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10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

Entrepreneurship," a working paper coauthored with Jesper B. Sørensen of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, Nanda examines the question of whether a person is more likely to pursue an entrepreneurial activity if some... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

prompted a new research paper that starts to investigate ways to make these patents less volatile and more efficient—and makes the case for increased government involvement. "Standards are ubiquitous and necessary," says Josh... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

27 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

Abstract—Current academic and policy debates focus on the impact of tort reforms on physicians’ behavior and medical costs. This paper examines whether these reforms also affect incentives to develop new technologies. We develop a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2005
News

Sports in the Classroom

Football (both kinds) is a learning tool in HBS classrooms. Professor John Quelch has produced a paper case and video series on soccer powerhouse and blockbuster brand Real Madrid that features interviews with players and management as... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 1996
News

Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur

presentation and discussion of papers written to mark the event were conducted as a tribute to McArthur's academic leadership. During these sessions, HBS faculty participants assessed the progress of their own research and course... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

Harry Chandler

Chandler built the Los Angeles Times into arguably the most powerful and successful newspaper on the West Coast. Chandler so greatly expanded the reach of the Times that by 1941 the paper had a daily circulation of 320,000 with 615,000 on... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

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Historic Corporate Reports Collection | Baker Library

Historic Corporate Reports Collection Special Collections & Archives has an extensive collection of historic corporate reports. The collection encompasses over 27,000 U.S., Canadian, and international companies, dating from the 1820s, with more than 10,000 View Details

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Inessa Lurye

says. "We're in a $12 trillion business moving from paper to digital processes—many firms are merging or going out of business. The Building and Sustaining Successful Enterprises course, which was based on disruption theory, has... View Details

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Archival Collections - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

of Harvard Business School and construction of its campus. Materials include historical documents and photographs, correspondence, financial records, pamphlets, clippings, maps, photographs, and ephemera. Collections of note are the View Details

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Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences Course Number 1777 Senior Lecturer Satish Tadikonda Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 sessions Paper Career Focus Life Sciences ventures face high levels of scientific, clinical and commercial... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

From Control to the Uncontrollable: Faculty Research Symposium Offers Range of Ideas

Members of the HBS faculty published 23 books and 157 papers and book chapters last year. In late May, the School recognized faculty achievement at the second annual Faculty Research Symposium. Sponsored by the Division of Research and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

developed the relevant capabilities, but the formation of a new set of core activities is still inhibited. Taking a micro-perspective, the paper argues that there are situations where direct top-down interventions are necessary. Termed as... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

of real-world systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-059.pdf Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper studies quality choice in a model where... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

Kazakhstan at 3.62 percent. Beyond monetary or fiscal policy changes themselves, students were struck by where the actual dollars were spent and how that differed from nation to nation, says Tannya Cai, who coauthored a working paper on... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

March 1997
Case

Stone Container in Honduras (B)

By: Hannah Bowles and James K. Sebenius

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Types; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict of Interests; Globalized Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Pulp and Paper Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Honduras; Chicago

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24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?

rerouting, according to their recent working paper “Exports in Disguise: Trade Rerouting during the US-China Trade War?” The added value of imports only becomes clear by looking at trade data at the company level. On that basis, just 1.8... View Details

Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua; Manufacturing; Shipping

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Capitalism and the State (CATS) - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Capitalism and the State (CATS) Course Number 1120 Professor Debora L. Spar Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Weekly seminar Paper Enrollment by application only . Students should submit their applications by August 1, and will... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Capitalism’s False Mantra

Related Links Martin discussing his book One of the most influential papers defining the role of business, “Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure,” was coauthored in 1976 by Michael Jensen, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management

16 Dec 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Marrying Distance and Classroom Education

a paper on simulation and really review the literature. I'm curious about this very notion of how much we know about what people learn through simulation. SS: It's like becoming great at taking a written test in school. You deliver a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

It is commonly accepted in economic circles that a country can grow faster by making key investments in sectors such as technology and in R&D and human or physical capital. But can a country also grow by saving more? A recent working View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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