The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55160 From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration By: Fouka, Vasiliki, Soumyajit Mazumder, and Marco Tabellini Abstract— How... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

employers make an investment in you," and it behooves them to be accommodating so they can realize the value on that investment. She attributes her success to having excellent support. "I'm lucky enough to be able to afford a... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

11 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 11

shadow banking system-are outweighed by the risks inherent in this new approach to credit delivery. 2006 Harvard Business Review In Search of a Second Act: Riding the Popularity of a View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

David, Goliath, and Disruption

As elegantly described by HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen in his 1997 bestseller, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, so-called disruptive technologies are upstart... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Sep 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems

think a little outside the box. Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager? Few of us want to take less money to move to another organization, but research shows that hooking up with View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

payments, and are forgivable if firms use the cash infusion for essentials like rent and to retain most workers. A catastrophe in France A dozen years ago, as the Great... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

on making them thoughtfully and deliberately, without remorse. Q: Could you talk a little about the four service "truths"? A: Frei: Companies that excel at service typically do a great job in four... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

interviewed have a broad view of their societal and ethical responsibilities. "It's not something that we went fishing for, but it came through very clearly that many of these people, some of whom came from great poverty, are aware of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

At the end of the nineteenth century, Argentina was one of the great economic powers in the world—capitalizing on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance

Charles each week. The students learned a great deal more from the two of us than if either one of us had taught the course alone. View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Financial Services; Education

24 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

the short to medium run the government will still play an important role in supporting housing finance. But as we move to greater reliance on private mortgage credit it will be important to combine such... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

12 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

argued that businessmen who “take seriously their responsibilities for providing employment, eliminating discrimination, avoiding pollution or whatever else. . . are preaching pure and unadulterated socialism.” Does this make Larry Fink a socialist? Hardly. In fact,... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

28 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 28

Publications August 2013 Princeton University Press Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters By: Friedman, Walter A. Abstract—The period leading up to the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

required that they act rapidly. However, they had divergent views on the path forward. Should they stay the course and focus on their core competencies, or should they rethink... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

multicultural global contexts. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-127.pdf The Three Foundations of a Great Life, Great... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

customers, community, and society—not just shareholders. These CEOs operate from deep beliefs and values. Their purpose is to leave a legacy of a great firm. Some were founders but most had arrived in the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Customer Loyalty Programs That Work

to the customer's wants and needs. Two-way communication occurs at the third level with customer- or retailer-initiated feedback loops. “I think Nordstrom is a great example of... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Retail

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

aligning the organization's values and performance objectives. Working in complementary fashion, practicing values and driving for performance reinforce each other and enable the creation of a View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

49 on the latest Fortune 500 listing. Anyone with a computer is familiar with the phrase "Intel Inside." With this book, professor Tedlow has taken us inside Andy Grove. Richard, it's View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

When North Carolina governor Pat McCrory recently signed into law the Public Facilities Privacy & Securities Act, in response to a Charlotte city ordinance that, among other things, would have prohibited discrimination based on sexual... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

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