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29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

going for it. First, it has been shown to be incredibly effective in leading to economic growth. "We don't know any better way to solve this problem," argues Ramanna. "If you look around the world, capitalism has lifted... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market By: Di Maggio, Marco, Francesco Franzoni, Amir Kermani, and Carlo Sommavilla Abstract—This paper shows that the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

Investigation Using a Simulated Market Authors:Anita Elberse and Bharat Anand Periodical:Information Economics and Policy (forthcoming). Special issue on "Economics of the Media," edited by Joel... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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About - Business History

He specializes in business, labor, and economic history. He is author of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters (2013) and Birth of a Salesman: The... View Details

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

direction, resulting in an excessive number of brands and factories organized nationally in a Europe undergoing economic integration, and a virtually autonomous business in the United States. There were barriers to flows of knowledge,... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

30 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

at Microsoft. How well did AI do? The researchers’ first step was to determine whether market research results elicited from GPT were consistent with expectations, based on established economic theory. To do this, they set the large... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

applicable. I felt like an impostor but I found over the next two years that impostor syndrome is nearly universal and always unfounded. All of us belong here and have enriched the HBS community in our own special way. I learned that my... View Details

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Cluster Studies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Cluster Studies Cluster Studies Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, View Details

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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity

for board leaders. [...] Read more 14 May 2025 Rewiring the Workplace: Behavioral Economics and the Future of Inclusive Organizations Addressing systemic inequality is a complex, multifaceted, and often behemoth task that we attempt to... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

They show that funding loans to these borrowers lead to better economic outcomes for the borrowers and higher returns for the fintech platform. See Marco’s other research here , Dimuthu’s other research here , and Don’s other research... View Details

31 Oct 2023
News

Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

Special Drawing Rights (international reserve assets that supplement a country’s official reserves); and negotiating agreements to fund some of flagship projects laid out in the 2019–2023 Priority Action Plan, a development model that... View Details

26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

measures of constraints. These findings imply a high degree of market segmentation and suggest that frictions within specialized financial institutions prevent capital from flowing into the market at shorter horizons. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

overview of business history research worldwide aimed at both researchers and practitioners, addressing challenging issues such as globalization, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, technology and innovation, and economic theory and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 7

Stephan Heblich, and William R. Kerr Abstract We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet occupied... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

instead. Playing hardball in this highly visible case could intimidate other cities seeking the jobs and economic boost that a new Amazon facility would bring: “Don’t push us or else we’ll expand elsewhere.” This uncompromising stance has... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

Extensive evidence indicates that physician burnout has important personal and professional consequences. Observations: A lack of awareness regarding the economic costs of physician burnout and uncertainty regarding what organizations can... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

Faculty Faculty Co-Directors Victoria Ivashina Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration Victoria Ivashina is the Lovett-Learned Chaired Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of View Details

12 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

Years of bull market bliss gave brokerage clients few reasons to open their account statements—until March. Within one month, stocks in the United States notched their biggest one-day losses—and gains—as mounting fears about COVID-19’s View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of Specialization Prove your mastery of leadership and management or entrepreneurship and innovation Earn by: completing any three courses within either... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

students, Gerardo Lietz notes that they didn’t fully comprehend how it has affected the economy and consumer behaviors until they were in country. “They were surprised by the extent to which the cultural and economic differences there had... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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