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  • 23 May 2019
  • Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

care. The paper contains an interview with Kaplan and Porter about their experiences with improving the measurement of health care outcomes and cost. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52117 forthcoming Journal of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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 View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

Tarun Khanna, and Ashutosh Varshney Publication:Economic & Political Weekly Abstract It is now widely accepted that the lower castes have risen in Indian politics. Has there been a corresponding change in the economy? Using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

and contracts in shaping the growth and influence of business enterprises. It presents entrepreneurs, executives, and the firms they controlled as driving actors in national economies and international growth. Alongside an original... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2006 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

Eldeco: Playing in the Big League

By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Siddarth Yog
In 2001, Pankaj Bajaj is considering whether to go forward with a residential development outside New Delhi. Facing an uncooperative local authority, he must determine how to evaluate the risks of proceeding against the potential loss of a golden opportunity to bring... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Construction; Government and Politics; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Real Estate Industry; New Delhi
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  • 13 May 2014
  • Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

export-driven economy to one that is driven by consumers. Like no other company, Alibaba has succeeded in making China—a country with countless internal barriers to trade—seem like one market, where goods can be purchased, delivered, and... View Details
Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail
  • 10 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

matter where and at what price the money to fund an entrepreneurial venture comes from? The answer, it turns out, is that it does matter—a fact that policymakers may benefit from understanding as they look at ways to generate more entrepreneurial activity that boosts... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

the economy that have occurred during the same time and argue that they are consistent with an increased use of information technology (IT) in general and enterprise information technology in particular. In a series of case studies, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the headlines and provokes the most public and View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

developed economies and then turns to developing countries, covering the following topics: farmers' adoption of AI, how AI affects their decision to invest in risky assets, and the extent to which AI helps farmers smooth income and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

When Transnational Management was first published in 1992, the world was a different place. "The global economy was radically restructuring in the wake of an era of accelerating globalization in the 1980s," says Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis By: Alfaro, Laura, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor, and Paola Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, advances in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

not to give. Managers of nonprofit organizations should carefully assess this tension when determining if and how to provide information on their performance metrics. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55523 forthcoming Journal of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

parts. Implications for diversity research are discussed.   Working PapersUnobserved State Fragility and the Political Transfer Problem Authors:Faisal Z. Ahmed and Eric Werker Abstract Autocrats experiencing a windfall in unearned income... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Nov 2015
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November 17, 2015

Societal and Political Dimensions of Innovation Innovation and Business Growth By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Innovation and the pursuit of new business opportunities are essential for growth at the firm level; moreover, they provide the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016

modified to incorporate quasi-hyperbolic preferences. For reasons of political economy or aggregation of citizens’ preferences, government preferences are present biased, resulting in an over-accumulation of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

from true private equity operations; the other is a government agency charged with creating a clean energy economy for the United States. Each opportunity will help Iris achieve her long-term goal of a career as a private equity investor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18

enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After World War II it diversified rapidly, forming part of a cluster of business groups that dominated the Turkish economy alongside state-owned firms. This study shows... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1

costs. But to realize those benefits, the acquirer needs to achieve economies of scale by absorbing the target's resources into its operations. CEOs, who are often unrealistic about the performance boost from such acquisitions, must be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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