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- 24 Oct 2011
- News
In Hiring and Promoting, Look Beyond Results
- May 18, 2012
- Article
Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss
By: David I Levine, Michael W. Toffel and Matthew S. Johnson
Controversy surrounds occupational health and safety regulators, with some observers claiming that workplace regulations damage firms' competitiveness and destroy jobs and others arguing that they make workplaces safer at little cost to employers and employees. We...
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Keywords:
Regulation;
Occupational Safety;
Evaluation;
Regression;
Matching;
Difference In Differences;
Safety;
Health;
Working Conditions;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Competitive Advantage;
Performance;
Manufacturing Industry;
California
Levine, David I., Michael W. Toffel, and Matthew S. Johnson. "Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss." Science 336, no. 6083 (May 18, 2012): 907–911. (Online supplement (appendix). Featured in an article by the head of US OSHA, and in U.S. News & World Report and many other news outlets. Basis of U.S. Congressional testimony on promoting safe workplaces.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Anytime-Valid Inference in Linear Models and Regression-Adjusted Causal Inference
By: Michael Lindon, Dae Woong Ham, Martin Tingley and Iavor I. Bojinov
Linear regression adjustment is commonly used to analyze randomized controlled experiments due to its efficiency and robustness against model misspecification. Current testing and interval estimation procedures leverage the asymptotic distribution of such estimators to...
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Lindon, Michael, Dae Woong Ham, Martin Tingley, and Iavor I. Bojinov. "Anytime-Valid Inference in Linear Models and Regression-Adjusted Causal Inference." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-060, March 2024.
- 10 Feb 2015
- News
Why Metrics Get Worse With Scale
- October 2018
- Case
Accomplice: Scaling Early Stage Finance
By: Ramana Nanda, Raffaella Sadun and Olivia Hull
Accomplice, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Boston, is raising its second fund in November 2017. Since 2009, the firm has followed a seed-led investment model, investing in tech companies at the earliest stages, often when products and business models are...
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Keywords:
Early Stage Finance;
Seed Finance;
Scouts;
Venture Capital;
Business Startups;
Private Equity;
Investment Portfolio;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Networks;
Adaptation;
Corporate Strategy;
Technology;
Financial Services Industry;
Massachusetts;
Boston;
Cambridge;
United States
Nanda, Ramana, Raffaella Sadun, and Olivia Hull. "Accomplice: Scaling Early Stage Finance." Harvard Business School Case 719-403, October 2018.
- February 2015 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Quincy Apparel (A)
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lisa Mazzanti
Quincy Apparel designs, manufactures and sells work apparel for young professional women that offers the fit and feel of high-end brands at a lower price. In late 2012, Quincy's cofounders are debating how to approach a crucial board meeting. Their seed-stage startup...
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Keywords:
Retail;
Failure;
Online Retail;
Women's Apparel;
Business Startups;
Business Plan;
Business Model;
Entrepreneurship;
Production;
E-commerce;
Retail Industry;
Technology Industry;
Fashion Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Lisa Mazzanti. "Quincy Apparel (A)." Harvard Business School Case 815-067, February 2015. (Revised March 2022.)
- 11 Apr 2017
- Video
Carolin Oldenbuettel
- June 2023
- Case
Launching Egypt’s First Digital Banking Platform: QNB Bebasata
By: Mark Egan, Billy Chan and Ahmed Dahawy
The leadership team at QNB Alahli, Egypt's second biggest private bank, looked back on their efforts to create a brand-new, fully digital banking platform since 2019. A digital-only banking service was unprecedented in Egypt, a country where over 90% of financial...
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Keywords:
Digital Transformation;
Banks and Banking;
Innovation and Invention;
Competitive Strategy;
Business Model;
Product Launch;
Finance;
Banking Industry;
Egypt
Egan, Mark, Billy Chan, and Ahmed Dahawy. "Launching Egypt’s First Digital Banking Platform: QNB Bebasata." Harvard Business School Case 223-091, June 2023.
- December 2017
- Response
Reply: Do Powerful Politicians Really Cause Corporate Downsizing?
By: Lauren Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
While we commend the initiative of Snyder and Welch (2017), we lay out in this short reply why we remain highly confident in our results and our interpretation thereof. We welcome authors to continue to explore the data for themselves and look forward to the new...
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Keywords:
Spending;
Private Sector;
Taxation;
Interest Rates;
Business and Government Relations;
Investment;
Employment;
Power and Influence
Cohen, Lauren, Joshua D. Coval, and Christopher J. Malloy. "Reply: Do Powerful Politicians Really Cause Corporate Downsizing?" Journal of Political Economy 125, no. 6 (December 2017): 2232–2237.
- 14 Jun 2012
- News
Vanguard Thrives in a Sour Climate
- 8:30 AM – 6:45 PM EDT, 11 Aug 2020
- Virtual Programming
Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead in an Era of Disruption
HBS Professors Joseph Bower and Lynn Paine, coauthors of Capitalism at Risk, outline the disruptive forces that are threatening business and societyfrom rising income inequality, climate change, and mass migration to terrorism and failed states. Join them for a...
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- 15 Aug 2012
- News
Bringing Science to the Art of Strategy
- 13 Apr 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
The Bulletproof Glass Effect: When Privacy Notices Backfire
- 09 May 2012
- News
Stop Trying to Be the Super Manager: New Book
- 17 Jul 2012
- News
Act Bigger than You Are
- 16 Oct 2017
- News
Handgun waiting period laws save lives, study says
- 01 Oct 2012
- News
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
- 25 Apr 2012
- News
Patagonia's Founder is America's Most Unlikely Business Guru
- 01 May 2012
- News