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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Leapfrog to Value Initiative Value-Based Care in Low and Middle Income Nations As the concept of value-based health care is rapidly diffusing world wide, this working paper demonstrates how View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20 1920 s 19 U.S. Steel and Alcoa withstand antitrust accusations Personal and corporate tax rates cut Airmail service... View Details
  • 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7

Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 9 (September 2011) Abstract Market capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

A: Jim Heskett: One can only speculate on the sources of low job satisfaction. It could be a product of unmet expectations, possibly due to inadequate attention by firms to hiring, training, and subsequent management. Those entering the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Banking System - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

then. ROE is defined as net income divided by average Tier 1 capital. Source: Bank Holding Company Y9C Data Unlevered return on assets (ROA) has rebounded from its lows during the financial crisis but... View Details
  • 09 Apr 2019
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Ray Dalio: Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed

a reflection on how his own personal experience led him to the conclusion that American capitalism “isn’t working well for most Americans,” which is followed by supporting evidence—including low income... View Details
Keywords: capitalism
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

showing total compensation details and job location, signed and dated by you. Current GO: AFRICA Fellowship recipients applying for renewal of their fellowship, as well as alumni applying for the first time, will provide income... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

lowest prices online and free 24 hour delivery. We're changing the lives of Brazilian moms one click at a time! MyTeksi Anthony Tan Hooi Ling Tan Adeline Chan Business Track Runner-Up MyTeksi has the vision of revamping the Malaysian taxi market by introducing simple... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

technology companies. Srikant Datar, Harvard Business School Srikant M. Datar is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University. A graduate with distinction from the University of Bombay, he received... View Details
  • 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

cross-country variation in the intensive margin of adoption accounts for more than 40% of the variation in income per capita. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-026.pdf Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

of the Harvard Project on the Workforce and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He studies issues related to employment and income polarization and the relationship between talent and economic... View Details
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The New Role for Government & NGOs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

For example, the Kenyan government modified banking regulations, which supported the launch and expansion of a revolutionary mobile phone-based money transfer and loan service for low income people. While... View Details
  • 26 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 26

Authors:Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines, Jr. Abstract This paper analyzes the extent to which firms use trade credit to reallocate capital in response to tax incentives. Tax-induced differences in pretax returns encourage the use of trade credit to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 May 2011
  • HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

It's a much believed assumption in the retail world: If you're going to compete on the basis of low cost, then you can't afford to invest in your employees. Extensive training—who has the time to give? Regularly scheduled hours?—way too... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18

Second, pay disparity between managers located in different states decreases relative to that of co-located managers. Third, division productivity falls in dispersed firms, with the effect driven by managers at the low end of the wage... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Breakup of Standard Oil and American Tobacco Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Reserve Act First Federal-Aid Highway Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20... View Details
  • 17 Nov 2016
  • Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

to gender, economics, and perceptions of leadership. He received the strongest support from white women without college degrees, 62 percent of whom voted for him. Although his supporters reported median household incomes of $70,000, the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely
  • 23 Aug 2006
  • Op-Ed

The Real Wal-Mart Effect

the world's largest company, primarily focused on its treatment of workers. The recent spate of books on the company is no exception. Some are overtly critical, for example Anthony Bianco's The Bully of Bentonville: How the High Cost of Wal-Mart's Everyday View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Ken A. Mark; Retail
  • 01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

predicts. That all has social fallout, of course. Salter notes that one result in the United States will be a widening income gap as a growing pool of less-educated, low-skilled American workers see jobs that match their abilities... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

with low risk-free interest rates, a high cost of capital for risky firms, and future declines in output and real investment. These declines are predictably followed by upward revisions in perceived risk, indicating that fluctuations in... View Details