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  • 27 Aug 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

leadership in mobilizing people and resources in highly dynamic situations.” Each winter, 900 HBS students dispatch around the world to see businesses up close, learn what they can about how they are run, and share their own knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail
  • 02 Sep 2020
  • News

Inflation Is Higher Than the Numbers Say

  • 29 Jan 2018
  • News

In 2018, Trump must be the small-business champion he claimed to be

  • 2009
  • Article

India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007

By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari
Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Transformation; Economics; Ownership; Assets; Sales; Profit; Stock Shares; Private Sector; Investment Return; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; India
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  • 24 Oct 2018
  • News

Is Retail Dying? Plus, How Are Companies Spending their Tax Cuts?

  • Working Paper

Visual Uniqueness in Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces: Machine Learning Model Development, Validation, and Application

By: Flora Feng, Charis Li and Shunyuan Zhang
Peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces have seen exponential growth in recent years featured by unique offerings from individual providers. Despite the perceived value of uniqueness, scalable quantification of visual uniqueness in P2P platforms like Airbnb has been largely... View Details
Keywords: Peer-to-peer Markets; Marketplace Matching; AI and Machine Learning; Demand and Consumers; Digital Platforms; Marketing
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  • 10 Jul 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Platform Envelopment

Keywords: by Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker & Marshall Van Alstyne; Technology
  • 18 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

Starting a new job often brings excitement and high hopes of mingling with colleagues, sharing innovative ideas, and making a positive impact on an organization. Soon, however, a new employee’s excitement may start to wane, if the person... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 07 Dec 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

Oral History and Writing the Business History of Emerging Markets

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale

    Airbnb in Amsterdam

    In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home-sharing. Airbnb's Molly Turner, Global Head of Civic Partnerships; her colleagues at the San Francisco based home-sharing platform; and her counterparts in... View Details
    • 11 Jan 2018
    • News

    Tax payouts deliver a wave of hope and hype

    • Web

    Faculty & Research

    firms also show higher future profitability during periods of regulatory uncertainty, unexpected increases in climate concerns, and when a larger share of their sales occurs in states with climate plans and stronger public support for... View Details
    • November 2023
    • Case

    The Commons Project in Rwanda—Building Digital Infrastructure for the Global Public Good

    By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and Tom Quinn
    In September 2022, The Commons Project Foundation (TCP) CEO Zhenya Lindgardt and her team met on a Zoom call to discuss building tools to help Rwandans manage their health data. They believed that helping Africa build digital infrastructure would improve much-needed... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Capital; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Health Care and Treatment; Information Management; Adaptation; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology Industry; Rwanda; United States
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    • Research Summary

    India Transformed? Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005 (with Anusha Chari)

    By: Laura Alfaro
    Using firm-level data this paper analyzes, the transformation of India’s economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly-listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details
    • June 2014
    • Article

    The Price of Wall Street's Power

    By: Gautam Mukunda
    Over and over again, executives make decisions that aren't in their companies' best interests, in response to pressure from Wall Street. Though many believe this happens because firms have a "fiduciary duty" to maximize shareholder returns, U.S. executives do not, as a... View Details
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    • 01 Oct 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat

    Keywords: by Paul Novosad & Eric Werker
    • April 2012
    • Article

    Broadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry

    By: Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman
    The long-standing argument that focused operations outperform others stands in contrast to claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Capacity; Operations; Advertising; Production; Corporate Strategy; Relationships; Medical Specialties; Complexity; Risk and Uncertainty; Experience and Expertise; Diversification; Quality; Health Industry
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    • 05 Jun 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

    High-skilled immigrants represent an increasing share of the U.S. workforce, particularly in science and engineering fields. These immigrants affect economic growth, patterns of trade, education choices, and the earnings of workers with... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 22 Aug 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

    innovate if they are going to maintain their edge, or maintain their existence at all. "For the University as well as for the economy and our nation, the importance of innovation cannot be overstated," Harvard President Drew... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 25 Feb 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: February 25

    Tella, Rafael, Javier Donna, and Robert MacCulloch Abstract—At the beginning of the twentieth century Venezuela had one of the poorest economies in Latin America, but by 1970 it had become the richest country in the region and one of the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne