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- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
fair strategies in public finance? A: Tax economists generally point to a few things about current taxes that seem unwise. Probably foremost among them is the taxation of capital income, such as dividends and capital gains. There is a long tradition in optimal tax...
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by Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
seller the decision to waive rights involves giving up the value associated with a confidentiality right in exchange for an increase in buyer participation. Our analysis incorporates an endogenous interaction among three critical...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54819 Economic Integration and Democracy: An Empirical Investigation By: Magistretti, Giacomo, and Marco Tabellini Abstract—We study whether economic integration fosters the process of democratization and the channels...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
to teach them the established rules so they could be effective players in a masculine culture. By contrast, Ely, Ibarra, and Kolb propose a new set of principles to drive women's leadership programs (WLPs): Situate topics and tools in an View Details
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by Maggie Starvish
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
median between High and Low. Sustainable Or Unsustainable? Based on this analysis we were able to classify countries, for each of environmental and social performance metrics, into the following categories: In Sustainable countries—such...
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by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
market. Q: In your paper, you explain that your analysis of the "classical concern" in the diffusion of new technologies is based on technological progress versus economic resources. Can you explain this? A: The classical debate...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
me is the ability to communicate in a compact, compelling, and concise way. When you’re in a class with super-smart MBAs, and you have maybe 45 seconds to air your point of view, that’s a unique exercise in concentrated analysis and...
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- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
at Collin County Community College before transferring to Cornell University where he majored in policy analysis and was exposed to poverty statistics for the first time. He was moved by them. “The United States puts forward a model for...
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- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
The analysis finds no impact of financial incentives on learning but significant effects of both goal setting and counseling on real financial outcomes. These results identify important complements to financial education that can bridge...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
Extensions to our model accommodate the possibilities of multiple voucher purchases and firm price re-optimization. Despite the potential benefits of online discount vouchers to certain firms in certain circumstances, our analysis reveals...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
significant political and macro-economic uncertainty facing the industry. As part of the investment analysis a complete discounted cash flow analysis must be performed. Purchase this case:...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
who may have private relationships with intelligence officials.” The President’s executive order also set in motion the creation of specific information sharing and analysis organizations, which would allow for anonymous distribution of...
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Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
Stickgold and Harvard Kennedy School's Todd Rogers, HBS PhDOB'08), influence and persuasion research (with my main collaborator at HBS, professor Amy Cuddy), voice analysis research (with Amy Cuddy and Cornell's Tanzeem Choudhury and her...
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by Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
simulation tools and data as the U.S. policymakers use. Other case studies perform a sensitivity analysis (for instance, demonstrating that the increase in extra life year gains by relaxing certain fairness constraints can be as high as...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
with pro-organizational suggestions, is pervasive and is driven by a set of common implicit theories about speaking up in organizations. Our second study used scenarios about speaking up to validate and extend these findings through View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
change to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. But look how radically different the stories are. In "Approval," the focus was mostly on getting the management committee to say yes, and the method mostly one of View Details
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by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
really like niche products much. Elberse outlines the implications of her research for producers and retailers, and offers strategic advice to both groups. Can Research Committees Add Value for Investors? An Analysis of Lehman Brothers'...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
Enables readers to analyze the business plan and make recommendations for funding. Rewritten version of earlier supplements. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807051 A Note on Applying Dimensional View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
US outbound FPI and FDI, this paper analyzes whether the composition of US outbound capital flows reflect efforts to bypass home country tax regimes and weak host country investor protections. The cross-country analysis indicates that a...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
identified disruptive opportunities can, in essence, cut the tail off the returns distribution curve, allowing companies to capture disruptive growth before it becomes fully understood by the marketplace. As an added bonus, this analysis...
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