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  • January 2017
  • Article

Beyond Zeroes and Ones: The Intensity and Dynamics of Civil Conflict

By: Stephen Chaudoin, Zachary Peskowitz and Christopher Stanton
There is a tremendous amount of variation in conflict intensity both across and within civil conflicts. Some conflicts result in huge numbers of battle deaths, while others do not. Conflict intensity is also dynamic. Conflict intensity escalates, deescalates, and... View Details
Keywords: Civil Wars; Political Economy; Conflict; Trade Interdependence; War; Microeconomics
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  • 18 May 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

An Empirical Approach to Understanding Privacy Valuation

Keywords: by Luc Wathieu & Allan Friedman
  • Research Summary

Intra-Household Decision Making

Professor Ashraf's research in intra-household decision making examines how households make financial and health decisions, particularly in the presence of asymmetric information or benefits.

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  • 02 May 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Chiara Farronato, Harvard Business School

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The Early Evolution of Business Groups: A Study of Diversification and Spinoffs by Vietnam's First Generation of Entrepreneurs

This study, done in collaboration with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Central Institute for Economic Management, examines the experience of 95 successful Vietnamese entrepreneurs first surveyed in 1999.  The project aims to build and analyze... View Details
  • 20 May 2022
  • News

Guiding Finance: China’s Strategy for Funding Advanced Manufacturing

    Africa Rising: A Historical Perspective

    Sub-Saharan Africa’s recent economic boom has raised hopes and expectations to lift the regions’ ‘bottom millions’ out of poverty by 2030. How realistic is that goal? We approach this question by comparing the experiences of three front-runners of region-specific... View Details

    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

    By: Lara B. Aknin, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James and Michael I. Norton
    This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). Analyzing survey data from 136 countries, we show that... View Details
    Keywords: Spending; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Happiness; Motivation and Incentives; Welfare; Uganda; Canada
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    • 04 Aug 2011
    • What Do You Think?

    How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

    Summing Up Does Common Sense Impede Change? Common sense is the decision-maker's friend when the decision has to be made rapidly, with a minimum of research or formal theory, with no more than moderate risk or consequences, and by individuals who have accumulated View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 24 Apr 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate Social Entrepreneurship

    Keywords: by James E. Austin & Ezequiel Reficco

      Mihir A. Desai

      Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He received his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard... View Details

      • December 2019
      • Article

      Communicating with Warmth in Distributive Negotiations Is Surprisingly Counterproductive

      By: M. Jeong, J. Minson, M. Yeomans and F. Gino
      When entering into a negotiation, individuals have the choice to enact a variety of communication styles. We test the differential impact of being “warm and friendly” versus “tough and firm” in a distributive negotiation, when first offers are held constant and... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation Style; Communication Strategy; Perception; Performance Effectiveness; Outcome or Result
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      Technology Adoption

      Professor Ashraf's research in technology adoption addresses the puzzling question of why easy and accessible technology is not used, even when it has the potential to save lives or significantly increase income.

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        Inequality in Socially Permissible Consumption

        Contributing to the burgeoning discourse on economic inequality, we expose an inequality in what the poor are socially permitted to buy. Across 11 experiments (n = 4,179), we demonstrate that lower-income individuals are held to more... View Details
        • October 2018 (Revised February 2020)
        • Case

        Commonwealth Bank of Australia: Unbanklike Experimentation

        By: Ryan W. Buell and Leslie K. John
        Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.

        In August 2017, Commonwealth Bank of Australia was looking for ways to differentiate itself from competing banks and was also trying to improve the financial well-being of... View Details
        Keywords: Transparency; Experimentation; Banks and Banking; Credit Cards; Customer Focus and Relationships; Competitive Strategy; Banking Industry; Australia
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        • February 2011
        • Supplement

        Carbon Trading Simulation: Brown Cement Inc.

        By: Peter A. Coles
        This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the economics of carbon markets and permit trading. Each student has private role information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing... View Details
        Keywords: Decisions; Economics; Investment; Business or Company Management; Market Design; Pollutants
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        • August 2022
        • Case

        Southwick Social Ventures

        By: Henry McGee, Mel Martin and Amy Klopfenstein
        In 2021, the HBS Impact Investment Fund student team had found a promising potential investment in Southwick Social Ventures (SSV), a worker and management-owned trouser manufacturer. With a 100% immigrant workforce, the co-operative was focused on reviving... View Details
        Keywords: Impact Investing; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Goods and Commodities; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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        • Web

        Building the Future: An HBS Alumna’s Journey in Sustainable Infrastructure Investment - MBA

        Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
        • 2014
        • Article

        Investors Prefer Entrepreneurial Ventures Pitched by Attractive Men

        By: Alison Wood Brooks, Laura Huang, Sarah Kearney and Fiona Murray
        Entrepreneurship is a central path to job creation, economic growth, and prosperity. In the earliest stages of start-up business creation, the matching of entrepreneurial ventures to investors is critically important. The entrepreneur's business proposition and... View Details
        Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Gender
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        • 27 May 2022
        • Blog Post

        Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

        application process was a chance to reflect on my life experiences up to that point and consider seriously what I wanted going forward. Christy Talisse (MBA 2023) Hometown: Visalia, CA Undergraduate university and major: US Naval Academy;... View Details