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Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and the Prospects of an Information Civilization

By: Shoshana Zuboff
This article describes an emergent logic of accumulation in the networked sphere, 'surveillance capitalism,' and considers its implications for 'information civilization.' The institutionalizing practices and operational assumptions of Google Inc. are the... View Details
Keywords: Surveillance Capitalism; Big Data; Google; Information Society; Privacy; Internet Of Everything; Rights; Economic Systems; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics
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  • 2016
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User-Generated Content and Social Media

By: Michael Luca
This paper documents what economists have learned about user-generated content (UGC) and social media. A growing body of evidence suggests that UGC on platforms ranging from Yelp to Facebook has a large causal impact on economic and social outcomes ranging from... View Details
Keywords: User-generated Content; Crowdsourcing; Design Economics; Internet and the Web; Marketing; Economics; Media; Social Media
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    Laura Alfaro

    Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details

    • 2010
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    Lessons from Catastrophe Reinsurance

    By: Kenneth A. Froot
    Of the 20 most costly catastrophes since 1970, more than half have occurred since 2001. Is this an omen of what the 21st century will be? How might we behave in this new, uncertain, and more dangerous environment? Will our actions be rational or irrational? A select... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Insurance; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Disasters; Behavior
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      Josh Lerner

      Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor at Harvard Business School and Co-Director of the HBS Private Capital Project.  Much of his research focuses on venture capital and private equity organizations.  (This research is summarized in his books The Money of... View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; high technology; venture capital industry
      • 03 Sep 2017
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      America's Superstar Companies Are a Drag on Growth

      • 27 Oct 2020
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      Hospital Merger Seeks to Create Regional Giant in the West

      • 24 Jun 2013
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      The Price Is Racist: When Minorities (and Women) Are Asked to Pay More

      • 12 Jul 2021
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      Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce

      • 19 Jan 2022
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      When the Last Thing You Want to Do Is Exercise

      • 20 Apr 2012
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      The American Connection

      • 27 Mar 2014
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      Calling All Leaders: Feed and Water Yourself

      • 19 Jul 2019
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      The Day India’s Banks Died

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      Using Internet Data for Economic Research

      By: Benjamin Edelman
      The data used by economists can be broadly divided into two categories. First, structured datasets arise when a government agency, trade association, or company can justify the expense of assembling records. The Internet has transformed how economists interact with... View Details
      Keywords: Data and Data Sets; Research; Internet; Cost Management; Information Management; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Reports; Archives; Surveys; Economics
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      • 05 Dec 2016
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      What Trump Didn't Learn From the Financial Crisis

        Matthew C. Weinzierl

        Matt Weinzierl is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development at Harvard Business School, where he is the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration in the... View Details

        Keywords: aerospace
        • 22 Jan 2018
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        Bonuses Aside, Tax Law’s Trickle-Down Impact Not Yet Clear

          Harvard's Retsinas Interview on U.S. Home Prices

          Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Nicolas Retsinas, director emeritus of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, talks about the outlook for the U.S. housing market and mortgage foreclosures. U.S. home prices... View Details

          • 12 Jan 2014
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          Better measuring a country

          • 04 Dec 2017
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          What the CVS-Aetna merger could mean for health care deals, drug prices, and Amazon