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Paper - Commodity Chains: what can we learn from a business history of the rubber chain? (1870-1910)

The literature on the rubber boom applied a Marxist/Dependendist view of rubber production in the Brazilian Amazon. Even though a sizeable surplus was generated in the rubber chain, it was mostly appropriated by foreigners. This view is in tune with the Global... View Details

  • 14 Jan 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Smart Money: The Effect of Education, Cognitive Ability, and Financial Literacy on Financial Market Participation

Keywords: by Shawn Cole & Gauri Kartini Shastry; Education; Financial Services
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Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade

institutions also included collections of Chinese art from mercantile families like the Heards. Augustine Heard advised that money enabled one “to gratify his taste for literature and the fine arts, but most... View Details
  • October 2017
  • Article

Toward a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition

By: Gary P. Pisano
The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971, The Concept... View Details
Keywords: Business Admnistration; Market Structure; Firm Structure; Market Efficiency; Competency and Skills; Organizational Structure; Strategy
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  • 16 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

historians to move beyond incremental additions to the literature and instead return to tackling big subjects with major importance to the future of business. "Rehashing past controversies is not a sign... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
  • 27 May 2022
  • Blog Post

Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

about transitioning from the military to a full-time MBA program? It’s hard to replicate the sense of community that you feel being in the military, and every veteran has to make that transition. Having the Armed Forces Alumni... View Details
  • 2007
  • Chapter

Legal Origin vs. the Politics of Creditor Rights: Bond Markets in Brazil, 1850-2002

By: Aldo Musacchio
This paper explores the question: Do institutions persist over time and determine current economic outcomes? Specifically, does the adoption or inheritance of a legal tradition in the past determine the subsequent course of institutional and financial development? This... View Details
Keywords: History; Rights; Common Law; Code Law; Financial Markets; Credit; Economy; Government and Politics; Financial Services Industry
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No Evidence for an Effect of Testosterone Administration on Delay Discounting in Male University Students

By: Georgia Rada Ortner, Matthias Wibral, Anke Becker, Thomas Dohmen, Dietrich Klingmüller, Armin Falk and Bernd Weber
Intertemporal choices between a smaller sooner and a larger delayed reward are one of the most important types of decisions humans face in their everyday life. The degree to which individuals discount delayed rewards correlates with impulsiveness. Steep delay... View Details
Keywords: Delay Discounting; Impulsiveness; Intertemporal Choice; Testosterone; Decision Making; Behavior; Personal Characteristics
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  • 27 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

by national policy than they were by informal, local business deals. As Lurtz writes in her research summary, "Here coffee emerged in the hands of a diverse body of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Leviathan as a Minority Shareholder: A Study of Equity Purchases by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), 1995-2003

By: Sergio G. Lazzarini and Aldo Musacchio
There is a growing literature comparing the performance of private vs. state-owned companies. Yet, there is little work examining the effects of having the government as a minority shareholder of private companies. We conduct such a study using data for 296 publicly... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Ownership Stake; State Ownership; Private Ownership; Performance Evaluation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Brazil
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  • December 5, 2024
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A Consensus Definition of Creativity in Surgery: A Delphi Study Protocol

By: Alex Thabane, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W. Busse, Sameer Parpia and Mohit Bhandari
Introduction
Clear definitions are essential in science, particularly in the study of abstract phenomena like creativity. Due to its inherent complexity and domain-specific nature, the study of creativity has been complicated, as evidenced by the various... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics
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  • 05 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

improvement. Through this collaborative process, the less experienced contributor gains a deeper understanding of the system’s structure and functions. Building on existing literature that has shown the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer
  • 25 Mar 2016
  • News

New Head of MBA Admissions Is 2013 Grad

BYU-I students, faculty members, and administrative leaders. “I am a real believer in Harvard Business School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world,” said Losee. “I’ve seen firsthand how my classmates, the amazing View Details
  • 01 Oct 1996
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"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

developed while studying airlines. Schlesinger notes that the individual perspective of each member contributes to the overall body of knowledge and the shared intellectual... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 01 Feb 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

School can serve you. Here is a brief summary of our work thus far this year. Online Services for Alumni This committee has identified the following specific goals to accomplish by its spring meeting: increase the number View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
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Dissertation: "Essays in International Non-market Strategy and the Political Economy of Environmental Regulation"

My dissertation is part of a research agenda intended to advance our understanding of the interaction between companies and non-market actors (e.g. regulators) in an international context. The empirical setting of my analysis is the European Union Emissions Trading... View Details

  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Risky Business: The Impact of Property Rights on Investment and Revenue in the Film Industry

By: Venkat Kuppuswamy and Carliss Y. Baldwin
Our paper tests a key prediction of property rights theory, specifically, that agents will respond to marginal incentives embedded in property rights when making non-contractible, revenue-enhancing investments (Grossman and Hart, 1986; Hart and Moore, 1990). Using rich... View Details
Keywords: Property Rights; Property; Rights; Investment; Contracts; Revenue; Motivation and Incentives; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; United States
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The Arts of Communication - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog The Arts of Communication Course Number 7515 HKS Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Candace Bertotti Spring; Q3Q4; 1.5 credits 12 2-hour sessions ---Please Read Before Enrolling--- My goal: to create and deliver a... View Details
  • 23 Oct 2018
  • News

Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

took his life yesterday. There's a degree of trauma in the body and in the heart of so many people in my generation because the basic sense of... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

Elephant Live Happily Ever After?" focuses on acquisitions of three social icons: Tom's of Maine acquired by Colgate, Stonyfield Farm Yogurt purchased by Danone, and Ben & Jerry's bought by... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage