Difference In Differences - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Nov 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Organizational Response to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box

Keywords: by Magali A. Delmas & Michael W. Toffel

04 May 2020
Blog Post

Learning New Skills to Further Your Career In Any Industry: Finance

skills now can make you an even more well-rounded job candidate or business leader in the future. Here are some other blog posts about finance from the team at HBS Online: 6 Ways Understanding Finance Can Help You Excel Professionally... View Details

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

come out in a different place," he explains. "By focusing attention almost exclusively on government error, it gives the impression that government can't solve any problems. It's as if we focused exclusively... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Background Note

U.S. and EU Trademark Protection

By: Robert C. Pozen and Jordan Hirsch

Rules governing trademark protection in the U.S. and EU differ substantially. This note describes the primary differences and their implications. View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Trademarks; European Union; United States

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11 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Recap of the 4th Annual Women in Investing Summit

themes particularly resonated with me: 1. Embrace your unique perspective. Being a woman in investing provides an opportunity to offer a different vantage point. Don’t be afraid to take a risk, speak up, and... View Details

05 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction

board, however, the outside directors should show their independence by filling the separate chair position with non-executive boardroom leadership of their own choosing. This is an effective solution to a pressing problem that continues to escape the attention of... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

party offering starkly differing prescriptions for growth, it’s more important than ever to understand how political leanings shape the business, the workplace, and beyond. “Political homogeneity of executive teams View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

31 Oct 2019
News

Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup

simultaneously deploying resources to serve local nonprofits and community groups. “I just had this idea to get these two different leaders from very different organizations together to hear how they work to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2016
News

In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)

Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996) was 18 years into a successful legal career at a law firm in Perth, Western Australia, when she came to HBS. Bishop, who describes the AMP program as a time of “reflection, learning, and inspiration” graduated... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma

17 Aug 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Governance and Networks: Bankers in the Corporate Networks of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States circa 1910

Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio

01 Apr 2001
News

Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

insights that wouldn’t necessarily be on Western radar screens.” Below are some of the research topics faculty have pursued with the support of Yeh and her staff. Executive stock options: Their treatment and use in View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
News

Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia

in Singapore, she and her family traveled throughout Southeast Asia. “The fellowship enabled me to conduct research on Malaysia and Indonesia, and also to look at Chinese investments in View Details

11 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms

to the HBS campus to guide faculty on discussing race in their cases and classrooms. Growing faculty members’ comfort and skill in addressing different dimensions of... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

Have you heard the one about the minister and the stockbroker waiting in line at the Pearly Gates? St. Peter smiles and says to the stockbroker, "My son, take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Then he... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

22 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

research how theavailability of capital at various stages of an organization's evolutionaffects growth. "If we don't start thinking differently there'sa potential for crisis in the nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: by Anne Kavanagh

20 Jan 2023
Blog Post

The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

individuals through advising and mentoring. Could you give us a summary of how you’ve seen organizations do that and why do you think it is important? When I talk to people in different industries and... View Details

December 2003 (Revised October 2006)
Case

Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES

By: Mihir A. Desai and Douglas Kurt Schillinger

With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Risk Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry; South America

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09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

tells the life stories of leaders making a difference in the world. 30 Years and 40 Stories With 900 possible storylines to track, in 1992 Singer and Hackett sought out input... View Details

29 Sep 2022
Op-Ed

Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable

our own, a way of working we are not used to, a person who approaches work in a way that is radically different from ours (and maybe also one we disagree with), or someone of a View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

February 2020
Case

Bill Riddick and the Durham S.O.S. Charrette

By: Francesca Gino and Jeffrey Huizinga

Bill Riddick employs the charrette process to help black and white community leaders overcome differences and desegregate local schools in Durham, North Carolina. View Details