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  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using three data sets. Individual German Panel Data from 1985 to 2000, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jan 2015
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

demand which is deemed as justified by a panel ." What isn't off limits when it comes to transparency? What do you think? Original Article When Sony was hacked recently, most observers concentrated on issues of criminality as well as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Key Metrics | Annual Report 2024

increases GHG emissions). Harvard University calculates its GHG emissions factor, but there is a delay in getting current grid data to feed into that calculation. Energy includes steam and electricity from Harvard’s Blackstone Steam... View Details
  • 12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

utilize such data are of considerable interest. Unfortunately, existing methods for analyzing the data in such systems ignore the open-ended exploratory nature of such systems that requires the assessment of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19

CEO-doubled during this period, this growth was driven primarily by an increase in functional managers rather than general managers, a phenomenon we term "functional centralization." Using panel View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

investments. Using both calendar-time portfolio stock return regressions and firm-level panel regressions we find that firms with good ratings on material sustainability issues significantly outperform firms with poor ratings on these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2017
  • Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

procurement can be streamlined to avoid inadequate specification of the project’s scope and/or a bad selection process. For example, Senegal’s Infrastructure Council vets projects, the World Bank and other development finance institutions help to fund a proper set of... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction
  • 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008

for several days in the future? Most economic models predict that decisions do not systematically differ on such short timescales. We use a novel panel data from an online grocer to conduct analyses... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

students' self-assessment and to the instructor's assessment of class participation performance, based on five years of data (n=7,025) across ten sections. The article demonstrates that crowdsourced peer-to-peer assessment (unlike... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/rgreenwood/bgjs9.pdf The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying By: Kerr, William R., William F. Lincoln, and Prachi Mishra Abstract—We study the determinants of the dynamics of firm lobbying behavior using a panel... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Global Perspectives

data storage components. They also examined the gemstone and jewelry trade in Thailand, which produces 80 percent of the world’s jewelry, from high-end to mass-market, and met with villagers in Sumatra to discuss efforts to effect change... View Details
  • 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—This paper studies the effect of corporate and personal taxes on innovation in the United States over the 20th century. We use three new... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Jan 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel Dean Jay Light and a group of Harvard Business School faculty explored the origins and possible outcomes of the U.S. financial crisis at a recent "Turmoil on the Street" panel. 9.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

growth, voting rules, and media consumption, vs. individual factors, such as race and education. We use individual-level panel data covering the vast majority of the U.S. voting-age population from 2008 to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Dec 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry

Conference, led by the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association, presented two days of provocative lectures, panel discussions, and case studies surrounding questions like: What's next for healthcare? And how should smart businesses... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

conditions under which they operate. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-068.pdf The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying Authors:William R. Kerr, William Lincoln, and Prachi Mishra Abstract We study the determinants of the dynamics of firm lobbying behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

stereotype-incongruent information. Implications for impression formation are discussed. Inducement Prizes and Innovation Authors:Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner, and Tom Nicholas Publication:Journal of Industrial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the effect of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?

it.” Stephens stressed: “Finance reduced emissions, instead of reduce financed emissions.” He wrote: “To do that we are going to need better and more reliable data and insights from financial institutions and investors, not focused solely... View Details
  • 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

link: http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.10.004 January 2015 Economic Journal Does Management Matter in Schools? By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

differences between the preferences people anticipate they will have over a series of options in the future and their subsequent revealed preferences over those options. Using a novel panel data set, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace