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  • September 2014
  • Article

Metropolitan Blueprints of Colonial Taxation? Lessons from Fiscal Capacity Building in British and French Africa, 1880-1940

By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
The historical and social science literature is divided about the importance of metropolitan blueprints of colonial rule for the development of colonial states. We exploit historical records of colonial state finances to explore the importance of metropolitan identity... View Details
Keywords: Colonial Administration; Quantitative Sources; Governance; Money; Taxation; Trade; History; Africa
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    Open Innovation – How can I use the crowd?

    Innovation has become an urgent imperative for entrepreneurial and established organizations. Over the last decade, in industries as diverse as fashion design, media software, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and automotive, the most cutting edge organizations have... View Details

      Metropolitan Blueprints of Colonial Taxation in Africa?

      The historical and social science literature is divided about the importance of metropolitan blueprints of colonial rule for the development of colonial states. We exploit... View Details

        Nien-he Hsieh

        Nien-hê Hsieh is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He... View Details

          Michael I. Norton

          Michael I. Norton is the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He holds a B.A. in Psychology and English from Williams College and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Princeton University. Prior to joining HBS, Professor... View Details

          Keywords: advertising; consumer products; e-commerce industry; marketing industry; nonprofit industry
          • 03 Mar 2008
          • First Look

          First Look: March 4, 2008

            Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data... View Details
          Keywords: Martha Lagace
          • 25 Feb 2015
          • HBS Seminar

          Beril Toktay, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology

          • Article

          Beacon and Warning: Sherman Kent, Scientific Hubris, and the CIA's Office of National Estimates

          By: J. Peter Scoblic
          Would-be forecasters have increasingly extolled the predictive potential of Big Data and artificial intelligence. This essay reviews the career of Sherman Kent, the Yale historian who directed the CIA’s Office of National Estimates from 1952 to 1967, with an eye toward... View Details
          Keywords: National Security; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; History
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          • 29 Jul 2021
          • Blog Post

          Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

          abnormalities. The natural and social sciences are interconnected, and I am fascinated by how their intersection shapes health and treatment of disease. This summer has reaffirmed my commitment to using my... View Details
          • 10 Apr 2007
          • First Look

          First Look: April 10, 2007

          deforestation campaign in order to make its supply chain more socially and environmentally responsible. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907414 Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.: An... View Details
          Keywords: Martha Lagace

            Connect, Then Lead (by Amy Cuddy, John Neffinger, & Matt Kohut)

            Is it better to be loved or feared?

             Niccolò Machiavelli pondered that timeless conundrum 500 years ago and hedged his bets. “It may be answered that one should wish to be both,” he acknowledged, “but because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it... View Details

            • 15 May 2013
            • Research & Ideas

            From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

            Editor's note: Think money can't buy happiness? Behavioral economists Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton beg to differ. It actually can, they say—but only if we spend it the right way. In their book released this week, Happy Money: The View Details
            Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
            • February 2014 (Revised June 2014)
            • Case

            Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: Safety, Environment and Health

            By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
            In January 2014, Gary Bald, senior vice president of Safety, Environment and Health at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCL), prepared for a review meeting with the company's chief executive, Adam Goldstein, and chairman, Richard Fain. Prior to joining RCL in 2006, Bald... View Details
            Keywords: Marketing; Market Segmentation; Operations; Shipbuilding; Cruising; Cruise Lines; Royal Caribbean; Carnival; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Environment; Security; Health; Public Health; Environmental Protection; Health Care; International; Safety; Environmental Sustainability; Travel Industry; Health Industry; Europe; West Indies; Mexico; United States; United Kingdom
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            • March 22, 2016
            • Article

            The Globalization of Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing?

            By: Christopher Marquis, Michael W. Toffel and Yanhua Zhou
            This article is a layman summary of "Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing," published in Organization Science 27, no. 2 (March–April 2016): 483–504. View Details
            Keywords: Reporting; Environmental Performance; Civil Society; Corporate Disclosure; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Civil Society or Community; Environmental Sustainability
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            • 30 Nov 2016
            • HBS Seminar

            Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein, Stanford University

            • 2003
            • Report

            UK Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Stage

            By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels

            In October 2002, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) appointed Professor Michael Porter and his team to conduct a brief, three-month review of the existing evidence on UK competitiveness. The effort was funded jointly by the ESRC and the Department of... View Details

            Keywords: Competition; Economics; Performance Productivity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Research and Development; Competency and Skills; Investment; Assets; Corporate Strategy; Policy; Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; United Kingdom; United States
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            • March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
            • Case

            Metaverse Wars

            By: Andy Wu, David B. Yoffie and Matt Higgins
            In 2023, the term metaverse — a combination of “meta” and “universe” — had become a catch-all for a diverse set of expectations about online virtual worlds and the future of the internet. To some, the metaverse conjured images of a massive participatory videogame... View Details
            Keywords: Metaverse; Technology; Virtual Reality; Facebook; Social Media; Technological Innovation; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption
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              Robert C. Merton

              Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

              Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

              Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
              • January 2007 (Revised January 2008)
              • Case

              Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard

              By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
              Describes the challenges of using the Balanced Scorecard to implement a triple-bottom-line strategy for delivering excellent economic, environmental, and social performance. The owners and senior executive team of Amanco, a producer of plastic pipe and complete water... View Details
              Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Strategy; Construction Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Latin America; Brazil
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              • 08 Dec 2020
              • Research & Ideas

              Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

              apply, firms can now hop on a platform and pick out talent they think would be an especially good fit for their needs. When Koning and his colleagues set out to learn how many workers were being recruited versus applying for jobs directly, statistics from the 1991... View Details
              Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment