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- 21 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
How to Think About Networking
During the course of the networking activity the focus may change based upon what you are learning in your conversations. Be prepared for different scenarios, and you can make sure you leave the conservation... View Details
- 09 Dec 2020
- News
How to Fix America
American child at the time of birth. “At historical rates of equity returns of 8 percent annually, a $6,750 at-birth retirement account—which would cost the government $26 billion a year based on the average... View Details
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
former U.S. naval officer, Mendell was a Baker Scholar at HBS. He and his wife, Andrea, have two children. Linda S. Oubré (MBA '84), a native of Los Angeles, is director and division president of BriteSmile, Inc., a specialty retailer focusing on cosmetic treatments... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
countries generally lack a solid technology base of trained scientists and world-class research universities. 2. Companies in developing countries must manage to eke out a profit while serving customers with low disposable income; per... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2
capture important information seemingly ignored by the market. A long-short portfolio based on these legislators' views earns abnormal returns of over 90 basis points per month following the passage of legislation. Industries that we... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract We empirically document factors that influence how local operating managers use discretion to balance the tradeoff between service capacity costs and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
micro-foundations of market legitimization and on the role of morals in sustaining professional jurisdictions. A Temporal View of the Costs and Benefits of Self-Deception Authors:Zoë Chance, Michael I. Norton, Francesca Gino, and Dan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016
Feeley, Robert S. Kaplan, and Steven J. Frank Abstract—Question: Can we create a value-based tool to visualize the outcomes and cost of various treatments that could facilitate patient-centered decision making? Summary Answer: We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008
discussion of how ownership concentration constrains restructuring alternatives, how hedge fund investors might confront controlling shareholders, and how the mispricing of agency costs can give rise to ownership structures that allow for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Nov 2016
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November 22, 2016
November 2016 Quarterly Journal of Economics Stereotypes By: Bordalo, Pedro, Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—We present a model of stereotypes based on Kahneman and Tversky's representativeness... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
business model produced a third consecutive year of double-digit revenue growth despite a slowing economy. That model is based on faculty research that brings professors into contact with business leaders across the United States and... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
spent." Jerome Golden even raised the question of whether a new system should provide a defined benefit (as it essentially does now) as opposed to basing individual returns on a defined contribution. As he put it, "The debate... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Anthony L. Chirchirillo Leveraging China to Achieve Global Advantage for a U.S. Factory Chirchirillo: From Wisconsin base to global competitor. Related Links The Path to Economic Revival James McNerney Jr. Manufacturing's New Reality (HBS... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5
provided to customers as a consequence of reduced marginal costs for a task. We find that an increase in physicians' capacity for ordering ultrasounds (U/S) resulted in an 11.5 percentage point increase in the probability of an U/S being... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
political leaders in the country are wrestling with the question, what comes next? Will Japanese companies adopt western business practices, and at what cost to its own uniqueness? As with the School's four other international research... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
perceive to be a fundamental shift in U.S. foreign policy to appropriate worldwide responses to such things as terrorism and twenty-first-century plagues. Based on an unscientific sample, is it my imagination or is it possible that a more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, Bilmes began her career at the Boston Consulting Group, focusing on cost structures in large-scale industries where fractional commodity fluctuations result in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55632 forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Active Choice, Implicit Defaults, and the Incentive to Choose By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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LGBTQ+ Pride Month | Baker Library
Sherman (A) Contemporary Collections Contemporary Collections aim to support the research and curriculum of the Harvard Business School today and into the future. Collection activities focus on the career and professional development... View Details