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- January 2024
- Case
Colbún and Chile’s Energy Transition
By: Forest Reinhardt, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In May 2023, Colbún, Chile’s second-largest electricity generator, plans capacity expansions using renewable energy and storage. This strategy supports Chile’s commitment to carbon neutrality (also known as net zero emissions) by 2050. The case delves into the...
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Reinhardt, Forest, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Colbún and Chile’s Energy Transition." Harvard Business School Case 724-026, January 2024.
- December 2005
- Article
Up to Code: Does Your Company's Conduct Meet World-Class Standards?
Codes of conduct have long been a feature of corporate life. Today, they are arguably a legal necessity—at least for public companies with a presence in the United States. But the issue goes beyond U.S. legal and regulatory requirements. Sparked by corruption and...
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Keywords:
Business Ethics;
Standards Of Conduct;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Values and Beliefs;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance
Paine, Lynn, Rohit Deshpandé, Joshua D. Margolis, and Kim Eric Bettcher. "Up to Code: Does Your Company's Conduct Meet World-Class Standards?" Harvard Business Review 83, no. 12 (December 2005): 122–133.
- 20 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Tackle the First 90 Days of Your Next Role: A 5 Step Process for Success on the Job
goals on day one. “As an employee feeling the pressure that accompanies a hard-won job, you will want to make a positive first impression,” Spielman says. “The natural reaction in many instances is to jump right in but as Jeff Olson said,...
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- 2023
- Article
Dynamic HTA for Digital Health Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Patient-Centered Evaluation
By: Jan B. Brönneke, Annika Herr, Simon Reif and Ariel D. Stern
Germany’s 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz, or DVG) created a number of opportunities for the digital transformation of the health care delivery system. Key among these was the creation of a reimbursement pathway for patient-centered digital...
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Keywords:
Digital Transformation;
Applications and Software;
Product Development;
Insurance;
Policy;
Health Industry;
Germany
Brönneke, Jan B., Annika Herr, Simon Reif, and Ariel D. Stern. "Dynamic HTA for Digital Health Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Patient-Centered Evaluation." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 39, no. 1 (2023).
- 06 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better
seems people are able to act like they are listening really well, even when they can’t hear their partner,” Collins says. The researchers say that just because people seem to be listening when they aren’t doesn’t mean they are being deceptive or malicious. Our minds...
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by Michael Blanding
- 2009
- Working Paper
Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930
By: Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio
There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory...
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- 2023
- Working Paper
Toward a Better Understanding of Open Ecosystems: Implications for Policymakers
By: Feng Zhu and Carmelo Cennamo
The digital realm is undergoing a significant transformation, marked by the emergence of platform
business models and the concept of open ecosystems. This paper delves into the intricate nature of
ecosystem openness, underscoring the point that the openness of...
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Zhu, Feng, and Carmelo Cennamo. "Toward a Better Understanding of Open Ecosystems: Implications for Policymakers." Working Paper, November 2023.
- March 2024
- Article
Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups
By: Shai Bernstein, Richard Townsend and Ting Xu
Using proprietary data from AngelList Talent, we study how individuals’ job search and application behavior changed during the COVID-19 downturn. We find that job seekers shifted their searches toward more established firms and away from early-stage startups, even...
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Bernstein, Shai, Richard Townsend, and Ting Xu. "Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups." Review of Financial Studies 37, no. 3 (March 2024): 837–881.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups
By: Shai Bernstein, Richard Townsend and Ting Xu
Using proprietary data from AngelList Talent, we study how individuals’ job search and application behavior changed during the COVID-19 downturn. We find that job seekers shifted their searches toward more established firms and away from early-stage startups, even...
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Keywords:
Startup Labor Market;
Flight To Safety;
COVID-19;
Recession;
Business Startups;
Human Capital;
Business Cycles;
Health Pandemics
Bernstein, Shai, Richard Townsend, and Ting Xu. "Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-045, September 2020. (Revised March 2022.)
- 2017
- Article
Handgun Waiting Periods Reduce Gun Deaths
By: Michael Luca, Deepak Malhotra and Christopher Poliquin
Handgun waiting periods are laws that impose a delay between the initiation of a purchase and final acquisition of a firearm. We show that waiting periods, which create a “cooling off” period among buyers, significantly reduce the incidence of gun violence. We estimate...
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Keywords:
Gun Policy;
Gun Violence;
Waiting Period;
Injury Prevention;
Policy;
Safety;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
United States
Luca, Michael, Deepak Malhotra, and Christopher Poliquin. "Handgun Waiting Periods Reduce Gun Deaths." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, no. 46 (November 14, 2017).
- March 2015
- Case
The Sino-Russian Rapprochement: Energy Relations in a New Era
By: Rawi Abdelal, Morena Skalamera and Sogomon Tarontsi
The United States could enhance or threaten China's energy security but China was unsure of the U.S. intentions. China and the United States were both friends and potential foes. In the meantime, Russia's own ambivalent relationship with the United States and its...
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Keywords:
International Relations;
Energy;
Trade;
Conflict and Resolution;
Business and Government Relations;
Energy Industry;
China;
United States;
Russia
Abdelal, Rawi, Morena Skalamera, and Sogomon Tarontsi. "The Sino-Russian Rapprochement: Energy Relations in a New Era." Harvard Business School Case 715-016, March 2015.
- Article
Where Do Resources Come from? The Role of Idiosyncratic Situations
By: Gautam Ahuja and Riitta Katila
In this paper, we examine the emergence of resources. Our analysis of technological capability acquisition by global U.S.-based chemical firms shows that the emergence of resources is inherently evolutionary. We find that path-creating search that generates resource...
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Ahuja, Gautam, and Riitta Katila. "Where Do Resources Come from? The Role of Idiosyncratic Situations." Special Issue on The Global Acquisition, Leverage, and Protection of Technological Competencies. Strategic Management Journal 25, nos. 8-9 (August–September 2004): 887–907.
- August 2005 (Revised March 2024)
- Background Note
Spotting Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets
By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu
With the demise of communism, many countries in the world are striving to build their economic activity around markets and to participate in free trade arrangements, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), European Union (EU), and North American Free Trade...
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Emerging Markets
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna Palepu. "Spotting Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 106-014, August 2005. (Revised March 2024.)
- April 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
An Overview of Project Finance - 2004 Update
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
Introduces the field of project finance and provides a statistical overview of the project-financed investments over the last five years. Defines project finance and contrasts it with other well-known financing structures. Describes the evolution of project finance,...
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "An Overview of Project Finance - 2004 Update." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-065, April 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
- December 2004 (Revised August 2005)
- Exercise
Orientation to the Public Image Assessment Exercise
By: Robin J. Ely
The Public Image Assessment exercise acquaints students with the ideal images they hold of themselves, the actions they engage in to convey these images, and the benefits and costs of these behaviors to themselves and to others. Social psychologists call this process...
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Ely, Robin J. "Orientation to the Public Image Assessment Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 405-057, December 2004. (Revised August 2005.)
- December 1998
- Case
Casto Travel
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Susan Harmeling
Maryles Casto had the vision to build the largest travel agency in Silicon Valley, mirroring the growth pattern of the entire area. In 1997 the travel business changed dramatically as airlines chose not to pay travel agencies the fees they once did. Simultaneously, the...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Finance;
Internet and the Web;
Change Management;
Markets;
Travel Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., and Susan Harmeling. "Casto Travel." Harvard Business School Case 899-120, December 1998.
- September 2007
- Journal Article
Refugee Camp Economies
By: Eric D. Werker
This paper describes the economy of a refugee camp. Key distortions to the economy of Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Uganda are noted and the findings are used to construct a generic model of a refugee camp economy. Camp economies are influenced by host country...
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Keywords:
Refugees;
Economy;
Policy;
Civil Society or Community;
Human Needs;
Societal Protocols;
Uganda
Werker, Eric D. "Refugee Camp Economies." Journal of Refugee Studies 20, no. 3 (September 2007): 461–480.
- 11 Dec 2013
- News
Learn How to Spot Portable Talent
- 21 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.
down the road. In a workplace setting, a leader might explain a dip in sales as a function of the natural ebb and flow of the market to ease people’s worries. In the example of interpersonal aggression in the workplace, reconstruing might...
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by Kristen Senz
- March 1986 (Revised July 1986)
- Case
Applications for Financial Futures
Consists of a series of four brief descriptions of the use of financial futures as hedging vehicles: a savings and loan hedging the rollover of three-month money market certificates with T-bill futures, a corporate debt issuer hedging the cost of a future debt issue...
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Keywords:
Financial Instruments
Mason, Scott P. "Applications for Financial Futures." Harvard Business School Case 286-109, March 1986. (Revised July 1986.)