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Experience Theory, or How Desserts Are Like Losses
By: Jolie M. Martin, Martin Reimann and Michael I. Norton
While many experiments have explored risk preferences for money, few have systematically assessed risk preferences for everyday experiences. We propose a conceptual model and provide convergent evidence from seven experiments that, in contrast to a typical “zero”...
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Experiences;
Monetary Gambles;
Risk Preferences;
Experience Theory;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Behavior;
Decision Choices and Conditions
Martin, Jolie M., Martin Reimann, and Michael I. Norton. "Experience Theory, or How Desserts Are Like Losses." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 145, no. 11 (November 2016): 1460–1472.
- June 1997 (Revised September 2000)
- Teaching Note
Lynton V. Harris & Madison "Scare" Garden (A), (B) TN
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Georgia Levenson
Teaching Note for (9-897-143) and (9-897-144).
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- September 2009
- Article
What Rough Beast: Synthetic Biology, Uncertainty, and the Future of Biosecurity
By: Gautam Mukunda, Kenneth Oye and Scott C. Mohr
Mukunda, Gautam, Kenneth Oye, and Scott C. Mohr. "What Rough Beast: Synthetic Biology, Uncertainty, and the Future of Biosecurity." Politics and the Life Sciences 28, no. 2 (September 2009).
- January 1995
- Article
Risk, Return, and Utility
By: David E. Bell
Bell, David E. "Risk, Return, and Utility." Management Science 41, no. 1 (January 1995): 23–30.
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Allen Distribution Company (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-201-016).
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- fall 2001
- Article
Managing Money Risk in Antebellum New York
By: David A. Moss and Sarah A. Brennan
Moss, David A., and Sarah A. Brennan. "Managing Money Risk in Antebellum New York." Studies in American Political Development 15, no. 2 (fall 2001).
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
uncertainty in global markets and a diminishing control in their environments generally. For companies to "break through the illusion of certainty," she says, they must embrace imaginative, creative thinking to better prepare...
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- 09 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Veterans Day Reflections
an unconventional background, I did not think I had any real shot of getting in. Discovering my unique perspective Despite all the uncertainty in my mind, I decided to sign up for a campus tour and class visit before interview results...
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- April 2017 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
GE Capital After the Crisis
By: John C. Coates, John D. Dionne and David S. Scharfstein
Keith Sherin, CEO of GE Capital, faced a decision on which hinged billions of dollars and the fate of one of America’s most storied companies. On his desk sat two secret analyses: Project Beacon, a proposal to spin off most of GE Capital to GE shareholders, and...
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Coates, John C., John D. Dionne, and David S. Scharfstein. "GE Capital After the Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 217-071, April 2017. (Revised May 2017.)
- August 1988
- Background Note
Close Encounters of the Four Kinds: Managing Customers in a Rapidly Changing Environment
Describes four kinds of selling: 1) transaction, 2) systems, 3) major account management, and 4) strategic account relationships. Explains the advantages, disadvantages, and risks of each. The second half is devoted to a discussion of strategic account relationships...
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Shapiro, Benson P. "Close Encounters of the Four Kinds: Managing Customers in a Rapidly Changing Environment." Harvard Business School Background Note 589-015, August 1988.
- 2002
- Working Paper
Legal Risk as a Determinant of Syndicate Structure in the Project Finance Loan Market
By: Benjamin C. Esty and William L. Megginson
- Profile
Paul Lenehan
they would be five to ten years out – figuring out which technologies would be the ones to change the world." Case study: from uncertainty to conviction After graduation, Paul worked at Katzenbach Partners where he noticed there...
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- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
played a leading role in identifying and implementing these new technologies in their construction, and how early adopters can play a critical role in overcoming perceived technological uncertainty within the construction sector. Students...
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Profiles from the Class of 2002
sky-high expectations at the turn of the millennium has been replaced by a climate of uncertainty marked by color-coded terrorism alerts, horrific Middle East violence, and the precipitous downfall of a seemingly indomitable corporate...
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Doba Parushev
get an MBA, which appealed to Doba as an opportunity to "to think about my direction. What do I actually want to achieve? I wanted time to reflect. I wanted clarity." Becoming comfortable with uncertainty HBS had been highly...
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Consulting
- 2013
- Book
Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters
The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men...
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Keywords:
Forecasting And Prediction;
Economic History;
Economics;
History;
Risk and Uncertainty;
United States
Friedman, Walter A. Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters. Princeton University Press, 2013.
- December 1989
- Article
Risk Aversion and the Relationship between Nash's Solution and Subgame Perfect Equilibrium of Sequential Bargaining
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Risk Aversion and the Relationship between Nash's Solution and Subgame Perfect Equilibrium of Sequential Bargaining." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 2, no. 4 (December 1989): 353–365.
- November 1991
- Article
The Price of Risk in the United States and Japan
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "The Price of Risk in the United States and Japan." Japan and the World Economy 3, no. 3 (November 1991): 223–242.