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  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

productive. The authors have studied when 161 countries adopted 104 technologies over the past 200 years, and they conclude that profound economic advantages-as measured by per capita income-accrue to early adopters of technology. Read... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • 28 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 28

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1603484 October 2014 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Prosocial Norms in the Classroom: The Role of Self-regulation in Following Norms of Giving By: Blake, P.R., M.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

one way or another, grieving. According to David Kessler, an author and grief expert quoted in a recent HBR article, “The loss of normalcy; the fear of economic toll; the loss of connection. This is hitting us and we’re grieving.... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
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Harvard Business School

office and retail space in downtown Framingham. Two years later he oversaw a joint venture to develop a 56-unit affordable housing development in Dorchester. Richard America Jr. MBA 1965 Richard America has published on economic... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

whole story. Real interest rates have also experienced a secular decline and a subsequent sharp reversal which cannot be attributed to inflation. Their evolution suggests that other important factors related to real economic activity,... View Details
  • 1985
  • Chapter

Differential Information, the Market and Incentive Compatibility

By: Jerry Green
Keywords: Game Theory; Economics
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The Stability of Edgeworth's Recontracting Process

By: Jerry R. Green
The core is the set of all unblocked allocations. Implicit in this definition is the idea that if an allocation is proposed which could be blocked, some coalition will form and issue a counterproposal which it can enforce. A process of successive counterproposals based... View Details
Keywords: Game Theory; Economics
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Characterization of Satisfactory Mechanisms for the Revelation of Preferences for Public Goods

By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Social decision mechanisms that admit dominant strategies and result in Pareto optima are characterized by the class of mechanisms proposed by Groves. The concept of decision mechanisms is generalized and the characterization is shown to extend to these cases. View Details
Keywords: Decision Mechanisms; Game Theory; Economics
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  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

more or less effective? Does bundling serve as a complement or substitute to network effects? To address these questions, we develop a consumer-choice model from micro-foundations to capture the essentials of our setting, the handheld video View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • Student-Profile

Anastassia Fedyk

loathe to choose between finance and economics, and wanted a program that would allow me to explore both. The Business Economics program at HBS offered the perfect blend. The fact that my friends in the program range from pure View Details
  • 22 Jun 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Proprietary vs. Open Two-Sided Platforms and Social Efficiency

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Video Game; Video Game
  • June 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Technical Note

Strategic Complements and Substitutes

By: Eric Van den Steen
The framework of strategic complements and substitutes can help companies anticipate competitors' responses. It is particularly helpful in deciding on price- or capacity-commitments (or pre-emption), but it can provide more general guidance for analyzing the potential... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Strategic Substitutes; Strategic Complements; Puppy Dog Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Game Theory; Strategy; Economics
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  • 29 May 2006
  • What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

contributing optimally to overall economic health? Has the U.S. gone too far? What obligations does this create for increasing service sector productivity? Do manufacturing-based economies have some kind of inherent advantage over... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
  • 26 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy

Although much of the United States still struggles to recover from the 2008 economic crisis, the online world defies that bleak economic picture—the Internet continues to put a growing number of Americans to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Publishing
  • 06 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

the Olympic Games as an opportunity to advance freedom in China. What are the obstacles these reformers face? Tarun Khanna: Many kinds of freedoms, particularly freedom to engage in economic activities, have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Mar 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Optimal Deterrence when Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid In Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Video Game; Video Game
  • Student-Profile

Do Yoon Kim

My background drew me to subjects like game theory, and courses in industrial organization piqued my interest the most. I applied to economics programs, but ultimately chose the Strategy program at HBS... View Details
  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

devised, which paved the way for the use of quantitative analysis in formal strategic planning. In 1944, John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern published their classic work, The Theory of Games and Economic... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 05 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

nations, says Greyser. In 1964, Japan made a similar overture with the Tokyo Games to point to its recovery from defeat in World War II. China used the Beijing Games in 2008 to showcase itself as an View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising