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- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
may not be a pure-strategy equilibria. In the standard case where marginal costs are weakly positive, there is no pure strategy where the lower quality B firm obtains positive market share. We also consider the case where A has negative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
stop to unemployment benefits slashed the incomes of the vast majority of those who were cut off and crimped overall spending in local economies, says Raymond Kluender, an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. “The View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 24 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 24, 2007
Working PapersPoverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal Authors:Quy-Toan Do and Lakshmi Iyer Abstract We conduct an econometric analysis of the economic and social factors which contributed to the spread of violent conflict in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
statistical analysis, there are relatively few projects (approximately 300 per year, but only 40 to 50 large ones costing more than $500 million). These projects tend to have long lives and many... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q2) - Course Catalog
exit decisions be structured. They aim to prepare students for these decisions, both as entrepreneurs and as investors. The next three modules look at a variety of financing models across the venture's life cycle, with an aim to understanding the incentives of each... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
network relations for others. An analysis of the population dynamics of the intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) that are the basis of the interstate networks that influenced global economic relations, peace, and democracy in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007
to evaluate the link between dismissal costs and productivity. Drawing on establishment-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturers and the Longitudinal Business Database, our estimates suggest that wrongful-discharge protections... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
therapies has become a reality, as have immunotherapies that induce or suppress a body’s immune response to treat disease. Yet, this relatively swift progress has not been fast enough for millions of other patients who still lack... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
contributions. “Similarly to how the internet and web browsers dramatically reduced the marginal cost of information sharing,” they write, “AI may also be lowering the costs associated with human thinking... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
volatility, whereas shadow banks tend to hold relatively liquid assets. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/banks_20150305_FINAL.pdf March 2015 Production and Operations Management Managing the Performance Tradeoffs from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
the cost of investment in developing countries by at least 20 percent. And yet, companies are mostly silent on the subject. "The thing that struck me is how little information there is on corruption because no one wants to talk about it,"... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Learning to Lead
in addition to its focus on managing relationships, the case introduces the concept of career management, with exhibits that include Keller’s analysis of his career options after HBS, an overview of his life plan, and copies of his... View Details
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
study group, PhDs/postdocs and individuals previously employed at small firms). Specifically, our results indicate that a one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a 36 percent rise in the odds that founders are PhD/postdocs View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
potential adverse event once the test-statistic crosses a stopping boundary. We employ asymptotic analysis that assumes a large number of observations in a given window of time to show how to compute the stopping boundary by solving a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
differences between the attributes of stock issuers and repurchasers to shed light on characteristic-related mispricing. During years when issuing firms are large relative to repurchasing firms, for example, we show that large firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
inventors who patent since 1920; a dataset of the employment, location, and patents of firms active in R&D since 1921; and a historical state-level corporate tax database since 1900, which we link to an existing database on state-level personal income taxes. Our... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
vertically integrated,” he notes. “Studios used to be stand-alone companies that were run like fiefdoms. Now they’re run like major corporations answering to shareholders.” Skyrocketing fees for star actors coupled with the high marketing View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
production quantities of the two products based on the characteristics of both markets. We find that increasing disposal cost increases the cost of the primary product, but decreases the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
term familiar to every good HBS student. With its relatively low price tag (about $2.8 million) and low operating costs (40 percent less than existing small jets), the twin-engine Mustang and other “very... View Details
- 15 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Coming Out Calculus: A Reflection in Honor of National Coming Out Day
calculus.” By the time I start this job, I’ve been out of the closet for multiple years. I told a friend in the 8th grade I liked boys and have had all the typical “coming out” moments since—coming out to my parents, etc.—but each of these moments involved a deep... View Details