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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Can a Website Bring Unemployment Down? Experimental Evidence from France

By: Aïcha Ben Dhia, Bruno Crépon, Esther Mbih, Louise Paul-Delvaux, Bertille Picard and Vincent Pons
We evaluate the impact of an online platform giving job seekers tips to improve their search and recommendations of new occupations and locations to target, based on their personal data and labor market data. Our experiment used an encouragement design and was... View Details
Keywords: Online Platform; Digital Platform; Unemployment; Encouragement Design; Job Search; Jobs and Positions; Internet and the Web; Well-being; Outcome or Result; Digital Platforms; France
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Ben Dhia, Aïcha, Bruno Crépon, Esther Mbih, Louise Paul-Delvaux, Bertille Picard, and Vincent Pons. "Can a Website Bring Unemployment Down? Experimental Evidence from France." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29914, April 2022.
  • March 2012
  • Article

The Looming Challenge to U.S Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
The United States is a competitive location to the extent that companies operating in the U.S. are able to compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for the average American. By this standard, U.S. competitiveness is... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Competition
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Porter, Michael E., and Jan W. Rivkin. "The Looming Challenge to U.S Competitiveness." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012): 54–61.
  • 2011
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Matthew: Effect or Fable?

In a market context, a status effect occurs when actors are accorded differential recognition for their efforts depending on their location in a status ordering, holding constant the quality of these efforts. In practice, because it is very difficult to measure... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Status and Position; Measurement and Metrics; Quality
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Azoulay, Pierre, Toby E. Stuart, and Yanbo Wang. "Matthew: Effect or Fable?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-049, December 2011.
  • 2007
  • Report

The Role of Clusters in the Chemical Industry

By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The European Chemical Industry, still in the leading position globally, is under intense competitive pressure from emerging locations in Asia and the Middle East. After first reacting by efficiency upgrading within companies and then pursuing outsourcing and aggressive... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Industry Clusters; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Chemical Industry; Asia; Europe; Middle East
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Ketels, Christian H.M. "The Role of Clusters in the Chemical Industry." Report, 2007. (Prepared for the Annual Conference of the European Petrochemical Association (EPCA))

    The International Price of Remote Work

    We use data from a large web-based job platform to study how the price of remote work is determined in a globalized labor market. In the platform, workers located around the world compete for jobs that can be done... View Details
    • 07 Jul 2010
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    First Look: July 7

    that the regional location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven by non-economic factors and heuristics rather than existing industrial conditions. Relocating firms increased the likelihood of incumbent... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Insights & Advice Blog

    industry leaders, and a community passionate about the future of technology. [...] How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs 28 Apr 2025 | All Industries All Locations Recruiting Advice Recruiting Strategies For large numbers of Harvard... View Details
    • Web

    Hire Talent

    managing technology, routines, and communication. The HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) office shares practical tips to help you and your team thrive. Partner with a Student Club 26 Jun 2025 How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value 20 May 2025 Meet... View Details
    • March–April 2017
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    Innovation Outcomes in a Distributed Organization: Intrafirm Mobility and Access to Resources

    By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
    Prior research has established a relation between intra-firm mobility and innovation outcomes at distributed organizations. The literature has also uniformly agreed on the mechanism underlying this relationship: the sharing of tacit knowledge and recombination of ideas... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Structure; Innovation and Invention; Resource Allocation
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    Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "Innovation Outcomes in a Distributed Organization: Intrafirm Mobility and Access to Resources." Organization Science 28, no. 2 (March–April 2017): 339–354.
    • 2011
    • Case

    Wrapitup

    By: W. Earl Sasser
    A restaurant chain based in California offers made-to-order sandwich wraps using fresh, healthy ingredients. The founders of the company take a very active role in day-to-day business and tightly control every aspect of the restaurant operation from hiring store... View Details
    Keywords: Service Operations; Governance Controls; Revenue; Employee Relationship Management; Planning; Customer Satisfaction; Problems and Challenges; Profit; Change Management; Compensation and Benefits; Leadership Style; Service Industry; California
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    Sasser, W. Earl. "Wrapitup." Harvard Business Publishing Case, 2011. (Brief Case.)
    • September 2000
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    Jardines: Tapping the Asian E-Commerce Market

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Melissa Dailey and Fred Young
    "We have made significant progress in reshaping the group in the current cycle of change," announced the homepage of Jardine Matheson & Co.'s web site. Percy Weatherall, newly appointed managing director of the company, knew all too well about change. In his previous... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Decisions; Information Technology; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption
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    McFarlan, F. Warren, Melissa Dailey, and Fred Young. "Jardines: Tapping the Asian E-Commerce Market." Harvard Business School Case 301-045, September 2000.
    • October 2024
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    Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program

    By: Sergey Chernenko and David Scharfstein
    Using a large sample of Florida restaurants, we document significant racial disparities in borrowing through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and investigate the causes of these disparities. Black-owned restaurants are 25% less likely to receive PPP loans.... View Details
    Keywords: Discrimination; Paycheck Protection Program; Economic Injury Disaster Loans; Bank Lending; Nonbank Lending; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Prejudice and Bias; Race
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    Chernenko, Sergey, and David Scharfstein. "Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program." Art. 103911. Journal of Financial Economics 160 (October 2024).
    • 2011
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    Knowledge Structures and Innovation: Useful Abstractions and Unanswered Questions

    By: Gautam Ahuja and Elena Novelli
    We examine the received research on organizational knowledge structures with a special focus on their link to innovation. We note that the literature has used the term knowledge structure to represent three quite distinct components of organizational knowledge: the... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Management; Innovation and Invention
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    Ahuja, Gautam, and Elena Novelli. "Knowledge Structures and Innovation: Useful Abstractions and Unanswered Questions." Chap. 25 in Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management. 2nd ed. by M. Easterby-Smith and M. Lyles, 551–578. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
    • 14 Jun 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: June 14

    allowed users to "check in" to a location using an application on a smartphone. Foursquare kept track of a user's check-ins, shared them with users' friends, and unlocked "Specials" that gave users discounts at nearby... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • November 2021
    • Article

    Ratings, Reviews, and the Marketing of New Products

    By: Itay P. Fainmesser, Dominique Olié Lauga and Elie Ofek
    We study how user-generated content (UGC) about new products impacts a firm's advertising and pricing decisions and the effect on profits and market dynamics. We construct a two-period model where consumers value quality and are heterogeneous in their taste for the new... View Details
    Keywords: Online Reviews; Product Ratings; Social Networks; Word Of Mouth; Pricing; User-generated Content; Advertising; Product Marketing; Price; Consumer Behavior; Product Positioning; Social Media
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    Fainmesser, Itay P., Dominique Olié Lauga, and Elie Ofek. "Ratings, Reviews, and the Marketing of New Products." Management Science 67, no. 11 (November 2021): 7023–7045.
    • 07 Jul 2022
    • HBS Case

    How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

    a second location in Gowanus. That location was a huge success, too, with total sales of $1.4 million. The Disney partnership The couple dared to dream that they could one day develop into a household name... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • June 2016
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    Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics

    By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds
    Background: Routine annual influenza vaccinations are recommended for persons 6 months of age and older, but less than half of U.S. adults get vaccinated. Many employers offer employees free influenza vaccinations at workplace clinics, but even then take-up is... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Employees; Health Care and Treatment
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    Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds. "Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics." Medical Care 54, no. 6 (June 2016): 578–583.
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Learning to Use: Stack Overflow and Technology Adoption

    By: Daniel Jay Brown and Maria P. Roche
    In this paper, we examine the potential impact of Q&A websites on the adoption of technologies. Using data from Stack Overflow – one of the most popular Q&A websites worldwide – and implementing an instrumental-variable approach, we find that users whose questions... View Details
    Keywords: Technology Adoption; Knowledge Sharing
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    Brown, Daniel Jay, and Maria P. Roche. "Learning to Use: Stack Overflow and Technology Adoption." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-001, July 2023.
    • September 2020
    • Case

    Getaway

    By: Ryan W. Buell and Amy Klopfenstein
    Since its founding, Getaway’s service offering – tiny, modern cabins in the woods, located within a two-hour drive of major metropolitan areas – had been met with tremendous demand. Overworked and overconnected city dwellers reveled in the opportunity to take a break... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Service Operations; Management; Demand and Consumers; Marketing; Strategy; Accommodations Industry
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    Buell, Ryan W., and Amy Klopfenstein. "Getaway." Harvard Business School Case 621-054, September 2020.
    • November 2012
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    The Organization of Firms Across Countries

    By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
    We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production, and sales decisions from Corporate Headquarters to local... View Details
    Keywords: Decentralization; Social Capital; Theory Of The Firm; Firm Objectives, Organization, And Behavior; Business Economics; Management Of Technological Innovation And R&D; Technological Change: Choices And Consequences; Diffusion Processes; Organizational Structure; Performance Productivity; Trust; Technology Adoption; Multinational Firms and Management
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    Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "The Organization of Firms Across Countries." Quarterly Journal of Economics 127, no. 4 (November 2012). (Slides from 2008, Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-005, August 2011.)
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