Agents - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

Using a sample of commercial logo design competitions, and a novel, content-based measure of originality, I find that intensifying competition induces agents to explore novel, untested ideas over tweaking their earlier work, but heavy... View Details

17 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection

development agencies toward reforming the legal system or improving the court system. There is nothing wrong with that, but what if the real agents of change were the corporations themselves—their founders or their current shareholders?... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

01 Jun 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

rights? When will the division of policy authority across different government agents (e.g., federal and subnational governments, or politicians and bureaucrats) enable better policy decisions? And what are the consequences of... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

as they struggled to understand why the protagonists acted as they did, they might soon be getting the answer firsthand. Consistently, Sahlman tried to focus on what he calls the “fomenting attack”—that is, the agent of change that was... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

10 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

Business Review and launched the Advanced Leadership Initiative, which equips late-career leaders to be “change agents for society.” Today, how would you advise young scholars who want to make a difference in the world—whether related to... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

recombination. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52166 Firms and Within-Country Migration: Evidence from India By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna Abstract—While prior literature on within-country migration is focused on... View Details

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

agents, imitation or substitution by third parties, and the withdrawal of IP by agents or third-party owners. For each threat, we consider the impact of modularity in the presence or absence of an effective legal system. The models permit... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Business School and Harvard University, and its and their officers, governing board members, faculty, employees, agents and representatives, from and against any present or future claims, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses for injury... View Details

18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

and probabilistic delayed observation of agents' types. I derive conditions in which an advertising principal can set its payment delay to deter rogue agents and to attract solely or primarily good-type agents. Through the savings from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Dec 2021
News

Higher Returns

supporting the things that you believe in? If you're in an organization, whether you're a leader of that organization or aspire to be in a leadership position, be that value change agent in your business. You know what's coming—help your... View Details

08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

worked well only at the early phase of modern economic growth and would not necessarily become an obstacle for dynamic development as the economies mature. Our research shows that while political institutions and capital markets have become powerful View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

complemented with a third concern: complexity. In the globalized world, there are ever-more margins on which economic agents can respond to complexities through planning. The overly complex system, especially on the international... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

02 Sep 2018
News

Havana Rising

brother-in-law. Gordon works with partners like Benedetti and the Kempinski to plan events and conferences at the hotel; today, they are discussing a joint US road show to sell Cuba as a travel destination to luxury and corporate travel View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

Industry Location and International Regulatory Variation Author:Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication:Chap. 16 in Ways of Regulating: Therapeutic Agents between Plants, Shops, and Consulting Rooms. Vol. 363, 271-290. Berlin, Germany: Max Planck... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2021
News

Rescue & Recovery

according to board member Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006). “It’s championing agents of change in a given country and pushing for innovation that’s in harmony with, and led by, people on the ground,” says Lemmon, an adjunct senior fellow... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

mere agent for shareholders, it will likely find it hard to justify significant resource allocations resulting from decisions based primarily on altruistic motives rather than company-related needs. Several of these companies were founded... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

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no code platform. The HBS digital transformation (DTX) team will assist in the delivery fot he project. Learn about the basic foundations of the technology as well as the latest developments such as agentic applications, etc. A strategic... View Details

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