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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
game and that a passive approach is more profitable in today’s market. By adjusting your portfolio asset weights to match a performance index, you consistently earn higher rates of returns and come out on top in the long run. This book...
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- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
ad auctions as a dynamic game of incomplete information, so we can study the convergence and robustness properties of various strategies. In particular, we consider best-response bidding strategies for a repeated auction on a single...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
less like a game of Russian roulette; high prices and grumpy drivers were all too common. “People didn’t trust the Malaysian taxi system,” says Anthony Tan, echoing criticisms of Jakartan taxis and ojek. Tan...
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- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
long-term engagement and explore the impact of giving self-service consumers the option to interact with a person. Participants engaged in an online investing simulation who are made to feel anxious due to market downturns are less satisfied with their choices and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
Paige has been an absolute game changer,” says Kelly of the Times-Tribune. “To have someone who is committed to transparency—I’ve been covering the school district for 25 years, and just finding a way in has been almost impossible. “She’s...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
(another form of entertainment) and in games and sports. Edison’s electric lamp, brighter and better than gas, oil, or candles, which was supposed to lead men and women to the library, merely lures human moths to Main Street. From Chapter...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
technology, and logistics. Of all the project’s phases, however, transportation is the issue that really gets Mawilmada going, the one that, in his mind, will be a complete game changer. It’s something he’s spent countless hours on,...
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- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Pundits and politicians point to the burden of pension, health, and union obligations on the cost side. True, but not it's not sufficient just to cut costs. The real game is about revenues. Municipal revenues come from economic activity,...
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- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
observed, "We know our limits and understand the law, but we tend to be very open with our employees, we communicate a lot." "They reassured us," said an account executive, "by calling it straight they informed us of their View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
to do so will certainly improve. Gaming of the system will be corrected. The whole process of working hard to measure results better and better is extremely good for patients. If doctors can demonstrate results, they will not have health...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
When Arthur Brooks was interviewing for his job, longtime HBS professor Len Schlesinger asked him, “What can you teach that really only you can teach—and that we need and don’t have?” Brooks responded that he’d been hearing about data on HBS graduates decades after...
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Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
come. If the VC is vulnerable, use the opportunity to build trust rather than to take advantage. Focus on value-not just valuation. Nonfinancial considerations such as control are also important. Strive for understanding. Seemingly...
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Anna Secino
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
diagnostic tests for screening. Screening games can apply to the cases where by-products, partner fidelity feedback, or host sanctions do not apply, therefore explaining the evolution of mutualism in systems where it is impossible for...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Amazon, including Google, including Facebook, have a place in our stores where they can showcase the fruit of their billions of dollars. So we turned the tables on showrooming. We invented showcasing. And the leadership lesson, other than the zero-sum View Details
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
replaceable, potentially. So the skin in the game is very different for us. It means that we are participating and making us part of our customers’ success, because if the customer is not happy with our service and how we are providing...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
their employers went after them like you wouldn’t believe. And it was terrible for those employees. And they were trying to protect things that were not trade secrets to that company. And they were also telling those employees, “We don’t View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
for stellar work, only to be told that it would be inappropriate. What ultimately incentivizes Cubans, she’s found, is “that feeling of ‘I trust you, you care for me, I’m going to care for you.’ ” You hear this from CET’s partners. I ask...
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Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
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Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
was such an honor and so humbling for me to realize that, "Wow, I get to help him, but at the same, time he's asking help." You know what I mean? Emily Snyder: Right, right. Erin Wetzel: So that just is the epitome of Clay, is never being too proud to ask for help, but...
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Startup Failure Entrepreneurial Management DJ DiDonna Spring2024 Q3Q4 1.5 ^ back to top B Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Joshua Schwartzstein Spring2024 Q3Q4 3.0 Building...
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Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
really see very much once they close the door. We get a little bit of optics at midterms, with the grades, and maybe if someone complains. Then we sort of do student evaluations at the end. But by and large, we're trusting that the...
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