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- 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17
major role in propelling growth. But there were two key differences. First, the scale of Chinese currency intervention was without precedent, as were the resulting distortions of the world economy. Second, the Chinese have so far resisted... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
the case that the Clinton and Bush administrations and members of Congress of both parties pursued an extreme affordable-housing agenda that led to the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If Fannie and Freddie had not failed, requiring government View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
arguments in secular terms. In the United States, fears of government intervention if business was perceived as acting badly also drove some to advocate corporate responsibility. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
U.S., and an experimental exercise) that are consistent with the model. Working PapersWhen Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint versus Separate Evaluation Authors:Iris Bohnet, Alexandra van Geen, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We examine a new View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009
around the world today are seeking to promote entrepreneurial and venture capital activity, employing a variety of "stage setting" and direct strategies. These steps are sensible, given the historical record and theoretical arguments regarding the importance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
shocks that disfavored what had been a successful growth model. Finally, scholars have also stated that exceptionalism is a consequence of poor policy choices, in particular a tendency towards state intervention and isolationism. Next, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
forty-fourth president of the United States in late 2008 unleashed a current of collective idealism that washed across the planet. At the same time, the intensifying economic crisis created much larger roles for government intervention in... View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
within-firm processes. By doing so, we may be overstating what progress has been made on employment integration and ignoring other avenues of intervention that may give greater leverage for further integrating firms. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
time, we align these cases with a rigorous theoretical framework that clarifies the circumstances under which government intervention in the market can improve outcomes. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
studies, including a field study and a four-week-long intervention study, we find that lengthy morning commutes are more aversive for employees with lower trait self-control and greater work-family conflict, leading to decreased job... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
at the Lam Family College of Business at San Francisco State University. They specialize in understanding the antecedents and outcomes of mistreatment and injustice in organizations, as well as interventions for more effective prevention... View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
Harvard Business School Note 706-044 Describes the emergence of several kinds of efforts to assure the safety of foreign investment in emerging markets: international arbitration, expanded official political risk insurance, credit from government agencies, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50346 Land Institutions and Chinese Political Economy: Institutional Complementarities and Macroeconomic Management By: Rithmire, Meg Abstract—A rich body of literature examines the politics of economic management and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
later) or abandoning them. In contrast, experienced sellers can attract buyers at any stage and they sell worse ideas sooner and better ideas later. These results have important managerial implications for buyers and sellers and show that, in such contexts, policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
therapy, before he unfortunately passed away early this year. Recently, our field study team was looking to interview cardiologists. After a few e-mails, we found ourselves at Brigham and Women’s Hospital yesterday, talking to the director of the View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
that money. Kanter: When that kind of intervention takes place, however, we hear cries that the tax system is being used for social engineering. But I certainly have the sense now that without some degree of public and social engineering,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
talking about is very real, very doable. Roca, a Boston-based organization that reaches out to disengaged, high-risk youth, has undergone a fundamental shift in its culture thanks to the leadership of its executive director, Molly Baldwin. In addition, it has moved to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
assessment system focused on organizational values. We find a counterintuitive result: the intervention drove even higher effort on dimensions of short-term financial performance associated with preexisting monetary incentives but did not... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
interrelated, and all of them affected by government policy. U.S. lawmakers must carefully consider the effects of interventions in at least 12 areas, ranging from capital markets to tax treatment to intellectual property to health care.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
demonstrates the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of an intervention even without perfectly predicting a firm’s response still has enormous value for setting policy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55959... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman