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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Slowly Varying Regression under Sparsity

By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Vassilis Digalakis Jr, Michael Lingzhi Li and Omar Skali Lami
We consider the problem of parameter estimation in slowly varying regression models with sparsity constraints. We formulate the problem as a mixed integer optimization problem and demonstrate that it can be reformulated exactly as a binary convex optimization problem... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
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  • June 2022
  • Case

Business Implications from Regulating Carbon Emissions in the EU

By: George Serafeim and Benjamin Maletta
In the beginning of the 21st century, the European Union (the EU) had led the global fight against climate change with a wide array of policy measures. The EU’s primary approach to climate policy had been taxation via the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Carbon Emissions; Trade; Sustainability; Decarbonization; Performance; Climate Change; Analysis; Strategy; Taxation; Policy; Environmental Regulation; Industry Structures; European Union
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    Ripe for Revolution: Building Socialism in the Third World

    A historical account of ideology in the Global South as the postwar laboratory of socialism, its legacy following the Cold War, and the continuing influence of socialist ideas worldwide.

    In the first decades after World War II, many newly... View Details
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    Comparative Corporate Governance

    Dyck's research identifies the important role that institutions external to the firm play in determining corporate governance abuses, financial sector development, and the success of government policies such as privatization. In recent work Dyck develops an empirical... View Details
    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence

    By: William R. Kerr
    High-skilled immigrants are a very important component of U.S. innovation and entrepreneurship. Immigrants account for roughly a quarter of U.S. workers in these fields, and they have a similar contribution in terms of output measures like patents or firm starts. This... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; Diaspora; Diasporas; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Immigration
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    • 2017
    • Chapter

    U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence

    By: William R. Kerr
    High-skilled immigrants are a very important component of U.S. innovation and entrepreneurship. Immigrants account for roughly a quarter of U.S. workers in these fields, and they have a similar contribution in terms of output measures like patents or firm starts. This... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; Diaspora; Diasporas; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Immigration; United States
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    Program for Leadership Development

    Summary Innovative companies know that long-term success requires a pipeline of visionary leaders who can help build and secure a competitive edge. The Program for Leadership Development (PLD) prepares emerging executives to become more... View Details
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    Get in Line: Chapter 11 Restructuring in Crowded Bankruptcy Courts

    This paper tests whether Chapter 11 restructuring outcomes are affected by time constraints in busy bankruptcy courts.  On average, total bankruptcy filings rise by 32% during economic recessions, leaving bankruptcy judges with far less time per case exactly when... View Details
    Keywords: Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Financial Distress; Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • 27 Feb 2024
    • Blog Post

    Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy: Ananya Zutshi (MS/MBA '21)

    those are important. We need those treatments." This student profile was originally published on the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) website. View Details
    • 30 Aug 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: August 30

    interplay of these emotions and inter-individual attention differences at each point in time during exposure. Surprise and joy effectively concentrate attention and retain viewers. But importantly, the level... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    Do We See the Same Hierarchy? Status Disagreement in Multicultural Teams and Its Impact on Team Performance

    By: Catarina Fernandes and Sujin Jang
    This paper develops and tests a theory of status disagreement in multicultural teams. We posit that, in multicultural teams, the diversity of members’ cultural backgrounds will lead to implicit disagreements about who has how much status in the team. More specifically,... View Details
    Keywords: Status; Social Hierarchies; Multicultural Teams; Team Performance; Team Diversity; Status and Position; Groups and Teams; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Performance
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    • 22 Dec 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: Dec. 22

    over 600 multibusiness corporations in seven countries (France, Germany, Holland, U.K., Japan, U.S., and Chile), the paper describes the differences among countries and then applies a model View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 05 May 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: May 5, 2009

      Working PapersRegional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies Authors:Pol Antrás and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper analyzes the effects of the formation of... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 12 Dec 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

    Professor Gunnar Trumbull disagrees. In his new book, Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests, Trumbull shows how groups such as consumers can effect change by forming interest-driven... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull
    • 12 Oct 1999
    • Research & Ideas

    Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

    articles. Much of Porter's thinking originally appeared in the pages of the Harvard Business Review. Eleven of those seminal articles are... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
    • 30 Jan 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: January 30, 2007

    disclosure of problem information to a large group of outside solvers is an effective means of solving scientific problems. The approach solved... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • October 2021
    • Article

    Board Design and Governance Failures at Peer Firms

    By: Shelby Gai, J. Yo-Jud Cheng and Andy Wu
    Our study introduces board committees as a crucial determinant of board actions. We examine how directors who structurally link different board committees—referred to as multi-committee directors (MCDs)—explain why some board actions are merely symbolic while others... View Details
    Keywords: Board Committees; Board Monitoring; New Director Nomination; Peer Financial Restatements; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Performance Effectiveness
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    Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt (with Fabio Kanczuk)

    By: Laura Alfaro
    Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. Some of the implications of this analysis, however, may not be generalized once one considers the joint decision to hold debt and reserves by a... View Details
    • 18 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 3/5

    Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the... View Details
    • 06 Apr 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Cheers to the American Consumer

    countries may be the most important of all enablers of entrepreneurship and innovation in America. Why is the American consumer more venturesome? Six factors come to mind.... View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch