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  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

countries between 1985 and 2000, we find that the growth effects of FDI increase when we account for the quality of FDI. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-072.pdf How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

options across thirteen studies involving diverse samples (executives, law/business/medical students, adults) and contexts (public policy, business, medicine). These distortions appear to primarily reflect decision biases rather than View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

older children remains essentially unchanged. To our knowledge, this is the first rigorous demonstration that one need not succumb to temptation in order for it to detrimentally impact one's economic productivity. The Dynamics of Social... View Details
  • 26 Jun 2000
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Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia

of a larger social purpose connected with protecting and cultivating the nation. It gives citizens a reason to sacrifice in pursuit of a higher national goal. And it expands the "time horizons" for a country's leaders and offers... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

form of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through a sustainable business model that also generates superior financial performance. Read the paper: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=4538 An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

Business School Case 315-055 Al Islami Foods: Beyond Dubai In 2014, Al Islami Foods CEO Marwan Al Garem considers his company's history of growth in Dubai and its growth opportunities within and outside the city. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2017
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Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

all it provides. Second, we redistribute to a large degree through the tax system, and that's a really important set of social decisions. Finally, we create a set of incentives for behavior and that's incredibly important. The other way... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

shareholders. He believed this required good corporate governance and effective oversight by the board of directors. The case explores the history of AFSCME's shareholder activism on this front and particularly its use of shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

Motivation Authors:F. Gino and S. Wiltermuth Publication:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We propose that separating rewards into categories can increase motivation, even when those categories are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007

attracted criticism for its purely empirical approach, its failure to make consistently accurate predictions, and its pursuit of commercial objectives in a university setting. Harvard's efforts to build a forecasting service are an early chapter in the evolution of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009

is available at this time. Publisher's link: http://www.springer.com/business/production/book/978-0-387-78902-6 The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting Author: Walter Friedman Publication: History of Political Economy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008

variable labor supply, social security benefits and portfolio choice over safe bonds and risky equities. Our analysis reinforces prior findings that equities are the preferred asset for young households, with the optimal share of equities... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Oct 2015
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Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

to fill little gaps in the literature, and I continue to think that was excellent advice.” Just as researchers in the life sciences often target their work to tackle the most dangerous diseases, so argues Moss, social scientists can make... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

perturbation enables efficient exploration in the midst of intense exploitation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-011.pdf Understanding Inflation-Indexed Bond Markets Authors:John Y. Campbell, Robert J. Shiller, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 30

longitudinal data from 68 multi-method case studies of organizational change initiatives conducted at the National Health Service in the United Kingdom support these predictions and advance a relational view of organizational change in which View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007

November 2006, Kapur faced a number of issues, including how to expand without capital, how to deal with imitation, and how to balance Keggfarm's for-profit and social values. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Sep 2009
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The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

for our tax system. For example, we might want to split the costs of government equally among all taxpayers, letting each of us keep whatever income we earn above our fair share. Or, we might want our tax system to reinforce social and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

and other forms of innovation. We also propose a research agenda to systematically address the social welfare implications of financial innovation. To complement existing empirical and theoretical methods, we propose that scholars examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

https://archive.harvardbusiness.org/cla/web/pl/product.seam?c=33313&i=33315&cs=0fce70d96a0fde28d25d9feec060c2e7 August 2013 Business History Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

tribal governments, the history of tribal sovereignty, the origins of Indian gaming, the legal framework that governs tribal gaming activities, as well as an analytic approach to negotiations, this paper explains the Foxwoods deal and its... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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