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- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
Gujarati-speaking Indians are 108 times more likely to manage motels. We develop a model of social interactions where non-work relationships facilitate the acquisition of sector-specific skills. The resulting scale View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
fellowship will support students from India, particularly those who have demonstrated an interest or have a background in entrepreneurship. Singh believes that young entrepreneurs will be at the heart of the future growth of the Indian...
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- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
based industries and about the legitimacy-seeking activities of entrepreneurs in an industry that is transported from one part of the world to another, making it novel only in a new, limited geographic region. In this exploratory and inductive study of the emergence...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
conversely, the flaunting of a busy life and a dearth of leisure time. In addition, people’s relative interest in buying luxury experiences versus luxury products is increasing. Technology has introduced new business models, such as collaborative consumption in a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2022
- Book
Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence
Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new...
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by Avery Forman
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
Consequently, there is a negative effect of leader power on team performance. Three studies find consistent support for this argument. The implications for theory and practice are discussed. South Sudan: The Birth of an Economy...
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Carmen Nobel
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
incentivized boards of directors may have played a role in protecting the interests of outside investors. Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth Authors:Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn Publication:NBER Macroeconomics Annual (forthcoming) Abstract In the aftermath of World...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
Political Economy." By: Rithmire, Meg Abstract—The study of Chinese political economy has undergone a sea change since the late 1990s; instead of debating the origins and direction of national reform, scholars have turned to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space
has been working on entrepreneurial solutions to the problems of economic development for decades. Harvard Gazette: Why is the Chandrayaan-3 landing important? Tarun Khanna: It’s a part of the moon that has never been landed upon, and the View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
of their home regions. Using a unique dataset of Chinese and Indian herbal patents filed in the United States, we find that an increase in the supply of first-generation ethnic migrant inventors increases the rate of codification of...
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- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
power, the way they deal with each other, and the way the village economy works. In China, the government is often the entrepreneur. It is in many instances a very efficient entrepreneur. Of course there are bankrupt state-owned...
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by Martha Lagace
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
toward a healthy economy and future gains? There are several levers such as investing heavily in robotics and labor-augmenting machinery, but immigration can also be a powerful way for countries to continue economic development and...
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capabilities. Reserve Bank of India /citations/reserve-bank-of-india The web site of India's central bank includes notification on monetary policy, statistics on the Indian economy, including the handy Handbook of Statistics on the View Details
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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets
documented as far back as the Egyptian dynasties. While the World Bank estimates that international bribery exceeds $1.5 trillion annually, the larger and more subtle effects of corruption on economies and populations is incalculable....
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- 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
motivation. Should bonuses be tied to quotas or should they be given unconditionally? Is it better to use bonuses as a reward or as punishment? A randomized field experiment at a large Indian company investigated these questions, finding...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Jung During their first semester at HBS, former United States Army engineer officers...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
powerful. Despite numerous advances in the Indian economy, reduced birth rates, higher levels of female education, and other promising signals (this year saw the highest-ever number of women elected to View Details
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by Julia Hanna
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Our Curriculum - Business History
government in the country’s economy are investigated as well. In addition, the course examines the relation between capital market innovation and economic development and surveys the long-term impact of entrepreneurship, technological...
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Building Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
career, Brimmer wrote and published more than 100 articles and authored 10 books on topics ranging from general economics to international finance. HBS Administrative Records: Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadThe Harvard Business...
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Past Issues - Alumni
Osaka A demographic time bomb is squeezing Japan’s economy from all sides and threatening the future of its health care system. Kanoko Oishi has bet her career that she can help defuse the situation—with solutions that sound more like a...
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