Last Place Aversion - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2018
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Research Brief: Lessons from Last Place

way or another, the experience of waiting touches all of us,” says Associate Professor Ryan Buell. His recent working paper, “Last Place Aversion in Queues,” examines the human tendency to be uncomfortable... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

02 Oct 2013
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Comeback Kids: How the Boston Red Sox went from last place to World Series

02 Oct 2013
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Comeback Kids: How the Boston Red Sox went from last place to World Series

01 Mar 2005
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Last Look

you on what we have learned in the next issue. Thank you! Last issue’s LAST LOOK: Readers Joe Kaminski (MBA ’71), John Rees (MBA ’72), Paul Restaino (MBA ’71), and Jim Stanton (MBA ’73) wrote to inform us... View Details

Keywords: heroism; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

Morgado, former CEO of Warner Music, to build a music and entertainment business in China." Feeley also serves as that venture began a phase-out last year, leaving Feeley extra time to invest in the startup of his new firm. "I realized in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Sep 2005
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Last Look

you on what we have learned in the next issue. Thank you! Last issue’s LAST LOOK: Thanks to Floyd Bradley (MBA ’75), Vern Brown (MBA ’74), Laurence Golding (MBA ’84), and Olivier Manuel (MBA ’03) who, along... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

Decent, affordable, and stable housing is a basic human necessity; it is also a prerequisite for maintaining a productive national work force. The bottom line speaks clearly: there's no place like home. A Wake-up Call View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

15 Feb 2011
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Placing your company in historical context

26 Feb 2009
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Last Look - March 2009

Barbara Sommer Feigin (HRPBA ’60) wrote, “HRPBA program ‘girls’ attended a joint class with their HBS male counterparts across the river at the B-School! It probably took place in the winter or spring of 1960.” Katrina Pugh Sloan wrote... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 May 2025
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Temu Sent My Last Shipment with No Extra Tariff Fees. What Happens the Next Time I Want to Place an Order?

21 Dec 2017
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A Decent Place to Live

Humanity International. What attracted me there was this very simple and radical notion we have that everyone deserves a decent place to live. “If you think about it, home affects where you go to school, your education prospects. It... View Details