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- 08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008
PublicationsEstimating Demand Uncertainty Using Judgmental Forecasts Authors:Vishal Gaur, Saravanan Kesavan, Ananth Raman, and Marshall L. Fisher Periodical:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007) Abstract...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
of going with Carlyle as a buyout partner, and then (ii) increasing the value of that business following the buyout. Since the profitability of a buyout depends on finding high-quality deals, the firm has focused to date on leveraging its...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
the future, but with needs that clamor for solutions right now. The leaders of cities feel the heat, literally and figuratively: “Mayors can’t just talk about goals for the year 2050,” Bloomberg says, citing a date often used for...
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- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
technology, health and consumer care, and renewable energy. His scope of work to date encompasses the United States, the European Union, Brazil, India, Malaysia, South Korea, Philippines, Canada, and multiple African countries. In our...
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by Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
industry.The challenge that we face—making health care affordable and conveniently accessible to most people—is not unique to health care. Almost every industry began with services and products that were so complicated and expensive to...
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- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
work. Can you talk about that a little more? You said that you're engaged in something you're sort of informally calling The Sabbatical Project. Can you give me an update on what you've done with that to date and where you hope to go with...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
American enterprise, Koehn includes more than 100 Times news articles, dating from 1869 to 2003, while developing and analyzing three major themes: The Corporation, The Changing Nature of Work, and Defining Moments in Technology. Excerpts...
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- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
question-asking on liking. In addition to analyzing live get-to-know-you conversations online, we also studied face-to-face speed-dating conversations. We find that speed daters who ask more questions during their dates are more likely to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
actionable advice on more robust policies that drive both structural change and competitiveness upgrading. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53152 Harvard Business School Case 615-022 IDEO: Human-Centered View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
during my freshman year and his sophomore year at Indiana University. We fell in love through ping pong games (I always lost), late night fast food runs, weekends exploring state parks, Bible studies, and service trips. We survived a year...
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- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
914-014 Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (A) In April 2013, Ford Asia Pacific & Africa (FAPA) was examining its options for e-coating service metal parts for the Ford Customer View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
dimension of prior experience is whether the outcome was successful or unsuccessful. While empirical studies have investigated the effects of success and failure in organizational learning, to date the phenomenon has received little...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
with valuable, current business and management knowledge. If companies wanted new hires with cutting-edge insights, they'd hire an MBA. According to several deans, that's no longer true. Financial services and consulting firms, which hire...
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- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
contest. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54708 June 2018 Management Science Personal and Social Usage: The Origins of Active Customers and Ways to Keep Them Engaged By: Lee, Clarence, Elie Ofek, and Thomas Steenburgh Abstract—We study...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
Abstract—Himachal Pradesh outperforms other Indian states in implementing universal primary education. Through comparative field research, this article finds that bureaucratic norms—unwritten rules that guide public officials—influence how well state agencies deliver...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
CEO of Deloitte Consulting. Prior to assuming the top spot in 2019, he served as head of the Government and Public Services practice and Chief Strategy Officer for human capital. We’ll examine the post-Covid challenges facing consultants...
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- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
model is defaultable bank liabilities that provide liquidity services to households. The quality of the liquidity services provided by bank liabilities depends on their safety in case of default. Commercial...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
joint venture with a community hospital to establish Hoag Orthopedic Institute (HOI), a for-profit hospital and two ambulatory service centers. By controlling and integrating all aspects of the patients' medical treatment, the physicians...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
growing rapidly in importance. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52240 forthcoming Management Science Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services By: Ibanez, Maria, Jonathan R....
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Art Nature Business
artist's Tree Rings Dating series, which examines the relationship between business and nature, commodities and culture. He explains how the series began: "The idea came from the rings that become visible in a tree's trunk when it is...
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