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  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

The Latest Model

people who make their living studying things like monetary policy and market design? So she called her old friend and colleague, Stephanie Hurder (PHDBE 2013), who was ready for a change after spending three... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; blockchain; cryptocurrency; economic models; innovation; consulting; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

two network surveys supported these hypotheses.   Cases & Course MaterialsAFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A) (Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 309-101 Richard Ferlauto, director of pensions and benefits View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

such rifts, language training must include cross-cultural education. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/09/whats-your-language-strategy/ar/1 September 2014 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Government Green Procurement Spillovers: Evidence from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7

network to carry out GBSN's mission. The case asks, what is the best way to accomplish this objective? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412044-PDF-ENG Steering Monetary Policy Through... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

download available at this time. Behavioral Aspects of Price Setting, and Their Policy Implications Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper starts by discussing consumers' cognitive and emotional reaction to posted prices.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 7

resources in the ongoing accumulation of scientific knowledge. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2478627 October 2014 Research Policy 'Open' Disclosure of Innovations, Incentives and Follow-on Reuse:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22

vulnerabilities that left Mexico exposed to a sudden change in investor appetite for Mexican securities in 1994. Political violence in Mexico and changes in monetary policy in the United States then led to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

Sustaining Innovation When Outsourcing Components in Multi-technology, Multi-component Systems Authors:Ian Mackenzie and Casimer DeCusatis Publication:Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice (forthcoming) Abstract Firms producing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 31 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

As the quantity of online content continues to proliferate—from cute cat videos to policy experts blogging on the Middle East—the consumer's expectation that online content should be free becomes more entrenched. To make money, websites... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News
  • 03 Apr 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

leads to a 14% increase in the likelihood of exit for a 3.5-star restaurant (which is the median rating on Yelp) but has no discernible impact for a 5-star restaurant (on a 1 to 5 star scale). Our analysis also highlights how digital data can be used to better... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Back to the Future

ON THE PRIZE: U.S. dependency on Middle East oil will be long term, Stobaugh says; about one-fifth of U.S. imports are from the region. YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Energy Future argues that U.S. energy policy should focus on... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining
  • 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11

  Publications August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review The Surprising Benefits of Nonconformity By: Bellezza, Silvia, Francesca Gino, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research demonstrates that, under certain circumstances, people wearing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

share of ARMs were more responsive to lower interest rates and saw a relative decline in defaults and an increase in house prices, car purchases, and employment. Household balance sheets and mortgage contract rigidity are important for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

firms ushered in increasingly accommodating policies to attract and retain staff. Turnover rates steadily decreased, while compensation expectations increased. This has fundamentally challenged the long-standing “up or out” model: As... View Details
Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting
  • 07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

policy solutions, a challenging proposition in a politically polarized environment. This paper focuses on how CEOs engage in the political process to encourage government policies that will foster... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

variability than was the case historically. Under the new policy, dividends would be tied to the company's underwriting results, its performance relative to predetermined goals, and a target payout ratio. Progressive's new policy was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jan 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

agreed: "The main reason for the rising inequality is that Free Trade has encouraged/required manufacturing to be offshored and outsourced If we replaced the Free Trade policies with a Balanced Trade policy, using (import licences)... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

advisor to Liberian president and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a 1971 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, wrote the policy memorandum at the request of the Liberian government, which seeks fast growth of its own. To... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 15 May 2007
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First Look: May 15, 2007

Africa by 2010. The announcement raised questions whether debt relief would really help the poor. By examining past aid trends and policies of multilateral institutions, such as the International Monetary... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace