Informal Institutions - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 2018
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The Fed, the Bond Market, and Gradualism in Monetary Policy

By: Jeremy C. Stein and Adi Sunderam

We develop a model of monetary policy with two key features: (i) the central bank has some private information about its long-run target for the policy rate, and (ii) the central bank is averse to bond-market volatility. In this setting, discretionary monetary policy... View Details

Keywords: Central Banking; Interest Rates; Policy; Bonds; Financial Markets

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December 2024
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Coordinating the Energy Transition: Electrifying Transportation in California and Germany

By: Nicholas Goedeking and Jonas Meckling

California and Germany share ambitious emission reduction targets. Yet California is ahead of Germany in electrifying transportation by several metrics, including the number of public charging stations. We show that variation in the politics of coordination in... View Details

Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Coordination; Technology Adoption; Infrastructure; Transportation; Government and Politics; Energy; Utilities Industry; Germany; California

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21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015

services and become part of the formal financial system, is considered a key prerequisite for lifting these populations out of poverty and for driving economic growth. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49129 The Re-Emergence of an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Profiles - MBA

shed light on donations at the corporate level, I discovered that technology and the power of making information widely accessible can bring us one step closer to a more safe, just, and verdant world. In particular, by building a Google... View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

Ultimately, the Godcharles ruling enshrined the specialness of workingmen's labor contracts and rejected the use of equity principles to justify contract regulations, but the controversy also informed future labor strategies, especially... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services

24 Mar 2008
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Optimal Deterrence when Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid In Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Video Game; Web Services

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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

David Peter. Jonas Heese : Runner-up for the 2022 International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS) Annual Conference Best Paper Award for “Does Information Technology Reduce Corporate Misconduct?” with Joseph Pacelli. Joseph Pacelli :... View Details

12 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Actually Draws Sports Fans to Games? It's Not Star Athletes.

in 2020 amid pandemic closures. While Lakhani’s study focuses on Australian football, the principles apply to any league trying to re-engage fans and revitalize the businesses that depend on them. “We’re talking about billion-dollar leagues that are cultural View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Sports

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

(1) Information Technology (65) Information Types (1) Information (52) Infrastructure (55) Initial Public Offering (3) Innovation Leadership (22) Innovation Strategy (47)... View Details

29 Nov 2022
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How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Robert Schultz of the University of Michigan, the paper uses the quirks of an online auction to quantify just how much social influence matters when it comes to what people will pay. The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

27 Jun 2005
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Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

to revitalize a firm look for superstars; they seek outgoing personalities. Corporate governance in the West means oversight from regulators, boards of directors, even institutional shareholders. While Asia now has most of these... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

19 Jan 2015
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Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

institution announced it would no longer publish a print version of its multivolume compendium of knowledge. Though the Britannica would still be available online, the writing on the virtual wall was clear: It had been supplanted by the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Publishing

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Mid-US - Global

locally within the region. News & Highlights FALL 2024 INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS IN GLOBAL SOCIETY (BiGS) BiGS: Digital Roundtables This fall, BiGS held a series of Digital Roundtables that included leaders from a range of industries across... View Details

06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

Transition to Democracy Promotion The Pivot: Neoconservatives, the Philippines, and the Democracy Agenda By: Fibiger, Mattias Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54829 forthcoming Organization Science An... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

composition of a firm's investor base. Finally, firms that report more information about the different forms of capital or follow more closely the guiding principles as described in the IR Framework of the IIRC exhibit a more long-term... View Details

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Team - Case Method Project

as the creation of the Case Method Project at Harvard Business School in 2015 and, subsequently, the Case Method Institute for Education and Democracy in 2020. Joanna Beinhorn Joanna Beinhorn is the program coordinator for the Case Method... View Details

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Research Resources - Doctoral

Global Research Activities Africa Asia-Pacific California Europe Japan Latin America Middle East & North Africa South Asia Harvard University Harvard University Libraries HBS Doctoral students have access to the more than 90 libraries that form the Harvard University... View Details

05 Dec 2022
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5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

report was co-written by Matt Sigelman, Nik Dawson, and Gad Levanon of the Burning Glass Institute and supported by the Schultz Family Foundation. The scorecard comes as employers struggle to find skilled workers in a stagnant labor pool,... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

18 May 2022
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Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers

services, and data from Equifax, a major consumer credit bureau that offers insights into installment loans for low-income borrowers. They complemented that data with hand-collected information about lawsuits against high-to-low... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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