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  • 01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

growing things could play in educating others about indigenous cultures. Now he talks about the intelligence of corn—how it changes color to optimize filtration of ultraviolet light: Soon, he explains, the corn leaves will be tinted a deep purplish-red. Keen has taught... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

Japan. An entire system of governance was blown away. In 1911, an imperial tradition of more than 2,000 years ended. After the subsequent disasters of world war and Maoist utopianism, China was an impoverished third world economy holding 20% of the world's population... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Nov 2016
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November 22, 2016

November 2016 Quarterly Journal of Economics Stereotypes By: Bordalo, Pedro, Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—We present a model of stereotypes based on Kahneman and Tversky's representativeness... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

out the effect of an increasingly important retail phenomenon (channel integration) on a key factor for inventory management (sales dispersion). Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53103 forthcoming Brookings Papers on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

"claim" value individually and cooperative ones to "create" value jointly, as well as efforts to change perceptions of the game itself. Since advice to one side does not necessarily presume the full game-theoretic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

giving them money to spend, nor is it the same as the traditional economic bequest motive: to save so that when you die you can give money to people. Savings bonds actually give people savings. We've had a lot of success in sales of U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 02 Nov 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize

but there was no real research focused on it.” Unexplained death figures vary widely The level of underreporting varied significantly from one country to the next, the research team outlined in a recent article in the Journal of Economics... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

propose a general mechanism of partner choice, "screening," that is similar to the economic theory of mechanism design. Imposing the appropriate costs and rewards may induce the informed individuals to screen themselves... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2014
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Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983

the world’s leading private equity firms. The decision to specialize in media and communications in 1985 might seem prescient, but the low-key Nelson claims he was merely following his passion. “I’ve always been drawn to it,” says Nelson, who majored in View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

It's academic. (Not!)

Wasserman Taking the Game to a New Level: Zeynep Ton Finding Reason in the Irrational: Ulrike Malmendier Star Search: Boris Groysberg On the Case: First-Year Professors Develop a Taste for Teaching The Big Aha When Noam Wasserman enrolled... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 02 Jun 2016
  • Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

Joanna: I grew up in Maryland and went to Yale for undergrad, where I studied Economics and East Asian Studies. Before grad school, I spent one year in investment banking and two years in capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch... View Details
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

  PublicationsHigher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Authors:Michael Beer, Russel A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Continued: The Business Model What Does the Research Say? Show Hide Details Concepts Infectious Change Public Goods Problems Cooperation in the Real Economy Expanding on Purpose Featured Exercises Public good simulation game Prisoner’s... View Details
  • 10 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

category levels, which over time would destroy the economics of the entire store. Amazon.com and other e-commerce players did a tremendous job focusing on goods and categories that shoppers were now willing to buy via the Internet, such... View Details
Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail
  • 30 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

leaders need a new game plan. We asked Harvard Business School professors to provide practical advice for managing large-scale, long-term remote work at a time when many employees are not only distracted by the commotion in their homes,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

economic life. Chandler always stressed the importance of knowledge and learning inside organizations, which preceded more recent notions of the knowledge company or organizational learning. He was also a model intellectual, a scholar's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

Publication:Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (spring 2011) Abstract This paper examines the optimal response of monetary and fiscal policy to a decline in aggregate demand. The theoretical framework is a two-period general... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

  PublicationsThe Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer, Anandi Mani, Prachi Mishra, and Petia Topalova Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55322 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Oct 2009
  • Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

lead during a crisis such as the global economic crisis of 2008-09. I found that many failed to follow seven universal lessons for leading in crisis. I believe the root cause of the recent financial crisis was leaders who practiced... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace