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  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

We conclude with directions for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55591 February 2019 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD), the survey compiled anonymous input from 1,067 directors in some 58 countries. The researchers were surprised at the extent of similarity in the majority of responses related to economics and politics, not... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Corporation (DEC) was a daring one, not simply because it was contrarian, but because he saw the investment as a tool for massive economic and technological change." Udayan Gupta, The First Venture Capitalist: Georges Doriot on... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

Student Conferences, at a Glance

Bhusri, general partner, Greylock “After 9/11, do we want or need an ID card? From a technology stand-point, that’s a no-brainer. We need to get our act together first on policy and cultural issues.” — Mark Cleverley, senior consultant,... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Jan 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

gain admission to the US. He describes the arcane system that puts a limit on the number of H-1B visas issued each year. Demand fluctuates from year to year depending on economic conditions and other factors, but in most recent years... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Righting the Ship

could do it.” What are three pieces of advice you might give to those who are focused on leading companies through an economic recovery? First, be thoughtful about how you treat all your stakeholders, because the actions of those in power... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

and, as he puts it, "get reality on the table." Since 1996, as a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and, currently, as a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C., Baker has conducted research on and... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Government
  • 17 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

that's really where the problem lies. Q: We've seen this phenomenon recently where wages are stagnating or declining What are the retail implications of a shrinking or bifurcating middle class? Alvarez: Traditionally the US economy has prospered on the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 08 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

disappeared, there may be more subtle forms of bias or ways in which bias gets expressed that perhaps come out in policy or in concerns about work-family conflict. These themes all work together." A powerful dance When they studied... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting
  • 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007

avoid even the most modest of practices that they considered inappropriate. Explores the practices and methods that Infosys adopted instead, considers their costs, benefits, and generalizability, and contextualizes the problem within Indian political and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

David Blumenthal, professor at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital; Michael Newman, a senior research manager at Harris Interactive; Kinga Zapert, vice president for... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

elements differently, I observed that the organizations able to pursue both social and financial goals over time seem to share a commonality—they maintain a hybrid organizational culture that holds and balances tensions between creating social and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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HBS - Financials | From the CFO

Economic Model The resilience of the School's economic model was tested during fiscal 2021 and proved sound. The HBS model is unique among Harvard University's 12 graduate and professional schools. At its... View Details
  • 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2001
  • Case

Free Trade vs. Protectionism: The Great Corn-Laws Debate

By: David A. Moss, Kevin P. Brennan, Matthew B. Gorin and Marian Lee
Examines the extended conflict between free traders and protectionists in nineteenth-century Britain. It culminates with Prime Minister Robert Peel's decision at the end of 1845 about whether to repeal the Corn Laws, a series of acts that had protected British... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; Change Management; Competitive Advantage; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Market Entry and Exit; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Great Britain
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  • 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12

  PublicationsLocal Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India Authors:Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen D. O'Connell Publication:Journal of Economic Geography Abstract We analyze the spatial determinants of female... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

forthcoming Economic Journal (Royal Economic Society) Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France By: Pons, Vincent, and Guillaume Liegey Abstract—Improving the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

spending needs as well as economic factors such as rising interest rates that affect different assets in different ways. Viceira's research analyzes asset allocation strategies for personal and institutional investors. He teaches... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 08 Mar 2017
  • Blog Post

Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

Technology Innovations in Education, Managing Human Capital, and an independent project through the Social Innovation Lab.  She was also able to examine the economic forces around teachers unions through her group paper in the Role of... View Details
  • 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

Technology Adoption Author:Diego A. Comin Publication:In Handbook of Economic Growth, edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf. Elsevier, forthcoming Abstract We present a tractable model for analyzing the relationship between View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne