Administration of Economic Programs - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

rainbow everyone sees out there." Now, of course, the economic bubble has burst, the "easy money" is gone, and managers are worrying about how to stay competitive in the new world economy that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections

individuals identified as likely to defect. The tricky part comes in figuring out exactly who should be targeted. “You have to look at the net profitability of the retention campaign” Sunil Gupta, the Edward W. Carter Professor View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Service

10 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice

some become more successful—but led others down the wrong path, says Rembrand Koning, the Mary V. and Mark A. Stevens Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. How much... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

paper called, "Asset Allocation and Asset Location: Household Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," published by the Journal of Public Economics in August,... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

delayed his journey home while he raced through the Ph.D. program in agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota in just two years. His dissertation on the soybean... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

Editor's note: With the death of Nelson Mandela, the words of the Roman poet Horace (65 - 27 BC) seem particularly appropriate in celebrating his life and achievements in freeing South Africa from the... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

and from other institutions with the goal of creating strategies to reignite America's economic future in the global economy. Porter is the Lawrence University Professor, and Rivkin the Rauner professor... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

07 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

corporate America ever win back people's confidence? Harvard Management Update recently discussed this issue with Thomas R. Piper, Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Harvard Management Update

23 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?

battles for eight years and still faces the likelihood of a presidential veto if approved by the Republican-dominated U.S. Senate. But, domestic politics aside, according to Vietor, the administration may... View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

25 Feb 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

focuses on the economics and strategy of digital: how organizations need to adapt and change in this new environment, and the individual skills required to succeed in a digital economy. "You know that a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology

03 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts

those efforts and proactively addressing issues when negative stories arise. “The positive association between ESG performance and market valuation is stronger for firms with more positive public sentiment momentum,” writes Harvard Business School Professor View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

totalitarian economic environment of a China, for example, where high-level leadership for AI exists now. What would a government-sponsored artificial intelligence program look... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

solution is to create institutions that allow consumers to build and claim the value of their marketplace identities, and that give producers the incentive to respect them. Privacy and identity then become opposing View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Building an IT Governance Committee

emeritus professor of business at Harvard Business School and a professor of management and organization at the University of Washington Business School in Seattle. McFarlan is... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

destroy value by adding administrative costs and leads to structures involving health plans and providers and other actors, which are misaligned with patient value. In a world of zero-sum competition, for... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

22 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

business in the early 21st century: to promote economic growth; to protect workers; to promote consumer welfare, and to promote public welfare. Other major economic powers tend to have laws that promote... View Details