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- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
simulations that allowed for longer chain segments and used actual patient data from the Alliance for Paired Donation. When chain segments of 4-6 are allowed in the simulations, NEAD chains produce more transplants than DPD. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
developed countries—can be conducted more efficiently and effectively from an Indian research center. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708482 Radical Collaboration: IBM Microelectronics Joint Development View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
capital firm investing in BIPOC founders in the education space. She is also the vice president of advocacy in the Women’s Student Association at HBS, and an author. “As a published fiction writer, I aim to share and amplify the voices of... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
50 years from now?” Both Druyan and Hao say the award has become quite prestigious among the world’s top entrepreneurs and venture capital firms, and winners are excited to be honored by HBS alumni. The event, which is open to the public,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
This result is robust across different geographic regions and industries and holds for U.S. and non-U.S. lenders, including those with little direct exposure to the U.S. economy. Local EME lenders do not offset the foreign bank capital... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
roughly the size of a rugby field. The 50-year-old has been farming this small-scale way all his life, and he's been taken advantage of just about as long. The Nigerian government, long considered one of the most corrupt on the African... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
introduces methods for increasing the efficiency of retail store liquidation, which we define as the time-constrained divestment of retail outlets through an in-store sale of inventory. The retail industry depends extensively on liquidation, not only as a means for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818028-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-401 Jumia Nigeria: From Retail to Marketplace (A) Founded in 2012, Jumia Nigeria, a startup effort by Germany-based Rocket Internet, aimed to become an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
companies, where decision rights and incentives can be murky, and the effects of any given choice can be tough to pin down. So the authors chose a “lab rat” with fewer barriers to understanding—the venture capital industry. VC firms are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
capital. We examine productivity differentials between machine learning and older vintage technology based on interactions with two important human capital attributes: domain-specific expertise and vintage-specific human capital. Our... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
life as a trained assassin, working directly for the South African government to take down prominent political players when requested to maintain national security and apparent order. Join the Dots by Patrick Moffett (AMP 111) Vanguard... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Latin America during the globalization waves between the 19th century and the present day. It argues that although global capitalism created much wealth for the region, this was at the cost of massive ecological destruction in Latin... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
establish a proposed alliance with a pharmaceutical firm? Should it create a nutraceuticals business in parallel to its effort to develop anti-aging therapeutics? And, should it in-license a second drug development candidate? Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
students and their middle class and white counterparts, the gap persists. By age nine, African American and Latino students are on average three grade levels behind, and students from low-income communities are seven times less likely to... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
entrepreneur into a successful business leader. In this book, Jan Simon, Managing Partner of Vonzeo Capital and Academic Director of the International Search Fund Center at IESE Business School, presents a best-practices-based roadmap for... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
(MBA '19): Vice President of the Manbassadors Matt Piltch (MBA '19): Vice President of Equity Engagement Lindsey Morrow (MBA '19) & Amanda Tyson (MBA '19) - Co-Presidents of the African American Student Union To us, feminism means... View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
spontaneous portion of the calls (i.e., management discussion). The capital market responds positively to optimistic tone yet does not distinguish between the optimism in tone of managers from different ethnic backgrounds. The findings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
example, input from our alumni community—in particular, members of the African American Alumni Association—was critical in helping us develop the Racial Equity Plan and will continue to be essential as we implement it. Additionally,... View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
new case to two sections of The Coming of Managerial Capitalism course, she invited Harpo executives and Winfrey herself to come to class. No one dared to imagine that Winfrey would take the time to attend, but she did. "The students... View Details