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  • Research Summary

Unintended Consequences of Fundraising Tactics

Charity fundraisers use a variety of methods to increase donations, with three of the most common being matching funds, seed money, and thank you gifts. Field experiments have shown that matching funds (Eckel and Grossman, 2008) and seed money (List and Lucking-Reiley,... View Details
  • 18 Apr 2022
  • HBS Case

Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off

move, built consensus, and communicated effectively, Riedel says. The company undoubtedly benefited from the fact that Stack controlled nearly two-thirds of the company’s common share votes and had the personal authority to take a moral stand and risk the consequences,... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 25 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14483 The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization Authors: Maria Guadalupe and Julie M. Wulf Abstract This paper establishes a causal effect of competition from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Growing as a Purposeful Leader

purpose-driven journey. (Please note that executives from the same company will be placed into different discussion groups.) Related Programs Executives who wish to strengthen their global business acumen on top of the themes of this... View Details
  • July 2018 (Revised August 2018)
  • Case

Rocky Mountain Condiments: Close Encounters with the Legal System for the First Time

By: Lena G. Goldberg
The founder of a Colorado start-up focused on developing a line of condiments confronts a host of legal issues that threaten the viability of her young enterprise. She is suing a co-packer for, among other things, breach of contract, theft of recipes and trade secrets,... View Details
Keywords: Law And Regulation; Start-ups; Founders' Agreements; Cross-Border Jurisdiction; Torts; Consumer Protection; Non-disclosure Agreements; Intellectual Property Protection; Fraud; Legal Remedies; Law; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Business Startups; Contracts; Intellectual Property; Food and Beverage Industry
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

Moderator Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004) Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice Harvard Business School Panelists Noah Feldman Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Harvard Business School Anita Lynch (MBA 2008) Board Member Nasdaq US View Details
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Agribusiness Seminar

deepen their understanding of the food and agriculture landscape, exchange perspectives, strengthen their networks, and cultivate ideas to shape this vital industry. In our upcoming seminar, you will explore current and future industry... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture; Agriculture
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Making Corporate Boards More Effective

into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend This program is designed to meet the needs of board members, chairs, and directors of publicly traded and other established companies. This program is not a fit for... View Details
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Research Community - Doctoral

Integration and Growth across the United States By: Leonardo D'Amico and Maxim Alekseev 31 OCT 2024 | Faculty & Research Trade Policy in the Shadow of Conflict: The Case of Dual-use Goods By: Maxim Alekseev and Xinyue Lin 31 OCT 2024 |... View Details
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Leading Global Businesses

of your organization will foster teamwork and enhance the program's impact. (Please note that executives from the same company will be placed into different groups for the personal development portion of the curriculum.) Learning and... View Details
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Students on the Job Market - Doctoral

Placement Students on the Job Market Please note this page will be updated throughout the fall. Accounting & Management Terrence Tianshuo Shi Abstract: Forthcoming Faculty Advisor(s): | Email Elliot Tobin Abstract: The Effects of... View Details
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Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

and global economic collapse. 1933 Congress passes the Glass-Steagall Act separating commercial banks from investment banks. 1934 Congress establishes the Securities Exchange Commission regulating the securities industry. 1950s The... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?

Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
Keywords: by Tim Gray
  • 07 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

based on a large panel dataset of countries between 1950 and 2014. We instrument actual trade with predicted trade constructed by estimating a time-varying gravity equation similar to Feyrer (2009). We find... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Program

Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

in nonprofit organizations (typically with annual budgets in excess of $1 million) who are committed to improving performance measurement and management. Note that this program is focused on organization-level performance measurement and... View Details
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

  Cases & Course MaterialsAnalyzing New Venture Opportunities Harvard Business School Note 809-163 The note describes a systematic process for framing and researching the issues that should be analyzed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Dec 2021
  • Blog Post

8 FAQs on the MBA Application

experience required? As the case method of learning used by our MBA program relies on exchanging perspectives, you must have two years of full-time work experience in a professional position in the public, private, or nonprofit sector by... View Details
  • March 2006
  • Module Note

Valuing Cross-Border Investments

By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes a core module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores how valuation differs in an international context and introduces students to the major issues in cross-border valuations: how to value investments in currencies... View Details
Keywords: International Accounting; Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Framework; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Body of Literature; Risk Management; Projects; Valuation
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  • April 1983 (Revised October 1990)
  • Background Note

Textiles and the Multi-Fiber Arrangement

By: David B. Yoffie
What happens to an industry with millions of employees that loses its comparative advantage? This note examines this question by looking at the global textile and apparel industry. With the Multi-Fiber Arrangement coming up for renewal in December 1981, the United... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Cost vs Benefits; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States; Europe
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Research - Global

monthly portfolio data from one of the world’s largest custodian banks, with over $40 trillion assets under custody, to study how global portfolio investors hedge foreign exchange risk in their equity and fixed income portfolios over the... View Details