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Sending a Message: An Empirical Assessment of Responses to Punitive and Non-punitive Compliance Messaging Strategies

By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel, Elizabeth A. Keenan and Melissa Ouellet

Regulators operate in an increasingly hostile political environment. The U.S. Supreme Court is ramping up efforts to curtail the authority of administrative agencies. The second election of Donald Trump to the presidency has unleashed a torrent of anti-regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Field Experiment; Compliance; Compliance Programs; Compliance Policies; Regulatory Enforcement; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Policy; Government Experimentation; Governance Compliance; Government Administration; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Construction Industry; Public Administration Industry; California; United States

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March 2007
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Local Company Politics: A Proposal

By: Raymond Fisman and Eric D. Werker

Corrupt politicians, and poor government more generally, are commonly viewed as a primary barrier to economic progress. The roots to these problems run deep in many political systems across the developing world, and attempts at reform have rarely found much success.... View Details

Keywords: Behavior

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

15 Oct 2024 What Sequoia Capital Can Teach Leaders About Sustaining Long-Term Growth Re: Jo Tango & Christina M. Wallace 07 Oct 2024 Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President Re: Vincent Pons & Jesse M. Shapiro More... View Details

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People - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Investment Strategies course in the MBA elective curriculum and a PhD course in Empirical Methods. Victoria Ivashina Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration; Unit Head, Finance Victoria Ivashina is the Lovett-Learned Professor... View Details

26 Aug 2024
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HBS Lingo 101

form of the recruiting process at HBS; whether it is interviewing on campus or posting jobs on our website. EC: EC stands for “Elective Curriculum” and refers to the flexible second year at HBS. Second year students are also referred to as “ECs”. There are over 100... View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Plant-Based Agribusiness (1) Policy (44) Political Elections (33) Pollution and Pollutants (4) Poverty (3) Power and Influence (72) Practice (1) Prejudice and Bias (60) Price Bubble (6) Price (36) Private Equity (17) Private Ownership (1)... View Details

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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

inception, the Social Enterprise Initiative has explored the role of business in creating social value. Today, SEI continues to examine the challenges and opportunities in harnessing the power of the markets to create both economic and social value. K–12 Education In... View Details

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Strategy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

advantage over time. Particular attention is paid to competitive positioning; understanding comparative costs; and addressing issues such as cannibalization, network externalities, and globalization. MBA Elective Curriculum (SECOND YEAR)... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

20 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Power Posing: Fake It Until You Make It

our classes seemed to be participating less," says Cuddy, who teaches the MBA elective Power and Influence. "Some of the women exhibited body language associated with low power, so we wondered if that was in turn affecting how... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Partners - Case Method Project

Saratoga High School Saratoga, CA Subjects: Grade 12 AP U.S. Government, Grade 12 Standard Economics, Grade 11/12 Psychology elective CA 9 of 65 Deb Christenson Wildwood Middle-Upper School Los Angeles, CA CA 10 of 65 Rhonda Clements... View Details

Strict ID Laws Don't Stop Voters: Evidence form a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008-2018

U.S. states increasingly require identification to vote—an ostensible attempt to deter fraud that prompts complaints of selective disenfranchisement. Using a difference-in-differences design on a panel data set with 1.6 billion observations, 2008–2018, we find that... View Details

07 Jun 2023
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My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

Their story ignited a desire within me to explore diverse strategies and think outside the box when it comes to building and scaling a business. In what class did you read this case?In Scaling Tech Ventures during my Elective Curriculum... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

School and Faculty Co-Chair of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship . He studies the management of new ventures. Eisenmann teaches an MBA elective course, Product Management 101 , in which students specify and supervise development of... View Details

15 Jul 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes

Keywords: by Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay & Max H. Bazerman

January – February 2011
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'Bricks and Clicks': The Impact of Product Returns on the Strategies of Multichannel Retailers

By: Elie Ofek, Zsolt Katona and Miklos Sarvary

The Internet has increased the flexibility of retailers, allowing them to operate an online arm in addition to their physical stores. The online channel offers potential benefits in selling to customer segments that value the convenience of online shopping, but it also... View Details

Keywords: Price; Profit; Marketing Channels; Consumer Behavior; Online Technology; Retail Industry

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20 Sep 2017
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The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change

as well as the understanding the individual’s sources of power and motivations. Power may come from personal sources (e.g., charisma, expertise); positional sources (e.g., holding official leadership roles, elected or appointed); and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

June 2014
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Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Jordan Ramirez

By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang

The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details