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  • Working Paper

Developing the Guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): Elite Commitment and Inclusive Growth

By: Lant Pritchett and Eric D. Werker
Two key unanswered questions in theories of growth are (a) why some countries successfully initiate episodes of rapid growth while others suffer extended stagnation and (b) why some countries are able to sustain growth episodes over many decades of rapid (or steady)... View Details
Keywords: Elite Commitment; Inclusive Growth; Status and Position; Rank and Position; Economic Growth
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  • 18 Nov 2014
  • HBS Seminar

Steve Tadelis, University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business

  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Bank Failures and Output During the Great Depression

By: Jeffrey Miron and Natalia Rigol
In response to the Financial Crisis of 2008, macroeconomic policymakers employed a range of tools designed to prevent failures of large, complex financial institutions (“banks”). The Treasury and the Fed justified these actions by arguing that bank failures exacerbate... View Details
Keywords: History; Policy; Financial Crisis; Financial Institutions; Failure
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    Using AI to Adjust Your Marketing and Sales in a Volatile World

    Why are some firms better and faster than others at adapting their use of customer data to respond to changing or uncertain marketing conditions? A common thread across faster-acting firms is the use of AI models to predict outcomes at various stages of the customer... View Details

    • 21 Feb 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Developing the Guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): Elite Commitment and Inclusive Growth

    Keywords: by Lant Pritchett & Eric D. Werker
    • 12 Mar 2024
    • HBS Case

    How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

    Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology
    • 31 Jan 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Observation Bias: The Impact of Demand Censoring on Newsvendor Level and Adjustment Behavior

    Keywords: by David F. Drake
    • Article

    Loss Aversion, Diminishing Sensitivity, and the Role of Experience in Repeated Decisions

    Three experiments are presented that explore the assertion that loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity drive the effect of experience on choice behavior. The experiments are focused on repeated choice tasks where decision makers choose repeatedly between... View Details
    Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Mathematical Methods; Loss
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    • 2019
    • Article

    Fair Algorithms for Learning in Allocation Problems

    By: Hadi Elzayn, Shahin Jabbari, Christopher Jung, Michael J Kearns, Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth and Zachary Schutzman
    Settings such as lending and policing can be modeled by a centralized agent allocating a scarce resource (e.g. loans or police officers) amongst several groups, in order to maximize some objective (e.g. loans given that are repaid, or criminals that are apprehended).... View Details
    Keywords: Allocation Problems; Algorithms; Fairness; Learning
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    • October 2000 (Revised March 2001)
    • Case

    BizRate.com

    By: Youngme E. Moon
    BizRate is a market research firm that collects point-of-purchase customer feedback data from retailing merchants. It then makes its findings available to consumers in the form of "BizRate star ratings," which are displayed on its website. To date, its primary revenue... View Details
    Keywords: Business Education; Marketing Channels; Internet and the Web; Customer Relationship Management; Trust; Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Business Divisions; Debates; Retail Industry
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    • 14 Feb 2023
    • HBS Case

    Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

    Swedish capitalism is like.” Could this lead to the end of the high-tax “Swedish model” that like-minded nations have come to admire? Harvard Business School Professor Debora Spar, who has analyzed Sweden extensively, says no, the Swedish View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
    • November 2023
    • Article

    Coalition Cascades: The Politics of Tipping Points in Clean Energy Transitions

    By: Jonas Meckling and Nicholas Goedeking
    Policy change often involves multiple policy subsystems, as in the case of clean energy transitions. We argue that trans- subsystem policy feedback is a central dynamic in policy change across subsystems. Policy in one subsystem creates ... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Transition; Energy Sources; System
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    • September–October 2018
    • Article

    The Paradox of Responsive Authoritarianism: How Civic Activism Spurs Environmental Penalties in China

    By: Christopher Marquis and Yanhua Bird
    Recognizing the need to better understand institutional change processes in authoritarian states, which play an increasingly prominent role in the world economy, we examine the efficacy of civic activism aimed at spurring governmental action concerning the... View Details
    Keywords: Civic Activism; Authoritarianism; Regulation; Corporate Sustainability; Environmental Sustainability; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Social Issues; Change; China
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    • 05 Apr 2022
    • Blog Post

    The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    For the last 25 years, the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition (NVC) has provided a forum for founders trying to tackle some of the world’s most challenging business problems. Student and alumni founders refine their ideas through giving pitches, receiving... View Details
    • 23 Aug 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Waves in Ship Prices and Investment

    Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel Hanson
    • 07 Sep 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

    Asian beliefs, philosophies, and practices are influencing everything from the way we treat the ill to how we make cars. Now, a Harvard Business School professor is looking to the East as a model for developing strong business leaders.... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 09 May 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    ‘My Bad!’ How Internal Attribution and Ambiguity of Responsibility Affect Learning from Failure

    Keywords: by Christopher G. Myers, Bradley R. Staats & Francesca Gino
    • November 2023 (Revised January 2024)
    • Case

    Bridgit: Persevere or Pivot?

    By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
    In late 2012, Mallorie Brodie and Lauren Lake, two young women in their final year of college, founded Bridgit, a technology startup that developed solutions to simplify vital but laborious processes within the construction industry. In the Fall of 2013, after months... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneur; Founder; Co-founders; Women Executives; Pivot; Startup; Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Product Launch; Research and Development; Competition; Construction Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Canada
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    • Program

    Advanced Management Program

    your company to capitalize on digital transformation and strategically implement artificial intelligence Keep growing as a leader by building on powerful insights gained through introspection, assessments, professional coaching, and View Details
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