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  • 27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

drive up the cost of capital and curb investment. This paper evaluates the effects of capital controls on firm-level stock returns and real investment using data from Brazil. On average, there is a statistically significant drop in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

Publication:Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (spring 2011) Abstract This paper examines the optimal response of monetary and fiscal policy to a decline in aggregate demand. The theoretical framework is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

exporting to 32 countries and had manufacturing plants in Brazil and Uruguay. As it continued its international expansion, should it follow the same vertical integration strategy in other countries, or should it develop its retail... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Thanks to the influence of one of his physics instructors, George W. Wheelwright III, the department granted Land his own laboratory, an unusual resource for a young undergraduate. 11 At a Harvard Physics Colloquium in 1932, Land presented a View Details
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

My First Job

(MBA 2022) Due to an Error in Editing In 1992, I was a subeditor and occasional reporter at the Times of India. We did very little work on computers. Most editing was done on sheets of paper that were later typeset by other colleagues.... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in New York" by Crain’s in 2013. 2012 Gerald C. Chertavian : Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Mount Ida College in 2012. Leemore S. Dafny : Winner of the 2012 Stanley Reiter Best Paper Award from the... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8

  PublicationsConcentrating on Governance Authors:Dalida Kadyrzhanova, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a novel trade-off view of corporate governance. Using a simple model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jun 2022
  • Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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Selected Digital Historical Resources – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Interview Process Spreading the Word The "Hawthorne Effect" Research Links Guides to Archival Collections Next Selected Digital Historical Resources Selected Digital Historical Resources Hawthorne works for the manufacture of power... View Details
  • 12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50897 forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Repairing the Damage: The Effect of Gender and Price Knowledge on Auto-Repair Price Quotes By: Busse, Meghan, Ayelet Israeli, and Florian Zettelmeyer Abstract—In this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

Carbonell-Nicolau and Diego Comin Publication:Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (forthcoming) Abstract This paper designs and implements an empirical test to discern whether the parties to a contract are able to commit not to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 May 2012
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First Look: May 1

paper we draw on two of the most important historical episodes in the history of the computing industry, the introduction of the PC and of the browser, to develop a third hypothesis. Both IBM and Microsoft, having been extremely... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

improvements in outcomes such as productivity and longevity, and that good nuts-and-bolts management at individual firms shapes national performance. At 14 textile manufacturers in India, for example, an intervention-involving free,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2013
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Building a Better Brazil

INVESTING IN BRAZIL: A gift from André Esteves (pictured here with wife Lilian) will improve an Executive Education residence hall—a space increasingly used by program participants from Brazil. This past spring, three separate donors offered substantial contributions... View Details
Keywords: Paper Manufacturing; Paper Manufacturing; Paper Manufacturing; Paper Manufacturing
  • 27 May 2014
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First Look: May 27

through their purchasing.   Working Papers Leveraging Market Power Through Tying and Bundling: Does Google Behave Anti-Competitively? By: Edelman, Benjamin Abstract—I examine Google's pattern and practice of tying and bundling to leverage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

(2012) Abstract This paper summarizes research trends and opportunities in the area of managing air transportation demand and capacity. Capacity constraints and resulting congestion and low schedule reliability currently impose large... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

Bulletin since 1974. What was your first job? Delivering the Hartford Courant at 4:30 in the morning when I was in high school. I was on the track team, and I used to run through my paper route, which allowed me to get in an extra workout... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
  • 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

Art Museum By: Lund, Ragnar, and Stephen A. Greyser Abstract—This paper examines cultural sponsorship from a partnership perspective. It studies the collaboration between two international institutions, a bank and a museum, and their... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

paper we draw on the recent literature to highlight areas in which history has played a particularly prominent role in improving our understanding of growth dynamics. Research at the intersection of historical data, theory, and empirics... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

of rapid technological change. Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals Authors:Rafael Di Tella Publication:CATO Papers on Public Policy 1 (2011) Abstract We describe the evolution of selective aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel