Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (263) Arrow Down

Show Results For

← Page 12 of 263 Results →
  • 23 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 23

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44722 No Taxation without Information: Deterrence and Self-Enforcement in the Value Added Tax By: Pomeranz, Dina Abstract—Claims that the VAT facilitates tax enforcement View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

outlines four key dimensions that can help people navigate career transitions: Identity, Community, Necessity, and Horizon. Dina Gerdeman: Can you discuss the research behind your book? Timothy Butler: Most of my research has been big... View Details
  • 31 May 2016
  • First Look

May 31, 2016

have a higher probability of walking by the clinic for reasons other than vaccination. Method: We obtained data from an employer with a free workplace influenza vaccination clinic. Using each employee’s building entry/exit swipe card... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2013
  • Article

Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption

By: Clayton M. Christensen, Dina Wang and Derek C. M. van Bever
Consulting fundamental business model has not changed in more than 100 years: very smart outsiders go into organizations for a finite period of time and recommend solutions for the most difficult problems confronting their clients. But at traditional... View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Consulting Industry
Related
  • Article

No Taxation Without Information: Deterrence and Self-Enforcement in the Value Added Tax

By: Dina Pomeranz
Claims that the VAT facilitates tax enforcement by generating paper trails on transactions between firms contributed to widespread VAT adoption worldwide, but there is surprisingly little evidence. This paper analyzes the role of third-party information for VAT... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Product Development; Chile
Related
  • 26 Feb 2019
  • Blog Post

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. Turns out, using cash as a carrot isn’t always the best answer, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans. More than... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Monitoring Public Procurement: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Chile

By: Maria Paula Gerardino, Stephan Litschig and Dina D. Pomeranz
The government is the biggest buyer in the economy of most countries. At the same time, the public procurement process if often thought to be fraught with corruption and malpractice. However, there is little evidence regarding the impact of audits aimed at reducing... View Details
Keywords: Procurement; Chile; Corruption; Public Finance; Public Procurement; Public Sector; Public Administration Industry; Chile
Related
  • Web

About Us | Working Knowledge

industries long before they make their way into mainstream practice. In addition to our website, Working Knowledge publishes on social media and through a variety of content-sharing partnerships. Who we are Danielle Kost Dimitri Siavelis View Details
  • 16 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 16

location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven by non-economic factors and heuristics rather than existing industrial conditions. Relocating firms increased the likelihood of incumbent failure in destination... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 10, 2015

innovation, by encouraging workers to cultivate their individual strengths and to speak up when they have ideas for improvements. And they can develop and empower their employees to solve problems instead of turning automatically to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

Taxation Without Information: Deterrence and Self-Enforcement in the Value Added Tax By: Pomeranz, Dina Abstract—Claims that the VAT facilitates tax enforcement by generating paper trails on transactions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 28

school tend to have higher academic achievement and experience greater acceptance by their peers in adolescence. Despite this positive influence on educational outcomes, it is still unclear why some children are more prosocial than others... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

Less: Experimental Evidence from Access to Formal Savings Accounts in Chile By: Kast, Felipe, and Dina Pomeranz Abstract—Poverty is often characterized not only by low and unstable income, but also View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

INK: Out of Exile

Dina Nayeri (MBA 2006) was born in Iran in 1979, the year of the Islamic Revolution, and grew up amid the sirens and rations of war. Her mother was a doctor, but also a Christian—a crime for which the Islamic Republic threatened to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 03 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 3, 2015

these models, the demand curve alone can be used to make welfare statements, a fact relied on by much empirical work. There is ample evidence, though, that people misuse care for a different reason: mistakes or "behavioral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

experiment to measure the value of shareholder proxy access. We find that firms that would have been most vulnerable to proxy access, as measured by institutional ownership and activist institutional ownership in particular, lost value on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 7 PM – 9 PM EDT, 14 Apr 2016
  • HBS Alumni Events

HBS Boston Young Alumni Networking Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2006-2015 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Boston. View Details
  • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT, 20 Apr 2017
  • HBS Alumni Events

HBS Boston Young Alumni Networking Reception

Members of the classes of 2002 - 2016, come and catch up with old friends at this unique event - HBS Young Alumni are invited to a private party at Tico for an evening of networking and socializing! Hosted by HBS Alumni Relations &... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

Alumni Books

by Rusty McClure (MBA ’75) and Dave Stern (Ternary Publishing) Another Faust by Daniel Nayeri and Dina Viergutz (MBA ’06) (Candlewick) Killer Mountain (a thriller) View Details
  • Web

Staff Directory | Baker Library

Part of the Curriculum and Learning Services team, Kathryn provides reference and research support to HBS alumni and administrative groups. Avery Forman Senior Associate Editor HBS Working Knowledge aforman@hbs.edu Dina View Details