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  • 01 Mar 2009
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Model Patient

haven’t squeezed out cost yet,” agrees Celia Wcislo, a 1987 graduate of the Harvard Trade Union Program and the assistant division director of the 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East, a local... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance
  • 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like): 1) View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

Clearing the Air

actually containing the CO2 molecules, then the economic mechanisms and the contracts about carbon trading won’t work. “We are at a tipping point.” “We are at a tipping point.” What makes Project Bison different from other DAC projects?... View Details
Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge
  • 23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23

nurtured and maintained. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0415783135 2013 pub The Welfare State as an Investment Strategy: Denmark's Flexicurity Policies By: Daemmrich, Arthur, and Thomas Bredgaard Abstract—No abstract available... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 05 Dec 2016
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The Dragon’s Tale

free trade zones began the transformation of China’s state-run economy. In the 1990s, you saw a significant easing of restrictions on startups—first in the restaurant industry and gradually spreading elsewhere. Small, state-owned... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 01 Sep 2017
  • News

City of Dreams

state-owned land that will be released for development, and the light rail will come in on the other side of those trees.” He turns and points in the heat of an April afternoon, taking in the city as it is now, orienting his vision from every direction. There’s the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
  • 24 Apr 2018
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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
  • 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710019-PDF-ENG Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (B) Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini, and Renee KimHarvard Business School Supplement 710-020 In 2009, Chile's Finance Minister Andres Velasco's fortunes had been reversed.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

bring about the downsizing of 219 drivers' positions. Lagrange had to figure out how to get the RATP employees on board, particularly drivers and trade unions. How could he convince them of the necessity to automate Line 1? How could he... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

other growth episodes end in reversion to stagnation or collapse. We create an analytical model that is capable of generating both transitory and sustained episodes of accelerated growth. The new feature is a feedback loop from existing economic conditions the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

The City Solution

mitigation. And because cities are discovering that the greener they are, the better their quality of life and the greater their competitive advantage, they have by necessity become innovative, reality-based drivers of environmental View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

integration. The reason is that at low prices, increases in revenue resulting from enhanced productivity are too small to justify the cost, whereas at high prices, the revenue benefit exceeds the cost. Trade View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

particularly in venture-funded companies where investors seek to protect their intellectual property. It might seem that Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) would guard against the loss of trade secrets and other IP, but such agreements are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Books of 2016

business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas... View Details
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

Sokoloff's influential study of trade in invention in the United States, our quantitative and qualitative evidence highlights how inventors and intermediaries in Japan interacted to create a market for new ideas. Paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

shared transaction costs among its multiple sides. Using a variety of illustrations, the framework is then used to formulate general principles driving MSP design and expansion strategies: choosing the relevant platform "sides," deciding which fundamental... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Reshaping Africa by Irene Yuan Sun (MBA 2016) HBR Press China is now Africa's largest trade partner, the largest infrastructure financier, and the fastest-growing source of foreign direct investment. Chinese entrepreneurs are flooding... View Details
  • 17 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

agencies in facilitating the drug trade in Black communities and disproportionately criminalizes Black men relative to type of crime and criminal history. It is a response to the long-standing health inequities that have been highlighted... View Details
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Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury and Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar on the long-term lessons of the global remote-work moment Meal Plan Inspire Brands Chief Growth Officer Christian Charnaux and investor Keith Pascal of Act III Holdings View Details
  • 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

  PublicationsFinancial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade Authors:Bo Becker, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen Publication:Review of Corporate Finance Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Exporting firms face significant up-front... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel