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- Faculty Publications (86)
- March 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
International Rivers Network and the Bujagali Dam Project (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
In the summer of 2002, the International Rivers Network (IRN), an environmental NGO located in Berkeley, California, was engaged in what appeared to be the last hours of a three year campaign to stop a $582 million dam and hydropower project at Bujagali Falls in... View Details
- 15 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Embracing Commitment and Performance: CEOs and Practices Used to Manage Paradox
- 2023
- Chapter
Economic Globalization and Populism in Latin America and Beyond
By: Paula Rettl
Both populism and economic globalization have been on the rise in the last decades, motivating increasing scholarly attention to the phenomena and their relationship (see Rodrik 2021 for a recent review). However, the relationship between populism and economic... View Details
- 2017
- Working Paper
A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies
By: Valeria Giacomin
Clusters are defined as geographically concentrated agglomerations of specialized firms in a particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper... View Details
- 25 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
some puzzling questions, like why men and women alike believe that men will perform better than women in some domains and what interventions can be considered to close this gender gap in self-confidence. “Stereotypes are pervasive,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Research Summary
The Role of Institutions in Overcoming Imperfect Monitoring in Relational Contracting (with Carmit Segal)
In a world in which firms can be hit by transitory adverse shocks it may be too costly for any single worker to verify the true state of the world. In this case, it may not be possible for firms to lower wages in response to adverse shocks and still have the workers... View Details
- 14 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Insider Trading Preceding Goodwill Impairments
- Program
Strategic Marketing for Driving Growth
more business growth. This program is eligible for the Digital Transformation Certificate. Learn More Key Benefits Effective marketing strategy development and implementation is a crucial piece of the puzzle for business leaders who need... View Details
- Article
Turbulent Stability of Emergent Roles: The Dualistic Nature of Self-Organizing Knowledge Co-Production
By: Ofer Arazy, Johaness Daxenberg, Hila Lifshitz - Assaf, Oded Nov and Irene Gurevych
Increasingly, new forms of organizing for knowledge production are built around self-organizing co-production community models with ambiguous role definitions. Current theories struggle to explain how high-quality knowledge is developed in these settings and how... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
Yanhua Bird's research encompasses two streams: (1) entrepreneurship and social innovation — how the design and structure of alternative forms of enterprises influence their activities and success, with a focus on peer-to-peer markets and social enterprises, and (2)... View Details
- 05 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance
and participants earned a dollar for each puzzle they solved in 20 seconds or less. After recording the results of the first problem-solving round, the researchers divided participants randomly into one of three conditions: control,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The $15 Billion Question: Have Loot Boxes Turned Video Gaming into Gambling?
the number of players globally tops 3 billion, the paper says. “People don’t realize how pervasive games are,” Amano says. “They are larger than music and movies combined.” Amano and Simonov analyzed the decisions made by 2.5 million players of a free-to-play Japanese... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Facts and Figuring: An Experimental Investigation of Network Structure and Performance in Information and Solution Spaces
- Web
Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research
detect dental conditions on x-rays with a level of accuracy and consistency that would resonate with the needs of both individual dentists and Dental Service Organizations (DSOs). Yet, the puzzle remained: how precise and reliable would... View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
investors in the United States. In 1981, a ranking by sales revenues in Forbes put it in twelfth place. 5 Unilever's longevity as an inward investor provides an opportunity to explore in depth a puzzle about inward FDI in the United... View Details
- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
strikes that have affected the industry and effectively frozen most of its activity. Larger companies can’t ride out the storm without cuts to budget and staff. How do you use what you learned at HBS in this work? Each film and television project is a View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 21 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year
sometimes leads to a shift to the left and other times to a shift to the right is a puzzle that we are still trying to understand. Context and the role of political entrepreneurs are important pieces in this puzzle. “I found that the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
When Should a Social Platform Give People Fewer Choices and Charge More for Them?
Existing economic wisdom offers unequivocal advice to managers seeking to establish new platform businesses: Invest to acquire users as quickly as possible and make sure that they have ... View Details
- 28 Nov 2023
- Book
Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?
economic stagnation? Silverthorne: What most surprised you about your research results? Rithmire: The biggest puzzle was the one that yielded the biggest insight: Why did firms in Indonesia and China seem to purposefully expand and invest... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details