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- 22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22
questions, we must first ask, "increase (or decrease), measured on what basis?" There are, in fact, two distinct conceptual frameworks through which one can assess the impact of foreign bank entry....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Five-Star Research
measurable impact on a business’s bottom line. For Luca, who has authored several studies on the topic—and is himself an occasional Yelp critic—online reviews are “one of the most powerful information...
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- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
reputational benefits by integrating community, employee, consumer, and environmental health efforts into a single health impact strategy and appointing a chief health officer to oversee all four. Firms with an integrated health strategy...
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- 18 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 18, 2007
affects emotions. Finally, work in economics on the design of monetary policy makes several assumptions (e.g., a representative agent, a summary measure of emotions akin to utility exists and that individuals only care about income and...
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Martha Lagace
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Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services...
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Faculty & Research - HBS Fund Investors Society 2021 Report
that do. Weiss calls it “possibility government.” Measuring Societal Impact The traditional balance sheet does not account for a company’s cost to society. For instance, airlines don’t figure in the...
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
where collaboration between the public and private sectors is important. We will emphasize practical skills, including pitching stocks, performing diligence, measuring impact, and evaluating portfolio performance. This course will be...
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Editor's Note
the Bulletin, a cavalcade of ideas, old and new, that have put the School on the intellectual map. Some of the articles will look back on outstanding accomplishments of distinguished faculty. Others, based on a series of faculty colloquia, will take View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
innovations might impact—and be impacted by—workers, consumers, organizations, and society. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55845 March 2019 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Choice...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14
favored destinations. Using a quasi-experiment to control for search intent, we identify and measure the impact of a search engine's exclusive award of preferential placement to its own service. We find that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
not occur in non-election years, or in private bank lending. I show capture is costly: elections affect loan repayment, and election year credit booms do not measurably affect agricultural output. Download the paper:...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4
acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Startups-Best-Blog-Posts/dp/1449367879 2006 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Making a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
firm-level turbulence starting in the 1990s, as measured by the average intra-industry rank change in sales, enterprise value, and other metrics. Furthermore, we find that IT-intensive industries account for most of this increase in...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Kine Seck Mercier
challenges, how to bring many talents together working toward the same goals. We need to use local resources to develop Africa. Too many of our resources and talents remain hidden. I want to show the world what we can do. Twenty years from now, I want to be able to...
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- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Kramer, Mark R., and Marc W. Pfitzer Abstract—Governments, NGOs, companies, and community members must all be involved in programs to create shared value, yet they work more often in opposition than in alignment. A movement known as collective View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
hope to create an awareness in the world about the threat of climate change, the need for environmental protection, the legacy we leave for future generations, and the importance of having respect for all human beings." Today, living in Dubai, far from Balidhip in...
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Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting
an impact on the world. Then they witnessed a series of heartbreaking events, watching alongside the rest of the world as Ahmaud Arbery, Christian Cooper, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade were targeted in public places for...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
nonprofits more accountable and transparent with all this money? That’s a very big issue in this sector because there is no common measure or framework to assess whether these organizations are accomplishing their mission. Even simple...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias
the lackluster ones led to projects with a measurably larger academic impact than projects selected without significant specialized expert input. The takeaway was clear, says Li. “Strong conflict-of-interest...
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Erin Peterson
- 08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008
Abstract We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during the period 1983-2004. The measure of beliefs is the answer to a question related to whether...
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Martha Lagace