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- 09 Jun 2021
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How Cultural Differences Can Impact Global Teams
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Outcomes and Expectations
By: Alexander Bartik, Marianne Bertrand, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca and Christopher Stanton
To explore the impact of COVID on small businesses, we conducted a survey of more than 5,800 small businesses between March 28 and April 4, 2020. Several themes emerged. First, mass layoffs and closures had already occurred—just a few weeks into the crisis. Second, the... View Details
Bartik, Alexander, Marianne Bertrand, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca, and Christopher Stanton. "The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Outcomes and Expectations." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 30 (July 28, 2020): 17656–66.
- 13 Nov 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Long-Run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
- September 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Technical Note
Impact Investment, Catalytic Capital and Blended Finance
Khanna, Tarun, Ramana Nanda, Benjamin N. Roth, and Brian Trelstad. "Impact Investment, Catalytic Capital and Blended Finance." Harvard Business School Technical Note 321-078, September 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
- December 2014
- Article
The Real Product Market Impact of Mergers
By: Albert Sheen
I document sources of value creation in mergers by analyzing novel data on the quality and price of goods sold by merging firms. When two competitors in a product market merge, their products converge in quality, and prices fall relative to the competition. These... View Details
Sheen, Albert. "The Real Product Market Impact of Mergers." Journal of Finance 69, no. 6 (December 2014).
- 14 Jun 2010
- News
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
- 03 Sep 2020
- News
How to Measure a Company’s Real Impact
- Research Summary
The Impact of CEO Incentives on Misreporting
Co-authored with Natasha Burns View Details
- February 2018
- Article
The Impact of a Surprise Donation Ask
By: Christine L. Exley and Ragan Petrie
Individuals frequently exploit "flexibility" built into decision environments to give less. They use uncertainty to justify options benefiting themselves over others, they avoid information that may encourage them to give, and they avoid the ask itself. In this paper,... View Details
Keywords: Charitable Giving; Prosocial Behavior; Self-serving Biases; Excuses; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Behavior
Exley, Christine L., and Ragan Petrie. "The Impact of a Surprise Donation Ask." Journal of Public Economics 158 (February 2018): 152–167.
- January 21, 2013
- Article
Embracing Emergence: How Collective Impact Addresses Complexity
By: John Kania and Mark R. Kramer
Kania, John, and Mark R. Kramer. "Embracing Emergence: How Collective Impact Addresses Complexity." Stanford Social Innovation Review (website) (January 21, 2013).
- May 2007
- Article
The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Orthopaedics
By: Kevin J. Bozic, Amanda R. Smith, Sanaz Hariri, Sanjo Adeoye, John T. Gourville, William J. Maloney, Brian Parsley and Harry E. Rubash
Bozic, Kevin J., Amanda R. Smith, Sanaz Hariri, Sanjo Adeoye, John T. Gourville, William J. Maloney, Brian Parsley, and Harry E. Rubash. "The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Orthopaedics." Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, no. 458 (May 2007): 202–219.
- 22 Oct 2014
- News
Translating business success into meaningful societal impact
Ash Dahod (MBA 1981) talks about using his business success to benefit society through philanthropy in his local community and in a large-scale housing development project in Mumbai, India. (Published October 2014) View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Guiding social impact for foundations and investors
Courtney Moyer (MBA 2008) provides guidance to family foundations and instiutional investors to leverage their assets for the greatest social impact. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Understanding how trust impacts delivering superior performance
Why does one company succeed, while another fails? The research of Rebecca M. Henderson (MBA 1985, AM 1988, PhD 1988), University Professor, indicates that a fundamental difference concerns informal relational contracts between employers, employees, and suppliers that... View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves
- 02 Feb 2022
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How Dealing with Your Negative Emotions Can Impact Loneliness
- Summer 2024
- Article
The Business Revolution: Economy-Wide Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Platforms
By: Hanna Halaburda, Jeffrey Prince, D. Daniel Sokol and Feng Zhu
In this essay, we identify several themes of the digital business transformation, with a particular focus on the economy-wide impacts of artificial intelligence and digital platforms. In doing so, we highlight specific industries, beyond just the high-profile “Big... View Details
Halaburda, Hanna, Jeffrey Prince, D. Daniel Sokol, and Feng Zhu. "The Business Revolution: Economy-Wide Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Platforms." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 33, no. 2 (Summer 2024): 269–275.
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