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- 10 Dec 2015
- News
Can Google Street View Images Predict Household Income?
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
him on Goldman’s recently published first quarter results. “The economy feels better than it did a year ago,” replied Paulson with caution. “Things have turned, but our business is lumpy. You can’t extrapolate too much from the last... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Averting Crisis
time, researchers would be able to predict financial vulnerability. Enter the BFFS project, which focuses on five areas: regulation and monetary policy, measuring bubbles, extrapolation and neglected risks, the size and structure of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System
financial crises. “If beliefs and expectations can be measured in real time,” says Greenwood, “it would be easier to anticipate financial vulnerability and take measures to prevent future crises.” BFFS Project research focuses on five areas: regulation and monetary... View Details
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
call “extreme extrapolation comfort,” which is the belief that if something happens for a little while, it will happen forever. There were times when we should have known we were approaching the subprime debacle, but when, exactly, the... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
ostensibly he taught us about entrepreneurship, Professor Ghosh explored difficult and personal topics with us in his classes, such as depression and failure in the framework of being a leader. He encouraged us to share our stories and View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
intervene when there’s a downslide? I always try to push the students to consider how these questions and possible solutions can be extrapolated to organizational settings.” Concludes Polzer, “The best teams are those that not only... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
system smart enough to ask humans questions, instead of just providing probabilistic answers. “The technology is absolutely moving in that direction,” says Kenny. “Every day. We’re extrapolating from what we know into what we don’t know.”... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
extrapolating how much it was making. I’d say, ‘This bakery is making $4,000 today! Why aren’t we doing that?’ My parents were like, ‘That is ridiculous!’ ” Maybe so. But Karsenti grew up to become an irrepressible entrepreneur who loves... View Details