Policy Evaluation - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other people. Are harmful actions carried out through others evaluated less negatively than harmful actions carried out directly? Four... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 2001
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Country Analysis in a "Global Village"

By: Bruce R. Scott

Substantially rewritten to establish the relevance of countries in the global context. It does so in terms of their differing economic performance in recent decades, and also by contrasting those that have "converged" toward the rich country norm (as theory would... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Economies and Regions; Macroeconomics; Trade; Business Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Industry Growth; Currency; Policy; Development Economics

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27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

men from the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID), the model accurately fits entry patterns into self-employment by age. The option value of returning to paid work is found to constitute a substantial portion of the monetary value of entrepreneurship. The model is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Tony He

knowledge and have an impact on business and policy decisions. How did HBS prepare you for your internship and your long-term career? HBS has created a foundation for me for lifelong learning. I obtained an amazing business education, and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity - Course Catalog

human condition-as well as our approach to leadership, strategy, negotiation and policy. More specifically, we will: Draw lessons for leadership, strategy, negotiation, and policy from cases where decision making occurs in contexts... View Details

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1.17 Field Based Learning / Independent Projects | MBA

1.17 Field Based Learning / Independent Projects 1.0 Academic Information & Policies HBS students may have the opportunity to experience faculty-supervised, field-based learning during their MBA Program. The following View Details

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

surveys that get very low response rates. Instead, we’ve been focusing on angel groups that have systematic processes for looking at would-be companies and evaluating them. In particular, we have a forthcoming working paper looking at 13... View Details

Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking

01 Jun 2013
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The Long View

resulting research creates a deeper understanding of the issue at hand and, when we're successful, can impact both scholars' and policymakers' approaches to the problem. In some cases, terrific policy proposals emerge as well, but that's... View Details

06 Mar 2006
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The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

choice of resisting or leaving, as we will be inevitably be the next victims of the repressive policies we did not confront but ended up supporting by complying." Some offered more highly-textured advice. Saurabh Gautam said,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

02 May 2017
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First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

And an audience of customers standing by with their smartphones to record any spectacle seems to have had, until now, unfortunately, no discernable impact on corporate policy guidelines for dealing with uncooperative customers. Companies... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

31 Mar 2014
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Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

As the quantity of online content continues to proliferate—from cute cat videos to policy experts blogging on the Middle East—the consumer's expectation that online content should be free becomes more entrenched. To make money, websites... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News

02 May 2011
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Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

management structures. So casino hosts in some units are more tightly watched than others, allowing the researchers to evaluate results in both loosely and tightly monitored environments. In what appears to be an industry standard, casino... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation

26 Mar 2007
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Learning from Failed Political Leadership

enterprise system; and that b) all peoples inhabiting the planet are potentially our friends if we could only get rid of a few terrorist troublemakers. American foreign policy is often based on these erroneous beliefs—which we demonstrate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Talia Gillis

Studying law and economics at the Hebrew University exposed me both to the normative way of evaluating the law as well as the theoretical and empirical tools used to assess the impact of those rules. Apart from my studies, a number of... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

efforts center on issues affecting entrepreneurial firms and their investors. Gompers studies the structure, governance, and performance of private equity funds; the sources of financing, incentive design, and performance of private firms; and long-run performance... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 21, 2007

forward-looking perspectives of agency leaders and industry representatives within FDA's regulatory history, this volume presents readers with new tools for evaluating policy recommendations and will better... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

advises that firms not be afraid to experiment. An ethics code shouldn’t be a monolith, but rather a living document that can be adapted to the expanding needs of a firm and its employees. After rolling out a policy to a subgroup of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

improvement in operating performance aggravates the impact of internal disruptions but not external disruptions. By taking advantage of an exogenous policy shock regarding corporate disclosure rules, we also find that managers show... View Details