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- May 2021 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Colombia: An Economic Premium to Peace?
By: Richard Vietor
Colombia, once the fastest growing country in Latin America, continues to struggle with productivity. Both labor productivity and total factor productivity have been low for the past decade, despite economic growth of 4.7% annually. Many factors contribute, which... View Details
Keywords: Productivity; Productivity Growth; Conflict; Labor Force Participation; Labor Market; Competitiveness; Dutch Disease; Security; Peace; Informality; Labor Laws; Total Factor Productivity; Labor Productivity; COVID-19 Pandemic; Economics; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Economy; Macroeconomics; Conflict Management; Competitive Advantage; Infrastructure; Negotiation; Inflation and Deflation; Non-Renewable Energy; National Security; Government Administration; Latin America; Central America; Colombia; South America
Vietor, Richard. "Colombia: An Economic Premium to Peace?" Harvard Business School Case 721-053, May 2021. (Revised November 2024.)
- April 2009 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Barack Obama: Organizing for America 2.0
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Laura Winig and Aaron Smith
Less than a week before Barack Obama was due to be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, Obama for America (OFA), the president-elect's official campaign organization, announced the formation of a post-election organization, Organizing for America. The... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Political Elections; Marketing Communications; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, Laura Winig, and Aaron Smith. "Barack Obama: Organizing for America 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 709-493, April 2009. (Revised April 2013.)
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
recipients get organs as they become available—decisions that must be based on various priority and fairness criteria. “The new system will explicitly give points based on the likelihood of survivability.”... View Details
- 24 Oct 2022
- News
How to Navigate an Economic Downturn and Emerge Stronger
- 03 Nov 2015
- Video
Harnessing productive tensions in hybrid organizations
- 09 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Economics of Structured Finance
- May 2019
- Case
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation: 'One CMHC' and Version 3.0
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
When Evan Siddall was appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation (CMHC) five years earlier, he had embarked on a major organizational restructuring. Now he is spearheading another round of changes. CMHC has adopted an ambition vision and five year strategic... View Details
Keywords: Government Organizations; Culture; Organizational Change And Transformation; Human Resource Practices; Future Of Work; Change Management; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Government Administration; Restructuring; Leadership; Human Resources; Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Work-Life Balance; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; Canada
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation: 'One CMHC' and Version 3.0." Harvard Business School Case 419-068, May 2019.
- Article
Impact of Competition and Taxes on Responsibility Center Organization and Transfer Prices
By: V.G. Narayanan and Michael Smith
Narayanan, V.G., and Michael Smith. "Impact of Competition and Taxes on Responsibility Center Organization and Transfer Prices." Contemporary Accounting Research 17, no. 3 (Fall 2000).
- January–February 2013
- Article
Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation
By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias and Nikolaos Trichakis
We propose a scalable, data-driven method for designing national policies for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys to patients on a waiting list, in a fair and efficient way. We focus on policies that have the same form as the one currently used in the United... View Details
Keywords: Health Care Policy; Healthcare; Fairness; Resource Allocation; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Health Industry; United States
Bertsimas, Dimitris, Vivek F. Farias, and Nikolaos Trichakis. "Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation." Operations Research 61, no. 1 (January–February 2013): 73–87.
- September 2024
- Case
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
By: Meg Rithmire, Hong Zhang and Salaar A. Shaikh
Since the launch of CPEC, two of Pakistan’s Prime Ministers had been removed from office, one by the Supreme Court and the other in a no confidence vote. Historic floods had underscored the country’s vulnerability to climate change, and the country had agreed to two... View Details
- 1999
- Report
The Economics of Variety
By: Walter J. Salmon, Robert S. Kaplan and Marci K. Dew
Keywords: Economics
- 2006
- Working Paper
Related Lending and Economic Performance: Evidence from Mexico, 1888-1913
By: Noel Maurer and Stephen Haber
Maurer, Noel, and Stephen Haber. "Related Lending and Economic Performance: Evidence from Mexico, 1888-1913." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-045, April 2006.
- 1995
- Book
Starting Over in Eastern Europe: Entrepreneurship and Economic Renewal
By: Simon Johnson and Gary W. Loveman
Johnson, Simon, and Gary W. Loveman. Starting Over in Eastern Europe: Entrepreneurship and Economic Renewal. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
- Article
Strategy, Economic Relations, and the Definition of National Interests
By: Rawi Abdelal and Jonathan Kirshner
Abdelal, Rawi, and Jonathan Kirshner. "Strategy, Economic Relations, and the Definition of National Interests." Security Studies 9, nos. 1-2 (1999): 119–156. (Reprinted in Power and the Purse: Economic Statecraft, Interdependence, and National Security, ed. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Edward D. Mansfield, and Norrin M. Ripsman. London: Frank Cass, 2000, pp. 119-156.)
- 2011
- Working Paper
Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation
By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias and Nikolaos Trichakis
We propose a scalable, data-driven method for designing national policies for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys to patients on a waiting list, in a fair and efficient way. We focus on policies that have the same form as the one currently used in the U.S. In... View Details
Keywords: Fairness; Policy; Health Disorders; Marketplace Matching; Performance Effectiveness; Rank and Position; Health Industry; United States
Bertsimas, Dimitris, Vivek F. Farias, and Nikolaos Trichakis. "Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-025, October 2011.
- Research Summary
The Economics of Enterprise IT
Why do some organizations adopt new information systems while others do not? Why do some face high costs while others do not? Professor Greenstein has been pursuing this stream of research throughout his career, analyzing the factors shaping the costs of acquiring... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Navigating Software Vulnerabilities: Eighteen Years of Evidence from Medium and Large U.S. Organizations
By: Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Ran Zhuo and Shane Greenstein
How prevalent are severe software vulnerabilities, how fast do software users respond to the availability of secure versions, and what determines the variance in the installation distribution? Using the largest dataset ever assembled on user updates, tracking server... View Details
Murciano-Goroff, Raviv, Ran Zhuo, and Shane Greenstein. "Navigating Software Vulnerabilities: Eighteen Years of Evidence from Medium and Large U.S. Organizations." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32696, July 2024.
- 22 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Meet LASO: The HBS Latino Student Organization
The Latino Student Organization (LASO) proudly promotes and supports Harvard Business School’s Latino students and works alongside the Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA).... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News