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  • February 2016 (Revised April 2020)
  • Case

In the Name of Democracy? The Rise and Decline of India's Congress Party

By: Akshay Mangla and Jonathan Schlefer
In 1950 it looked highly doubtful that Indian democracy would hold—typical family income was $6 a month, only about 15% of the population was literate, there were deep religious and ethnic differences, and more than a dozen national languages were spoken. But after a... View Details
Keywords: Congress Party; Economic Development; Democratization; Economic Reform; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Developing Countries and Economies; Development Economics; India
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  • July 2021
  • Article

The Effect of Price on Firm Reputation

By: Michael Luca and Oren Reshef
While a business's reputation can affect its pricing, prices can also affect its reputation. To explore the effect of prices on reputation, we investigate daily data on menu prices and online ratings from a large rating and ordering platform. We find that a price... View Details
Keywords: Pricing; Reputation Systems; IT Policy And Management; Economics Of Digital Platforms; Business Ventures; Reputation; Price; Consumer Behavior; Analysis
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  • 30 Jan 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

Keywords: by Stephen Haber & Aldo Musacchio; Banking
  • 2023
  • Book

How the Harvard Business School Changed the Way We View Organizations

By: Jay W. Lorsch
The story of the field of organizational behavior (which overlaps considerably with the origin story of Harvard Business School) and how it created the “medical model” of systems thinking—anchored in the practices of listening, observing, testing, and only then... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Systems Thinking; Medical Model; Organizations; Behavior; System; History
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  • 23 Nov 2015
  • HBS Seminar

Gad Allon, Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

    Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What to Do About It

    The United States patent system has become sand rather than lubricant in the wheels of American progress. Such is the premise behind this provocative and timely book by two of the nation's leading experts on patents and economic... View Details

    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

    By: Stephen Haber and Aldo Musacchio
    In 1997, the Mexican government reversed long-standing policies and allowed foreign banks to purchase Mexico's largest commercial banks and relaxed restrictions on the founding of new, foreign-owned banks. The result has been a dramatic shift in the ownership structure... View Details
    Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Balance and Stability; Foreign Direct Investment; Banks and Banking; Society; Economics; Banking Industry; Mexico
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    • 2018
    • Book

    A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility

    By: Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer
    The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 caught markets and regulators by surprise. Although the government rushed to rescue other financial institutions from a similar fate after Lehman, it could not prevent the deepest recession in postwar history. A... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Fragility; Economic Risk; Investor Behavior; Behavioral Economics; Financial Crisis; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Investment; Values and Beliefs; United States
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    • 28 Nov 2023
    • Book

    Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

    and others do not, or for why some crony relationships facilitate growth and others create crisis or stagnation. What strategies do authoritarian political elites adopt to manage the business class? What kinds of strategies succeed, for example by securing political... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • November 2021 (Revised January 2024)
    • Case

    The Global Great Depression, 1929-1939

    By: Alberto Cavallo, Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli
    The Great Depression was, by far, the worst economic contraction of the twentieth century, and some of the most important ideas about both fiscal and monetary policy in the second half of the century were developed in response to it. The economic collapse, which... View Details
    Keywords: Great Depression; Economic Conditions; Unemployment; Homelessness; Financial Crisis; History; Economy; Policy; Poverty; Social Issues; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation
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    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    An Ounce of Prevention: The Power of Public Risk Management in Stabilizing the Financial System

    By: David A. Moss

    The magnitude of the current financial crisis reflects the failure of an economic and regulatory philosophy that had proved increasingly influential in policy circles over the past three decades.

    This paper suggests (1) that contrary to the prevailing wisdom,... View Details

    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Institutions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk Management; Business and Government Relations; Balance and Stability
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    • 2009
    • Book

    Too Big to Save?: How to Fix the U.S. Financial System

    By: Robert C. Pozen
    Too Big To Save? provides a comprehensive review of the financial crisis, explaining not only the factors causing the crisis but also evaluating the government responses to date and suggesting practical reforms for the future. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; United States
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    • 04 Nov 2021
    • Blog Post

    STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

    oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for facilities, selling into commodity... View Details
    Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship
    • 04 Nov 2021
    • Blog Post

    STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

    oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for facilities, selling into commodity... View Details
    • September 2024
    • Case

    XYZ Robotics

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Brian Mao Fu, Shu Lin and Jamie Gong
    Founded in 2018, XYZ Robotics was a China-based startup specializing in robotic picking solutions and 3D machine vision products. Amid an economic downturn and intense competition, the company faced considerable financial challenges and needed to determine the best way... View Details
    Keywords: Robotics; 3D Systems; China; Resource Allocation; Business Startups; Competition; Product; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Technology Industry; China
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    • September–October 2021
    • Article

    Frontiers: Can an AI Algorithm Mitigate Racial Economic Inequality? An Analysis in the Context of Airbnb

    By: Shunyuan Zhang, Nitin Mehta, Param Singh and Kannan Srinivasan
    We study the effect of Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm on the racial disparity in the daily revenue earned by Airbnb hosts. Our empirical strategy exploits Airbnb’s introduction of the algorithm and its voluntary adoption by hosts as a quasi-natural experiment. Among... View Details
    Keywords: Smart Pricing; Pricing Algorithm; Machine Bias; Discrimination; Racial Disparity; Social Inequality; Airbnb Revenue; Revenue; Race; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Price; Mathematical Methods; Accommodations Industry
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    • 04 Mar 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America

    Keywords: by Marion Fourcade & Rakesh Khurana; Education
    • December 2017 (Revised January 2019)
    • Case

    In the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm: South Korea's Lotte Group, China and the U.S. THAAD Missile Defense System (A)

    By: Andy Zelleke and Brian Tilley
    By late 2016 and early 2017, Lotte Group, a South Korean chaebol (large family-controlled business group) had become embroiled not only in the domestic political turmoil surrounding President Park Geun-hye, but also—uncomfortably—in a four-country geopolitical storm. ... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Politics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; National Security; International Relations; Decision Making; Government and Politics; Leadership; South Korea; China; Japan
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    • 2023
    • White Paper

    Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change

    By: Joseph B. Fuller, Kerry McKittrick, Sherry Seibel, Cole Wilson, Vasundhara Dash and Ali Epstein
    Keywords: Wages; Personal Development and Career; Equality and Inequality
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    • April 2013
    • Teaching Plan

    Barclays and the LIBOR Scandal

    By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
    In the summer of 2012, Barclays plc, one of the largest banks in the world, agreed to settle with authorities and acknowledged that the firm had manipulated LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rate)—a benchmark reference rate that was fundamental to the operation of... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Systems; Financial Services; Corruption; Regulation; General Management; Management; Leadership; Economic Systems; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Culture; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
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