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- 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
forthcoming American Economic Review Innovation, Reallocation and Growth By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808110 Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil Harvard Business School Case 708-042 This case focuses on the financial difficulties faced in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
of rapid technological change. Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals Authors:Rafael Di Tella Publication:CATO Papers on Public Policy 1 (2011) Abstract We describe the evolution of selective aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22
PublicationsForward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance Authors:Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky, eds. Publication:Brookings Institution Press and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2011 Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
sector. But this research leads me to believe that the right kind of regulatory framework and institutional policies are fundamental to making it possible. Shon R. Hiatt, Assistant Professor Of Business Administration In the US, states... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
simultaneously reduce their domestic activity? This paper analyzes the relationship between the domestic and foreign operations of American manufacturing firms between 1982 and 2004 by instrumenting for changes in foreign operations with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
jobs must include entrepreneurs." Mills is approaching her work at the Competitiveness Project through a framework she calls a job-creation playbook, which is broken down into three categories: institutions (accelerators, economic... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20
contributions to the literature that span institutional theory and strategic management and to the literature on information disclosure. Download working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1836472 Henry A. Kissinger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11
Cassandra L. Govan, Dan Ariely, and Elise Holland Abstract—Recent evidence suggests that Americans underestimate wealth inequality in the United States and favor a more equal wealth distribution (Norton & Ariely, 2011). Does this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
Publications 2006 Stanford University Press Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future By: Groysberg, Boris, and Paul M. Healy Abstract—Wall Street equity analysts provide research products and services on publicly traded companies to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
innovation is most often a group effort. Thomas Edison, for example, is remembered as prob¬ably the greatest American inventor of the early twentieth century. From his fertile mind came the light bulb and the phonograph, along with more... View Details
- 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007
alternative investment strategies. Finally, did the institution have sufficient resources to manage such a portfolio, and was the investment committee providing sufficient oversight. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
institute to develop emerging leaders in the eastern Mediterranean region. Describes his biography and values, the models he established for excellent financial performance and corporate social and environmental responsibility at the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
& Course MaterialsA123Systems Harvard Business School Case 606-114 A123Systems was a young company that was founded on basic materials science research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A co-founder of the company,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
Farronato, a Harvard Business School assistant professor, and Andrey Fradkin, postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative on the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "You might find a Fifth Avenue apartment or a... View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
Structural barriers also appear to be impeding bank lending to small businesses, including consolidation within the banking industry, high search costs, and higher transaction costs associated with small business lending. A decades-long trend toward consolidation of... View Details
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808107 Parks Capital-Investment in US Retail, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 208-104 Parks Capital acquired a Children's Apparel Manufacturer, American Child Clothing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007
Heart Health Awareness Harvard Business School Case 507-026 In 2003, the $654 million American Heart Association (AHA) approached Cone, Inc. (a brand and communications agency) to develop a corporate sponsorship strategy that would raise... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25
and cultural assets, as well as skills and ideologies across borders. The chapter argues that capitalism proved much better than political leaders in building institutions that coordinated activities across borders, but also points to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26
substantially for nonmaterial reasons that affect both institutions and agents' interests. Purchase the book: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5625 Re-Constructing IPE: Some Conclusions Drawn from a Crisis... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace