Business And Public Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

Do lower-income families need and deserve access to fewer things than everyone else? As a society, we seem to think so, revealing a "grim double standard," finds a study published this month, Inequality in Socially Permissible... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

development, and public sector innovation. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/417021-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-016 Hewlett Packard... View Details

March 1999 (Revised October 2009)
Background Note

Deferred Compensation

By: Henry B. Reiling and Mark Pollard

Briefly discusses two of the major tax doctrines--constructive receipt and economic benefits--which govern the structure of deferred compensation contracts. Some business context is provided and some implications are noted. View Details

Keywords: Stock Options; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry

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31 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World

policies” Intrigued by the lasting power of Franklin’s treatise on industry and frugality and its influence on capitalism as we know it today, Harvard Business School Assistant... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

for policy choices.” Kerr, the Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff–MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, has researched the economic effects of global migration of workers for more than a decade,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

12 Apr 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks

working paper Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services by María R. Ibáñez, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School; Jonathan R. Clark , an assistant professor at the University of Texas at San... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

25 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

When Negotiating a Price, Never Bid with a Round Number

make a precise bid, the targets are more likely to accept it, and more likely to accept it at a cheaper price. And with cash bids, they’ll generate a more positive market reaction,” says Matti Keloharju, a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

look at it clinically, without any feeling about how a particular policy would affect Albemarle County, Virginia, or my good friend so-and-so. He, and the other immigrants touched on in this book, didn't... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

24 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from Starbucks

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson (left) meets with employees and community members in this file photo. (Photo courtesy Starbucks.) Johnson & Johnson CEO Jim Burke’s leadership during the 1982 Tylenol crisis is what we at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Technology; Food & Beverage

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

wealthier. The American government currently subsidizes timber and paper companies for chopping down national forests. A business that operated as the government does would quickly go out of business. The... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk

03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

association, fair pay practices) and whether these codes have affected their business outcomes (e.g., staff turnover and absenteeism, product defect rates, sales growth). In... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Nov 2020
News

Global Ambition

business as executive director of the board and president of the international division. “HBS opened my eyes to different perspectives that I never would have been exposed to,” says Chew, who remains... View Details

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(MPP/MBA and MBA-MPA/ID) Joint Program with Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences) Joint Program with Harvard Law School /Master in View Details

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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

information and material flows that tie operating units together and the systems that support these networks; the distribution and delivery of goods View Details

23 Jan 2024
Book

More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World

Two years after non-fungible tokens (NFTs) captured the attention of artists, celebrities, and brands, debate still rages over their value. But NFTs could be poised to make a comeback in 2024, argues Scott Duke Kominers, the Sarofim-Rock... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology; Financial Services

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

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Finance - Faculty & Research

journals, and that addresses issues of present and future importance to managers (including regulators and policy makers); b) to develop... View Details

22 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning

joined by Julia Minson, an associate professor of public policy at the Kennedy School who researches the psychology of disagreement at the Minson Conflict and Collaboration... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette

09 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

Despite widespread rhetoric about the need for organizational agility, an astonishing number of businesses stay stuck in neutral when they need to implement a new strategy. Consider the situation that Lynne Camp faced in July 2000. Camp,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat

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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

2025 | Supplement | Faculty Research Citation Purchase Related Zou, Yuan, and Dennis Campbell. "Haidilao: Changing your Future with your Own Hands." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement... View Details

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