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- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
kayaking was a wonderful example of how "user innovations" evolve and eventually become commercial products. Hienerth is a professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, while von Hippel is a professor... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
market, offering the only economically competitive, domestically produced, renewable source of this clean burning fuel. Clear Suppliers Paul Morgenthaler Alex Zhang Business Track Runner-Up Clear Suppliers is a global supply chain... View Details
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Capitalism as a System of Governance
My research interest is in further exploration of the analytic utility of an original conception of capitalism as an indirect, three level system of governance for the economic relationships within political entities, and mostly within nation states. This three level... View Details
- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
theory, and research on how emotions can affect transactions between parties. Wasynczuk and his coauthor, independent researcher Colleen Kaftan, do so using an everyday example of a work-at-home consultant... View Details
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
Pay-for-Performance: Implications for the Strategic Compensation of Employees Authors:Ian Larkin, Lamar Pierce, and F. Gino Abstract Most research linking compensation to strategy relies on agency theory View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
Although some research has examined overt status rivalries, typically focusing on battles for the top positions, our study contributes novel findings on the effects of disagreement amongst all members' perceptions of their team's status... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless
sorts, on an epic scale. “If you have a local leader who is from your social category, you are probably more likely to approach him or her for help.” As Harvard Business School professor Lakshmi Iyer and her colleagues discovered, it's been producing encouraging... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, first published in 1776, helped create the discipline of economics with its conjuring of the invisible hand, self-interest, and other explanations of market forces that have influenced academics,... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- Web
Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction 1837: The Hard Times 1873: Off the Rails 1907: The Banker's Panic 1929: The... View Details
- 2008
- Chapter
Allocating Marketing Resources
By: Sunil Gupta and Thomas J. Steenburgh
Companies spend billions of dollars on marketing every year because it is essential to organic growth. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate resources and to demonstrate that their investments generate... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods
Gupta, Sunil, and Thomas J. Steenburgh. "Allocating Marketing Resources." In Marketing Mix Decisions: New Perspectives and Practices, edited by Roger A. Kerin and Rob O'Regan. Chicago, IL: American Marketing Association, 2008.
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Third-party Punishment as a Costly Signal of Trustworthiness
By: Jillian J. Jordan, Moshe Hoffman, Paul Bloom and David G. Rand
Third-party punishment (TPP), in which unaffected observers punish selfishness, promotes cooperation by deterring defection. But why should individuals choose to bear the costs of punishing? We present a game theoretic model of TPP as a costly signal of... View Details
Jordan, Jillian J., Moshe Hoffman, Paul Bloom, and David G. Rand. "Third-party Punishment as a Costly Signal of Trustworthiness." Nature 530, no. 7591 (2016): 473–476.
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Social Progress Imperative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
between economic growth and a wide variety of social indicators, yet there is growing awareness that economic measures alone do not fully capture social progress. In April 2013, the Social Progress... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
writes, "Secretive and far from pristine, the industry [hedge funds] has long been notorious for providing scant information (if any at all) and for suspect fundraising practices."282 Research indicates that long-term investors... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- May 2025 (Revised June 2025)
- Background Note
Social Enterprise in Latin America
By: Brian L. Trelstad and Karina Souza
This research note provides an overview of the social enterprise ecosystem in Latin America, exploring current dynamics across key markets, including country-specific insights on Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Central America. In a region characterized... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Ownership; Social Enterprise; Business Strategy; Equality and Inequality; Microfinance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; Latin America; Brazil; Mexico; Argentina; Colombia; Chile; Guatemala; Central America; Peru; Uruguay
Trelstad, Brian L., and Karina Souza. "Social Enterprise in Latin America." Harvard Business School Background Note 325-117, May 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
understands his side's massive advantages in the process. With the economic fate of Welz's newly public smaller firm in the balance, Welz and his team must figure out how to handle some very tough tactics by Spitzer and his minions aimed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Fabio Kanczuk
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
to a well-known and admired model of industrial organization—General Motors. We will also compare the theoretical model to a much-admired high-technology firm, Hewlett-Packard. Finally we will propose a research project that would test... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
Research has shown that the benefits of globalization are substantial. For example, a study of the effects of the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership by the Peterson Institute for International Economics... View Details
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The Gift of Global Talent
Research Research The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society By: William R. Kerr By: William R. Kerr The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
In the summer of 2023, Initiatives intern Skye Bluestein conducted important research with the BEI on the intersection of environmental justice (EJ), policy, and business. The resulting paper posted below provides an interesting and... View Details