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  • January 2019
  • Article

Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats Through Performance-Based Postings

By: Adnan Q. Khan, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Benjamin A. Olken
Bureaucracies often post staff to better or worse locations, ostensibly to provide incentives. Yet we know little about whether this works, with heterogeneity in preferences over postings impacting effectiveness. We propose a performance-ranked serial dictatorship... View Details
Keywords: Serial Dictatorship Mechanism; Employment; Geographic Location; Motivation and Incentives; Performance
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Deep Learning for Two-Sided Matching

By: Sai Srivatsa Ravindranatha, Zhe Feng, Shira Li, Jonathan Ma, Scott Duke Kominers and David Parkes
We initiate the use of a multi-layer neural network to model two-sided matching and to explore the design space between strategy-proofness and stability. It is well known that both properties cannot be achieved simultaneously but the efficient frontier in this design... View Details
Keywords: Strategy-proofness; Deep Learning; Two-Sided Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Balance and Stability
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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Minimizing Justified Envy in School Choice: The Design of New Orleans' OneApp

By: Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth and Oliver Tercieux
In 2012, New Orleans Recovery School District (RSD) became the first U.S. district to unify charter and traditional public school admissions in a single-offer assignment mechanism known as OneApp. The RSD also became the first district to use a mechanism based on Top... View Details
Keywords: Education; Decision Choices and Conditions; Marketplace Matching; Mathematical Methods; Design
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'Many Others Are Doing It, So Why Shouldn't I?': How Being in Larger Competitions Leads to More Cheating

By: Celia Chui, Maryam Kouchaki and Francesca Gino
In many spheres of life, from applying for a job to participating in an athletic contest to vying for a date, we face competition. Does the size of the competition pool affect our propensity to behave unethically in our pursuit of the prize? We propose that it does.... View Details
Keywords: Unethical Behavior; Cheating; Competitors; Social Norms; Ethics; Behavior; Competition; Societal Protocols
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  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

merger or acquisition is called "consideration." Consideration can be in the form of cash, shares, or a combination of the two. Lays out the basic mechanics of equity consideration. Derives formulas for the Deal NPV of an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

Management: Founder Decisions Harvard Business School Case 807-125 Scott Taylor, CEO & founder of NLM, is a serial entrepreneur faced with an important decision. As his industry consolidates, he knows that his company must grow... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
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Harvard Business School

Chase MBA 1980 A serial entrepreneur, Anthony Chase has started and sold three successful ventures and now owns and operates a fourth, ChaseSource. His first company, Chase Radio Partners, operated multiple radio stations. His next... View Details
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, and Oliver Tercieux Abstract—In 2012, New Orleans Recovery School District (RSD) became the first U.S. district to unify charter and traditional public school admissions in a single-offer assignment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Alumni Books

measured? How does India’s accountability rank against other countries? Does accountability affect economic and social performance? He examines the mechanisms that hold governance institutions accountable, explains why many governance... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 14 May 2014
  • News

(Re)moving the Needle

associated with the discomfort of conventional self-injections. "We're not moving the needle, we're removing the needle," he adds, with a laugh. Anquetil is a serial entrepreneur with a special interest in medical technology. Born and... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; medical technology; Scientific Research and Development Services
  • Web

Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Mechanical Engineering and Economics, Vanderbilt University Bruce is currently a Senior Advisor to Summit Partners and is a former Managing Partner of the firm. During his 38-year venture capital career, he has served as a member of the... View Details
  • 15 May 2019
  • Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Unconventional techniques Fresh thinking requires fresh methodologies, and a session was devoted to unconventional research techniques. One speaker explored thousands of contracts in early modern China to show how tree plantation was managed through market View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education
  • 31 May 2016
  • First Look

May 31, 2016

Porteus Abstract—We extend the Clark–Scarf serial multi-echelon inventory model to include procuring production inputs under short-term take-or-pay contracts at one or more stages. In each period, each such stage has the option to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

Simcoe, an assistant professor at Boston University, adds that such policies might also resolve a type of coordination problem often seen in the diffusion of technology standards, such as the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface or a new... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 18 Aug 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

the Aldrich classrooms on the Harvard Business School campus where other people's ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges—a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and industry executives—score the plans on criteria... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

The Best-Laid Plans

morning known as “Super Saturday,” 63 student teams present these and other ideas in the Aldrich classrooms where other people’s ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges — a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 28 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 28

innovation, as well as its generative potency. Finally, implications for theory, practice, and future research are offered. April 2015 Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick's Legacy for Organizational Studies What's So Institutional about Leadership? Leadership... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

in a dark, gritty trilogy, a serial killer challenges the police to solve several cold-case mutilation murders while also investigating a newly dismembered victim. Entrepreneurial Reflections: One Entrepreneur’s Personal Moments That Will... View Details