experience economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Nov 2020
News

Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative

analyzing the impact COVID-19 would soon have on the global supply chain.” Pallavi Menon MBA 2020 Pallavi Menon (MBA 2020) considers the course to have been the defining experience of her time at HBS. “It was a truly unique opportunity to... View Details

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

even a small probability of enforcement, many foreign insiders will respect the law. But the prospect of a reputational asset may be an even stronger incentive for producing law-abiding behavior. My study has shown through a carefully controlled natural View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

matter where and at what price the money to fund an entrepreneurial venture comes from? The answer, it turns out, is that it does matter—a fact that policymakers may benefit from understanding as they look at ways to generate more entrepreneurial activity that boosts... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

22 Feb 2022
News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

about the research exploring the supply chain economy conducted by Karen Gordon Mills and Mercedes Delgado. FIRST-YEAR MBA STUDENTS TO WORK WITH US BUSINESSES HBS has restarted and reimagined its FIELD Immersion course this spring after... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

08 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

Traveling Salesman in American Culture (1995) and my book, Birth of a Salesman (2004). In the past few years, scholars have done a lot of work on 20th-century salespeople in Europe, comparing these experiences with those in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

day or less. The number of people living in poverty at the bottom of the wealth pyramid, versus the relative handful at the pyramid’s peak, represents what is potentially the most explosive socioeconomic challenge facing the world. Now, with markets in the developed... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

09 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

2018 Redwood City, Stanford Business Books The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

Red-zone or “R-zone” for short. Countries fall into the “business R-zone” when: Credit extended to firms rises for three years at a rate that reaches the top 20 percent of past experience. Stock market returns reach the top third of past View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

01 Dec 2008
News

Summit Sound Bites

“We can bail out the economy — we cannot bail out the environment.” —John Doerr (MBA ’76), Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers “Our position on immigration right now is more a manifestation of our lack of confidence as a country... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

The $4 Billion Question

to how the firm does business. “We currently fund every good idea we have,” states Yudkoff in the case. “You would think either we could hire more people to generate more ideas, or we could pursue auction deals. It takes time, though, to develop View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

legislative and regulatory calls for increased competition. The material entry of a third rating agency (Fitch) to the competitive landscape offers a unique experiment to empirically examine how, in fact, increased competition affects the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

to best negotiate in an uncertain environment? Michael Wheeler advises looking to military science for winning strategies. Career Advancement without Experience Lacking experience, contract workers find it difficult to advance to a job... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2002
News

Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms

research plus their own wealth of practical and academic experience to examine the unique challenges of leadership in professional service firms. The result of what may be the first-ever collaboration between an HBS faculty author and a... View Details

Keywords: professional service firms; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

04 Jan 2012
What Do You Think?

Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?

productivity flourishes where income disparity exists to a greater extent." Susan Rushworth offered "food for thought" in citing research that led her to conclude that "the faster the economy grew (as measured by GDP),... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Oct 2002
News

Banishing Balkan Ghosts

It's past midnight and the Minister of Finance and Economy is home early from work, fumbling around in the kitchen of his spartan apartment, trying to find something to eat. He's two years into the job, but meals and sleep still occur... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

literature on political risk in business and economic history by examining both new perspectives (risk encountered by companies domestically, rather than risk for foreign investors) and new settings (emerging markets economies in Latin... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 15

Jon and Lawrence saw this chaotic space as fertile ground for entrepreneurship. But the routes these entrepreneurs chose to take were different. "Killing Craigslist" explores the business Jon and Lawrence built to improve the online rental View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2014
News

Book Review: The Old West

Pinto calls on his experience as a financial advisor to governments, corporations, and entrepreneurs in the East and the West to explain why. It's not a result of globalization, he says, or even the 2008 economic implosion. Instead, Pinto... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

25 Mar 2022
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2022

emerging. The impacts of the climate crisis are already being felt as the world experiences more frequent extreme weather events, with substantial coastal, urban, and agricultural assets at risk. Climate change is a crucial driver of... View Details

28 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 28

hypodescent as a "hierarchy-enhancing" social categorization. Publisher's link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2013.04.010 2006 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Recent Research on Competitiveness and Clusters:... View Details