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- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
J. Dandrea, Gregg Gordon, and Carl T. Bergstrom Abstract In this paper, we show how the Eigenfactor® score, originally designed for ranking scholarly journals, can be adapted to rank the scholarly output of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
mid-19th century. I selected individuals from different parts of the country who became true titans through the relentless pursuit of a vision or mission. My subjects either... View Details
- November 2020
- Article
Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda
By: Livia Alfonsi, Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman and Anna Vitali
We design a labor market experiment to compare demand- and supply-side policies to tackle youth unemployment, a key issue in low-income countries. The experiment tracks 1700 workers and 1500 firms over four years to compare the effect of offering workers either... View Details
Alfonsi, Livia, Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman, and Anna Vitali. "Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda." Econometrica 88, no. 6 (November 2020): 2369–2414.
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
status quo, at the expense of searching for (and investing in) the kinds of novel breakthrough ideas that originally propelled them to the top. Atari, Wang, Polaroid, DEC, the... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
unaffected countries finds a substantial portfolio reallocation towards the former. This effect cannot be explained by several potential alternative hypotheses, including differential changes to the preferences View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
influence facility managers' decisions. As a result, managers of facilities that are subjected to comparable institutional pressures adopt distinct sets of management practices that appease different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
racial makeup of loan officers—a job that’s become more nuanced in a largely automated mortgage origination process, Sunderam says. Loan officers are critical to the process Loan officers play an important... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- News
Paving the Way to College
navigate the college admissions process, including test prep, college visits, and working with admissions offices. In this interview, Frankel talks about the origins of the idea and what College Match has... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
the Navy, my brothers had both enlisted following high school, and military service ran deep throughout both sides of my family. With my decision to go to college, I had broken with this tradition and I View Details
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
Original Article It is said that health care is the biggest threat to the long-term health of the U.S. economy and therefore, to some extent, the global economy. Americans pay much more for what they get (at... View Details
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
prescription for more commoditized products that can have little value-added and need to be produced in the countries with the lowest costs." Does Parker have something here? What's the downside to disruption in high tech? What do... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
(Photograph by Stephen Voss) World Bank VP and Treasurer Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990) has a clear sense of why she likes her job: “You bring very sophisticated finance tools to tackle the world’s most challenging problems.” View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 2023
- Book
Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia
By: Meg Rithmire
Developing Asia has been the site of some of the last century's fastest growing economies as well as some of the world's most durable authoritarian regimes. Many accounts of rapid growth alongside monopolies on political power have focused on crony relationships... View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Systems; Crime and Corruption; China; Indonesia; Malaysia
Rithmire, Meg. Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia. Oxford University Press, 2023.
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
Published since 1979 by the World Economic Forum, the Global Competitiveness Report ranks seventy-five countries and measures the comparative strengths and weaknesses of their economies. At a press... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
have carried out resupply missions to the International Space Station, and both Blue Origin and SpaceX have safely landed rockets back on Earth after flights into space, a key step toward lowering the cost View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5
Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the... View Details
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
Original Article It was recently announced in somewhat wondrous tones that new car sales in China this past year exceeded one million. Reports in BusinessWeek and Forbes trumpet the growth of China and the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
extended, and the removal of a center wall offers a glimpse of Western Avenue in the distance. The slate tiles on the roof have been redone, and there is a new shine to the cupola. Upon entering Baker,... View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
a genocide that had claimed the lives of over 10 percent of its population. The case focuses on the formulation of an economic strategy to rebuild the economy and its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2008 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Lawrence Trinh: Venturing to Vietnam
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Rachel Gordon
Should Lawrence Trinh pursue his aspiration of working in Vietnam—and if so, what set of principles and practices should he adopt if he encounters corruption? These are questions that reverberate for many students who wish to work in emerging markets and other contexts... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Ethics; Investment; Leadership Development; Emerging Markets; Personal Development and Career; Welfare; Financial Services Industry
Margolis, Joshua D., and Rachel Gordon. "Lawrence Trinh: Venturing to Vietnam." Harvard Business School Case 409-017, October 2008. (Revised January 2011.)