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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Food Security and Human Mobility During the COVID-19 Lockdown

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo, Xina Li, Nishant Kishore, Satchit Balsari and Tarun Khanna
During the COVID-19 crisis, millions of migrants around the world face food insecurity. This could force migrants to travel during the pandemic, exposing them to health risks and accelerating the spread of the virus. Anecdotal evidence demonstrates the importance of... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Migrants; Food Security; Mobility; Health Pandemics; Food; Distribution; Policy; Global Range
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  • 2019
  • Book

The Economic Turn: Recasting Political Economy in Enlightenment Europe

By: Steven L. Kaplan and Sophus A. Reinert
The mid-eighteenth century witnessed what might be dubbed an “economic turn” that resolutely changed the trajectory of world history. From the birth of new agricultural practices and the foundation of private societies to the sustained and popular theorization of... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Trade; History; Markets; Society; France; Europe
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  • March 2008 (Revised February 2009)
  • Case

Transparent Value LLC

By: Sharon P. Katz, Krishna G. Palepu and Aldo Sesia, Jr.
Leading index company Dow Jones recently signed a license and joint marketing agreement with Transparent Value LLC, the creator of a new fundamentals-based valuation methodology. The agreement allowed Dow Jones to offer a family of indexes based on the Transparent... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Stocks; Price; Performance Expectations; Mathematical Methods; Valuation
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    The Contract Year Phenomenon in the Corner Office: An Analysis of Firm Behavior During CEO Contract Renewals

    This paper investigates how executive employment contracts influence corporate financial policies during the final year of the contract term, using a new, hand-collected data set of CEO employment agreements. On the one hand, the impending... View Details
    • 04 Aug 2023
    • Blog Post

    Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA 2023): Engineering a Climate Change Solution by Cutting the Cost of Carbon Capture

    emissions of about 600 US residents.” The Science of Flow Sabin’s work focuses on making carbon capture more energy efficient. His model flows a liquid solution into an electrochemical cell where electricity passes through and activates... View Details
    • 17 Aug 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet

    recent TNS study reported the leading activities of Internet users as: used a search engine to find information (81 percent); looked up the news (76 percent); used online banking (74 percent); looked up the weather (65 percent);... View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising; Publishing
    • 12 Jan 2016
    • First Look

    January 12, 2016

    November–December 2015 Operations Research Active Postmarketing Drug Surveillance for Multiple Adverse Events By: Goh, Joel, Margrét V. Bjarnadóttir, Mohsen Bayati, and Stefanos A. Zenios Abstract—Postmarketing drug surveillance is the... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 17 Oct 2023
    • Blog Post

    HBS Section I Celebrates Parents, Mentors, and Partners Day

    setting the stage for the case by actively involving participants. He skillfully managed the discussion, politely redirecting those who spoke too long and fearlessly addressing parents whose viewpoints diverged from his own. In one... View Details
    • Web

    Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

    New Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy Build the skill set and strategic acumen to compete in the digital world through a combination of forward-looking coursework, unique team activities with a diverse global network, and a... View Details
    • Web

    Confronting Climate Change - Business & Environment

    by factors associated with climate change and the wide-ranging effects of environmental risks are impacting the financial sector in unprecedented ways. Industrial Production & Materials Reducing Waste Industrial activity that produces... View Details
    • Web

    Innovation & Innovative Capacity - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    with outside organizations should not be driven by input costs, taxes, subsidies or even the wage rates for scientists and engineers, as they often are. Instead, R&D investments should flow preferentially to the locations with the greatest innovative capacity. Taking... View Details
    • 05 Oct 2020
    • Book

    Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

    data. How do we free up time and improve our moods? Whillans says it starts with prioritizing activities that bring us joy—savoring a well-cooked meal with a spouse, taking a leisurely walk with a friend, reading a book to a child—and... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • Web

    Redefining Productivity in the Value Chain - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    activities within the value chain. Building on Michael Porter’s decades of work in corporate strategy, the framework for Creating Shared Value analyzes the value chain from the perspective of societal as well as economic value. The Value... View Details
    • 24 Feb 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

    conditions possible for students to learn and perform well in their school activities and tests,” Gino says. “Often these debates do not carefully consider the influence of external factors that teachers or parents can’t control.” An... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
    • 17 Jan 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Being the Boss

    thing is happening, can I get it to you tomorrow?" And he can read you in person. Another tip is that when you're working virtually, silence does not indicate agreement. So you have to actively inquire more than you would with a... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 29 Oct 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

    bribery levels—with Canada seeing little bribing activity and India seeing substantially more. The researchers concluded that the reason for this difference was rooted in the way people in the two countries viewed this exchange of money.... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • Web

    Our Curriculum - Business History

    as firms crossed national borders. It provides cases on entrepreneurs and firms from many countries who were active in pursuits ranging from opium trading and luxury watches to fashion, cinema, finance, and information and communications... View Details
    • September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
    • Supplement

    Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A2)

    By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and James Weber
    The A1 and A2 versions of the “Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)” split the original A case into two parts. The A1 case ends as activists Sardar Biglari and Phil Cooley prepare to meet with CEO Don Smith at Friendly's headquarters in September 2006. The... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Activism; Business and Shareholder Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Conflict and Resolution; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    • 11 Mar 2024
    • Blog Post

    A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh

    active debate on whether companies have primary responsibility to their shareholders (as in the U.S.) or a multi-faceted responsibility to employees, customers, the broader community (as written into the law to varying degrees in the UK... View Details
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    Research - Private Capital Project

    deposits, sudden widespread drawdowns on credit lines can be destabilizing to the banking sector. However, we... Spring 2024 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity The Evolution of Banking in the 21st Century: Evidence and Regulatory... View Details