Economics Of Speech - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

Visibility of best practices. People are realizing the enormous amounts of money they've been leaving on the table in supply chain management because they have not been doing things right. So we're really... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

Argentina: A Historical Exploration of Information Sharing Mechanisms in Credit Markets, 1892-c.1935 Authors:Andrea M. Lluch Publication:Investigaciones de Historia Económica (forthcoming in fall 2008) Abstract During the last decades,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

paper called, "Asset Allocation and Asset Location: Household Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," published by the Journal of Public Economics in August,... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management

study, it is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. Its economic burden is also high, since it is linked to other afflictions such as heart and renal disease and blindness. And, she added, one View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

30 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?

Blacks. My concern is Hispanics which wield significantly more economic buying power, land ownership It seems to me that everywhere I look Hispanics are being left out.”), and more systematic mentoring (Paul, a graduate View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

26 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Clayton M. Christensen, Acclaimed Author and Teacher, Dies At 67

BOSTON, MA—Clayton M. Christensen, Harvard Business School’s Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration, acclaimed author and teacher, and the world’s foremost authority on disruptive innovation, died on January 23, 2020,... View Details

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Tech Investment the Wise Way

whom resources will flow. Value, of course, is an economic concept, not primarily measured in physical performance attributes, but rather what a buyer will pay for a product or service. A customer can value... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

leaders on the cutting edge of research. The driving force behind this gathering since its inception has been Ray Goldberg, the veritable father of agribusiness. Along with his then HBS colleague John H.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

announcements by companies taking advantage of the U.S. economic slowdown to get rid of hiring mistakes, redundancies from previous mergers, stockpiled talent, and excess... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries

clustering affect the American economy as a whole? Harvard Business School’s William R. Kerr sets out to explore those questions, and their implications for US immigration policy, in a new working paper, Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship, published... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Transportation; Beauty & Cosmetics; Retail

30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

Investment Promote Growth? By: Alfaro, Laura Abstract—Among the prominent economic trends in recent decades is the exponential increase in flows of goods and capital driven by technological progress and a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched startup labs. Companies including... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Building an IT Governance Committee

because IT issues can affect economic and regulatory matters such as Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. For this reason, it's a good idea to have one audit committee member serve on the IT oversight committee. The charter View Details

Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

developing countries. Raj De Datta The three of us come from very different backgrounds (entrepreneurship, private equity, and general management) but share a common passion for the problems of View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

Cone's property. After the seizure, Cone switched from sustainable forestry to massive clear-cutting on other parts of his land—a disastrous decision from both an economic and environmental perspective. An... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

Hierarchies Authors:Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf Publication:American Economic Journals: Applied Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper establishes a causal effect of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

framework—that lets executives map the institutional contexts of any country. Economics 101 tells us that companies buy inputs in the product, labor, and capital markets and sell their outputs in the... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

What are the implications for entrepreneurs seeking funding given the current uncertain economic climate? A: The bad news is that raising money today is clearly much tougher than it was twenty-four months ago. Venture groups are much more... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

of large banking institutions. "Systemically significant" banks are now required to hold an extra layer of capital and undergo regular and more extensive stress tests to see if they can withstand a... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

question. Of course, all countries are "developing" in one way or another. What I mean by the phrase is that countries or regions of countries in which poverty—described by the World Bank as living... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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