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- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School, who wades into the controversy with a new working paper, Enabling Versus Controlling, co-written with National University of Singapore economics professor Julian Wright. Uber may have very... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Publications October 2014 Journal of International Economics The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 1987
- Chapter
Evaluating Foreign Investment with Special Reference to Southeast Asia
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Performance Evaluation; Developing Countries and Economies; Asia
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Evaluating Foreign Investment with Special Reference to Southeast Asia." In Direct Foreign Investment: Costs and Benefits, edited by Richard D. Robinson. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. (Also in Chinese Academy of Social Science paper series (in Chinese) and reprinted in T. H. Moran (ed.), Governments and Transnational Corporations (London and New York: Rutledge, 1993), pp. 285-308.)
- 1996
- Article
Limits on Interest Rate Rules in the IS Model
By: William R. Kerr and Robert G. King
There has been a substantial amount of research on interest rate rules. This literature finds that the feasibility and desirability of interest rate rules depends on the structure of the model used to approximate macroeconomic reality. We employ a series of... View Details
Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Macroeconomics; Interest Rates; Price; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance Expectations
Kerr, William R., and Robert G. King. "Limits on Interest Rate Rules in the IS Model." Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly 82, no. 2 (1996): 47–75.
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
Work, with Oriana Bandiera of the London School of Economics and Andrea Prat of Columbia University. "On the one hand, it stands to reason that they should be super-motivated to work hard because whatever they do for the company adds to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
also has a famous second career, that of motivational speaker. In that role, Zander has appeared several times at the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as at old-age homes, middle schools, Fortune 500 corporations, and now HBS. Music... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
Harvard College, where he majored in biology, Gompers worked for a year as a research biochemist for Bayer Chemical AG before earning a master's degree in economics at Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship. He completed his Ph.D. in... View Details
- 2007
- Working Paper
The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust - An Experimental Study
By: Ben Greiner, Axel Ockenfels and Peter Werner
We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, where trust increases efficiency and thus allows higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. We find that trust is initially high in a treatment starting with equal endowments, but decreases... View Details
Greiner, Ben, Axel Ockenfels, and Peter Werner. "The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust - An Experimental Study." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-026, October 2007.
- January 2021
- Article
Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times
By: Philippe Aghion, Nicholas Bloom, Brian Lucking, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
What is the optimal form of firm organization during “bad times”? We present a model of delegation within the firm to show that the effect is ambiguous. The greater turbulence following macro shocks may benefit decentralized firms because the value of local information... View Details
Keywords: Decentralization; Growth; Turbulence; Great Recession; Organizational Design; System Shocks; Economic Growth; Performance
Aghion, Philippe, Nicholas Bloom, Brian Lucking, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 13, no. 1 (January 2021): 133–169.
- 2020
- Working Paper
The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS
By: Katharina Janke, Carol Propper and Raffaella Sadun
Abstract
Governments worldwide have sought to reform the delivery of public services by mimicking private sector governance models that grant CEOs greater autonomy and give them responsibility for meeting key government targets. We examine the effectiveness of this... View Details
Janke, Katharina, Carol Propper, and Raffaella Sadun. "The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-075, March 2018. (Revised September 2020.)
- 30 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers
organizational management practices all over the world. The project was borne of a widely perceived gap in economic research. In business academia, there is an optimistic tendency to assume that managers generally make decisions in the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Student-Profile
Patrick Ferguson
Patrick Ferguson (he/him) has always been inclined to combine interests that might not seem compatible at first glance. During his undergraduate career at the University of Melbourne, he received a B.A. in English and History, and a B.Com in View Details
- November 2012 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Perspectives on the Great Depression
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
The case assembles texts giving perspectives on the Great Depression by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, Anna Schwartz and Ben Bernanke. This should allow for a discussion of the role of fiscal and monetary policies in reaching and... View Details
Keywords: Great Depression; Keynesian Multiplier; Monetary Policy; Zero Lower Bound Of Interest Rates; Role Of Expectations In Macroeconomics; Performance Expectations; History; Policy; Interest Rates; Macroeconomics
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Perspectives on the Great Depression." Harvard Business School Case 713-056, November 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
European Union: The Road to Lisbon (TN)
By: J. Gunnar Trumbull and Diane Choi
Teaching Note for 711032. View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Evaluating the Effects of Large-Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative
By: Nava Ashraf, Gunther Fink and David N. Weil
Since 2003, Zambia has been engaged in a large-scale, centrally coordinated national anti-malaria campaign which has become a model in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims at quantifying the individual and macro level benefits of this campaign, which involved mass... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Performance Evaluation; Programs; Health Industry; Zambia
Ashraf, Nava, Gunther Fink, and David N. Weil. "Evaluating the Effects of Large-Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16069, June 2010.
- December 1992 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Siemens Corporation (A): Corporate Advertising for 1992
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Describes the approach of the German-based multinational company, Siemens Corp., to establishing an identity in the United States. The specific goals for the 1991-92 corporate advertising campaign are described. Examples of print and television messages are included,... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Trade; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Performance Evaluation; Germany; United States
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Siemens Corporation (A): Corporate Advertising for 1992." Harvard Business School Case 593-022, December 1992. (Revised June 1996.)
- 20 Nov 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Impact Evaluation Methods in Public Economics: A Brief Introduction to Randomized Evaluations and Comparison with Other Methods
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
devised, which paved the way for the use of quantitative analysis in formal strategic planning. In 1944, John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern published their classic work, The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. This work essentially... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 2023
- Working Paper
Targeting, Personalization, and Engagement in an Agricultural Advisory Service
By: Susan Athey, Shawn Cole, Shanjukta Nath and Jessica Zhu
ICT is increasingly used to deliver customized information in developing countries. We
examine whether individually targeting the timing of automated voice calls meaningfully
increases engagement in an agricultural advisory service. We define, estimate, and... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Knowledge Dissemination; Customization and Personalization; Performance Effectiveness
Athey, Susan, Shawn Cole, Shanjukta Nath, and Jessica Zhu. "Targeting, Personalization, and Engagement in an Agricultural Advisory Service." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-006, August 2023.
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Clusters and Competition
William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard, whose ideas have been applied to improve the economic performance of companies, cities, states, regions, and entire nations. “This goes beyond the... View Details