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  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

setting or a more general oligopoly context. Most past research has found two-part tariffs to be optimal in many settings. More recent research has begun to investigate the limits of such optimality and when... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act slated to be signed this week by U.S. President Barack Obama has been called the most sweeping set of rules for banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. But what do... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Podcast - Business & Environment

into low-cost sensors, the importance of collaborating with public and private stakeholders, and the evolving landscape of wildfire detection technology. Carsten provides advice for aspiring climate tech entrepreneurs, emphasizing the need to align impact with... View Details
  • 26 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 26

influences risk-taking by enhancing one's sense of control. Across multiple inductions of guilt, we demonstrate that experimentally induced guilt enhances optimism about risks for the self (Study 1), preferences for gambles versus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

challenge in the British public’s vote for the United Kingdom to exit the European Union. The outcome of the vote led to uncertainty around investment conditions, instability in the British pound, growth in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

sovereign default induced by legal rulings in the case of Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital. We find that a 10% increase in the probability of default causes a 6% decline in the value of Argentine equities and a 1% depreciation of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

Silver, and Edward H. Chang. "Does Communicating Measurable Diversity Goals Attract or Repel Historically Marginalized Job Applicants? Evidence from the Lab and Field." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 154, no. 3 (March 2025): 624–643. View Details
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

actions, and we can devise decision rules that depend on superstitions. All of these are unlikely to serve us well in the competition for survival. We must not confuse optimization with value creation or... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • 22 May 2024
  • HBS Case

Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

passed a bill requiring that TikTok sell itself to a US buyer or be banned; the Senate voted in favor of the legislation and US President Biden swiftly signed it into law in April. What happens next is being closely watched by users,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology
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Profiles - MBA

into designing the organizations that run modern society. Whether that means using graphs to optimize meeting scheduling, auctions to estimate how a product will be received by the public, or fair allocation View Details
  • 06 Jul 2023
  • News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

regulations, including a pitch clock, larger bases, and restriction on defensive shifts. READ MORE Dan Morrell: Let's go back to the genesis of some of the changes that were ruled out this season, right?- And I think you've probably... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

relationship between the complexity of an environment, the sophistication of the problem-solving processes and procedures used to optimally map problem statements into strategic actions, and the organizational structures that are best... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 5

of IFRS Authors:Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten Abstract If the differences in accounting standards across countries reflect relatively stable institutional differences (e.g., auditing technology, the rule of law, etc.), why did several... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.

Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 28 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

"In some sense people in these societies are running faster than their rules and laws can keep up. So they are creating the rules as they go along. And entrepreneurship is, after all, doing things in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 31 May 2011
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First Look: May 31

respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather events beyond its control. However, fewer voters punish the ruling party when its government responds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

care for specific events.... June 2021 The CMS New Rule on Ambulatory Surgical Centers Earns Only Partial Credit by Junaid Nabi and Robert S. Kaplan The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it will be... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

of the Northwest Passage as a result of climate change. In 2006, the Panamanian electorate voted in favor of a plan to expand the Panama Canal. The reason is not that the canal had reached full capacity: in fact, a back-of-envelope... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
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Globalization - Faculty & Research

Informal Insurance in Brazil By: Paula Rettl 2025 | Working Paper | Faculty Research How does economic globalization affect vote choices? Conventional wisdom holds that voters who lose from economic integration support parties that... View Details