Attention Allocation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

reported in 2008, and more than quadruple the 1 in 150 reported in 2000. Yet after launching N of One in 2014 and starting to get a feel for the landscape, Rodakis discovered that most medical research around ASD was concentrated on examining genetic causalities. Very... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News

agnostic about nonprofit versus for-profit because, ultimately, community ownership and governance have different dynamics, and this is possible in all different flavors. Within this public benefit corporation version, there are shares that are View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 2016
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Research Brief: So Many Sites, So Little Time

projected to US demographics, however, the study’s findings indicate that an advertiser is still slightly more likely to capture the attention of a higher-income household than a lower one. Understanding how households View Details

01 Jan 2004
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Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

world, the AMP program underscores the necessity of a global perspective and an understanding of different cultures and markets." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "The free market is the best system for allocating resources, but never forget... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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John Doerr, MBA 1976

attention has focused on clean energy and the climate crisis. In May, KPCB announced its second fund in green technology, bringing its total investment in green solutions to $1.2 billion. Doerr describes green tech as “the largest... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

proven method for allocating an organization’s energy, time, and resources across “the three boxes”: the present (keep the current business going), the past (forget what made the business successful), and the future (create the new... View Details

01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

Stanley’s experience is typical of other investment banks at the time. “We got into the investing side of the business primarily because the opportunity was there to buy nonperforming loan portfolios from the RTC,” recalls Slaughter. From a merchant banking standpoint,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

01 Sep 2003
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Patrick Moreton

airwaves. It decided that there had to be a regulatory body to bring coherence to the allocation of spectrum so there wouldn’t be interference from over-lapping users. Was serving the public interest — by ensuring a diversity of voices —... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

liquid and effective," he says. "Mutual funds deepen the capital markets, and the capital markets lubricate our entire economy by allocating financial resources." For the consumer, the mutual fund combines a number of attractions in a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2003
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Business Answers the Call

Despite increased attention to public education in recent years, today’s schools are still not producing graduates equipped to meet the demands of the 21st-century economy, many business leaders contend. Most Americans seem to agree.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup

of mine, Carl Kester. He takes some offense when I beat up on it. Sorry, Carl!” Sahlman’s perspective was influenced by his father, a successful manager who had dealt with similar kinds of resource allocation issues. Sahlman knew that in... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

challenge facing today's business leaders is threefold. While the old strategy-structure-systems doctrine was very effective at allocating capital, he explains, it has proven a constraint as companies try to manage information, knowledge,... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business

while at the same time, a range of stakeholders can question, claim their share, or put up guardrails around that headlong rush toward change. I think all the attention being paid to the current problems — particularly by business itself... View Details