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    International Business and Decentralized Finance

    Over the last decade, the green shoots of a new economic order have emerged as decentralized technologies challenge traditional financial systems. Decentralized finance (DeFi) holds the potential to transform international business (IB) by offering accessible... View Details
    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    College Tuition, Public Finance and New Business Starts

    By: Gareth Olds
    A growing public discourse cites the rising cost of education and student debt overhang as a contributor to slow economic growth. A parallel discussion explores the causes of the secular decline in business dynamism and entrepreneurship rates in the United States over... View Details
    Keywords: Cost; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship
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    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting

    By: Julio J. Rotemberg
    This paper presents a goal-oriented model of political participation based on two psychological assumptions. The first is that people are more altruistic towards individuals that agree with them and the second is that people's well-being rises when other people share... View Details
    Keywords: Voting; Political Elections; Market Participation; Attitudes
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    • Winter 2021
    • Article

    Mobile Internet Usage and Usage-based Pricing

    By: Jeffrey Prince and Shane Greenstein
    Using data on mobile Internet usage of thousands of individuals, we provide some of the first analyses linking mobile usage to key demographics such as income. We find a reverse-U relationship between mobile Internet usage and income—notably different than the... View Details
    Keywords: Mobile Internet Usage; Pricing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Demographics; Income; Price; Strategy
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    • 13 Jan 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Private Equity and Industry Performance

    Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen & Per Strömberg
    • 03 Jun 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Inducement Prizes and Innovation

    Keywords: by Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner & Tom Nicholas
    • Article

    Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences

    This paper investigates the causes and welfare consequences of unravelling in two-sided matching markets. It shows that similarity of preferences is an important factor driving unravelling. In particular, it shows that under the ex-post stable mechanism (the mechanism... View Details
    Keywords: Welfare or Wellbeing; Body of Literature; Market Platforms
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    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences

    By: Hanna Halaburda
    This paper investigates the causes and welfare consequences of unravelling in two-sided matching markets. It shows that similarity of preferences is an important factor driving unravelling. In particular, it shows that under the ex-post stable mechanism (the mechanism... View Details
    Keywords: Market Participation; Two-Sided Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Mathematical Methods
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    • March 2020
    • Article

    Voluntary, Self-Regulatory, and Mandatory Disclosure of Oil and Gas Company Payments to Foreign Governments

    By: Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim
    Concerns about high rates of government corruption in resource-rich countries have led transparency advocates to urge oil and gas firms to disclose payments to host governments for natural resources. Transparency, they argue, can increase government accountability and... View Details
    Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Corruption; Transparency; Self-regulation; Industry Self-regulation; Regulation; Disclosure; Disclosure Regulation; Energy Sources; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry
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    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    Bank Risk-Taking and the Real Economy: Evidence from the Housing Boom and Its Aftermath

    By: Antonio Falato, Giovanni Favara and David Scharfstein
    The short-termism of lenders amplifies boom-bust credit cycles, leading in turn to real costs for the aggregate economy. During the U.S. housing credit boom, publicly-traded banks increased mortgage lending activity and relaxed standards much more than privately-held... View Details
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Investment; Corporate Finance; Banks and Banking
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    • 07 Nov 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Investment Cycles and Startup Innovation

    Keywords: by Ramana Nanda & Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
    • July 2012 (Revised July 2014)
    • Case

    Warby Parker: Vision of a 'Good' Fashion Brand

    By: Christopher Marquis and Laura Velez Villa
    In its third year of existence and poised to double its workforce, Warby Parker attributed its success to an innovative approach in the eyewear industry and to the company culture that supported it. With a mission combining social and business goals, the company had... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Business And Society; Social Responsiblity; Organizational Behavior; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Brands and Branding; Organizational Culture; Marketing Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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      Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement

      Among historians, Alfred Chandler's influence is by far the greatest, as he has affected economics, sociology, and business administration. Chandler never took short cuts, never stinted, and never published until he was satisfied that he had done his very best.... View Details
      Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Mission and Purpose; Success; Books; Demand and Consumers; Power and Influence; Economic Growth; Ethics; Knowledge Sharing; Product Positioning; Market Transactions; Fair Value Accounting
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      Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and the Prospects of an Information Civilization

      By: Shoshana Zuboff
      This article describes an emergent logic of accumulation in the networked sphere, 'surveillance capitalism,' and considers its implications for 'information civilization.' The institutionalizing practices and operational assumptions of Google Inc. are the... View Details
      Keywords: Surveillance Capitalism; Big Data; Google; Information Society; Privacy; Internet Of Everything; Rights; Economic Systems; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics
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      • 2011
      • Working Paper

      Individual Rationality and Participation in Large Scale, Multi-Hospital Kidney Exchange

      By: Itai Ashlagi and Alvin E. Roth
      As multi-hospital kidney exchange clearinghouses have grown, the set of players has grown from patients and surgeons to include hospitals. Hospitals have the option of enrolling only their hard-to-match patient-donor pairs, while conducting easily arranged exchanges... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Resource Allocation; Market Participation; Marketplace Matching; Organizations; Networks; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry
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      • December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
      • Teaching Note

      The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Suzanne Antoniou
      How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Race; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Prejudice and Bias; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Welfare; Tulsa; Oklahoma; United States
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      • 19 Feb 2019
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

      https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55439 Compensation Interdependence and Performance Consequences of Managerial Discretion By: Cai, Wei, Susanna Gallani, and... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 2011
      • Working Paper

      The Impact of Horizontal Mergers and Acquisitions in Price Competition Models

      The question of what impact mergers and acquisitions have on key equilibrium performance measures is fundamental to our understanding of competitive dynamics in an oligopolistic industry. We address these questions in the context of price competition models with... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost; Price; Profit; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Performance Efficiency; Mathematical Methods; Competition
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      • 21 Oct 2013
      • News

      Negotiation Strategies for Doctors — and Hospitals