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- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—Can governments increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement? Roth 401(k) contributions are not tax-deductible in the... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
4 Things You Need to Know about the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). If you take a look at our new website you’ll be able to dig into all the details about this exciting new offering, but here are a few key facts to... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Later, as a student at HBS, Stavros studied ESOPs: their initial popularity among private equity firms and their dramatic... View Details
- 18 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'
Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
I mostly smiled and thanked them for their compliment. I politely corrected people whenever they presumed that Singapore was part of China. In trying to learn about and adapt... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Working PapersIntra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We use a new firm-level data set that establishes the location, ownership, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
work of Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, and his colleague, Robert Kegan (see table 1). The answer to the question whom do you serve often reveals more about leaders than... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
Internet—ad serving. The firm sells ad space on the Web sites it represents and has invested heavily in developing technology to deliver targeted ads to these sites, with the simple goal of "making... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
activity sponsored by Harvard Business School. That study sought to examine questions of M&A strategy and execution with a new rigor. Our in-depth findings will emerge over the next year or two, in the... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
and the Global Economy" shows how China's engagement with the global economy has changed over time. These materials should be of interest to observers and participants... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
destination countries like the U.S. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/Kerr_Kerr FEP11_ImmSurvey.pdf Working PapersThe Organization of Firms Across Countries Authors:Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2015
- What Do You Think?
What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?
service for customers and long-term profits to patient investors but disappointment for some people who have gone to work there. (In parlance that my co-authors and I used in... View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Over what time horizon? In this session, we discuss how setting ambitious net-zero energy goals means taking calculated risks at the frontiers of science and technology, making... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49386 Working Papers Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?
the most similar to ours’—that means the same disease and same mechanism of action—‘and we’re ready to react when they have a result.’” (Acting on your competitor’s actions... View Details
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
studies have shown that these norms are not universally followed. Lack of openness and transparency means that scientific problem solving is constrained to a few scientists who... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
of value and growth indices, and a more general investor, who also has access to Treasury bills and bonds. We find that the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It
in their current circumstances; for people who are working hard and maybe even finding success in their life and work, but who struggle to find View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
when there's another just down the hall. All of these reasons create a workplace in which authority is at best an uncertain means of influence. Your Formal Authority by Itself... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel