Economic Value Estimation - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 24

Lakshmi, Xin Meng, Nancy Qian, and Xiaoxue Zhao Abstract—This paper studies the policy determinants of economic transition and estimates the demand for labor in the infant private sector in urban China. We... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous), far more value is created by companies like Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet that develop entirely novel business models than by entrenched incumbents, such as P&G or Ford, which struggle to eke out market share... View Details

19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

forthcoming Economic Journal (Royal Economic Society) Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France By: Pons, Vincent, and Guillaume Liegey Abstract—Improving the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 1996
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Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business

impartially among a range of views, faculty members debated the ramifications of this approach to course content and HBS pedagogy. Then, O&M Professor Michael C. Jensen's summary of the unit's views on the corporate objective function and performance measurement -... View Details

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

the obvious conclusion that when faced with major purchases that require negotiation, consumers can obtain great value by searching for and improving their BATNA. This advice is easy to follow, and can provide great benefit to... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

July 2005 (Revised June 2006)
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Narayana Murthy and Compassionate Capitalism

By: William W. George, Shailendra Jit Singh and Andrew N. McLean

Narayana Murthy's roles at Infosys Technologies--as a co-founder, longtime CEO, and nonexecutive chairman and chief mentor--has been marked by explosive growth, demanding management challenges, and widely lauded company leadership. His personal leadership philosophy... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Economic Systems; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Biography; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry; India

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23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

Working PapersFacts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China Authors:Lee Branstetter and C. Fritz Foley Abstract Despite the rapid expansion of U.S.-China trade ties, the increase in U.S. FDI in China, and the expanding amount of economic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters

United States chose to remain to pursue their careers. But now the majority return home, lured by economic opportunity that didn’t exist even a decade ago, says Vivek Wadhwa, a senior research associate at Harvard Law School’s Labor and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

foreign issuers' home country. These results challenge the legal bonding hypothesis while suggesting that the U.S. regime of civil liability as currently designed may not have been seen as a source of economic View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2003
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Books

Watkins, an expert on leadership transition, presses his case for “accelerating” the critical transition period that begins when a new CEO — or a new manager at any level — is hired. Watkins estimates that more than a half-million... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2010
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Slum for Sale

A NEW VIEW: Slums occupy valuable real estate in India. Photo courtesy HBS India Research Center Located in Mumbai, India, Dharavi is home to an estimated 700,000 people living on just 551 acres. Featured in the 2008 Oscar-winning film... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

21 May 2018
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Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

beverage business incubator when it opens later this year. Located right next to a public transportation stop, the new facility will spur economic activity in one of Chicago’s highest need neighborhoods, East Garfield Park on Chicago’s... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54405 forthcoming Latin American Economic Review Some Elements of Peronist Beliefs and Tastes By: Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra Abstract—We study the beliefs and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2021
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Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

foundational understanding of the pathways to a board seat and how to create a value proposition, while the second webinar focused on creating a board resume and networking. “The goal was to have a tactical conversation about how to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

ahead for Japan's business leaders and for global companies operating in Japan. Rohit Deshpande, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing The culture of Japan tends to be outer directed. Thus, taking care of other people becomes much more central to its View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services industry using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's quinquennial Economic Census and the Service Annual Survey. These data, heretofore largely ignored, allow us to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

exposure to workplace attributes that contribute to poor health. We used General Social Survey data to estimate differential exposures to workplace conditions, results from a meta-analysis that estimated the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 May 2004
What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

Why is this so?" What do you think? Original Article Recent estimates suggest that U.S. business organizations have attained the greatest disparity between the highest and lowest paid members of any in the world—and not by just a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2011
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Faculty Books

culture and shows it at work in real-world settings. His “culture cycle” identifies policies, practices, and behaviors crucial to moving cultures forward and demonstrates how to calculate culture’s economic View Details

Keywords: Utilities