Publications

December 2005
Comment

Review of "The Monetary Geography of Africa," by Paul R. Masson and Catherine Patillo

Book Review

Review of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, by Kevin Kruse

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer

One Nation under God provides a powerful and timely creation story for conservative public religion in postwar America. It contributes to a growing field of historical scholarship on corporate funding for free enterprise politics and religious interpretations of... View Details

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

manufactured by another firm elsewhere, and distributed by dealers everywhere—all underwritten by global cash flows. Often these networks are established without much... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

2018
Book Review

Book Review of Israel and the World Economy: The Power of Globalization, by Assaf Razin

27 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

Laura Huang discusses her book during a virtual event hosted by the Books@Baker author series at Harvard Business School. “Being the prom queen means you shouldn’t care if you haven’t taken the typical path... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Comment

Comment on 'Integration, Interdependence and Regional Goods' by A. Bevilaqua, M. Catena and E. Talvi

March 2009
Book Review

Review of 'Foreign Direct Investment: Analysis of Aggregate Flows' by A. Razin and E. Sadka

03 May 2004
What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

lives we must continue to push for more." But Mal Watlington poses perhaps the most challenging question: "The history of philosophy is filled with great thinkers who advise us to seek balance in life, yet the history of the world appears to be driven View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors

Tempura Women having a heart attack are less likely to die if their doctor is also female, a new study shows. How much less likely? When treated for a heart attack by men, the risk for women goes up 1.5 percent. That means roughly one in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

08 Jan 2021
News

Mortality rate for Black babies is cut dramatically when they’re delivered by Black doctors, researchers say

20 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

average driver out of their preferred shift is as bad as cutting their weekly earnings by more than 5 percent. For the California drivers that we study, the ability to start or stop working at any moment and the flexibility to change... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology

01 Jun 2003
News

Books

turn, moving ideas on new paths to market and perhaps even publishing research to enhance industry knowledge will provide new and important ways for companies to realize the value of their discoveries. — Laura Singleton (MBA ’88) Artful... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

seems likely that Brazil will work with Canada to arrive at mutually agreeable financing packages to be used by each country. HBS professors Rawi Abdelal and Laura Alfaro recently co-wrote a business case... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

As Harvard Business School professor Laura Phillips Sawyer sifted through historical documents to trace the history of competition policy in the United States, an interesting figure emerged: Edna Gleason, who became known as the “mother... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

June 27, 2017
Article

Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs —and It Affects How Much Funding They Get

By: Dana Kanze, Laura Huang, Mark Conley and E. Tory Higgins

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September 2015
Book Review

Review of Fueling the Gilded Age: Railroads, Miners, and Disorder in Pennsylvania Coal Country, by Andrew B. Arnold

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer