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- September 23, 2021
- Article
How to Build a Life: Hope Is Better Than Optimism
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Hope Is Better Than Optimism." The Atlantic (September 23, 2021).
- 05 Apr 2016
- News
Why Buying a Company Can Be Better than Starting One
- 19 Aug 2019
- News
These Brothers Are Helping Busy Leaders Eat Better Than Ever
- 30 Nov 2016
- News
Uber, Lyft No Better Than Taxis With Regard To Discrimination
- 09 Dec 2015
- News
It’s Better to Avoid a Toxic Employee than Hire a Superstar
- 2018
- Working Paper
Averaging Probability Forecasts: Back to the Future
By: Robert L. Winkler, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. and Victor Richmond R. Jose
The use and aggregation of probability forecasts in practice is on the rise. In this position piece, we explore some recent, and not so recent, developments concerning the use of probability forecasts in decision-making. Despite these advances, challenges still exist....
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Keywords:
Probability Forecast;
Forecast Combination;
Forecast Evaluation;
Decision Analysis;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Decision Making;
Analysis
Winkler, Robert L., Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr., and Victor Richmond R. Jose. "Averaging Probability Forecasts: Back to the Future." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-039, October 2018.
- 02 Oct 2020
- News
Computer Simulations Are Better — and More Affordable — than Ever
- June 8, 2022
- Article
How to Have Better Dreams and Better Sleep
By: Robin Abrahams and Boris Groysberg
Increasingly, leaders are coming to understand the importance of sleep for physical and mental wellbeing—but nightmares and bad dreams destroy sleep quality. The good news? It's more possible than most people realize to reduce nightmares and have better dreams.
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Abrahams, Robin, and Boris Groysberg. "How to Have Better Dreams and Better Sleep." Newsweek (June 8, 2022).
- August 26, 2013
- Article
Women Don't Need to Lead Better Than Men. They Need to Lead Differently
By: Debora Spar
Spar, Debora. "Women Don't Need to Lead Better Than Men. They Need to Lead Differently." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 26, 2013).
- December 2, 2019
- Article
The World Is Doing Much Better Than the Bad News Makes Us Think
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "The World Is Doing Much Better Than the Bad News Makes Us Think." Washington Post (December 2, 2019).
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
The World Is Doing Much Better Than the Bad News Makes Us Think
- 2008
- Other Unpublished Work
Are Private Equity Firms Better Managed?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from over 4,000 medium sized manufacturing firms across Asia, Europe and the US. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level performance (e.g. productivity,...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Management Practices and Processes;
Production;
Performance Improvement;
Manufacturing Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
United States
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Are Private Equity Firms Better Managed?" December 2008. (Slides.)
- 08 Jun 2022
- News
How to Have Better Dreams and Better Sleep
- September 2009
- Article
Is There a Better Commitment Mechanism than Cross-Listings for Emerging Economy Firms? Evidence from Mexico
By: Jordan I. Siegel
The last decade of work in corporate governance has shown that weak legal institutions at the country level hinder firms in emerging economies from accessing finance and technology affordably. To attract outside resources, these firms must often use external...
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Keywords:
Commitment;
Inter-organizational Relationships;
Emerging Markets;
Economics;
International Political Economy;
Economy;
Business Ventures;
Information;
Mexico
Siegel, Jordan I. "Is There a Better Commitment Mechanism than Cross-Listings for Emerging Economy Firms? Evidence from Mexico." Journal of International Business Studies 40, no. 7 (September 2009): 1171–1191. (The last decade of work in corporate governance has shown that weak legal institutions at the country level hinder firms in emerging economies from accessing finance and technology affordably. To attract outside resources, these firms must often use external commitments for repayment. Research suggests that a common commitment mechanism is to borrow US securities laws, which involves listing the emerging economy firm's shares on a US exchange. This paper uses a quasi-natural experiment from Mexico to examine the conditions under which forming a strategic alliance with a foreign multinational firm is actually a superior mechanism for ensuring good corporate governance.)
- 17 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?
numbers, they found that once computer testing was introduced at a company, workers ended up staying on the job for an average of 15 percent longer. The result indicates mechanical testing can be helpful in hiring decisions, but it...
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- 19 Jun 2020
- News
Inflation Is Higher Than the Official Numbers
- 2009
- Chapter
Do Private Equity-owned Firms Have Better Management Practices?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from over 4,000 medium sized manufacturing firms across Asia, Europe and the US. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level performance (e.g. productivity,...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Management Practices and Processes;
Production;
Private Ownership;
Performance Improvement;
Performance Productivity
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Do Private Equity-owned Firms Have Better Management Practices?" Chap. 1 in The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2009, 1–23. Globalization of Alternative Investments Working Papers. Geneva, Switzerland: World Economic Forum, 2009. (Slides.)