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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

In their model, monetary expansion cannot end secular stagnation in an economy and may have "beggar-thy-neighbor" effects, while large fiscal interventions can eliminate secular stagnation and also carry positive externalities. See... View Details

25 May 2016
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Backing Harvard’s Work for Children

impressed me about the Center on the Developing Child is its emphasis on rapid testing of possible interventions and strategies, not unlike how a business approaches R&D,” Tichio explains. “Jack Shonkoff, who directs the center, is an... View Details

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

that the U.S. government should have bailed out Lehman Brothers. This is in line with participants' generally positive views for a role for government intervention in financial markets, particularly for the purpose of financial stability.... View Details

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Is AI Coming for Your Job?

cuts in white-collar staff. Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management and co-leads the Managing the Future of Work initiative at HBS. Ayelet Israeli: For now, AI still needs human intervention In the near... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Government Intervention Labor Global Events Influence: High 1900 s 19 8.8 million immigrants arrive throughout decade Cities expand Population grows from 76 to 92 million Rural Free Delivery routes added Influence: Medium 10 1910 s 19... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Bridging the Gap

United Way, and Scott Wilson of Volkswagen led the rollout of a program emphasizing five interventions (including “talk, sing, and point”; “count, group, and compare”; and “read and discuss stories”) that positively affect the swiftly... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

new chapter on the conduct of industrial governance and American capitalism." - Malcolm S. Salter But the President left the door slightly open for selective intervention when he pledged non-interference "in all but the most... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Discussion Paper Series IZA DP No. 2016, Institute for the Study of Labor, March 2006, accessed June 5, 2013 Jelle Visser, “ICTWSS: Database on Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting, State Intervention and Social... View Details

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

standards. Some public intervention is necessary—and that public intervention manifests itself as institutions operate not through a competitive market process, but through a democratic political process.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

their interventions and benefits consumers who now receive communications that are more relevant to them. However, algorithmic personalization poses risks for firms, consumers, and society. One risk is to underserve customers from... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

Performance and Productivity, more money will be spent and should be spent on fans, filters, ductwork, chillers, heat exchangers, and dehumidifiers—and on the energy to run them. The next wave of intervention will be in the collection of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

effect," Luca says. In this case, however, it took the direct intervention of government to persuade restaurants to reveal this information which hadn't been done voluntarily. According to game theory, however, that shouldn't be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

July 2018 (Revised July 2018)
Teaching Note

Argentina Power—Don’t Cry for Me Argentina

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree

Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-041. This case concerns a complex potential energy infrastructure investment in Argentina by a global conglomerate shortly after Mauricio Macri (“Macri”) became President of Argentina in 2015. The central issues are (i) why was a country... View Details

Keywords: Argentina; Argentine Exceptionalism; Infrastructure Finance; Investing; Finance; Inflation and Deflation; Government and Politics; Energy Generation; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; South America

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Research - Health Care

for the surge of patients who overwhelmed available health care resources. An overlooked resource deserves more attention: the availability of intensive care unit (ICU)... May 2024 Article True Costs of Uterine Artery Embolization: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing in... View Details

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

value, rather than by any perception that symmetrical organizations and systems are important. Top managers are integrally involved in deciding where to impose links; strategic integration is not a natural bottom-up activity. Intervention... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

opinion and was referred to a specialist nearby at Yale New Haven Hospital. Fortunately, it just so happened that an Interventional Radiologist at Yale was the godfather of HHT back in the ‘90s. Upon seeing my mother, the physicians... View Details

03 Dec 2014
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Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

on; beginning an intervention with the offender early on; providing an opportunity for attitude improvement, possibly with the engagement of a counselor or coach; and then terminating in a timely fashion the employee who is unable to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

replicable interventions to address gaps in India’s education sys... EducationSuperHighway 2.0 By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean October 2022 | Faculty Research In 2012, Evan Marwell launched... View Details

16 Dec 2019
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Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

deposit; in the fifth, the control group, no intervention took place. As background, Rigol and her coauthors note that the federal work program featured in the study transitioned from cash to electronic payments in 2008. In late 2012, the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

14 Sep 2023
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MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

impactful product. Personally, I learned the immense emotional resilience that is required to work in this ecosystem – change horizons are long, traditional startup benchmarks for scale must be rethought, and interventions require immense... View Details

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