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22 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

agglomeration economies, including capital-good market externality and technology diffusion, play a particularly important role in multinationals' economic geography. These findings remain robust when we use alternative measures of trade... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Selection, Reallocation, and Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Gains from Multinational Production (with Maggie Chen)

By: Laura Alfaro

Quantifying the gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research. Positive productivity gains are often attributed to knowledge spillover from multinational to domestic firms. An alternative, less stressed explanation is firm selection... View Details

Keywords: Gains From Multinational Production; Firm Selection; Knowledge Spillover

01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

"Creativity," explains MBA Class of 1954 Professor Teresa Amabile, "is not just for the arts - it is possible and desirable in any activity." In her course Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization,... View Details

02 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Fast-track to Better Outcomes: Yoonjin Min and RapidSOS

number of projects for hospital systems and pharmacies, then, inspired by the opportunity to explore health in a larger context, joined Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. An international organization affiliated... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

19 Dec 2013
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Innovating Without Information Constraints: Organizations, Communities, and Innovation When Information Costs Approach Zero

Keywords: by Elizabeth J. Altman, Frank Nagle & Michael L. Tushman

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and anti-Arabism in our community, including in our programs and courses; explore the ways they are experienced at Harvard Business School; and... View Details

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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion | Baker Library

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion As a research library committed to collecting, preserving, and making accessible resources that document the history of business, Baker Library welcomes a wide range of... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Alumni, Faculty, and Other Experts Offer Career Advice

executive; and Kevin Sheridan (MBA 1988) will explore strategies to manage mobile employees. Also presenting will be executive coach Patti Hunt Dirlam, HBS professors Joseph Badaracco View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

devices, such as smart phones and tablets. Another question to be answered: Where are people visiting when they are not on the top sites that most everyone looks at? With some 4 million URLs in the dataset, Greenstein wants to View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

July 2021
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Structuring Local Environments to Avoid Diversity: Anxiety Drives Whites' Geographical and Institutional Self-Segregation Preferences

By: Eric Anicich, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Merrick Osborne and L. Taylor Phillips

The current research explores how local racial diversity affects Whites’ efforts to structure their local communities to avoid incidental intergroup contact. In two experimental studies (N=509; Studies 1a-b), we consider Whites’ choices to structure a fictional,... View Details

Keywords: Segregration; Structural/institutional Racism; Organizational Exclusion; Diversity; Race; Organizations; Local Range; Prejudice and Bias

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17 Apr 2024
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New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

use, enabling cost-effective EV charging and reducing grid stress by smart load shifting. First Element Energy - Michael Alexander (MBA 2024), Charlie Mitchell (MBA 2024) - First Element Energy is a natural hydrogen View Details

14 Jul 2022
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When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving

Sadun says. Potential safety features Though the paper didn’t fully explore some of the safety features that designers should incorporate into future automated cars, Sadun and Teodorovicz say some features... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Course Number 1180 Professor Vincent Pons Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Course Overview This is a course about exploiting... View Details

January 2013 (Revised March 2013)
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Beth Stewart: Navigating the Boardroom

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell

After rising through the ranks of Corporate America, Beth Stewart has become a corporate director on the board of General Growth Properties. Stewart is struggling with how to address her mounting concerns over the financial health of the growing large publically traded... View Details

Keywords: Career Management; Women Executives; Women And Leadership; Boards Of Directors; Board Dynamics; Career Planning; Independent Directors; Leadership; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Interpersonal Communication; Leadership Style; Personal Development and Career; Work-Life Balance; Real Estate Industry; United States

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06 Sep 2004
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The Innovator’s Battle Plan

When companies have the same capabilities and motivation, they care about the battle and have the necessary skills to fight it. Skills in execution make the difference here—and because other scholars have... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

28 Jul 2010
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Disagreement about the Team’s Status Hierarchy: An Insidious Obstacle to Coordination and Performance

Keywords: by Heidi K. Gardner

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

of a purchase and final acquisition of a firearm. We show that waiting periods, which create a “cooling off” period among buyers, significantly reduce the incidence of gun violence. We estimate the impact of waiting periods on gun deaths,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery | About

and, in particular, explore how we might bring thoughtful discussion into the classroom. As always, we will rely on the strength, dedication, passion, and commitment of our community—ever eager to exemplify... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

other alternatives. Sebenius specializes in multiparty negotiations, especially in international, financial, and public-private contexts. With Professor Jay O. Light of the Finance unit and Professor Richard... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

14 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

adopted a no-telecommuting policy a month after Yahoo! did, and male CEO Hubert Joly faced significantly less media coverage for the move. Sheppard presented findings from several experiments exploring the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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