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01 Nov 2022
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Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

thousands of loyal, hard working, often inadequately recognized, government employees attempting to carry out the latest immigration policy are caught in the middle. Immigrants need the US. It still represents the world’s most attractive... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

current use gifts totaled $41 million. This represented an increase of 11 percent from $37 million a year earlier, surpassing expectations in light of the pandemic-related View Details

14 Jul 2003
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Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

yourself on the wrong end of a future workforce reduction, you'll likely be tagged with the dreaded "not a team player" label, and future opportunities could be severely limited. So what's the recipe for successful... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

26 Jul 2022
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Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

eases but labor shortages persist, these sites offer another way for consumers to navigate a bumpy return to normalcy, particularly in the service industry. Consumer Reviews and Regulation: Evidence from NYC Restaurants, a recent working paper for the National Bureau... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

16 Aug 2011
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Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Christina Lubinski; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Health-care Applications

Active postmarketing drug surveillance. There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details

17 Oct 2013
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Sharing Design Rights: A Commons Approach for Developing Infrastructure

Keywords: by Nuno Gil & Carliss Y. Baldwin

2024
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Scaling Core Earnings Measurement with Large Language Models

By: Matthew Shaffer and Charles CY Wang

We study the application of large language models (LLMs) to the estimation of core earnings, i.e., a firm's persistent profitability from its core business activities. This construct is central to investors' assessments of economic performance and valuations. However,... View Details

Keywords: Large Language Models; AI and Machine Learning; Accounting; Profit; Corporate Disclosure; Analytics and Data Science; Measurement and Metrics

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The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

typically hectic month last spring, he taught in three HBS executive education programs, gave several presentations to alumni, and spent a day each in Nicaragua and Costa Rica leading an effort to create an economic vision for Central... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

15 Dec 2010
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Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions

Keywords: by Lisa L.Shu & Max H. Bazerman

16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

between bundling and indirect network effects, we find that they act as substitute strategies, with a lower relative effectiveness for bundling when network effects are stronger. 2013 pub From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

17 Oct 2022
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Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

working paper, “On the Origins of Our Discontent,” as they examine a frustrated workforce and point out that the Great Resignation has become synonymous with workplaces that lack connection. “For decades both liberals and conservatives... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Sep 2006
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Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered

receiving his BA in 1949. Two years later, he earned a doctorate in economics from Ohio State University. Levitt is survived by his wife of 58 years, the former Joan Levy, four children, and six... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 May 2017
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David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1953 Born, Washington, DC 1975 Earns BA, Economics and History, Swarthmore College 1977 Earns MBA 1977 Receives Fulbright Scholarship to the Philippines 1979 Founds Research Counsel,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Tommaso Ruggeri

money. Leadership is responsibility” [Peter Drucker]. HBS has shown me that each of us has three basic responsibilities: creating economic value, following the spirit of laws,... View Details

2010
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Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro

All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations

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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

Hidden Business History Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most... View Details

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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Creating Shared Value CSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases Published CSV Cases Published CSV Cases Please find below a selection of the cases taught in our senior executive... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

David Tunnell (MBA 1997) David Tunnell (MBA 1997) is a longtime advocate of crossing traditional academic boundaries at Harvard. For his Harvard College senior thesis on efficient markets, the economics... View Details

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