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  • 11 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

Settings with Technology Choice and Foreign Production Cost Advantage By: Drake, David F. Abstract—Emissions regulation is a policy mechanism intended to address the threat of climate change. However, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2010 (Revised June 2012)
  • Case

"Plugging In" the Consumer: The Adoption of Electrically Powered Vehicles in the U.S.

By: Elie Ofek and Polly Ribatt
How will U.S. consumers respond to the proliferation of alternative-fuel vehicles, such as cars powered partially or completely by electricity, in the coming decade? After a century in which fossil fuel-powered vehicles dominated the market, it appeared consumers would... View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Policy; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Business and Government Relations; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Adoption; Auto Industry; United States
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  • 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

become the hubs of the network. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-043.pdf Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Feb 2022
  • Book

When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

in his late 40s at the time, and, as the head of a prominent thinktank, was putting in 80-hour workweeks and basking in his role at the center of policy debates. He thought it would be interesting to write an academic journal article... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

liberation of Paris. Anyone who opposed the policy of preemption was an appeaser. And so on. Yet throughout this period of heightened terrorist threats and overseas military interventions, financial markets have displayed a remarkable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-005.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsAmerican Cancer Society: Access to Care Harvard Business School Case 109-015 CEO John Seffrin decides to radically change the strategy of the American Cancer Society. The new Access to Care... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-018.pdf Carbon Tariffs: Effects in Settings with Technology Choice and Foreign Comparative Advantage Author: David F. Drake Abstract Carbon regulation is intended to reduce global emissions, but there is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2021
  • Book

In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

population growth, industrial output, and agriculture. A major factor spurring this rise in wealth was the continued growth of business enterprise and the government policies that enabled its unprecedented scale and scope. Entrepreneurs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
  • 05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

2018 Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences By: Hanson, Gordon H., William R. Kerr, and Sarah Turner, eds. Abstract—Immigration policy is one of the most... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

balance-of-payments benefits. Refraining from exporting, however, would help consumers, reduce coal combustion, and attract energy-intensive businesses to the United States. And by reducing imports, America's foreign View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Having grown up in a developing country, Professor Sikochi’s research focus is driven by a desire to understand how capital flows to firms and entrepreneurs with the ultimate goal to help build capital markets in the developing economies. To this end, he conducts... View Details

  • 24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

Paid transfers of IP addresses would better allocate resources to those who need them most, but unrestricted transfers might threaten the Internet's routing system. I suggest policies to facilitate an IP address "market" while... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

  Working PapersFemale Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines Authors:Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin Abstract Female 'empowerment' has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

cannot surface: Abjuring rigorous debate about its merits, a youthful president John F. Kennedy essentially rubber-stamped a 1961 plan to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, resulting in one of the biggest U.S. foreign View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

but they must also think about how to manage the entire firm's portfolio. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809072 Necessity and Invention: Monetary Policy Innovation and the Subprime... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5

agendas, whose strategies to build viable business models proved crucially dependent on two exogenous factors: the prices of alternative conventional fuels and public policy. Supportive public policies in various geographies facilitated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 4

reorganization of the bureaucracy, and (c) an increase in monitoring by both the government and the general public. Correspondingly, we advance managerial implications that stem from these recent changes, illustrated by recent MNC and Chinese domestic firm successes.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?

the United States will create a price effect for Americans and for the world. Forman: Where is this going from an economic and geopolitical perspective? Abdelal: They’re connected in two ways. We should expect much larger price increases experienced by American... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Energy
  • 19 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

verifiable answer," says Zhu. "They can be quite subjective or even controversial." History, they say, is written by the victors, and can read very differently depending on who is telling the tale. Even modern-day issues such as immigration, gun control, abortion, and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Publishing

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