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operate more efficiently and grow? In the updated edition of Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream, Karen Mills looks at evolving technology and how it might power this critical engine of the US economy. 05 Nov 2024 Research & Ideas AI Can Help Leaders... View Details

22 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

get their other finances in order, and make more substantial contributions to the economy, according to a new research study Second Chance: Life without Student Debt. The study was co-written by Harvard Business School Associate Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

Women make up more than half of the labor force in the United States and earn almost 60 percent of advanced degrees, yet they bring home less pay and fill fewer seats in the C-suite than men, particularly in male-dominated professions... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Jan 2014
What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

agreed: "The main reason for the rising inequality is that Free Trade has encouraged/required manufacturing to be offshored and outsourced If we replaced the Free Trade policies with a Balanced Trade policy, using (import licences)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26

from non-experts or not at all. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47824 August 2014 Administrative Science Quarterly The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 23, 2020
Article

Sanctions and the End of Trans-Atlanticism: Iran, Russia, and the Unintended Division of the West

By: Rawi Abdelal and Aurélie Bros

Sanctions have become the dominant tool of statecraft in the United States and other Western states, especially the European Union, since the end of the Cold War. But the systematic use of this instrument may produce unintended and somewhat paradoxical geopolitical... View Details

Keywords: Geopolitics; Economic Sanctions; International Relations; United States; Russia; Iran; Europe

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07 Jan 2015
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SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

a way to do it," with some cautions and advice about how to make such information available to all. For example, Praveen pointed out that, "It is essential to have a culture of mutual trust but we also need to have mutual... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Sep 2007
Working Paper Summaries

The Ethnic Composition of U.S. Inventors

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

July 2016
Article

Taxation, Corruption, and Growth

By: Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Julia Cagé and William R. Kerr

We build an endogenous growth model to analyze the relationships between taxation, corruption, and economic growth. Entrepreneurs lie at the center of the model and face disincentive effects from taxation but acquire positive benefits from public infrastructure.... View Details

Keywords: Endogenous Growth; Public Goods; Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Taxation; Economic Growth

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22 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 22

light of India's growing population and demand for dairy. How could he maintain the firm's cooperative structure, address the nutritional needs of all Indians, make use of emerging technology, and navigate the country's dairy View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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The New Social Contract: Contractors, Firms, and Agencies

The emergence of a 'new social contract' linking employees and organizations - perhaps most notable for the absence of a promise of lifelong job security - has been widely remarked. A related trend, less noted but potentially important, has been the emergence of a... View Details

17 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper

When working professionals were shifting to home offices a year ago as COVID-19 was spreading, comedians and pundits predicted that people would no longer need bras and pants that aren’t stretchy. Instead customers would make room for... View Details

Keywords: by Ayelet Israeli, Eva Ascarza, and Laura Castrillo; Retail

February 2021
Case

Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A)

By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh, Sarah McAra and Christian Godwin

In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook debuted the iPhone 6S with enhanced security measures that enflamed a debate on privacy and public safety around the world. The iPhone 6S, amid a heightened concern for privacy following the 2013 revelation of clandestine U.S. surveillance... View Details

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Sonoma County, Calif., can enhance its ability to withstand and recover from wildfires by re-envisioning its land use, energy, and housing policies through a cooperative... View Details

05 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?

professor in Harvard Business School’s Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. Beshears is an expert in behavioral economics, which uses insights from psychology and economics to explain individual decision making and help people... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

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Women on Boards

boards are seeking. This program unpacks the process of board selection to help you understand the explicit and implicit ways that boards function. You will learn how to advance your candidacy by making connections with directors,... View Details

January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
Case

Pioneer Natural Resources: Enhancing the Capital Return Strategy with Variable Dividends

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Elisabeth Kempf and E. Scott Mayfield

In February 2021, Scott Sheffield, the CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources (an independent oil and gas company based in Texas), was considering the possibility of enhancing the firm’s capital return strategy by introducing a variable dividend tied to cash flows in... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Finance; Cash Flow; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Value Creation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Return; Profit; Policy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Energy Industry; United States; North America; Texas

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17 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Through The Eyes of The Patient: A Recap of The 13th Annual Health Care Conference

from both for-profit and non-profit companies, from investors to startups to Fortune 50 companies, as well as members of the media, academics, public policy advocates, and research organizations, under the unifying theme “Through the Eyes... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

2022
Working Paper

THEMIS: A Framework for Cost-Benefit Analysis of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Michael Lingzhi Li and Saksham Soni

Since December 2019, the world has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 150 million confirmed cases and 3 million confirmed deaths worldwide. To combat the spread of COVID-19, governments have issued unprecedented non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs),... View Details