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  • 07 May 2014
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

Gerson, writing in The Washington Post, generally agreed with these views. His thoughtful column suggested ways of overcoming the political differences running through this month's comments, when he said: "Proposals focused mainly on... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Residential Battery Storage - Reshaping The Way We Do Electricity

By: Christian Kaps and Serguei Netessine
In this paper, we aim to understand when private households invest in behind-the-meter battery storage next to rooftop solar and how those batteries impact households, the electricity market, and emissions. We answer three main research questions: 1) When do customers... View Details
Keywords: Solar Power; Energy Storage; Technology And Innovation Management; Energy; Energy Policy; Renewable Energy; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Energy Industry
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  • 30 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

it had on the rack. I was surprised to see that the outfit I was holding in my hand was $10 cheaper online—from the same store. I asked the cashier if she would honor the online price in-store; she politely declined, saying the store... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • 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
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Profiles - MBA

human-computer interaction, data engineering, generative AI, venture capital, consumer technology Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: At a time when political polarization seems to be the new normal,... View Details
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

older investors prefer dividend-paying stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for dividends. Firms headquartered in areas in which seniors constitute a large fraction of the population are more likely to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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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
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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
  • 18 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 18

accelerate the diffusion of new environmental standards that require coordinated complementary investments by various types of private adopters. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-030.pdf The Political Economy of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules

Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 15 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

auto market in the 1950s. The industry leader, unbothered by competition and looming threats, began to coast on its former glory, however, and bypass such areas as consumer preferences and industry innovation. By February 2009, GM's... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto
  • 16 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

populations. While we have considerable evidence that donors are more generous if they know their assistance benefits a preferred group, we know little about the demand for such information. To start closing this gap, we study transfers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jan 2017
  • First Look

January 3, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52034 2016 Contemporary Turkish Politics Forward-Facing and Behind the Scenes: Shifts in Political Islam in Post–July 15 Turkey By: Fabbe, Kristin Abstract—No... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

results suggest that board of director networks provide economic benefits that are not immediately reflected in stock prices. Paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1651407 Leading in Crises: Observations on the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Transitions, 1800-2013 Notes: Definitions based on criteria such as executive recruitment, constraints on executive authority, and political competition. "Anocracy"= mixed, or incoherent, authority regime â œDemocracyâ = 1. citizens can... View Details
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care Benefits and Costs: A Corporate Model Built on Employee Choice

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman
The U.S. employer-based health insurance tax exclusion created a system of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) with limited insurance choices and transparency that may lock employed households into health plans that are costlier or different from those they prefer to... View Details
Keywords: After-tax Income; Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Income Inequality; Tax Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Employees; Income; Taxation; Policy; United States
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Information Shift Preferences Towards Trade Policy? Faculty: Professor Laura Alfaro + More Info – Less Info Fueled by a series of recent political events and actors, anti-globalization has been growing. From... View Details
  • 03 Jul 2013
  • What Do You Think?

What Are the Limits of Transparency?

practices. For one thing, it may repel capable managers who would prefer not to work in a high-transparency environment. Transparency makes some people uncomfortable, although this appears to be more a generational issue. Surveys have... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

candidates to become major producers. They were consequently well positioned to diversify into production. A third determinant was the further expansion of imperial frontiers. In Asia, British political influence was extended over the... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 12 Mar 2021
  • News

My Favorite Case

so they completely miss the business opportunity presented to them in this case. Sadly, in my experience, this happens all the time. People use their own habits, feelings, and preferences as a basis for decision-making, completely... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services