Publications

SSRN

26 Jan 2017
News

India love: when Harvard and Tata Trusts joined hands for survival of artistic traditions

2021
Working Paper

The Value of Data and Its Impact on Competition

By: Marco Iansiti

Common regulatory perspective on the relationship between data, value, and competition in online platforms has increasingly centered on the volume of data accumulated by incumbent firms. This view posits the existence of "data network effects," where more data leads to... View Details

Keywords: Online Platforms; Data Network Effects; Analytics and Data Science; Value; Competition; Digital Platforms

SSRN

September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Case

BP's Macondo: Spill and Response

By: Julio J. Rotemberg

This case starts by reporting various factors that may have contributed to the massive Macondo oil spill, noting that BP, its partners and the government all made decisions that helped cause the accident. It then discusses the response to this spill by BP and the... View Details

Keywords: Safety; Metals and Minerals; Crisis Management; Infrastructure; Trade; Pollutants; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United Kingdom; United States

Educators

2018
Book

Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and Life

By: F. Gino

The world’s best chef.
An airline captain who brought his flight to safety in a daring water landing.
A magician known for his sensational escape acts.
A computer scientist who founded a world-renowned animation studio.
What do all of these... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Personal Characteristics; Success; Behavior

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13 Dec 2023

MS/MBA Virtual Chat with Current Students and Alumni

Hear straight from current MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences and MS/MBA Biotechnology alumni and students regarding their experience. Students and... View Details

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

constructing value,” he said. “They’re not self-evident and they’re not objective, at first. So how do we reach this point at which people come to agree that this is, indeed, the value of this thing?”... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

15 Dec 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Book Review

Review of Global Tax Fairness edited by Thomas Pogge and Krishen Mehta

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

This timely volume (Global Tax Fairness, edited by Thomas Pogge and Krishen Mehta) on the proper taxation of multinational enterprises argues that several feasible, near-term reforms could substantially narrow the scope for tax avoidance by closing information gaps,... View Details

Keywords: Taxation; Global Range; Policy; Fairness

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March 2001
Teaching Note

U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Georges Dam (A) and (B) TN, The

By: George C. Lodge

Teaching Note for (9-900-017) and (9-900-018). View Details

Keywords: Construction Industry; Construction Industry; China; United States

May 2007
Article

Capital Flows and Capital Goods

By: Laura Alfaro and Eliza Hammel

Studying the relation between equity market liberalization and imports of capital goods, we examine one channel through which international financial integration can promote growth. For the period 1980–1997, we find that after controlling for other policies and... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Equity; Financial Markets; Economy; Distribution Channels; Machinery and Machining; Capital

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22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. Prior to HBS, I worked as a process engineer for Procter & Gamble and then in engineering View Details

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

future? The Harvard Innovation Labs have had an incredible first decade being in Allston. Going forward, I think we will continue to be a big tent for innovation for any industry and any issue. More broadly, with the 2021 opening of the... View Details

January 2018 (Revised August 2020)
Background Note

Continuous Software Development: Agile's Successor

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Samuel Clemens and Olivia Hull

In recent years, the twin software development methodologies of continuous delivery and continuous deployment have risen to prominence in the start-up world and beyond. These methods have enabled technology companies large and small to accelerate their product... View Details

Educators

19 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

more familiar and seem to present less of a risk." Maurer's research on the economic impact of the Panama Canal demonstrates another facet of foreign investment dynamics—in this case, the construction... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

October 1994
Case

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery rescued its plant from the labor riots of 1987 to make it the fastest improving shipyard in the world by 1994. With its competition in Korea making huge investments in additional capacity in anticipation of the end of the... View Details

Keywords: Management; Machinery and Machining; Performance Improvement; Manufacturing Industry; South Korea

Educators