Publications

25 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

long run.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: iStock] Related Reading How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

2005
Working Paper

Investor Sentiment and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler

We examine how investor sentiment affects the cross-section of stock returns. Theory predicts that a broad wave of sentiment will disproportionately affect stocks whose valuations are highly subjective and are difficult to arbitrage. We test this prediction by studying... View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Behavioral Finance; Stocks; Theory; Forecasting and Prediction

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

HBS research associate Brian DeLacey, are studying the processes of mentoring and coaching in entrepreneurial environments. Leonard and DeLacey discuss their findings with HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

price. If firm F charges a high price and firm G charges a low price, G will pick up market share; the low-price firm wins at the expense of the... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

01 May 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Revisiting the Classical View of Benefit-Based Taxation

Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

in the case.) With about 40 percent of Frenchco's 210,000 employees based outside France, pressure had mounted to change to English-only. The... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

illustration of first-mover advantages. From its beginning in 1914, it created an integrated learning base to commercialize a new data processing punched-card technology. By View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

2021
Working Paper

The Incidence of the Corporate Income Tax Is Irrelevant for Its (Benefit-Based) Justification

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

Robust support for corporate income taxation is a puzzle for standard tax theory because the tax’s incidence is uncertain and unreliable. We propose a resolution: if the corporate tax is seen as a benefit-based tax, its normative appeal depends on the correspondence... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Income Tax; Benefit-based Taxation; Business Ventures; Taxation

2022
Chapter

The Merits and Limits of China's Modern Universities

By: William C. Kirby

China has a long history of advanced learning, but its modern universities are quite young. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, the establishment of Chinese universities based on international models signaled the end of a millennium of promoting talent through... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Education Industry; China

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

"There is a very strong emotional response to the lack of fairness, irrespective of the right rational decision," says Wasynczuk.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

09 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

pre-hiring interview records, the authors found no correlation between any specific demographic or personality traits among those who opted in or out of mentoring. They did find that those who opted out... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

March 1998
Article

On the Sequencing of Privatization in Transition Economies

By: Gautam Ahuja and Sumit K. Majumdar

This paper presents an empirical criterion for establishing privatization priorities for state-owned enteiprises. The approach uses firm performance, defined as productive efficiency, as the basis for deciding the sequence in which firms are privatized. Sequencing is... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Privatization; Developing Countries and Economies; Planning; Service Industry; India

2011
Book

Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World

By: Leslie Crutchfield, John Kania and Mark R. Kramer

Do More Than Give provides a blueprint for individuals, philanthropists, and foundation leaders to increase their impact. Based on Forces for Good, this groundbreaking book demonstrates how the six practices of high-impact nonprofits apply to donors... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

July 1991 (Revised May 1995)
Case

Samuel Slater, Francis Cabot Lowell, and the Beginnings of the Factory System in the United States

Deals with the coming of the mechanized textile industry to the United States, and with it, the nation's first factories. Considers the introduction of small spinning mills in Rhode Island, and the appearance of large integrated spinning and weaving mills in... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business History; Production; Industry Growth; Manufacturing Industry; Rhode Island; Massachusetts

Educators

July–September 2012
Article

The (Un)Hidden Turmoil of Language in Global Collaboration

By: Tsedal Neeley, Pamela J. Hinds and Catherine D. Cramton

Companies are increasingly relying on a lingua franca, or common language (usually English), to facilitate cross-border collaboration. Despite the numerous benefits of a lingua franca, our research reveals myriad challenges that disrupt collaboration and contribute to... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Loss; Spoken Communication; Performance Productivity; Research; Global Range; Problems and Challenges; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues

May 2015
Article

Review and Summary of Research on the Embodied Effects of Expansive (vs. Contractive) Nonverbal Displays

By: Dana R. Carney, Amy J.C. Cuddy and Andy J. Yap

In this comment we list the 33 published experiments based on 2,521 participants demonstrating the embodied effects of expansive versus contractive nonverbal postures. We discuss a new addition to this list that found an embodied effect of nonverbal expansiveness on... View Details

Keywords: Nonverbal Communication; Behavior; Research

2010
Working Paper

Evaluating the Effects of Large-Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative

By: Nava Ashraf, Gunther Fink and David N. Weil

Since 2003, Zambia has been engaged in a large-scale, centrally coordinated national anti-malaria campaign which has become a model in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims at quantifying the individual and macro level benefits of this campaign, which involved mass... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Performance Evaluation; Programs; Health Industry; Zambia

October 2007
Article

The Influence of Financial Statement Recognition and Analyst Coverage on the Market's Valuation of R&D Capital

By: Michael D. Kimbrough

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 141 (SFAS No. 141)'s requirement that an acquirer in a business combination estimate the fair value of the target's separately identifiable assets and liabilities (including research and development capital) provides a rare... View Details

Keywords: Information; Value Creation; Fair Value Accounting; Research and Development; Financial Statements; Capital