Economic Institutions - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2018
News

‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

they’re not hiding. They’re at major institutions around the country—some of them at historically black colleges but others at state universities. DARDEN: Roy and I went on our first recruitment trip to mainly white schools—Stanford, UC... View Details

31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52164 forthcoming Explorations in Economic History Prizes, Patents and the Search for Longitude By: Burton, M. Diane, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—The 1714 Longitude Act created the Board... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

Working Papers Using By-Product Synergy for Competitive Advantage Author: Deishin Lee Abstract We study how a manufacturer can leverage by-product synergy for competitive advantage. By focusing on the economic impact to the firm and the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

status quo—but his cure is a government-run system, I gather from hearsay. I agree with the diagnosis, but my cure is, yes, everybody should have health insurance, but they should control it for themselves. It should be run by the people, not by the government. I'm an... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

09 Feb 2017
News

Turning Disorder into Opportunity

creating a net benefit per year of $28,740 for the individual and $26,260 for the government. Over a 20-year career, for 39 participants, these benefits would generate $67 million in benefits to the government and a total economic benefit... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

the Routledge Companion to Critical Management Studies. She is currently working on a book on racial global capitalism. She also serves on the Nominating Committee of the Nobel Prize in Economics in Sweden. Rebecca Henderson Harvard... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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MBAs on a Mission

carry out our mission.” Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has sponsored a Leadership Fellow almost every year of the program’s existence. “Any established institution runs a major risk of becoming staid, stodgy, complacent, and... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

in a population. This chapter advances a historical comparison of these two methods-individual case reports and population meta-analysis-and draws attention to the fragmentation of the institutional basis for assessing pharmaceutical... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 2024
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Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

help humanity. Stephane and Sal are vivid examples of how hard work with humility for humanity can make a difference in the world. Barely two decades ago, they sat where you sit today. I am sure neither knew at that time what the future would bring. But I am also... View Details

21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

markets, which have had biosimilar competition since 2006. Using our own survey, we analyze how market features and public policies predict biosimilar entry, price, and penetration, finding significant heterogeneity across countries and products. Effective buyer View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

LV:There’s certainly a symbolic vibe when the Dow gets to 20,000-- something to celebrate to the extent that it reflects the American economy’s long history of growth, profitability, and success. For the professional and institutional... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

said. Crowdsourcing isn’t exactly new. Lakhani, who is the Principal Investigator of the Crowd Innovation Lab and NASA Tournament Lab at the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science, pointed out that the HBS campus was actually... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

Abstract—We survey 885 institutional venture capitalists (VCs) at 681 firms to learn how they make decisions across eight areas: deal sourcing, investment selection, valuation, deal structure, post-investment value-added, exits, internal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Nov 2019
News

Seismic Shift

times are good, the numbers increase, a diversity officer may be appointed, and HR institutes sensitivity training. Denmark West (MBA 1998), an advisor, investor, and founding partner of Connectivity Ventures, points to the early 2000s as... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

funds offer a level of professional investment management capability and skills once reserved for institutions or wealthy individuals. They provide a strong incentive to save and invest and have been a great source of wealth accumulation... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

process, and the economy. One explores changes in the ability of the US to attract talented foreign workers and the role of sponsoring institutions in shaping immigration policy. Another explains how the division of innovative labor... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

25 Oct 2024
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Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

empower underrepresented groups, from founding mentorship programs for college and high school students to supporting non-profit boards focused on expanding educational outcomes for minority students. “Through a career focused on entrepreneurship, I hope to scale... View Details

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

presides over the epicenter of Athens—looking out over Hellenic Parliament on one corner and Syntagma Square on the other—has been witnessing the capital’s highs and lows since 1842. Protesters took hammers to the hotel’s white marble steps in 2015 and hurled hunks of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

China, Russia, Poland, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Turkey) is provided to over 650 institutional clients, including J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, KPMG, and ING Barings. After ruling out seeking another round of VC financing, the... View Details