Weekly Thoughts: Loveman’s Control Groups
Here is something that caught our eye this week: Loveman's Control Groups We often find ourselves revisiting material we were exposed to years ago and this week, when thinking about how to quantify the impact of change at our portfolio companies, we recalled learning about Gary Loveman. The Harvard professor and MIT Economics PhD turned business executive was quoted in a 2011 MIT Technology Review when he was CEO of Caesars Entertainment saying "there are three ways to get fired from the hotel and casino company: theft, sexual harassment, and running an experiment without a control group.” While we added the emphasis, the third criteria for being fired may catch
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March 6, 2018