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Scaling Work - Research Computing Services
Rstudio -n 5 in the terminal when on a login node will call the wrapper script (Rstudio-5g; the RAM footprint -5g (5 GB RAM) is optional for the smallest one) and start R with 5 CPUs reserved. Note that one cannot use the NoMachine...
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- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
the heyday of the suggestion box, some overflowed with penciled index cards while others sported cobwebs. Dialogue is necessary for creating a shared reality—especially now. People’s pandemic experiences have varied widely depending on...
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Options: Historical Prices
How do I find historical option prices? Options Metrics via WRDS provides historical price and implied volatility data for the U.S. equity and index View Details
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Bloomberg: Investment Management course tips
of hedge funds in Bloomberg? Market Indices How can I find market index prices, members, and movers in Bloomberg? How can I get comparative returns in Bloomberg? Mutual Funds How do I screen for or find performance and rankings of mutual...
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- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
pertinent to each step in the industry analysis process. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708481 Index Options Harvard Business School Note 208-119 The goal...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business
top executives "to get rich no matter what happens to the shareholders." Options should be indexed options. These options pay for performance, not for volatility in...
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- 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
of a large incumbent organization, with high personnel costs, crippling bureaucracy, lack of customer-centricity, a dull brand, and eroding profitability. Tsamaz was taking over the reins at a time of deep economic crisis in Greece, which would impact the View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
investor, I feel powerless to control or even understand how my mutual funds operate." Anupam Bordia comments, "the mutual fund scandal will shift public trust towards index funds." There is also a suggestion that the job...
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by James Heskett
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52652 Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We study whether stock View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
the supply of capital create the need for increased upfront financing, but this protection lowers the real option value of the new venture. In equilibrium, financing risk disproportionately impacts innovative ventures with the greatest...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009
Abstract This paper constructs an index of financial sophistication that, in comprehensive data on Swedish households, best explains a set of three investment mistakes: underdiversification, risky share inertia, and the tendency to sell...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
respected VC firms would be less likely to redirect information between competing startups. They found just the opposite. Companies tied to VCs in the top 25 percent of reputation indexes were significantly less likely to introduce new...
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- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
options to their employees, ranging from indexed bond funds to microcap equity funds. Second, sources providing advice and information about mutual-fund investment results proliferated, with companies like...
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by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23
measures of national political instability—Alesina and Perotti's (1996) well-known index of instability, a subsequent index derived from Banks' (2005) work, and two indices of managerial perceptions of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
Shi, Thales S. Teixeira, and Michel Wedel Abstract—Consumers have an increasingly wide variety of options available to entertain themselves. This poses a challenge for content aggregators who want to effectively promote their video...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
case. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307009 LinkedIn (A) Harvard Business School Case 707-406 In the summer of 2005, LinkedIn, a two-year-old start-up, was choosing between two options...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
a wonderful thing if the monarch is on your side, but there is little to prevent exploitation, opportunism, and corruption by the rulers. Bahrain has been steadily sliding down the Corruption Perception Index for years. Parliamentary...
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- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
revisit another. But the goal remains the same: Find the option that can set your company on the path to disruptive growth. Customer Diagnostic This diagnostic assesses customers in order to identify "disruptable" market...
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- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
a founder of neoclassical thought, Irving Fisher was also an active participant in the field of economic forecasting. Fisher made theoretical contributions to the understanding of economic fluctuations, popularized the use of index...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
disproportionately affected by international financial integration. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-012.pdf Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract The...
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Sean Silverthorne