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- June 2001
- Article
Learning Processes in Development Planning: A Theoretical Overview and Case Study
By: Alnoor Ebrahim and L. Ortolano
Ebrahim, Alnoor, and L. Ortolano. "Learning Processes in Development Planning: A Theoretical Overview and Case Study." Journal of Planning Education and Research 20, no. 4 (June 2001): 448–463.
- March 2015
- Teaching Note
Kiehl's Since 1851: Pathway to Profitable Growth
By: Leslie John and Robert J. Dolan
John, Leslie, and Robert J. Dolan. "Kiehl's Since 1851: Pathway to Profitable Growth." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 515-087, March 2015. (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- 05 Nov 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries
- October 2013 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
Kiehl's Since 1851: Pathway to Profitable Growth
By: Robert J. Dolan and Leslie K. John
Dolan, Robert J., and Leslie K. John. "Kiehl's Since 1851: Pathway to Profitable Growth." Harvard Business School Case 514-044, October 2013. (Revised April 2015.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- Teaching Interest
Field Immersion Experiences in Leadership Development
By: Frances X. Frei
HBS students have traditionally been immersed in a case-study method that has encouraged them to think like leaders. As a part of the school’s recent curriculum innovation, Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD) gives students meaningful...
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- 2010
- Working Paper
Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries
By: Diego A. Comin, Norman Loayza, Farooq Pasha and Luis Serven
We build a two-country asymmetric DSGE model with two features: (i) endogenous and slow diffusion of technologies from the developed to the developing country, and (ii) adjustment costs to investment flows. We calibrate the model to match the Mexico-U.S. trade and FDI...
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Keywords:
Business Cycles;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Trade;
International Finance;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Mathematical Methods;
Mexico;
United States
Comin, Diego A., Norman Loayza, Farooq Pasha, and Luis Serven. "Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-029, October 2009. (Revise and resubmit at the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics.)
- February 2023 (Revised April 2023)
- Case
Kvadrat: Focus, Execute, and Grow
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Kvadrat was a family-owned global textiles company. The company had enjoyed impressive top-line growth and was shifting gears to emphasize profitability via a shorter strategic agenda. Agenda items included: U.S. expansion, generating improved margins in its consumer...
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- Research Summary
Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950 (BOOK)
In my first book manuscript, Experiments in Financial Democracy, I challenge the idea that it was colonial institutions that sent Brazil, a civil law country, down a particular path of corporate governance and finance. Detailed archival research reveals... View Details
- Summer 2017
- Article
Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development
By: Daniel P. Gross
Performance feedback is ubiquitous in competitive settings where new products are developed. This article introduces a fundamental tension between incentives and improvement in the provision of feedback. Using a sample of 4,294 commercial logo design tournaments, I...
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Keywords:
Feedback;
Evaluation;
Tournaments;
Innovation;
Performance Evaluation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Rank and Position;
Product Development;
Learning
Gross, Daniel P. "Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development." RAND Journal of Economics 48, no. 2 (Summer 2017): 438–466.
Are the 'Best and Brightest' Going into Finance? Skill Development and Career Choice of MIT Graduates
Abstract
Using detailed data on recipients of bachelor's degrees from MIT between 2006 and 2012, I examine the selection of students into finance or science and engineering (S&E). I find that academic achievement in college is negatively correlated with... View Details
- 15 Sep 2010
- Other Presentation
Microeconomic Aspects of Competitiveness:Lessons for Post-Crisis Growth Policies
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Prof. Christian Ketels - Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School
and Center for Strategy and Competitiveness, Stockholm School of Economics
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Ketels, Christian H.M. "Microeconomic Aspects of Competitiveness:Lessons for Post-Crisis Growth Policies." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Riga, Latvia, September 15, 2010.
- Web
The Program for Leadership Development Community
The power of the Program for Leadership Development network is endless. Each year the Program for Leadership Development (PLD) community gathers to reconnect, share their experiences, View Details
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The Role of Finance and Private Investment in Developing Sustainable Cities
By: John D. Macomber
Three trends will drive urban investment, development, and entrepreneurship in the next two decades. This article provides tools to identify the situations and circumstances that will be most favorable for private sector involvement in consideration of these trends....
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Keywords:
Trends;
Demographics;
Private Sector;
Investment;
City;
Infrastructure;
Opportunities;
Urban Development
Macomber, John D. "The Role of Finance and Private Investment in Developing Sustainable Cities." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 23, no. 3 (Summer 2011): 64–74.
- 11 Jul 2023
- News
What the Best Leaders Know — and What Skills They Develop
- 01 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and Growth Strategies in the Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Banking Industry
- 1 Apr 2001
- Conference Presentation
Knowledge Sharing Practices and Technology Use Norms in Dispersed Development Teams
By: Deborah Soule and Lynda M. Applegate
- August 2020
- Article
Contextual Determinants of Parental Reflective Functioning: Children with Autism versus Their Typically Developing Siblings
By: Yael Enav, Dana Erhard-Weiss, Amit Goldenberg, Marguerite Knudston, Antonio Y. Hardan and James J. Gross
In this study, we examined parental reflective functioning using the Parental Developmental Interview when parents were talking about their interactions with their child with autism versus the child’s typically developing siblings. Our sample included 30 parents who...
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Keywords:
Autism Spectrum Disorders;
Family Functioning And Support;
Parents;
Reflective Functioning;
Siblings;
Health Disorders;
Family and Family Relationships
Enav, Yael, Dana Erhard-Weiss, Amit Goldenberg, Marguerite Knudston, Antonio Y. Hardan, and James J. Gross. "Contextual Determinants of Parental Reflective Functioning: Children with Autism versus Their Typically Developing Siblings." Autism 24, no. 6 (August 2020).
- 2017
- Working Paper
Cluster Mapping as a Tool for Development
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
This report builds on the foundational work on cluster mapping that Prof. Michael E. Porter has led at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC), Harvard Business School over the last two decades. He launched the U.S. Cluster Mapping Initiative in the late...
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Ketels, Christian H.M. "Cluster Mapping as a Tool for Development." Working Paper, June 2017.