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- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
lives we must continue to push for more." But Mal Watlington poses perhaps the most challenging question: "The history of philosophy is filled with great thinkers who advise us to seek balance in life, yet the history of the world appears to be driven View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
Tempura Women having a heart attack are less likely to die if their doctor is also female, a new study shows. How much less likely? When treated for a heart attack by men, the risk for women goes up 1.5 percent. That means roughly one in... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- News
Why Latin America Needs the Private Sector More Than Ever
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
turn, moving ideas on new paths to market and perhaps even publishing research to enhance industry knowledge will provide new and important ways for companies to realize the value of their discoveries. — Laura Singleton (MBA ’88) Artful... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
average driver out of their preferred shift is as bad as cutting their weekly earnings by more than 5 percent. For the California drivers that we study, the ability to start or stop working at any moment and the flexibility to change... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
As Harvard Business School professor Laura Phillips Sawyer sifted through historical documents to trace the history of competition policy in the United States, an interesting figure emerged: Edna Gleason, who became known as the “mother... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
Mention the words religion and business in one breath, and chances are good that someone will take offense. It's a common conviction within most Western societies that the two do not and should not be mixed—ever. Yet when Laura Nash and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- September 2015
- Book Review
Review of Fueling the Gilded Age: Railroads, Miners, and Disorder in Pennsylvania Coal Country, by Andrew B. Arnold
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "Review of Fueling the Gilded Age: Railroads, Miners, and Disorder in Pennsylvania Coal Country, by Andrew B. Arnold." Enterprise & Society 16, no. 3 (September 2015): 738–740.
- June 27, 2017
- Article
Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs —and It Affects How Much Funding They Get
By: Dana Kanze, Laura Huang, Mark Conley and E. Tory Higgins
Kanze, Dana, Laura Huang, Mark Conley, and E. Tory Higgins. "Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs —and It Affects How Much Funding They Get." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 27, 2017).
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
vasilchenko The odds investors face when deciding which startup to back are long enough to make any self-respecting poker player toss in their cards. “Most investors know that when they write a $50,000 check they have a 98 percent chance of never seeing that money... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Media: Courting the Cord-Cutters
approaches work? I think the answer will be a hybrid model, with different options for different viewers. What’s next in media? “The continued rise of on-demand consumption, as exemplified by the Netflixes and Spotifys of the world, which... View Details
- 2007
- Comment
Comments on "How to Investigate the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Development, and Use the Results to Guide Policy," by Theodore H. Moran
By: Laura Alfaro
Alfaro, Laura. Comments on "How to Investigate the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Development, and Use the Results to Guide Policy," by Theodore H. Moran. Brookings Trade Forum (2007): 40–53.
- 29 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 29, 2006
Working PapersInternational Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Come Together: Firm Boundaries and Delegation
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
self-report of the licensee. The self-reporting aspect of the environment gives rise to demand for auditing by the licensor or third-party attestation by the licensee. We characterize the optimal royalty... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Book Review
Review of The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism, by Paul D. Moreno
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "Review of The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism, by Paul D. Moreno." Economic History Review 67, no. 4 (November 2014): 1186–1187.
- 02 Apr 2024
- What Do You Think?
What's Enough to Make Us Happy?
ambitious but not always assured. “Career planning provides an opportunity to think about 'enough,' especially in a given timeframe." Our late colleague at Harvard Business School, Clayton Christensen, provided inspiration for this kind of thinking View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
foreign direct investment and for sustainable economic growth? These questions and more are explored in a forthcoming business case coauthored by Alfaro along with HBS professor Rafael M. Di Tella, Executive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 2023
- Book Review
Review of 'Radical American Partisanship: Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy' by Lilliana Mason and Nathan P. Kalmoe (University of Chicago Press, 2022)
By: Laura Jakli
Jakli, Laura. "Review of 'Radical American Partisanship: Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy' by Lilliana Mason and Nathan P. Kalmoe (University of Chicago Press, 2022)." Public Opinion Quarterly 87, no. 1 (2023): 235–238.