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  • June 2015
  • Article

The Organization of Enterprise in Japan

By: Tom Nicholas
Recent research reveals that the joint stock corporation was not a superior form of business organization in many countries historically. In Japan, however, it played a more fundamental role. Between 1896 and 1939 joint stock enterprises accounted for 44 percent of... View Details
Keywords: Japan; Legal Form; Enterprise; Modernization; Business Organization; Entrepreneurship; Japan
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  • 24 Oct 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Individual Experience of Positive and Negative Growth Is Asymmetric: Global Evidence from Subjective Well-being Data

Keywords: by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, George W. Ward, Femke De Keulenaer, Bert Van Landeghem, Georgios Kavetsos & Michael I. Norton
  • 2017
  • Mimeo

Innovation in Tradition: Rural Livelihood Creation in the Indian Craft Sector

By: Mukti Khaire, Shashank Shah and Kundan Madireddy
This publication is a study of the Indian Crafts Sector. It is an outcome of the team's research, engagement, and interactions with over 75 crafts enterprises across India. It documents the research process, insights generated, the impact, and policy recommendations... View Details
Keywords: Jobs and Positions; Creativity; Business and Community Relations; Rural Scope; India
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    Howard H. Stevenson

    Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details

    Keywords: broadcasting; communications; computer; construction; financial services; forest products; health care; high technology; industrial goods; insurance industry; investment banking industry; manufacturing; paper; professional services; real estate; service industry; software; venture capital industry
    • Research Summary

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    By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

    My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

    • 08 Sep 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

    Harvard economist N. Gregory Mankiw, Weinzierl coauthored the HBS working paper "The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution" [PDF]. The main framework economists use to think through tax View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace

      Lynda M. Applegate

      Lynda M. Applegate is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS and is Chair of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University’s Masters Degree of Liberal Arts in Finance and Management at the Harvard University Extension School.  She has also played a... View Details

      • 13 Nov 2006
      • Working Paper Summaries

      A New Framework for Analyzing and Managing Macrofinancial Risks of An Economy

      Keywords: by Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton & Zvi Bodie
      • November 2002 (Revised April 2004)
      • Case

      TCS: An Entrepreneurial Air-Express Company in Pakistan

      Introduces Khalid Awan, co-founder of TCS, an entrepreneurial air-express company in Pakistan. Awan has succeeded in building a sizeable company despite serious obstacles, including pressure from the public postal system, an environment prone to corruption, and a... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Leasing; Transportation Industry; United Arab Emirates; Pakistan
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      • 05 Nov 2019
      • News

      Learning from a Different Past

      • July 2015
      • Article

      BYOB: How Bringing Your Own Shopping Bags Leads to Treating Yourself, and the Environment

      By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Bryan Bollinger
      As concerns about pollution and climate change have become more central in public discourse, shopping with reusable grocery bags has been strongly promoted as environmentally and socially conscious. In parallel, firms have joined policy makers in using a variety of... View Details
      Keywords: Grocery Shopping; Reusable Bags; Licensing; Priming; Goals; Hedonic; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Environmental Sustainability; Retail Industry
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      • 23 Oct 2008
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey

      Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr & William R. Kerr
      • June 2021
      • Article

      Does the Freedom of Information Act Foil the Securities and Exchange Commission's Intent to Keep Investigations Confidential?

      By: Braiden Coleman, Kenneth Merkley, Brian Miller and Joseph Pacelli
      The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a long-standing policy to keep formal investigations confidential. In this study, we examine the extent to which compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides investors with information about ongoing SEC... View Details
      Keywords: Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC) Investigations; Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA); Exemption Denials
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        Building A Culture of Health

        This ambitious volume sets out to understand how every company impacts public health and introduces a robust model, rooted in organizational and scientific knowledge, for companies committed to making positive contributions to health and wellness. Focusing on four... View Details

        • 28 Jul 2003
        • Research & Ideas

        It’s India Above China in New World Order

        in the July-August issue of Foreign Policy magazine. It is urgent and important because China and India are the world's next major powers, according to the writers, Yasheng Huang, formerly of Harvard Business School and now a professor at... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace
        • 21 Jan 2009
        • Working Paper Summaries

        The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention

        Keywords: by William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln
        • 24 Jun 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: June 24, 2008

        http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-102.pdf Cases & Course Materials (None this week.) Publications Managing Up Author: Linda A. Hill Publication: Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming Abstract Managing up is not... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace

          Jerry R. Green

          Jerry R. Green

          David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

          John Leverett Professor in the University

          Harvard University

           

          Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

          Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
          • 18 Nov 2011
          • Working Paper Summaries

          The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying

          Keywords: by William R. Kerr, William Lincoln & Prachi Mishra

            Jan W. Rivkin

            Jan W. Rivkin is a Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. In the past, he has served as Faculty Chair of the MBA Program, Senior Associate Dean for Research, and head of the Strategy Unit. His research, course development, and teaching focus on... View Details

            Keywords: airline; computer; internet; music; transportation