Economic Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives. The types of “nudge” interventions that governments are now adopting alter people’s decisions without coercion or significant changes to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2009
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of emotions in collaborative relationships in organizations and suggest that organizational policies can set in motion a cycle of negative emotions that interfere with collaborative work. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Jan 2013
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These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

Keywords: by Stephen Haber & Aldo Musacchio; Banking

13 Jul 2012
Working Paper Summaries

De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Theory and Evidence on Preference Heterogeneity and Redistribution

Keywords: by Benjamin Lockwood & Matthew Weinzierl

November 2020
Article

Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda

By: Livia Alfonsi, Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman and Anna Vitali

We design a labor market experiment to compare demand- and supply-side policies to tackle youth unemployment, a key issue in low-income countries. The experiment tracks 1700 workers and 1500 firms over four years to compare the effect of offering workers either... View Details

Keywords: Employment; Training; Competency and Skills; Developing Countries and Economies

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19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

relationship between FDI and growth. We use 'quality' to mean the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth. However, this is difficult to establish because it is a function of many different country and project characteristics which are... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jul 2013
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mitigation policies within its supply chain and in government policy. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/caesars-entertainment-betting-on-sustainability/ Working Papers Market Reallocation and Knowledge Spillover: The... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Institutions for "The Limits of Insurance Demand and the Growing Protection Gap" with Pari Sastry, Tess Scharlemann, and Ana-Maria Tenekedijieva. 2024 Elisabeth Kempf : Winner of the 2024 Second Place Jensen Prize for the best paper published by the Journal of... View Details

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

investment and long-run economic development. Today's world policy advice to all countries, and even more so to poor ones, is to open their borders to foreign multinationals because they will generate wealth... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity Deepak Malhotra , Kevin Mohan Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Doctoral Programs Faculty from the NOM unit work with students across several doctoral programs. Detailed curriculum information for each doctoral program associated with this unit can be... View Details

19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

owned. This book explores the political logic of reforms to land ownership and control, accounting for how land development and real estate have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity in China. Drawing on extensive... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2017
Working Paper

Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence

By: Geoffrey Jones

This working paper provides a business history perspective on debates about the Great Divergence, the rise of the income gap between the West and the Rest, and the more recent Great Convergence, which has seen a narrowing of that gap. The literature on the timing and... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Economics; History; Wealth and Poverty; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth

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Lehman Brothers Family Partners | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Library Search Search Search Lehman Brothers: 1850 - 2008 Exhibition Lehman Brothers Family Partners Lehman Brothers began as a close-knit, family enterprise. While the number of its employees grew steadily, until 1924 only blood-related male members of the family... View Details

26 Apr 2022
Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

purpose” as a way to build trust and in so doing achieve both impressive economic results and positive social impact. The book demonstrates how purpose-driven business leaders find success by clearly articulating a purpose for the... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Management Science in 2013 for excellence in quality and timeliness of editorial work, in the role of Associate Editor. Raffaella Sadun : Named a Research Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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By: Vincent Pons

Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.

He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details

18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

2018 Innovation Policy and the Economy The Orphan Drug Act at 35: Observations and an Outlook for the Twenty-First Century By: Bagley, Nicholas, Benjamin Berger, Amitabh Chandra, Craig Garthwaite, and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract—On the 35th... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

squid ink pasta in Venice, walking on beaches, and tasting olive oils in Tuscany, they realized they were glad they had gone, and regretted fretting about the hiccups and cost. “Thinking about the economic value of our leisure time can... View Details