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01 Dec 2014
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Instilling Production with Principles

pro-environmental policies are money savers and the key to her company’s continued success, Yang says. More Retail Revolutions Recycling the Consignment Shop Bigger than the local consignment shop and easier than eBay, thredUP, cofounded... View Details

Keywords: April White; fashion; Manufacturing

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

Editor's note: Many economic regulators, influenced by the work of Mancur Olson, maintain the notion that consumers hold little sway over big-industry concerns. They argue that diffuse interests of the "little guys" lack the strength and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

Spar wants to find out why Botswana is emerging as a "land of potential" on a continent largely left behind in the economic boom of the 1990s.Churchwell: How much is Botswana growing, and how does it compare to other... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

15 May 2015
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How to Get a Global Perspective at HBS

doing business in the US to prepare for these cases; instead I must adopt an alternative viewpoint founded on the particular economic context in which the cases are set. 4. Globally focused classes bring international business to life... View Details

02 Sep 2015
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Explaining China's Crash

the Harvard Gazette about China’s economic woes and how they may affect global markets and investors going forward. Christina Pazzanese: Why were so many caught off-guard by this crash? Weren’t there warning signs that this might happen?... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

19 Apr 2018
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Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

and quantitative methods with an emphasis on policy and practice. When combined with Harvard Business School’s Masters in Business Administration (MBA), students will demonstrate exceptional aptitude in the areas of View Details

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

last story deals with the Department of Justice's (DOJ) civil lawsuit against the tobacco industry, arguably the largest civil litigation in history. In each story, I will highlight the insights that I see behavioral decision research providing to an important View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Mar 2016
Blog Post

2+2 Admit Experiments with Career Options

Economic Section. Finally, I had the opportunity to pursue my passions at the nexus of business, technology, and policy before my HBS matriculation! While at Post, I contributed to enhancing U.S.-Bulgarian... View Details

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

providers are beginning to offer unique services, creating the facilities and organizations to effectively deliver them, and gathering the data to show superior performance and to continue to improve. Public policy can help accelerate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

December 2005 (Revised July 2006)
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What Should the Federal Reserve Do? Thoughts of Greenspan and Bernanke

By: Lakshmi Iyer and Noel Maurer

Presents remarks by Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke on monetary policy, explicit inflation targets, and the relative merits of asset price targeting. View Details

Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Asset Pricing; Central Banking; Financial Strategy; Policy; Banking Industry

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23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

construct a spatially continuous index of pairwise-industry agglomeration and investigate the patterns and determinants underlying the global economic geography of multinational firms. In particular, we run a horserace between two... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3

Dennis A. Yao Abstract—This article examines how antitrust law and policy can benefit from ideas developed in the academic strategy field. Because accurate assessment and prediction of the effects of firm conduct depend in part on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51680 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics What Do Measures of Real-Time Corporate Sales Tell Us About Earnings Surprises and Post-announcement Returns? By: Froot, Kenneth A., Namho... View Details

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition 6 MAY 2021 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Danielle Allen Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is a political... View Details

July 2011
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Institutions and Inequality in Single Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China

Despite the fact that China and Vietnam have been the world's two fastest growing economies over the past two decades, their income inequality patterns are very different. In this paper, we take a deep look at political institutions in the two countries, demonstrating... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Developing Countries and Economies; Motivation and Incentives; Government and Politics; Policy; Power and Influence; Decision Making; Income; China; Viet Nam

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BiGS Research | Institute for Business in Global Society

BiGS Research At the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS), we advance rigorous, practice-oriented research at the intersection of business and society. Our projects explore corporate ownership structures, sustainable industrial policy, View Details

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2019
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SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

people.” He goes on to describe what we need in a LinkedIn article that he wrote. In his words, “we need policies to guide us on how AI is used. Policies that are shaped by well-informed debate, following... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

13 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

effects of the economic shutdown and the ways in which small businesses are adjusting both their behaviors and expectations as the situation unfolds, the researchers aim to help shape potential policy... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

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Tony He

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I studied biomedical engineering and worked in health economics research. I learned useful technical skills, but I looked to expand my thinking. Business school... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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