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  • 10 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back

they should behave. First, they recruited about 800 participants to play a series of classic economics games. For instance, in one game, one player decides how to divide money between themselves and a partner. Then, participants were... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • Web

The Caring Company

care crisis. The economics of care are misaligned in most companies. Employees don’t get the support they need for their caregiving responsibilities and employers pay the hidden costs, including turnover, rehiring, presenteeism, and... View Details
  • 02 Apr 2020
  • What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

outbreaks Climate change and its ensuing environmental, economic and social disasters is the next White Swan.” JSD saw a possible motive behind the debate when he opined that, “In the corporate sector, the continuing effort to brand the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 18 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

As they write, "We call attention to another dark side of pervasive economic inequality: Lower-income individuals are restricted not only by what they can financially afford to purchase, but also what... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Events - Business History

impacts while reaping economic benefits. Less attention has been devoted to tensions inherent in corporate sustainability, where moving in the direction of sustainability has required managers to change... View Details
  • 08 Nov 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

  • Web

Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

examines a way to offset such potentially deleterious effects—by focusing on time, a resource that tends to receive less attention than money but is equally ubiquitous in our daily lives. Across four experiments, we examine whether... View Details
  • 15 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

and hazards. Several techniques can enhance the power and efficacy of queries: Favor follow-up questions, know when to keep questions open ended, get the sequence right, use the right tone, and pay attention to group dynamics. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

globalization and global value chains. But it does entail paying attention to potential bottlenecks, risk, and diversification of trade partners. Economic policy should also further try to foster local... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-090.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsChina Rising: An Economic Snapshot Harvard Business School Note 308-064 "Rising China: An Economic Snapshot" provides... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.P.A. from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She serves on the Advisory Board of Harvard Business... View Details
  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

and situates land policy in the larger context of China’s reforms and pursuit of economic growth. It argues that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has strengthened the institutions that permit land expropriation—namely, urban/rural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2009
  • What Do You Think?

How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

for not just a recession but a depression. They raise questions about the appropriate posture for leaders under conditions in which they themselves may harbor pessimism about the future. And they call out for more attention to ways in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 01 Sep 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

from them, potentially putting them out of business. You might regard that as bordering on the insane. The matter has caught the attention of no less an observer than Henry Kissinger, who commented recently to Bloomberg News... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • 14 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

Supplements the case "Nestle's Milk District Model: Economic Development for a Value-Added Food Chain and Improved Nutrition." Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907402 A... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

stakeholders in making an important decision? Meena Raghunathan said, “My concern is more for the stakeholders who have interest but no power or voice! They are given the least attention and support, though they may need it most.” On the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Intermediation in the Supply of Agricultural Products in Developing Economies

By: Kris J. Ferreira, Joel Goh and Ehsan Valavi
Problem Definition: Farmers face several challenges in agricultural supply chains in emerging economies that contribute to extreme levels of poverty. One common challenge is that farmers only have access to one channel, often an auction, for which to sell their crops.... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries; Agricultural Supply Chain; Intermediation; Multiple Cahnels; Walrasian Auction; Developing Countries and Economies; Supply Chain; Distribution Channels; Profit; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • 28 Mar 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

Summing Up: What Next, If Manufacturing Proves Not To Be A Creator Of Those Good "factory Jobs" Of The Past? Manufacturing is essential to the health of an economy. It both fuels and results from innovation. It is natural in the course of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing
  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

  Working PapersThe Seer of Wellesley Hills: Roger Babson and the Babson Statistical Organization Author:Walter A. Friedman Abstract Roger Babson was a pioneer of the business-forecasting industry in the United States in the early twentieth century. He built the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jul 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes

Halfpoint In the worlds of economic theory and conservative political orthodoxy, corporate tax cuts, such as the 2017 tax reform in the United States, should create benefits beyond businesses. As the thinking goes, middle class workers... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland