Difference In Differences - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

this point before. But we want to review the key differences briefly from the perspective of the CEO because the implications are crucial: for how the job of the senior leader is defined, and for what successful performance View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

22 Sep 2015
News

Investing in Scalable Impact on K-12 Education

video, Wu talks about what inspired her decision to focus her career on making a difference in education. “I realized a few years ago, because of a friend who asked me what problem View Details

19 Apr 2016
Blog Post

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

workforce. For example, will the results differ if employees reflect on their weaknesses as well as their strengths? If you think your company would be interested in participating View Details

Keywords: All Industries

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

Sarbanes-Oxley Act is another. Q: What noteworthy differences do you see between the way multinationals operate in the United Kingdom as opposed to the United States? A: There has historically been a... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace

Fast Answer

Investing in Life Sciences - SIP Resources

Market research: BCC Research - Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology worldwide. Frost & Sullivan - Reports and market trends encompassing various... View Details

15 Nov 2020
News

Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard

nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid business plans. “The SEI aims to educate, inspire, and support leaders across all sectors to tackle society’s toughest challenges and make a difference in the world,”... View Details

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

one of four topics: different models of consumer-driven health care; the role of consumer-driven health care in supporting innovative solutions to chronic problems in the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

for these long-standing disparities.” For the past 20 years, Chandra has been examining differences in health outcomes between white and Black Americans, searching for solutions to shrink the gap. View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

instance — is what the researchers call the intramedia decision. Here there is considerably more price sensitivity and a greater willingness to reallocate expenditures. A fundamental question bearing on rivalry in the advertising industry... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

22 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Avant Ski Makes Turns in Ski Media Objectivity

extreme skiers, and we’re not a mommy blog,” said Widman. “We’re rolling out a whole line of content about multigeneration ski trips, how to get the kids involved, and how to do so without going to 10 different websites and making 10... View Details

23 Jul 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action

eventually learned about problems with the strategy despite a lack of reliance on such formal analysis. Analysis of the Balanced Scorecard could have yielded more timely information as well as more detail on why the strategy was not working as planned. Multiple... View Details

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

"Three-Party Exchanges: The Case of Executive Search Firms and the CEO Search," he describes how the function of search firms in CEO recruiting differs from the role they perform when recruiting... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

man who also knows Why will always be his boss," before concluding that it's a "balance of 'Know Why' and 'Know How' that will generate results." Wisdom Chitedze, however, put purpose in a somewhat View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom and Beyond

experimenting with different approaches: a series of alumni conversations on the role of business leaders in climate change, the exhibit, the Climate Rising podcast. We need to grow and refine what we're... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

students - the CitiAssist Loan Program - that has made aid available to a wider cross section of students. In addition, we are working even harder to reach women and minority candidates. Is there a View Details

28 May 2019
News

The Physical Campus in a Virtual World

On the north wall of my office hangs a series of framed architectural drawings that date from the early 1920s. Each of these antique blueprints depicts a different architect’s vision for what would become the first buildings of the... View Details

Keywords: Nitin Nohria

01 Jun 1996
News

Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course

for help. McCraw, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, enlisted his colleagues in the effort, and the group immersed itself in the project. All together, eight different authors... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

2022
Working Paper

Causal Inference During A Pandemic: Evidence on the Effectiveness of Nebulized Ibuprofen as an Unproven Treatment for COVID-19 in Argentina

By: Sebastian Calonico, Rafael Di Tella and Juan Cruz Lopez Del Valle

Many medical decisions during the pandemic were made without the support of causal evidence obtained in clinical trials. We study the case of nebulized ibuprofen (NaIHS), a drug that was extensively used on COVID-19 patients in Argentina amidst wild claims about its... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Drug Treatment; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Decision Making; Outcome or Result; Argentina

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09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to hers. Roche asked how his... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

11 Jul 2012
News

A Man, and a Plan, in Africa

continent with about one billion people and over 50 countries with radically different natural resources, cultures, and histories. Some countries will likely remain poor but a number are poised to grow dynamically. The growth... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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