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- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
will implement as they grow up? Pasricha: OK. Thank you for the question. This is amazing because Megan said her name was Megan Pasricha, and I am a Pasricha, Neil Pasricha, and you are the first Pasricha that I'm not related to that I've... View Details
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
by many sellers, which suggested these products were easy to obtain from their manufacturers. Protecting against predators So what can companies do to protect themselves from this competitive threat? In their paper, Zhu and Liu explain that third-party sellers can try... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
after they've contracted an illness, compared with public health's cost-effective preventive approach. I realized that public health is all about policies, systems, and distribution on a wide scale. As an investor, I could see huge... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
to that time, things are more normalized and sane. We’re seeing more experienced, repeat entrepreneurs who have created valuable companies and been through the IPO cycle and the M&A cycle. I think entrepreneurship and innovation are still strong. The View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
miserable conditions, are inspiring. I was contracted through the Coalition Provisional Authority to help the oil ministry think about strategies for financing reconstruction. In the short term, the options are fairly limited; over time,... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
reaping the benefits of FDI (which relate to when FDI will generate growth) and (2) the mechanisms by which FDI creates positive externalities (which relate to how FDI generates growth). Technology and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
of host countries' investment laws. Second, and perhaps most important, is the very rigid view of contracts that panels have tended to take, even when a host country acts as a result of an economic crisis. A third cause of backlash is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
impact, especially on practitioners. A central reason is that Porter addresses very specific needs of different practitioner constituencies, providing a framework and actionable ideas they could easily relate to. The final section turns... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
related to the possession of deep individual technical skills in hundreds of diverse disciplines," the researchers conclude in their paper, Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage. "Boeing's unique... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
March 2015 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics A Behavioral Model of the Popularity and Regulation of Demandable Liabilities By: Rotemberg, Julio J. Abstract—Overoptimism regarding one's ability to arrive early in a queue is shown to rationalize deposit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
proposal for a $23 million contract to help construct health care centers all over the country—an amount more than 10 times Last Mile Health’s 2014 budget and three times the $7 million in unrestricted philanthropy they were already... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
brother-in-law. Gordon works with partners like Benedetti and the Kempinski to plan events and conferences at the hotel; today, they are discussing a joint US road show to sell Cuba as a travel destination to luxury and corporate travel agents and some View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
Environmental Strengths, in contrast, do not accurately predict the outcomes. We discuss the implications of our findings for advocates and opponents of corporate social responsibility, as well as for studies relating social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14360 Stable Many-to-Many Matchings with Contracts Authors:Bettina-Elisabeth Klaus and Markus Walzl Abstract We consider several notions of setwise stability for many-to-many matching markets with View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
requires substantial resources, both in terms of computing power and human capital. Even companies that contract with third-party providers to run pricing algorithms on their websites need significant data storage capacity, processing... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
mobilizing capital and tax planning globally and this can come at the expense of the local partner. Imagine the conflicting objectives in trying to put a price on a component purchased by the joint venture from a related party of the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Authors:Bettina-Elisabeth Klaus and Markus Walzl Publication:Journal of Mathematical Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We consider several notions of setwise stability for many-to-many matching markets with contracts and provide an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
companies. 26 As head of the Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II, Bush enlisted Polaroid in the cause, and the company entered into a contract with the National Defense Research Committee to create a range of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
payment of $1,” Baer laughs. “It was probably the first and last single-figure contract in broadcast history.” After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Berkeley, Baer parlayed the experience, contacts, and notoriety he gained during his... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
two oil fields, have contracts to manage as much CO2 as is produced by a small city, and we have the financial backing to finish the job," Dawe says. "That's about as tangible as it gets." Dawe is the president and cofounder of Berkeley,... View Details