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    Alberto F. Cavallo

    Alberto Cavallo is the Thomas S. Murphy Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) unit, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a... View Details

    • 09 Mar 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

    is affecting and, in some cases, upending traditional ways of thinking about and conducting business. Historically, says MacKay, economists have tended to assume that firms have equal capacity to set prices... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail
    • August, 2022
    • Article

    Billing and Insurance-Related Administrative Costs: A Cross-National Analysis

    By: Barak D. Richman, Robert S. Kaplan, Japees Kohli, Dennis Purcell, Mahek Shah, Igna Bonfrer, Brian Golden, Rosemary Hannam, Will Mitchell, Daniel Cehic, Garry Crispin and Kevin A. Schulman
    Billing and insurance-related costs are a significant source of wasteful health care spending in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development nations, but these administrative burdens vary across national systems. We executed a microlevel accounting of these... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care Costs; Administrative Costs; Cost; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
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    • March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
    • Case

    Layoffs in the Tech Industry: 2022–2023

    By: Sandra J. Sucher and Marilyn Morgan Westner
    This case examines the mass layoffs that swept through the tech industry (2022-2023) through the lens of four companies: Twitter, Stripe, Meta, and Google. How these companies implemented workforce change through mass layoffs raises critical questions applicable beyond... View Details
    Keywords: Layoffs; Human Resource Management; Workforce Reductions; Ethics; Human Resources; Management; Values and Beliefs; Employee Relationship Management; Resignation and Termination; Compensation and Benefits; Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom
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    • January 2011
    • Supplement

    Interview with John Smith, CEO, BBC Worldwide

    By: John A. Quelch
    In an interview conducted by Professor John Quelch, Harvard Business School, October, 2007, BBC Worldwide CEO, John Smith, discusses formation of BBC Worldwide's Global Strategy Plans. View Details
    Keywords: Brands and Branding; Global Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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    • Career Coach

    Yanzhan Wen

    Yanzhan has four years of management consulting experience within the industrials, chemicals, and healthcare industries. Recently, he made a career pivot into investment banking, interning at Lazard over the summer in their healthcare... View Details
    • July 2021
    • Article

    Medical Debt in the U.S., 2009–2020

    By: Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Francis Wong and Wesley Yin
    Importance: Medical debt is an increasing concern in the US, yet there is limited understanding of the amount and distribution of medical debt, and its association with health care policies.

    Objective: To measure the amount of medical debt nationally and by... View Details
    Keywords: Debt; Borrowing and Debt; Health Care and Treatment; United States
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    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    Engineering Serendipity: When Does Knowledge Sharing Lead to Knowledge Production?

    By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Eva C. Guinan and Karim R. Lakhani
    We investigate how knowledge similarity between two individuals is systematically related to the likelihood that a serendipitous encounter results in knowledge production. We conduct a natural field experiment at a medical research symposium, where we exogenously... View Details
    Keywords: Cognitive Similarity; Knowledge Creation; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Dissemination; Relationships
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    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Code-Washing: Evidence from Open-Source Blockchain Startups

    By: Ofir Gefen, Daniel Rabetti, Yannan Sun and Che Zhang
    This study examines startups' management of source code repositories, distinguishing authentic developers ("code-producers''), from those inflating activity to mislead investors ("code-washers''). Using global blockchain startup and GitHub data, we find that... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Open Source Distribution; Business Startups
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    • July 1977 (Revised April 1995)
    • Background Note

    Managing a Task Force

    Describes several principles for improving the effectiveness of internal task forces. Suggests a number of guidelines for starting up a task force, conducting the first meeting, managing the group's activities, and completing the project. View Details
    Keywords: Management; Groups and Teams
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    • 19 Jun 2015
    • News

    When a sudden boost in status at work isn't all good

    • 29 Jul 2016
    • Video

    M.V. Subbiah Full Interview

    • 22 Nov 2014
    • News

    Fifty Years Later, A Look At How Harvard's Women MBAs Have Fared

      Charlotte L. Robertson

      Charlotte Robertson is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches BGIE in the MBA required curriculum.

      Professor Robertson conducts research on the history of financial... View Details

      • 23 Aug 2016
      • News

      7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards

      • 25 Jun 2021
      • News

      Wall Street Returns to Business as Usual While New York Struggles with Reopening

      • 17 Dec 2013
      • News

      Gaining Status with Red Sneakers

      • 14 Feb 2014
      • News

      Playing Cupid makes us happy

      • 04 Mar 2015
      • News

      Focus on food

      • 02 Mar 2011
      • News

      The Best Ways to Discuss Ethics