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- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
professor Noel Maurer and economic historian Carlos Yu discuss the canal's complicated economic and political history—including the first proposals dating back to 1529, the massive cost overruns associated with digging the canal in the... View Details
- 05 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization Policy
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
an easier time abroad, they said. According to Hayes, the following principles of comportment are expected among businesspeople: Contracts should be fair to all parties. Partnership is preferred over hierarchical claims. Speculation is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Could Bring Globalization Down?
it was in 1915 that globalization, like the Lusitania, could be sunk." What do you mean by "sinking globalization"? A: I mean that we could just as easily find ourselves swept into economic "de-globalization" by an international View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
others who earn a higher pay rate. Our results suggest that low pay rates are, in and of themselves, unlikely to promote dishonesty. Instead, it is the salience of upward social comparisons that encourages the poorly compensated to cheat. 2014 Article Investors View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
religious group and for the population as a whole. To control for politician identity to be correlated with constituency level voter preferences or characteristics that make religion salient, we use quasi-random variation in legislator... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
Publications May 2015 Cambridge University Press Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform By: Rithmire, Meg Abstract—Land reforms have been critical to the development of Chinese capitalism over... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?
infrastructure staff, as well as advertisers, were not. Musk’s stated desire to make Twitter a haven for any speech “within the bounds of the law” has led to a sharp uptick in posts advocating white nationalism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, and right-wing threats of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor
climate change. We’re now at a point when corporations and bankers recognize the advantages of sustainable investments and understand the importance of well-thought-out climate policies. Change is coming from the top down. Let’s hope it’s not too late.” Use your words:... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
Path-Breakers? Women's Electoral Success and Future Political Participation By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer Abstract—This paper investigates whether the event of a woman winning office in a competitive election... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Harvard Business Review Managing Political Misfits By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, and Rory McDonald Abstract—Not all employees agree with your politics. That's OK. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54406... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
the optimal response to an ad-sponsored rival often entails business model reconfigurations. We also find that when there is an ad-sponsored entrant, the incumbent is more likely to prefer to compete through the subscription-based or the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2024
- HBS Case
Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore
understands users’ emotions TikTok presents videos it thinks a user might engage with, rather than waiting for the user to choose posts they prefer or follow those of influencers or friends. Its single-page vertical videos allow the app... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
of inflation increases demand for cost of living adjustments. Frames that highlight flexibility, control, and investment significantly reduce annuitization. A majority of respondents prefer to receive an extra "bonus" payment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
that preferences for masculinity versus femininity mediated White participants' attraction to Blacks relative to Asians. Analysis of the 2000 United States Census replicated this pattern with interracial marriages. In Study 5, Blacks were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
comfort with botsourcing when jobs are framed as requiring cognition versus emotion; (3) people will express more comfort with botsourcing for jobs that do require emotion if robots appear to convey more emotion; and (4) people prefer to... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
Publications December 2014 Journal of Political Economy Transition to Clean Technology By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We develop a microeconomic model of endogenous growth where clean and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
GO: AFRICA Fellowships the School is able to grant each year, as well as the size of each fellowship award. While HBS hopes to grant every recipient the maximum award amount for which they qualify, it may not always be possible. *For startups, View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
to go along with the plan. China, The United States, and The Quest for Global Leadership Professor Bill Kirby + More Info – Less Info In an era of growing geopolitical tension between the United States and China, how do companies--and universities such at... View Details