Digital Economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

to keep working from home part of the time after COVID-19 abates, researchers are probing how virtual interaction might reshape organizations. In the first large-scale analysis of digital communication early in the crisis, the team—Sadun;... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

growing evidence of pollution and resulting political pressures. The variety of capitalism literature has suggested that the German coordinated market economy model was more conducive to green corporate strategies than liberal market... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2022
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Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi: Leading Through the Fog of the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards

As COVID-19 began to take lives, destroy healthcare systems, and shut down economies across the globe, Dr. Rakesh Suri, Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and his executive team adapted their leadership to instill the new levels of agility and... View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

and traces the evolution of their environmental strategies in response to growing evidence of pollution and resulting political pressures. The variety of capitalism literature has suggested that the German coordinated market economy model... View Details

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Alumni - Global

Community, and History over Dinner By: Margie Kelley 01 Jun 2023 HBS Alumni Bulletin In Full Flower Re: Aron Gelbard (MBA 2009); By: Julia Hanna 01 Jun 2023 HBS Alumni Bulletin Buy Big, Sell Small A digital startup brings View Details

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

Shane Abstract— No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55575 Pre-published online, December 22, 2018 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society The New Silk Road: Implications for... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy, & Society . Research Use Purpose to Transform Your Workplace , Harvard Business Review, 2022. With Leena Nair, Nick Dalton, and Patrick Hull. Digital Commerce and... View Details

16 May 2023
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After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?

the ecosystem, which means investments in R&D and new product development will be curtailed. The financial system is far stronger today than it was in the Great Financial Crisis, but the economy was already somewhat wobbly. On the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Technology; Financial Services

01 Dec 2023
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Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

EPOC, and highly sophisticated software that can translate a person's emotions, cognitive thoughts, and facial expressions into digital outcomes. Emotiv wants the technology to be adopted by mainstream consumers and is leaning towards the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Events - Business History

Orders and the Political Economy of Identity in Malaysia Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University Oct 19 19 Oct 2017 Conference Capitalism in the Countryside: Graduate Student Conference In a world that continues to be mostly ocean,... View Details

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Inventory Management for Mobile Money Agents in the Developing World

By: Karthik Balasubramanian, David F. Drake and Douglas Fearing

Mobile money systems, platforms built and managed by mobile network operators to allow money to be stored as digital currency, have burgeoned in the developing world as a mechanism to transfer money electronically. Mobile money agents exchange cash for electronic value... View Details

Keywords: Currency; Mobile Technology; Market Platforms; Developing Countries and Economies

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08 Jul 2019
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Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?

Media outlets large and small have adopted digital paywalls to augment dramatic declines in print revenues, but given their negative effect on website traffic (and, in turn, online advertising), are paywalls an effective sales strategy? A... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Journalism & News; Media & Broadcasting

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Past Issues - Alumni

authors, podcasters, and digital denizens on the year’s most necessary books, podcasts, and apps Remix How the #MeToo movement cracked Drew Dixon’s life wide open—then helped put it back together again Complete Table of Contents September... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy

Sophus Reinert, Dante Roscini, and Arthur Segel) Japan: Innovation Through the Fusion of Digital and Analog (led by professors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ramon Casadesus-Masanell) London: Entrepreneurship in the UK and Europe (led by Greg... View Details

Keywords: April White

16 Jul 2020
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Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

industry. It’s less about the pandemic and more about the uniform global shutdown of the economy, which I don’t think anyone would have predicted. This is the ultimate downside scenario: What happens if the entire economy shuts down for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

practices in global organizations; cross-cultural learning and adaptation processes; the challenges of taking companies global; emerging-market companies with global potential; and international political economy and its impact on... View Details

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People - Advancing Racial Equity

Manager of Contemporary Collections, Public Services, Baker Library Jean Cunningham Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Dean's Office Ellen Desmarais Managing Director of Digital Strategy, Harvard Business Publishing Meghan... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction

illegal—has become decidedly public: it is the business of major corporations and the subject of consumer protection regulation that seeks expand access to credit as well as to protect the borrower. Credit has moved from the fringes of the View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

starting and scaling new information technology businesses, and Managing Networked Business (now called The Online Economy ), which surveys strategies for platform-based businesses that leverage network effects. Professor Eisenmann... View Details

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