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  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

realized. Our model aligns with many observed empirical regularities, and we quantify our framework by matching Census Bureau operating data with patent data for U.S. firms. We observe that internal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2430174 Eliciting Taxpayer Preferences Increases Tax Compliance By: Lamberton, Cait, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Two experiments show that eliciting taxpayer preferences on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jan 2017
  • Blog Post

Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

Nonprofits, and The Role of Government in Market Economies. For my MPP capstone exercise, I tapped into interest generated by the HKS Government Performance Lab and focused on the burgeoning Pay For Success... View Details
  • 15 May 2019
  • Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education
  • 18 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 18

expenditures, general consumer inability to budget and forecast, bank incentives, and community norms and social capital. Furthermore, using both national data and a natural experiment, we find that access to payday lending seems to lead... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Competitiveness at Risk

research findings, including highlights from an unprecedented HBS alumni survey on competitiveness, are presented in a special March issue of the Harvard Business Review. “The extensive data we’ve reviewed show that US competitiveness is... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

at two giant mutual fund companies, the author has also been an attorney, a government official, a law school professor, and a business school professor—sometimes simultaneously. Over the years, he has devised a number of principles and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

sector tends to be mired in a process that often results in various degrees of chaos. Supported by a broad mix of foundations, corporations, and individuals, the philanthropic capital markets depend mostly on a hodgepodge of personal relationships, reputations, and... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • 02 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

person to be the steward or organizer of the strategy map. This person ensures that data are continually fed into the map and Balanced Scorecard to keep them refreshed, organizes the monthly report distribution—usually electronically—and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

Pfizer, as well as nonprofits and international government agencies, the authors show how successful leaders of innovation don't create a vision and try to make innovation happen themselves. Rather, they create and sustain a culture where... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

prosperity. How can the future of capitalism be secured? And who should spearhead the effort? Many observers point to government. But in Capitalism at Risk, the authors argue otherwise. While they agree that governments must play a role,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 16, 2016

Abstract—Using test data for all children attending Danish public schools between school years 2009–-2010 and 2012–2013, we examine how the time of the test affects performance. Test time is determined by the weekly class schedule and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2008
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action

reduce the gap between strategy and execution? Does the BSC work in testing strategy? How Can The Balanced Scorecard Improve Corporate Governance? Working Paper: Improving Corporate Governance with the Balanced Scorecard The authors... View Details
  • 09 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

The widespread use of pricing algorithms is reshaping the nature of competition in online markets and potentially driving up the prices of retail goods, according to recent research. These automated, price-adjusting software programs may also be catching the eye of... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail
  • Web

RCP Terms of Service - Research Computing Services

provide you with an account to the Research Computing Platform (RCP). You are responsible for following all applicable Harvard University policies, including but not limited to the Harvard Research Data Security Policy and Harvard... View Details
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

whether you can buy T Mobile? The U.S. Department of Justice. Who decided it was a good idea to send consumers a text message before they exceeded data limits on their cell phones? The Federal Communications Commission. But there are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

practices creating a learning and innovative organization; and tracking results in terms of the "four Rs" of retention, referrals, returns to labor, and relationships with customers. It shows "the culture cycle" at work in practice based on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

ownership form signals the extent of institutional constraints and hence it is hypothesized that post-merger customer-mix changes will differ based on firm ownership form. Empirical analysis using data from public and private for-profit,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

Publication:Social Choice and Welfare (forthcoming) Abstract We take a decision theoretic approach to the classic social choice problem, using data on the frequency of choice problems to compute social choice functions. We define a family... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a responsibility and a real opportunity to... View Details