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- 2019
- Chapter
Victorian Contributions to Political Economy and Business Ethics
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
Hsieh, Nien-hê. "Victorian Contributions to Political Economy and Business Ethics." In Victorian Visionary: John Ruskin and the Realization of the Ideal, edited by Peter X. Accardo, 28–36. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Library, 2019.
- July 12, 2011
- Article
Look to Chile, Asia for Defined Contribution Innovation
By: Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher
Pozen, Robert C., and Theresa Hamacher. "Look to Chile, Asia for Defined Contribution Innovation." Pensions & Investments (July 12, 2011).
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
Nurture a workforce that values ideas and contributions
- Research Summary
How will Web 2.0 technologies contribute to 'Enterprise 2.0?'
Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis, tags, RSS, and open APIs are clearly having an impact on the public Internet. Will they also be important additions to Intranets?
I believe that these tools are likely to have their largest impact inside companies. ... View Details
- September 2021
- Article
Did Technology Contribute to the Housing Boom? Evidence from MERS
By: Stefan Lewellen and Emily Williams
We examine the effects of the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, or MERS, on mortgage origination volumes and foreclosure rates prior to the Great Recession. MERS was introduced in the late 1990s and significantly reduced the cost and time associated with... View Details
Keywords: Credit Supply; Housing Boom; Financial Innovation; Nonbank Lenders; Mortgages; Credit; Expansion; Information Technology; Outcome or Result
Lewellen, Stefan, and Emily Williams. "Did Technology Contribute to the Housing Boom? Evidence from MERS." Journal of Financial Economics 141, no. 3 (September 2021): 1244–1261.
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Contribution of High-Skilled Immigrants to Innovation in the United States
By: Shai Bernstein, Rebecca Diamond, Abhisit Jiranaphawiboon, Timothy McQuade and Beatriz Pousada
We characterize the contribution of immigrants to US innovation, both through their direct productivity as well as through their indirect spillover effects on their native collaborators. To do so, we link patent records to a database containing the first five digits of... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Economic Growth; Immigrants; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Patents; Innovation Strategy
Bernstein, Shai, Rebecca Diamond, Abhisit Jiranaphawiboon, Timothy McQuade, and Beatriz Pousada. "The Contribution of High-Skilled Immigrants to Innovation in the United States." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-065, December 2021. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30797, December 2022.)
- Research Summary
How can General Managers Contribute to IT Success?
US companies are currently spending approximately 5% of their revenue on information technology (IT) each year. Over half of this investment goes to IT intended to change business processes, either within a single enterprise or across several. Hovewer, 30-75% of... View Details
- 26 Jun 2014
- News
Shifting toward Defined Contributions — Predicting the Effects
- 06 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability
- October 1998 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Courtney Purrington
Examines Lockheed Martin's attempt to move from its traditional reliance on defense/aerospace contracts into providing outsourced government services in the social sector. The protagonist reflects on the past 24 years of rapid growth in the company and the myriad... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Partners and Partnerships; Diversification; Performance Effectiveness; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Welfare; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Privatization; Strategic Planning; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Courtney Purrington. "Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit." Harvard Business School Case 399-018, October 1998. (Revised December 1999.)
- 31 Mar 2017
- News
How Can Business Schools and MBAs Contribute Toward Climate Action?
Motivating Effort in Contributing to Public Goods Inside Organizations: Field Experimental Evidence
We investigate the factors driving workers’ decisions to generate public goods inside an organization through a randomized solicitation of workplace improvement proposals in a medical center with 1200 employees. We find that pecuniary incentives, such as winning... View Details
- 2001
- Article
The Economic Contribution of Information Technology: Towards Comparative and User Studies
By: Timothy F. Bresnahan and Shane Greenstein
By what process does technical change in information technology (IT) increase economic welfare? How does this process result in increases in welfare at different rates in different countries and regions? This paper considers existing literature on measuring the... View Details
Bresnahan, Timothy F., and Shane Greenstein. "The Economic Contribution of Information Technology: Towards Comparative and User Studies." Journal of Evolutionary Economics 11 (2001): 95–118.
- March 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Technical Note
Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States
By: Karthik Ramanna, Sandra J. Sucher and Ian McKown Cornell
This note on business-government relations introduces students to the state of campaign contributions and lobbying by corporations in the United States. The note develops two hypotheses as to the impact of corporate political engagement: (i) a vehicle to facilitate... View Details
Keywords: Political Economy; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; United States
Ramanna, Karthik, Sandra J. Sucher, and Ian McKown Cornell. "Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States." Harvard Business School Technical Note 113-037, March 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- March 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Module Note
Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States
This module note on business-government relations introduces students to the state of campaign contributions and lobbying by corporations in the United States. The note develops two hypotheses as to the impact of corporate political engagement: (i) a vehicle to... View Details
Keywords: Political Economy; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; United States
Ramanna, Karthik, Sandra J. Sucher, and Ian McKown Cornell. "Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States." Harvard Business School Module Note 113-037, March 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
- 04 Aug 2014
- News
‘Cowboy Doctors’ May Contribute To High Health Care Costs
- June 2013 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
Harvard University Defined Contribution Pension Plan in 2013: Looking Ahead
By: Luis M. Viceira, Jordan Chapman and John Souther
Viceira, Luis M., Jordan Chapman, and John Souther. "Harvard University Defined Contribution Pension Plan in 2013: Looking Ahead." Harvard Business School Case 213-108, June 2013. (Revised February 2019.)
- Research Summary
Why Do Consumers Contribute to Connected Goods? A Dynamic Game of Competition and Cooperation in Social Networks
Social network platforms and media rely on the voluntary contributions of individual users to stay relevant. Consumers (users) contribute content such as photographs, videos, tweets etc.: these are available to any of their friends or peers, but not... View Details
- 12 Aug 2011 - 16 Aug 2011
- Conference Presentation
Careers that Enabled Making a Difference and Contributing to Knowledge
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Careers that Enabled Making a Difference and Contributing to Knowledge." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, August 12–16, 2011.
- August 18, 2011
- Article
Defining the Contributions of Network Clock Models to Millisecond Timing
By: Uma R. Karmarkar
Karmarkar, Uma R. "Defining the Contributions of Network Clock Models to Millisecond Timing." Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 5, no. 41 (August 18, 2011).