then to a particular business model or product. That combination of commitment and flexibility can help founders react nimbly to market feedback, abandoning products and... View Details

Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

MBA students a range of possibilities for interacting with the social sector, both inside and outside the classroom. Participating in the program provides students with the opportunity to build their general management skills and explore... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2018
News

Case Study: A Good Fit

corporate wellness market by partnering with health plans and employers, and has expanded into more general health and wellness areas, with apps for people who want to eat better, for instance, or be more fit. After discovering that their... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Feb 2008
What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

sustainability is more achievable "if the concept is integrated into the business model at inception." And as Laura Howard put it, "This works best in small companies who can design their entire business and brand around a... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

aspect of that general theme: Can technology drive changes in demand? In a world of growing information resources, what are the drivers of search? How do people search, really? What would the answers to these questions imply for industry... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

19 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

significant relation between the ratio of CEO-to-mean employee compensation and performance. I next create empirical models that allow me to separate the components of CEO and employee compensation explained by economic factors from those... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

is increasingly being called on to be part of the solution. How business can do this most effectively is the focus of the GPP's research and scholarly activity. Multinationals Leading The Way While GPP faculty note that it is too early to declare any View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

of high growth, such that an entire generation of partners has never experienced a downturn. “While there was once an acceptance that consulting yielded moderate financial returns vs. other investment professionals, many now enter the... View Details

Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting

01 Dec 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

senior partner at the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. He offers advice on generating valuable introductions, nailing interviews, negotiating compensation, cultivating a mentor, and knowing when to change jobs or industries. Sunset... View Details

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

take. Where organizational conversation flourishes, it involves up to four elements. These elements reflect the essential attributes of interpersonal conversation, and likewise they reflect the classic distinguishing features of a high-flying small company. In... View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

16 Nov 2021
Blog Post

How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation

important part of HBS is the people you meet. We generally hear that business school is a great opportunity to network, but networking is really easy when you are also making friends at the same time. I was part of a WhatsApp group after... View Details

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Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog

improving health and increasing value. The topics covered include efforts to leverage new technologies (e.g., precision medicine, telemedicine, extended reality (XR), and generative AI), new models of care... View Details

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

were the basis of a second proxy. When corporate income taxes decline, investment opportunities of the firms improve—fewer taxes means companies can keep a larger fraction of the profits they generate with their investments. A Surprising... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

sound like a throwback way of delivering care, but paired with a few critical 21st-century upgrades—technology-enabled efficiency and patient-centered design—this community-based care model may represent one of Japan’s best hopes for the... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

versus Posted Prices in Online Markets By: Einav, Liran, Chiara Farronato, Jonathan Levin, and Neel Sundaresan Abstract—Auctions were very popular in the early days of internet commerce, but today online sellers mostly use posted prices. We View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2016
First Look

March 8, 2016

Consumer Neuroscience: Advances in Understanding Consumer Psychology By: Karmarkar, Uma R., and Carolyn Yoon Abstract—While the study of consumer behavior has been enriched by improved abilities to generate new insights, many of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

her research. New Business: Teresa, tell us about the general context of your research. Teresa Amabile: With all the focus entrepreneurs and business executives place on strategy, they can lose sight of the people "in the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

13 Jul 2017
News

Making Friends with Mother Nature

best model for humanity and nature living together” and revels in sharing the region with visitors. Adirondack Park is the largest publicly protected area in the continental United States, comprising 6 million acres, of which 45 percent... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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