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- 16 Dec 2014
- News
Laying the foundation for a better understanding of Japan
Program. In the wake of economic uncertainties over the past quarter-century in Japan, and the disasters of 2011, Sato is helping HBS faculty to recognize the country’s burgeoning entrepreneurial spirit as well as the many ways in which...
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- 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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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.
- 2004
- Other Unpublished Work
Capital and Value of Risk Transfer: Presented at Actuarial Approach for Financial Risks (AFIR) Colloquium, Boston, MA, November
By: K. Froot, G. Venter and J. Major
Froot, K., G. Venter, and J. Major. "Capital and Value of Risk Transfer: Presented at Actuarial Approach for Financial Risks (AFIR) Colloquium, Boston, MA, November." November 2004.
- July 2002
- Article
Estimating and Controlling Workplace Risk: An Approach for Occupational Hygiene and Safety Professionals
By: Michael W. Toffel and Lawrence Birkner
Toffel, Michael W., and Lawrence Birkner. "Estimating and Controlling Workplace Risk: An Approach for Occupational Hygiene and Safety Professionals." Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 17, no. 7 (July 2002): 477–485.
- 1981
- Article
Marine Resources Management under Uncertainty: The Case of Eastern Spinner Dolphin Depletion
Sebenius, James K. "Marine Resources Management under Uncertainty: The Case of Eastern Spinner Dolphin Depletion." Marine Fisheries Review 43 (1981): 1–4.
- 2022
- Report
The First Four Healthy Building Strategies Every Building Should Pursue to Reduce Risk from COVID-19
By: Joseph G. Allen, Emily Jones, Marissa V. Rainbolt, Linsey C. Marr, David Michaels, Leslie R. Cadet, Shelly L. Miller, Meira Levinson, Lidia Morawska, Richard L. Corsi, Nira R. Pollock, Yuguo Li, Alasdair P.S. Munro, Kelly Grier, Qingyan Chen, John D. Macomber and Xiaodong Cao
Understanding of the most probable transmission routes and identifying the risk environments for disease spread should always be among the first critical steps in the response to future disease threats. This is one of the most vital public health lessons of the...
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Health Pandemics;
Buildings and Facilities;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Health Industry;
Education Industry;
Real Estate Industry
Allen, Joseph G., Emily Jones, Marissa V. Rainbolt, Linsey C. Marr, David Michaels, Leslie R. Cadet, Shelly L. Miller, Meira Levinson, Lidia Morawska, Richard L. Corsi, Nira R. Pollock, Yuguo Li, Alasdair P.S. Munro, Kelly Grier, Qingyan Chen, John D. Macomber, and Xiaodong Cao. "The First Four Healthy Building Strategies Every Building Should Pursue to Reduce Risk from COVID-19." Report, Lancet COVID-19 Commission, Task Force on Safe School, Safe Work, Safe Travel, July 2022. (COVID-19 Commission.)
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
believes the key to making better strategic choices in turbulent markets lies in understanding the level of uncertainty faced in a given situation. 20/20 Foresight provides a framework for learning to separate what can be known from what...
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- 10 Dec 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
The Probability of Rare Disasters: Estimation and Implications
- Forthcoming
- Article
Imagining the Future: Memory, Simulation and Beliefs
By: Pedro Bordalo, Giovanni Burro, Katherine B. Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer
How do people form beliefs about novel risks, with which they have little or no experience? Motivated by survey data on beliefs about Covid we collected in 2020, we build a model based on the psychology of selective memory. When a person thinks about an event,...
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Bordalo, Pedro, Giovanni Burro, Katherine B. Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer. "Imagining the Future: Memory, Simulation and Beliefs." Review of Economic Studies (forthcoming).
- 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
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
agile, quick on their feet from moment to moment. That's not the same thing as winging it. Preparing For Uncertainty "Preparation is essential," he says. "You want to learn as much as you reasonably can before getting to the bargaining...
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by Michael Blanding
- September 1995 (Revised March 1999)
- Teaching Note
Canadian Airlines: Reservations About Its Future (A) and (B) TN
- February 2007
- Article
Reputation and Its Risks
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Scott C. Newquist and Roland Schatz
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., Scott C. Newquist, and Roland Schatz. "Reputation and Its Risks." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 2 (February 2007): 104–114.
- May 1985
- Article
Financial Risk and the Burdens of Contracts
By: Dutch Leonard and Richard Zeckhauser
Leonard, Dutch, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Financial Risk and the Burdens of Contracts." American Economic Review 75, no. 2 (May 1985).
- 1981
- Chapter
Risk Aversion and Solutions to Nash's Bargaining Problem
By: R. Kihlstrom, A. E. Roth and D. Schmeidler