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  • July 2008
  • Article

Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream'

By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
We observe that countries where belief in the "American dream" (i.e., effort pays) prevails also set harsher punishment for criminals. We know that beliefs are also correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc). Our objective... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Economic Systems; Values and Beliefs; Law Enforcement; Mathematical Methods; Personal Characteristics; United States
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream'." Journal of Public Economics 92, no. 7 (July 2008).
  • 23 Mar 2010
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interact with a monopolist complement in B. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-009.pdf "Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective Author: Geoffrey Jones Abstract This working... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Leadership - Faculty & Research

12-year effort at the FBI—after the 9/11 terrorist attacks—to build up counterterrorism capabilities while maintaining existing law enforcement capabilities. We offer a novel distinction between outcome frames and process frames and... View Details
  • 23 Nov 2010
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policing themselves. We investigate whether self-reporting can reliably indicate effective self-policing efforts that might provide opportunities for enforcement efficiencies. We find that regulators used self-reports of legal violations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

profitability than those in the bottom quartile. A 2016 study of 21,980 firms in 91 countries found that companies with mixed gender boards outperformed those with all-male boards. Of course, you are aware of controversies surrounding... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 28 Nov 2023
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Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

With democracy retreating worldwide, businesses with global aspirations increasingly face the challenge of setting up shop in geographies where autocrats rule. In doing so, they often lose the comforting assurances of democratic areas that View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jul 2011
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of IFRS Authors:Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten Abstract If the differences in accounting standards across countries reflect relatively stable institutional differences (e.g., auditing technology, the rule of law, etc.), why did several... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2014
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affiliate marketing programs in which merchants oversee thousands of affiliates they have never met. Some merchants hire outside specialists to set and enforce policies for affiliates, while other merchants ask their ordinary marketing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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FAQ - Alumni

are not legally binding. If your pledge is legally binding, the gift intention agreement will include the following language (or similar): “It is my intention that the Agreement shall create obligations that are binding and enforceable... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Kate Kleinsman

that need bigger cities, no, bigger countries to achieve. Somehow, I have wound up here at HBS living the American Dream. But instead of grasping all that there is to offer, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about home. It is a small,... View Details
  • 09 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

When companies thrive in their home base, temptation can be great to expand to new locations, either across town or around the world. The problem: Many companies think of location strategy as a short-term checkers match rather than as a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • November 2020 (Revised June 2022)
  • Case

Community-First Public Safety

By: Mitchell B. Weiss and Sarah Mehta
How many police officer positions to fund? In August 2020, the question facing St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, which might have seemed routine to another mayor at another time in another place, was anything but. A pandemic had rendered the city some $19-$34 million short... View Details
Keywords: Race; Law Enforcement; Governance; Decision Making; Safety; Social Issues; Public Administration Industry; United States; Minnesota; Saint Paul
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Weiss, Mitchell B., and Sarah Mehta. "Community-First Public Safety." Harvard Business School Case 821-005, November 2020. (Revised June 2022.)
  • 14 Jul 2015
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https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/PEL073-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-102 AIP Healthcare Japan: Investing in Japan's Retirement Home Market The CEO of a health-care based REIT is considering alternative nursing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

1990s and rejuvenating its reform process, and the wealth accumulating among the diaspora, were the supply and demand side for getting the diaspora together with its home country. Q: How does entrepreneurship affect the playing field in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

expropriations without compensation until the late 1960s—when a period of large-scale expropriation began—reflected the power and determination of the United States to protect foreign investments, but Western countries were unable to... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 13 Aug 2020
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The U.S. Job Search for International Students

International students make up 37% of the Class of 2023. While some of these students will return to their home country or region to work after graduating, many choose to accept a full-time role in the... View Details
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Target List: screen for companies by industry, location, and size

src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/customers/61/images/Target_List_CIQ_Video.PNG" style="width: 400px; height: 217px;" />   Orbis Strengths: Particularly strong coverage of international companies; also, financial filings for private companies in View Details
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Historical Data Visualization - Business History

Median US Home Prices Unadjusted Trends Over Time Managing Distance Merchant Shipping Tonnage Trends Over Time Managing Distance Mobile Phone Subscriptions per 100 People Trends Over Time Corporations Natura Cosméticos Trends Over Time... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55886 Can Biometric Tracking Improve Healthcare Provision and Data Quality? Experimental Evidence from Tuberculosis Control in India By: Bossuroy, Thomas, Clara Delavallade, and Vincent Pons... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

many firms. The article examines not only the types of risk found in different environments, but also how interviewees discussed and responded to risk. In the case of corruption, although most countries surveyed had similarly high levels... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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