Economic Theory Of Regulation - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

researchers to test and build new theories at a more granular level. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55151 forthcoming American Economic Review Beliefs about Gender By:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

There is thus no justification for the enormous growth of the hedge funds. It follows that the hedge fund mania is simply the latest of the securities industry's new, new things" for investors—another... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53459 Winter 2017 Oxford Review of Economic Policy An Invitation to Market Design By: Kominers, Scott Duke, Alexander Teytelboym, and Vincent... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

internationalize without understanding the true economics of their business. The value chain is the principal tool to delineate the geographic boundaries of competition, to... View Details

Keywords: by Joan Magretta

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

officials randomly changing rules without due process or checks and balances. You might have, in extreme circumstances, maximum economic instability. Or you might have political instability; you might have unrest in the streets. There is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions

Keywords: by Lisa L.Shu & Max H. Bazerman

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

networks that have been documented by researchers include mutual learning; enhanced legitimacy and status for the members; economic power; and an enhanced ability to manage uncertainty, she continued. The work View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

due to insufficient funds, and this was the last insurance action I saw for a number of the uninsured drivers in the study. Changing the contract terms alone is not enough to solve the economic hardship... View Details

Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance

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... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation By: Mills, Karen Gordon, and Brayden McCarthy Abstract—Small businesses were among the hardest hit in the Great Recession, accounting for more than 60%... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

chômage partiel, under which the government pays a portion of a company’s wages in times of economic distress to limit layoffs. During the 2008-2009 recession, furlough... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

including proprietary data that has never been shared with scholars before and can lead to novel lines of inquiry.” Harvard Business School’s Michael Toffel. “This is my soapbox message to academics: be more relevant,” he says. Toffel,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

negotiation of safe paths through the complexities of official regulations and government. The easiest way to understand the Unilever organization, observed an article in the... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

distancing. New patterns of consumer and worker behavior and expectations have emerged during the first weeks of the crisis. COVID-19 represents a tremendous economic shock and... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

Authors:Scott Snook, Herminia Ibarra, and Laura Ramo Publication:Chap. 22 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana Abstract Despite the wealth View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

inter-governmental regulation as powerful enough to offer some hope of containing the excesses of surveillance capitalism. When industrial capitalism was moderated we lived in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

reflect persistent disparities based on race, gender, age, and educational attainment. Coming out of the crisis, providing more workers with pathways to economic stability will depend in large part on... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated View Details