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  • 07 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

conducting intensive field research in rural Kenya and other parts of the former British Empire, argues that there are clear parallels between academic knowledge and business intelligence. Elkins conducting field research in Kiambu, Kenya... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

Associate Professor of Business Administration at HBS. “You are losing hundreds of billions in raw economic activity each month—and that’s not even accounting for all the other forms of loss the pandemic has caused. So you can put a lot... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 06 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

Philanthropy in US Communities, which was published in the March issue of Administrative Science Quarterly. The study adds to a growing line of academic research highlighting the importance of a firm's main... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

of damage caps on settlements, the propensity of men and women to initiate negotiations, and the readiness of each gender to volunteer for, and work on “nonpromotable tasks.” Linda won this award, however, not only for her path‐breaking View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Apr 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

educators across academic disciplines, as are the hundreds of cases he produced on what he called the "artistry" of teaching. Inspired by Christensen's example, successive generations of teachers—in business, law, medicine, and... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education
  • 16 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. "Interdepartmental coordination doesn't tend to happen organically. It needs some intervention to create collaborative networks." “What... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 18 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

competitors' anticipated actions. Using new entrants into the United States from 1985 to 1994, we find that firms favor locations with academic innovative activity. Other results highlight differences in firms' location strategies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

  Publications January 2015 Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Agglomeration and Innovation By: Carlino, Gerald, and William R. Kerr Abstract—This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

companies, the companies that hire them, the types of problems that economists are currently working on, and the areas of academic research that have emerged in relation to these problems. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

the Future Authors:Chia-Jung Tsay and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Through the decision-analytic approach to negotiations, the past quarter century has seen the development of a better dialog between the descriptive and the prescriptive, as well as a burgeoning interest in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

examine if it can be implemented in different contexts and across academic cultures, structures, and traditions. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51496 Spring 2016 Journal of Applied Corporate Finance ESG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008

the entrepreneurial venture's specimens. Non-profit and academic organizations were more likely recipients of the academic-housed program's specimens. These findings suggest that although the programs procured from a somewhat similar pool... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

Impact Evaluation Methods in Public Economics: A Brief Introduction to Randomized Evaluations and Comparison with Other Methods By: Pomeranz, Dina Abstract—Recent years have seen a large expansion in the use of rigorous impact evaluation techniques. Increasingly,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

  Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 06 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

identified four different approaches people used to perform necessary evils effectively, so that the task got done and the victims were treated with decency and respect.” Margolis, an associate professor of business administration in the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

sophisticated set of financial incentives that are applied to both administrative and clinical staff. The case allows students to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of financial incentives in clinical medicine. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

presided over the development of the empirical social sciences to address questions of labor regulation and control within manufacturing industries. Next, we look at the creation of the Carnegie Tech Graduate School of Industrial View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

Benioff completed a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, paying his way through college with royalties he earned as a teen-age game developer. Nadella studied engineering in India and was awarded an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services
  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45344 August 2013 University of Chicago Press Who Uses the Roth 401(k), and How Do They Use It?" By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—Using View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

disruptive innovation has gained considerable currency among practitioners despite widespread misunderstanding of its core principles. Similarly, foundational research on disruption has elicited frequent citation and vibrant debate in View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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