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- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
Authors:Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari Publication:India Policy Forum (forthcoming). (Also HBS Working Paper 10-030.) Abstract Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
As Harvard Business School professor Laura Phillips Sawyer sifted through historical documents to trace the history of competition policy in the United States, an interesting figure emerged: Edna Gleason, who became known as the “mother... View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
payments, and are forgivable if firms use the cash infusion for essentials like rent and to retain most workers. A catastrophe in France A dozen years ago, as the Great Recession unfolded, French small businesses also faced catastrophic... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
does not deliver goods as specified in the contract. The empirical results indicate that transactions are more likely to occur on cash in advance or letter of credit terms when the importer is located in a country with weak contractual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
all states, have decreased very modestly between 1990 and 2005, and cannot be attributed to broad differences in access to physical or human capital. Open Innovation and Firm Boundaries: Task Decomposition, Knowledge Distribution and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
novel experimental design. In line with predictions, we find that information on the popularity of policy choices is beneficial when a minority of voters is biased but harmful when a majority is biased. In theory, information on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
affiliate marketing programs in which merchants oversee thousands of affiliates they have never met. Some merchants hire specialist outside advisors to set and enforce policies for affiliates, while other merchants ask their ordinary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
leading government officials to set policies that undermine competitiveness and sap economic growth. Business is caught in a vicious circle. A big part of the problem lies with companies themselves, which remain trapped in an outdated,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
of Wall Street rather than developing nations. And the crisis raises questions about the development policies of Asian nations: Did too-close "crony" relations between politicians and owners of major banks or firms pave the way... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
a way for managers to balance the analytical side of their work with the human side and find a sound way forward when analysis falls short. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50601 forthcoming Patent Assertion Entities and Competition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
Authors:David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/11/kfcs-radical-approach-to-china/ar/1 Tax Policy and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
of multinationals from developed countries in developing countries. The central argument is that strategies were shaped by the trade-off between opportunity and risk. Three broad environmental factors determined the trade-off. The first was the prevailing political... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 2, 2007
conflict, focusing our attention on the findings from an empirical literature on the topic that has blossomed over the last 15 years. We then turn to a discussion of how individuals and policy makers can use what has been learned about... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
distribution company in its own right. On October 30, 2006, it relaunched its Website—and, in effect, its business. With its new, consumer-facing home page, and with new offerings for advertisers and affiliates as well as video... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
allowing bonds to be rolled over into private sector retirement accounts; and generally making it easier to purchase bonds by expanding distribution to outlets such as the post office and Wal-Mart. "The federal government spends $350... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/in_microfinance_clients_must_come_first/ Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change Authors:Sarah Kaplan and Mary Tripsas Periodical:Research Policy (forthcoming).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015
the interaction of the number and spacing of a family’s children with the pricing policies of the local school. This within-neighborhood variation in tuition prices allows us to control for unobserved determinants of demand with a fine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
and its implied elasticities are in the ballpark of a range of micro estimates. We find industrial policy subsidizing either the R&D or the continued operation of incumbents reduces growth and welfare. For example, a subsidy to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
of American occupation (1898-1918), we find that the implementation of these reforms was very slow. As a consequence, tenure insecurity increased over this period, and the distribution of farm sizes remained extremely unequal. We identify... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
rights, and legal liability of companies and executives for violating human rights. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309097 DreamWorks SKG Inc.: To Distribute or Not to Distribute? Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace