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- 10 Mar 2021
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companies in South Africa and abroad, and sheds a light on the harsh realities of corporate environments. Drawing on her years of experience and research, the author argues that many young Black professionals struggle early on in their... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
that they are fair. We explore whether children's developing concern with behaving fairly towards others may in part reflect a developing concern with appearing fair to others. In Experiments 1-2, most 6- to 8-year-old children behaved... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4
spending) are unleashed when givers are aware of their positive impact. In Study 1, an experiment using real charitable appeals, giving more money to charity led to higher levels of happiness only when participants gave to causes that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web Author:Marco Iansiti Abstract Economic analysis often reviews the role of principles—such as respect for intellectual property rights—in driving innovation. Given the interdependent View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
so different from those found in other countries. Sean Silverthorne: Why has this issue on taxing foreign profit become so central? Mihir Desai: I think there are several reasons for these developments. First, the integrated, global View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
taxation. This paper analyzes the role of information for tax enforcement in the case of the Value Added Tax (VAT) through two randomized field experiments with over 400,000 Chilean firms. Claims that the VAT facilitates tax enforcement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
2017 Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Democracy: A Case Study By: Moss, David Abstract—Democracy: A Case Study invites readers to experience American history anew and come away with a deeper understanding of the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
free entry of rating agencies, the provision of quality ratings is at least partially sustained by the reputational concerns of the rating agencies. The economically significant entry of a third agency into a market that was previously best described as a duopoly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
and attempt to develop frameworks for assessing the nature of this impact. It is equally important to identify the entrepreneurs and firms that have been ahead of governments and regulators in championing more sustainable practices and... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20
sections. The first section defines project finance and contrasts it with other well-known financing mechanisms. The second section describes the evolution of project finance from its beginnings in the natural resources industry in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
in the area. The product had been in development for years prior to the disaster, says Polatoğlu, developed to address a rise in natural disaster–related emergencies caused by climate change. “Moreover, we have designed a special... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016
Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors examine prominent placement of search engines' own services and effects on users' choices. Evaluating a natural View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18
markets place on the pinnacle of quality, the enduring nature of reputation, and the effect of endogenous quality choices on status effect estimates. August 2013 American Psychologist J. Richard Hackman (1940-2013) By: Wageman, Ruth, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11
and executive Kent Lineback have long studied the question of how managers grow and advance. Their experience brings them to a simple but troubling observation: Most bosses reach a certain level of proficiency and stay there—short of what... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical foundations and dynamic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
to the aviation reward, the X PRIZE Foundation is offering similar carrots for breakthroughs in sequencing the human genome, designing fuel-efficient cars, and even reaching the moon. And the US government is experimenting with prizes as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
transparency improves confidence ex ante but impedes regulators' ability to stem panics ex post. Working Papers Cumulative Innovation & Open Disclosure of Intermediate Results: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Bioinformatics By:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018
historically, only government-subsidized products have achieved widespread adoption. A recent contractual innovation, which links insurance payouts to realized weather rather than farmer indemnity, has spurred substantial research in the past decade. This review begins... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne