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- 10 Dec 2015
- News
Shane Greenstein: "How the Internet Became Commercial"
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
conduct sociological and psychological studies to get a true handle on what motivates people to do what they do—and what motivates them to do better. With that, we share some well-researched tips—based on the findings of behavioral View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
counterparts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55026 Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies By: Athey, Susan, and Michael Luca Abstract—As technology platforms have created new markets and new... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jul 2016
- News
Research: Want More Entrepreneurs? Make College Cheaper
- 01 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?
of two economists, Galbraith and Milton Friedman, described by Time magazine in 1975 as the modern world's most important economists along with John Maynard Keynes and Adam Smith. There were remarkable similarities between them. Both... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
Under chief economist Pat Bajari, Amazon has hired more than 150 PhD economists in five years. He’s also cornered the market on what might be called “rookie economists” just out of school. That crowns Amazon... View Details
- 17 Sep 2020
- News
We Really Shouldn’t Force People Back into the Office
- March 1996 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
World to Mexico--Get a Grip!
By: Huw Pill and Courtenay Sprague
The views of three prominent international economists on the events leading to, and ensuing from, the Mexican peso crisis of December 1994 to March 1995. View Details
Pill, Huw, and Courtenay Sprague. "World to Mexico--Get a Grip!" Harvard Business School Case 796-123, March 1996. (Revised August 1997.)
- Research Summary
Overview
An economist by training, Professor Greenstein spans boundaries in his research, which extends to issues of strategy, regulation, history, marketing, information systems, and organization design. View Details
- 12 Oct 2020
- News
Making Auctions Work in Practice Is Worth a Nobel
- June 2009
- Article
How Concepts Affect Consumption
By: Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton
Duke behavioral economist Ariely and Harvard Business School professor Norton explore how our consumption of concepts influences physical consumption, both positively and negatively. View Details
Ariely, Dan, and Michael I. Norton. "How Concepts Affect Consumption." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 6 (June 2009).
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
Fannie and Freddie downgrades could ripple through the economy
- Research Summary
Some Potential Effects of a Scramble on a Job Market (with Alvin Roth, Muriel Niederle, and Yuan Chuan Lien)
This project is directly inspired by the recent addition of a scramble to the economists job market.
We attempt to answer under what conditions and for whom adding a scramble is beneficial. View Details
- 08 Feb 2017
- News
How Immigrants Changed the Geography of Innovation
- 26 May 2014
- News
Hedge Funds' Investing Prowess Doesn't Live Up to Billing
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
A bull market plods into record-length territory. And now?
- 01 Aug 2019
- News