Observation Lag - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

the service ended and the rest of the family started walking down the hill, I happened to turn around and saw that my son had lagged behind at the gravesite. I immediately knew exactly what he was going to do, and as everyone else turned... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

04 Sep 2019
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Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

data and machine learning to improve health care. Kelley, who recently received a Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship at HBS, aims to bring fast and accurate diagnoses to cancer patients around the world. “The majority of new cancer cases are in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 2001
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Helping Hands for HBS

with the School over its technology and entrepreneurship initiatives. "To the School's credit, they recognized that they had lagged in these areas, and Dean Clark was openly seeking new ideas," says Zider, whose own business experience... View Details

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

01 Dec 2000
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Latin America's Decade

intellectual agility one develops at HBS is very helpful in this part of the world." Observes HBS associate professor Robert E. Kennedy, who is conducting research on high-tech clusters in emerging markets, "Some of the institutions... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2005
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Venture Capital’s Comeback

indexes between 1980 and 2002, according to industry research. Firms with median returns lagged indexes by several percentage points, and those in the bottom quarter actually lost money. While demand for top firms remains strong, there’s... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2008
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No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis

percent. “In 2004 and 2005, as these subprime loans started to emerge, it really wasn’t a particular problem because of the lag effect. People who couldn’t pay off these mortgages with toxic terms and exploding payment schedules figured,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson;Martha Lagace; deregulation; moral hazard; the middle class; Finance

01 Sep 2013
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Who Are We?

From that vantage point, he observed social media's key role in the Arab Spring and was so impressed that he joined Twitter as an adviser. When the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011, Kondo saw how Twitter enabled the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Dan Morrell; social media,; Twitter; SodaStream; consulting; consultant; CEO; farming; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

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