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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
examining how firms compete in foreign markets and how government policies shape and constrain their options. She is also writing a book about information-based industries, such as media and entertainment, and their quest for global... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
promise of better charging infrastructure, and evolving trends in foreign markets all indicate that EVs are approaching a global tipping point. But with political winds imperiling government incentives in the United States and China... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
systematized trade practices and promulgated by FTC trade practice conferences through the 1920s, eventually became a lynchpin in New Deal competition policy. Ultimately, a new understanding of fair competition redefined American View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
health than for the other three components of their health footprint. One reason may be the greater difficulty of measuring return on investment for community health initiatives. Companies also tend to lump community health programs under View Details
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax distortion, government outlays... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
George C. Lodge
Business Administration (INCAE). After enlisting in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 during World War II and graduating with honors from Harvard College in 1950, Lodge began his career as a reporter with the Boston Herald. A 1954 interview... View Details
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched startup labs. Companies including... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
11, 2001, he led the mourning city to a resounding recovery. His administration rebuilt and revived Lower Manhattan and improved the lives of millions of New Yorkers across the five boroughs, creating a record number of new jobs, cutting... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
percent down payment. Not many of our grand- parents or great-grandparents could save that much. Under Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Federal Housing Administration institutionalized the long-term, fixed-rate mortgage, opening the door to home... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
from 3% to 15% as a fraction of government budget without negatively affecting publication quality and quantity. This follows incentive policy change and leadership change at labs, an event whose timing is plausibly exogenous being... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)
Bahrain, and England. While in Texas with Monsanto, he noticed that the top managers had technical degrees but little training in business administration and economics. Sensing an opportunity for advancement, he enrolled in night classes... View Details
- 11 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Saving the Planet
"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
Incorrect beliefs are easier to overcome than an ingrained lack of trust. However, as the researchers later demonstrate, even that remedy may prove hard to achieve. Dylan Minor, a visiting assistant professor of business administration in... View Details
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
about registration or help to register at home. While both types of visits increased registration, the home registration visits had a higher impact than the information-only visits, indicating that both information costs and View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Porter Helps Jerusalem Mayor with Economic Development
Nir Barkat, a software entrepreneur elected mayor of Jerusalem last November, visited HBS in late March to take part in a roundtable discussion on the economic development of his city, Israel’s poorest. HBS professor Michael Porter, a leading authority on... View Details
Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
Business Administration at HBS. “But everything is rewritten to work in a Zambian context. The data to date shows that the training’s effects are very positive.” Drawing from her own experience teaching negotiation at HBS, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
to their accounting reports following CLs. Our results indicate that disclosure of regulatory oversight activities can strengthen public enforcement. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55919 forthcoming View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
more than 20 years, the devastation in meatpacking is just one example of how lax regulation can make a grave situation deadly. The lack of safety guidance from the US Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) nearly a year... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
(Fictive Press) It’s 1957 in the fictional Canadian province of Superior. In the span of just a few days in November, the lives of several high-level government officials and a colorful cast of “destitutes” are about to change forever as... View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
performance. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1437027 Leniency in Private Regulatory Enforcement: The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance Authors:Lamar Pierce and Michael W. Toffel Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace