by Shawn Cole - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 May 2010
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market. We present statistics on the activity in these market mechanisms and present survey evidence that both mechanisms have facilitated matches. The paper concludes by discussing the emergence of platforms for transmitting job market... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jun 2013
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Second, pay disparity between managers located in different states decreases relative to that of co-located managers. Third, division productivity falls in dispersed firms, with the effect driven by managers at the low end of the wage... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

31 May 2011
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Abstract Theories of the firm have been dominated by a legacy of ideas from early industrialization that pose zero-sum opposition between capital and labor (or capital and nearly everything else), differentiating the economy from society... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Business Economics - Doctoral

Yang Current HBS Faculty Laura Alfaro Samuel B. Antill Brian K. Baik Malcolm P. Baker Anke Becker Shai Benjamin Bernstein John Beshears Alberto F. Cavallo Alex Chan Katherine B. Coffman Lauren H. Cohen Shawn A. View Details

24 Jul 2012
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cross-national data for 32 countries, and controlling for per capita GDP, income inequality, and other factors. Countries that had higher rates of tipping behavior tended to have higher rates of corruption. We suggest that this surprising association may be accounted... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Publications - Faculty & Research

Satellites and Phones to Evaluate and Promote Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from Smallholder Farms in India By: Shawn Cole , Tomoko Harigaya, Grady Killeen and Aparna Krishna This paper... View Details

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Faculty & Research

Related Nagle, Frank, and Richie Zitomer. "Open Source Software and Hardware Business Models." Harvard Business School Technical Note 725-489, September 2025. Using Satellites and Phones to Evaluate and Promote Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from... View Details

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Business & Environment

Lose Less By: Shawn Cole 02 Jul 2025 | VoxDev Carbon Reporting Urgently Needs Fixing—Here’s How to Do It Re: Robert Kaplan 15 Jun 2025 | Financial Times Is Boston Losing Its Biotech Crown? Bio Conference... View Details

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Finance Faculty - Faculty & Research

Administration Lauren H. Cohen L.E. Simmons Professor of Business Administration Randolph B. Cohen Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Shawn A. Cole John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Finance Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students September 2025 Article Using Satellites and Phones to Evaluate and Promote Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from Smallholder Farms in India By: View Details

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About | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

sectors to tackle society’s toughest challenges and make a difference in the world. Leadership Shawn Cole Initiative Chair; John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration View Details

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Finance Curriculum - Faculty & Research

for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) (also listed under Strategy) Scott Mayfield Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Sustainable Investing Vikram Gandhi , Shawn Cole Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Doctoral Programs Faculty from the... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

Faculty & Research Faculty & Research September 2025 Journal of Development Economics Using Satellites and Phones to Evaluate and Promote Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from Smallholder Farms in India By: Shawn View Details

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Social Impact Collaboratory

Mission Statement Led by Harvard Business School Professor Shawn Cole (Finance), the HBS Social Impact Collaboratory is a research-led effort to advance the understanding and... View Details

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Courses - Entrepreneurship

2024 Q3Q4 3.0 Scaling Technology Ventures Jeffrey Rayport Spring 2024 Q3Q4 3.0 Startup Operations Studio (SOS) Julia Austin Spring 2024 Q3Q4 1.5 Strategy for Entrepreneurs (also listed under Strategy) Rembrand Koning Fall 2023 Q1Q2 3.0 Sustainable Investing (also... View Details

October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
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Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil

By: Mark Kramer, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and T. Robert Zochowski

ExxonMobil, the world's fifth largest source of carbon emissions, remained committed to aggressively expanding its oil & gas business despite global warming. During the COVID pandemic this strategy resulted in massive losses as the price and demand for oil declined. ... View Details

Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Global Warming; Impact Investment Funds; Hedge Fund Activism; Leadership Development; Business Model; Renewable Energy; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards

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Our Team - Impact Investments

Our Team Our Team Principal Investigators Shawn Cole John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration Shawn Cole is a professor in the Finance... View Details

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South Asia - Global

September 2025 Article Journal of Development Economics Using Satellites and Phones to Evaluate and Promote Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from Smallholder Farms in India By: Shawn Cole , Tomoko... View Details

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Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

perspectives, including Shawn Cole , Vikram Gandhi , Michael Chu , Kash Rangan , George Serafeim , Julie Battilana , and others. As importantly, our alumni are shaping, accelerating and leading investing for... View Details

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Courses | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Gerald Chertavian; Senior Lecturer Brian Trelstad Sustainable Investing (Spring Q4) Professor Shawn Cole Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship (Spring Q3Q4) Senior Lecturer John J-H Kim Full... View Details

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