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- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
several distributors purposely suppressed supply to profiteer, further increasing prices. In response, the government took full control of the production and distribution of face masks. It halted mask exports and rationed and distributed... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15
global cash flows: to achieve resource independence from other state actors. In the context of state-owned entities, the power-use hypothesis of standard resource dependence theory can be used to analyze the dependence of SOEs on other state actors, such as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
another, the need “to do extreme scenario planning and take out loans as precautions to boost the balance sheet.” One CEO mentioned that this was complicated by a distrust of government data on health and the economy, thus requiring... View Details
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
European winters—on the brain. And he thinks you should, too. Froot, the André R. Jakurski Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, has spent more than 15 years researching how the reinsurance industry—which... View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
announced staff cuts in reaction to slowing or declining demand. US government data from October suggests that employers remain cautious, adding just 12,000 new positions in the month as unemployment remained steady at 4.1 percent, edging... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
Editor Julia Hanna talks to Wilson about thinking beyond standard economic models, what collaboration looks like to him, and the work that has fundamentally changed the way governments and corporations buy and sell essential goods and... View Details
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Global Poor General Management, Marketing Kash Rangan Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Business and Geopolitics Business, Government & the International Economy Jeremy Friedman Fall 2024 Q1 1.5 Business at the Base of the Pyramid General Management,... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
visionary, while Anderson, as chief operating officer, would bring the administrative and fundraising muscle to make it work. “I have known since I was 18 or 19 exactly what I was good at and exactly what I would do for rest of life,”... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
intellectual content of the field. That same year, under the leadership of Paula Barker Duffy (MBA '77), then administrative director of External Relations, the School's Division of Research conducted a survey that provided a new... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
dropping out, value the benefits associated with competing in the second round more than influencing its outcome. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54540 forthcoming Administrative Science Quarterly... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Oct 2015
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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 contribution year, but withdrawals in... View Details
- 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008
local levels of government; (3) the Chinese electoral system; and (4) current pressures for change. Also includes a number of useful exhibits on Communist Party membership, political structure, and the administrative system. Can be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
emergency medical workers, and medical researchers all demand cadavers or cadaver parts. As an illustration, orthopedic surgeons use human joints to fine-tune their skills to learn new procedures. Similarly, some researchers studying Alzheimer's disease might require... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
that robust verification mechanisms such as independent certification may be necessary for voluntary management programs to mitigate information asymmetries surrounding management practices. Implications are discussed for the industry-associations, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
George is the finance director for the Post Carbon Institute, a California think tank dedicated to promoting sustainable energy that recently examined the Bakken in its report Drilling Deeper: A Reality Check on U.S. Government Forecasts... View Details
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
attending hospitalist physician at the Boston VA-Boston Medical Center and lecturer in healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School. From 2009-2011, Dr. Jain pursued government service at the US Department of Health and Human Services,... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55811 forthcoming Administrative Science Quarterly Parallel Play: Startups, Nascent Markets, and the Effective Design of a Business Model By: McDonald, Rory, and Kathleen... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
business and government in a rapidly changing world. Over six hundred graduates and guests came to campus for a 1948 alumni conference on "Responsibility for Business Leadership," which was covered extensively in the magazine. In the... View Details
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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
- 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007
property development. A family member, Raymond Cheng, had narrowed the list of potential markets to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Notwithstanding a history of instability and conflict and substantial government control of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne