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  • 10 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

by 7.5 percent relative to private firms. We interpret this as evidence of investor belief of policy irreversibility, where reforms may reach a stage beyond which future regimes have difficulty reversing those policies. Further analysis... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • What Do You Think?

How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

kinds of changes he studies have taken place over long periods of time. And they run much deeper than such things as short-term educational reform or job retraining. Why is it, then, that there is so much... View Details
Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
  • 21 Feb 2005
  • Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

individuals. In response to the recent scandals, politicians and government officials have stepped in to pass new laws and create new regulations, while prominent persons on Wall Street and elsewhere in the business community have issued their own calls for View Details
Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
  • 13 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 13

census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis suggests that total factor productivity (TFP) of multi-store retail chains fell after the introduction of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 2

to understand them, and be prepared to educate the VC about why his exercising too much power could hurt both parties in the long-term. Maximize trust. Beneath all the financial projections, the VC negotiation is a process in which people... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • September 2000
  • Case

MBA In Jeopardy (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Gagan Gupta and Phani K. Nagarjuna
The Community Standards Panel of Harvard Business School must determine whether two students have violated the school's community standards, and if so, what sanction would be appropriate. Concerns allegations of plagiarism. In a second-year elective course, two... View Details
Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Business Education; Learning; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Education Industry
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  • 18 Aug 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

year. Early research shows that students in schools led by NLNS principals are outperforming their peers, but Fenton remains driven by his vision of a system-wide, scalable model for education reform that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 25 Sep 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

has been a major obstacle to moving the country forward on nearly every front that makes a healthy business environment, from tax reform and restoring economic growth to improving public education and health... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

The Political Economy of a 'Miracle Cure': The Case of Nebulized Ibuprofen and Its Diffusion in Argentina

By: Sebastian Calónico, Rafael Di Tella and Juan Cruz Lopez Del Valle
We document the diffusion of nebulized ibuprofen in Argentina as a treatment for COVID-19. As the pandemic spread, this clinically unsupported drug reached thousands of patients, even some seriously ill, despite warnings by the regulator and medical societies. Detailed... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Adoption; Behavior; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Learning
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  • 02 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

Institutions on the Philippine Frontier Under American Rule, 1898-1918 Authors:Lakshmi Iyer, Noel Maurer Abstract Abstract We examine three reforms to property rights introduced by the United States in the Philippines in the early 20th... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

transformative reform to Brazil's public education system, which he believes to be crucial to the future success of Brazil as a nation. The case presents students the opportunity to explore conditions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 8, 2016

Successful Change: Ten Insights from the Private Sector By: Henderson, Rebecca Abstract—The aim of this book is to catalyze global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and environmental management. It is shown that transformational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2011
  • Supplement

Assistant Professor Gyan Gupta and the Wet Noodle Class (B)

By: Dorothy Leonard
Professor Gupta has imposed two new policies on his class, midway through the term: 1) No use of Internet to locate additional information on the company in the case; 2) an increase in the percentage of grades attributed to class participation. He meets with rebellion... View Details
Keywords: Teaching; Learning; Internet and the Web; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Change; Education Industry
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  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

the mouse." Book: http://www.IMovedYourCheese.com Commentary: A View from the East: Trade, Investment, and Economic Reform Author:Regina M. Abrami Publication:In Cuban Economic and Social Development: Policy View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

far less open about revealing information about their activities. In many cases, it is extraordinarily difficult to find information about firms which are opaque to outsiders. In both countries, there is a particular distrust between the business sector and local View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

U.S.-born parents, while the second includes mostly older, separated women with some college education, a relatively higher share of whom are foreign born and have foreign-born parents. Our results demonstrate the presence of additional donor groups within and beyond... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

capital shortages, distributed urban territory to assuage losers of reform and promote economic growth. The findings suggest that 1) growth strategies, and the territorial politics they produce, are products of the post-Mao urban... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2006
  • Module Note

International Regulatory Regimes

By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes the seventh module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module focuses on how national and international regulatory regimes influence financial decisions. The module explores how national regulatory regimes interact, the... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; International Finance; Decisions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business Ventures; Teaching; International Relations; Education Industry
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  • 29 Jan 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Fall of Greece

Professor of Business Administration and a native of Greece, offers his insights into what the election means for the country. Many people ask me what the recent elections in Greece mean for the Greek economy. While I agree reforms are... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 18 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

involved and engaged in the process because if you leave out a key stakeholder, ultimately, they become the opposition, and then they are the ones that tear down the reform that you are trying to implement. 3. Foster a culture that... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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