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  • 22 Feb 2018
  • Book

The New History of American Capitalism

and modern agriculture. The New History of American Capitalism By Sven Beckert and Christine Desan The new history of American capitalism builds on these disciplinary trends in history, economics, political science, and law; indeed, it... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
  • 02 Jul 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Technology Innovation and Diffusion as Sources of Output and Asset Price Fluctuations

Keywords: by Diego A. Comin, Mark Gertler & Ana Maria Santacreu; Technology
  • Winter 2020
  • Article

The Sky above and the Mud below: Two Books about Steve Jobs

By: Richard S. Tedlow
Steve Jobs was the most charismatic businessperson in the modern era. When he died, on October 5, 2011, Apple was inundated with condolence messages from all over the United States and from around the world. These notes were sent not only to Apple headquarters in... View Details
Keywords: Steve Jobs; Impact
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  • 2016
  • Chapter

Trade Associations, State Building, and the Sherman Act: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1912–25

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
From its founding in 1912 through the interwar years, the Chamber’s history shows a persistent preoccupation with progressive economics and policy making. Rather than flouting the new ideas of institutional economics, which favored federal regulators overseeing data... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Fairness; Supply and Industry; Policy; Business and Government Relations; United States
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  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Securing Jobs or the New Protectionism?: Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms

By: Mihir A. Desai
Tax policy toward American multinational firms would appear to be approaching a crossroads. The presumed linkages between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Taxation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; United States
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  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space

to me the greatest form of public goods. Now digital public goods are the modern equivalent. Do you know that India uses more data per capita than any country in the world? If you added the per capita data consumption of the US and China,... View Details
Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette; Aerospace
  • November 2020
  • Article

Disrupting the Disruptors or Enhancing Them? How Blockchain Re‐Shapes Two‐Sided Platforms

By: Daniel Trabucchi, Antonella Moretto, Tommaso Buganza and Alan MacCormack
The importance of platform‐based businesses in the modern economy is growing continuously and becoming increasingly relevant. Specifically, the deployment of digital technologies has enhanced the applicability of two‐sided business models, enabling companies to act not... View Details
Keywords: Blockchain; Two-Sided Platforms; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation
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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Creating the Market for Organic Wine: Sulfites, Certification, and Green Values

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
This working paper examines the history of organic wine, which provides a case study of failed category creation. The modern organic wine industry emerged during the 1970s in the United States and Western Europe, but it struggled to gain traction compared to other... View Details
Keywords: Product Launch; Failure; Problems and Challenges; Complexity; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 2011
  • Working Paper

From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America

By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Practice; Business Education; Labor and Management Relations; Decision Making; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Change; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Finance; Knowledge; Production; Business Conglomerates; Education Industry; United States
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  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

The modern world is fueled by matchmaking. Going out on the town? Uber pairs you with a driver you can choose based on ratings, proximity, and even car model. Craving a vacation? Simply filter getaways based on locale and price through... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • Research Summary

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Pushing decision authority downward and increasing employee autonomy have become watchwords for the modern organization. Leaders of contemporary organizations view efforts to replace “command and control” systems with less-hierarchical approaches to organizing as... View Details
Keywords: Formalization; Teams; Decentralization; Hierarchy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Self-managing Organizations; Future Of Work; Flat Organization
  • 19 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

society from at least the ancient Egyptians onwards has used beauty products and artifacts to enhance attractiveness. However, beauty ideals have always varied enormously over time and between societies. The book shows that as the modern... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 04 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

ability to collect and analyze more data more quickly, decision-making and problem-solving have become increasingly complex. Many people look to technology to solve modern problems, but the more technology advances, the more human... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 10 Dec 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing

the necessary tools to encourage people to come forward with information? Jonas Heese: Our research focuses on specific legislation known as the False Claims Act, which was the first cash-for-information whistleblower law in the world. It goes back to the Civil War,... View Details
Keywords: by April White
  • 23 Apr 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Financial Policies in Misvalued Credit Markets

Keywords: by Jarrad Harford, Marc Martos-Vila & Matthew Rhodes-Kropf; Financial Services; Banking
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence

By: Geoffrey Jones
This working paper provides a business history perspective on debates about the Great Divergence, the rise of the income gap between the West and the Rest, and the more recent Great Convergence, which has seen a narrowing of that gap. The literature on the timing and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Economics; History; Wealth and Poverty; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth
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  • Article

Manuscript Variations of Dabistān-i Maẕāhib and Writing Histories of Religion in Mughal India

By: Sudev J Sheth
A text that has found renewed interest among scholars of early modern India is the Persian compendium of religion called Dabistān-i Maẕāhib. Written between 1645 and 1658, the Dabistān presents a lively ethnographic and historical account of customs and habits of... View Details
Keywords: Manuscripts; Religion; History; India
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  • 2013
  • Teaching Note

Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu and Shanshan Cao
Established in 1958, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (hereafter referred to as "Xinhua Hospital") is an integrated modern teaching and research hospital with a comprehensive set of disciplines and a specialization in... View Details
Keywords: China; Hospitals; China
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  • 2013
  • Case

Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu and Shanshan Cao
Established in 1958, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (hereafter referred to as "Xinhua Hospital") is an integrated modern teaching and research hospital with a comprehensive set of disciplines and a specialization in... View Details
Keywords: China; Hospitals; China
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  • 09 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 9

  PublicationsWhat to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential Author:Robert Steven Kaplan Publication:Harvard Business Publishing, 2011 Abstract Successful leaders know that leadership is less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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