Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2008
News

The Business Environment in the 21st century

The business leaders surveyed for the colloquium suggested several ways in which business schools generally, and HBS in particular, could play a role. They included research and thought leadership on major challenges to capitalism; scenario planning to stimulate... View Details

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

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

outside the United States. The cost to the American economy could be far greater than the cost of war.—John Quelch But now a deepening opposition to American foreign policy is threatening the long-term strength of these brands. And the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Aug 2020
News

Defining Flex Work

corporate affairs. “These kinds of policies never seemed to fit the diversity of our people.” With Werk’s help, the company introduced a truly flexible policy, addressing all six categories of need identified by Werk. A survey conducted... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity

discussed the Argentine crisis that began late last year. A professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Hausmann described the economic factors leading to the fiscal collapse and suggested policy implications for the future.... View Details

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

when compared to defense and healthcare expenditures, not to mention the costs incurred recently rescuing failing banks and automakers, among others. But the picture changes when we consider the long-run consequences of policies that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Amazoned: Is Any Industry Safe?

With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy? Does Amazon's "only the strongest survive" employee-retention policy make for a better company or improved customer relationships? Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

01 Dec 2018
News

Code Breakers

disappeared, more subtle forms of bias or ways in which bias gets expressed can come out in policy or in concerns about work-family conflict. These themes all work together.” —Lakshmi Ramarajan, Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions

incentives, as tax policy is a blunt tool for a complicated problem. Here are two relevant links: For available empirical evidence: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b9b40fee-9236-11e2-851f-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2mwFbo8Gh For a different... View Details

Keywords: ask the expert; Finance

28 Jun 2011
News

Beyond Case Writing

option information without their partners present had a 57 percent reduction in unwanted births. When Ashraf presented her findings to the Zambian Ministry of Health last summer, officials pointed out that it was government policy to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2011
News

Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices

public policy, and social challenges. In health care, for example, the dominant policy model assumes that access and affordability are the keys to improving care for the poor. In Ashraf’s view, “We can’t solve the challenges of global... View Details

Keywords: birth control; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

people.” He goes on to describe what we need in a LinkedIn article that he wrote. In his words, “we need policies to guide us on how AI is used. Policies that are shaped by well-informed debate, following... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

28 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business

Mathematica Policy Research. “Increases to the minimum wage then disproportionately push them over the edge.” The research brings more insight into the continuing argument over whether raising the minimum wage hurts businesses. The... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

29 May 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

emphasis on services naturally accompany the growth of a knowledge society, representing an insurance policy for the continuance of innovation and progress necessary to maintain world economic leadership? What do you think? Original... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

Web

How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs - Recruiting

perspectives, new dimensions — and sometimes new challenges — are naturally introduced: evolving what is familiar means that establishing and promoting shared expectations can become more complex. To reduce friction and increase mutual satisfaction in the workplace,... View Details

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

The unparalleled size of Asia's markets has always caught the eye of multinational corporations. More recently, as government policies and cultural attitudes in the region continue to evolve, the strategies of multinational companies have... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

28 Oct 2024
Op-Ed

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.

their policy platforms, to appeal to suburban voters. Why demographics are not destiny in politics We are economists, and we study markets. Politics is a competitive one. Just as auto manufacturers don’t sit and idly watch market... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse M. Shapiro

25 Mar 2022
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2022

scientists and policy makers.” - Mariah Cushman (MBA 2023) “Attending ClimateCAP emphasized to me both the massive size of the climate problem as well as the equally impressive number of robust, innovative solutions to combat it. Hearing... View Details

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

the mouse." Book: http://www.IMovedYourCheese.com Commentary: A View from the East: Trade, Investment, and Economic Reform Author:Regina M. Abrami Publication:In Cuban Economic and Social Development: Policy Reforms and Challenges in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

strong—and mainly Chinese-dominated—business class. In this context, FDI as well as public sector firms proved very valuable in a political sense. Huang stresses that he does not question the political rationale behind those policies that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

Abstract—Current academic and policy debates focus on the impact of tort reforms on physicians’ behavior and medical costs. This paper examines whether these reforms also affect incentives to develop new technologies. We develop a... View Details