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Navigating Baker's Website

How do I use the Baker Library website? Watch this short video for an overview on how to use Baker Library website to request HBS cases, navigate databases, search our Fast Answers (FAQs) and... View Details

10 Jan 2012
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PublicationsGlobal, Local, and Contagious Investor Sentiment Authors:Malcolm Baker, Jeffrey Wurgler, and Yu Yuan Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We construct investor sentiment indices for six major... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 May 2013
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Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

As part of his administration's strategy to rejuvenate American manufacturing, President Obama has called for the creation of a National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) to advance and diffuse novel manufacturing technologies.... View Details

Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

first set forth a framework for understanding alliances between companies and nonprofits. It will then examine how such cross-sector collaborations relate to four strategic and interrelated marketing areas: institutional marketing,... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

01 Mar 2016
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Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias

Every year, specially chosen committees help the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) decide how to allocate massive—totaling more than $24 billion in 2014—competitive federal grants for medical research. But the evaluators on the... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Sep 2020
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Maintaining a Resilient Democracy

Pensions Committee, which has a reputation for bipartisan cooperation. Harder’s suggestions to revitalize the system, on the other hand, include “revising arcane procedural rules that give obstructionists too much power to shelve View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

25 Feb 2020
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The Past Informs the Future of Work

“Number, please” was the oft-repeated request made by the more than 100,000 mostly female switchboard operators in the early 20th century. Anyone who had a telephone grew to know the familiar voices that connected them to the outside... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Telecommunications; Information

12 May 2016
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When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions

1989 to 2014, using data from LexisNexis, the Mass Shootings in America (MSA) project at Stanford University, and a list of shootings created by USA Today. They focused on state rather than Federal regulations, as state governments are the primary regulators of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 1998
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Emerging Information

membership in exchange for the company's frank assessment of the service. More recently, Mueller added information about Russian and Chinese aviation in response to a request from a large aerospace... View Details

Keywords: Paul Michelman

01 Jun 2009
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Letters to the Editor

Praise for March Cover Congratulations on cracking the mold of a one-subject cover for the March issue. I found the four of your financial crisis articles extremely interesting, especially Niall Ferguson’s... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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Bequest - Alumni

the opportunities she received and to help the School remain a dynamic community. Hal (MBA 1968) & Diane Brierley The Brierleys continue their lifelong support for HBS by including the School in their will. Let’s Work Together Anne... View Details

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Databases, Cases & More | Baker Library

Databases, Cases & More Search resources at Baker Library, Harvard Library, and beyond. Our collections span databases, datasets, print collections, and our Special Collections & Archives. Explore our resources to locate information for... View Details

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European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online

process transactions requested by you and meet our contractual obligations (for example, registering you for an online education course; processing your payments; delivering our Services; and evaluating your... View Details

03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015

private school. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50036 Discretion in Hiring By: Hoffman, Mitchell, Lisa B. Kahn, and Danielle Li Abstract—Who should make hiring decisions? We propose an empirical test... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Investing in Life Sciences - SIP Resources

coverage of healthcare, diagnostics, and pharmaceuticals. Technavio - Reports on a variety of global industries including technology, healthcare, and more. Report downloads are available, but one must select and request a... View Details

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1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA

graduation may request a leave of absence. Requests for a leave of absence may be granted by the Registrar in consultation with other officers of the University, as... View Details

14 Dec 2015
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Airbnb Hosts Discriminate Against African-American Guests

on the frequency of names from birth certificates of babies born in Massachusetts in the mid-1970s. Using these twenty guest accounts, the researchers sent some 6,400 to Airbnb hosts over a period of three weeks in July, 2015. Then they waited View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accommodations; Web Services

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Accessibility - Commencement 2025

available for courtesy loans to HBS students who reserve a wheelchair in advance. To request a wheelchair, graduates should fill out the required form on myHBS (login required). The pick-up/drop-off location... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions

income to achieve desired levels of redistribution without harming saving; and a carbon tax to correct for externalities associated with energy consumption. In short, no tax expenditures that litter the code with preferences and that... View Details

Keywords: ask the expert; Finance

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

Demo Day Semifinalists from both tracks deliver pitches to early-stage investors. New Venture Competition (NVC) Demo Day is a showcase event hosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative . NVC Demo... View Details

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