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Ian studies extrinsic rewards -- monetary incentives from formal compensation systems, as well as other formal and informal external rewards-- in order to help businesses understand the tensions and tradeoffs inherent in motivating employees. His research takes a... View Details

    Samuel G. Hanson

    Samuel G. Hanson is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Harvard Economics department. He teaches Finance 1... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; banking; brokerage; federal government; financial services; investment banking industry
    • 01 May 2006
    • What Do You Think?

    Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?

    Schwartz, The Monetary History of the United States, he had earlier argued, however, for a significant government role in managing monetary policy to guard against the booms... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 23 Sep 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: September 23

    certain types of transactions. Bitcoin is of interest to economists in part for its potential to disrupt existing payment systems and perhaps monetary systems, and also for the wealth of data it provides about agents' behavior and about... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 17 Nov 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: Nov. 17

      Working PapersUser, and Open Collaborative Innovation: Ascendent Economic Models Authors:Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel Abstract In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two increasingly important alternative... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Jan 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.

    in the twisted web of Washington fundraising and lobbying that can definitively prove dollar x bought result y. Perhaps that's why there has been such little empirical research among economists on the issue. "The whole perspective of how firms influence View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 19 Mar 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

    competitiveness of her exports and the costs of her imported inputs. In a microeconomic sense, the business person also cares about tariffs (which affect trade), industrial policies, tax policies (on business directly, but also View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
    • Case

    Leadership and Independence at the Federal Reserve

    By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
    “From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic downturn suffered by this country over the past century can be traced to Federal Reserve policy.” Ron Paul, a Republican from... View Details
    Keywords: Government Legislation; Central Banking; Policy; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    The Value of Professional Ties in B2B Markets

    By: Navid Mojir and Sriya Anbil
    We study how a particular form of social ties (i.e., professional ties proxied by past employment) affects price and profitability in business-to-business (B2B) markets. While most of the work on social ties focuses on information diffusion in business-to-consumer... View Details
    Keywords: Professional Ties; Social Ties; Business-to-business Marketing; B2B Marketing; Repo; Individual Connections; B2B Pricing; Pricing; Decision-making In Financial Markets; Marketing; Relationships; Price; Financial Markets; Decision Making
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    • 14 Oct 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: October 14

    Samuel G. Hanson, Joshua S. Rudolph, and Lawrence H. Summers Abstract—This paper re-examines government debt management policy in light of the U.S. experience with extraordinary fiscal and monetary View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    See Marco’s other research here , Amir’s other research here , and Kaven’s other research here . More Info Monetary Policy and Global Banking By: Falk Bräuning & Victoria Ivashina JULY 2020 When central... View Details
    • 04 Feb 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: February 4

    approaches. This can explain why the Fed stopped basing monetary policy on the quality of new bank loans, why it stopped being willing to cause recessions to deal with inflation, and why it was temporarily... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
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    Curriculum - Case Method Project

    United States and especially the development and transformation of the Federal Reserve, from its creation in 1913 to its unprecedented intervention in the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009. The case confronts some of the main arguments for and against the idea that View Details
    • 15 Mar 2024
    • HBS Case

    Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work

    touch global business, but many believe it’s still taboo to talk about politics at work, Wing says. Economic issues that intertwine with politics, like monetary policy and trade restrictions, feel off limits... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 01 May 2024
    • What Do You Think?

    Have You Had Enough?

    a reflection of the policy that everyone at Harvard Business School—students and instructors alike—teaches. That’s how we all learn, for life. It has been a privilege and an honor to conduct a monthly conversation with readers of Working... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
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    Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Macroeconomics Competitiveness Sound Monetary & Fiscal Policies Human Development & Effective Political Institutions Endowments Productivity ultimately depends on improving the microeconomic capability of... View Details

      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
      • 12 Dec 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

      global supply chain stood up under intense pressure as federal monetary policy and pandemic relief programs stoked a huge surge in consumer demand. “The global supply chains actually helped us during... View Details
      Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
      • 14 Mar 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research, March 14

      abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52217 2016 Monetary Policy Through Asset Markets: Lessons from Unconventional Measures and... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 04 Dec 2018
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

      of risk operating in both geographies. Macroeconomic and policy turbulence emerged as the biggest source of risk for Latin Americans, while excessive bureaucracy was the biggest source of risk for South Asians. Political instability,... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman