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Jul 01, 2020
An empirical analysis of 89 cities worldwide shows that partial or targeted lockdown policies to combat a pandemic are efficient only when it is possible to identify infected individuals.
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Jul 01, 2020
Online courses can lack support structures that are often bundled with traditional higher education. Short pre-course interventions can have short-term benefits, but more innovation throughout the course is needed to have sustained impact on student success.
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Jun 30, 2020
Business schools need to be better recruiters of Black students. How can past, unsuccessful outreach attempts be improved? asks .
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Jun 30, 2020
Almost a decade after writing "Capitalism at Risk," , , and argue that not enough companies are stepping up to fix big global problems.
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Jun 29, 2020
This paper proposes a novel measure of corporate bond market liquidity based on portfolio holdings instead of transaction data.
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Jun 26, 2020
Using novel data from 1,240 credit agreements, researchers investigate sources of contractual complexity in the leveraged loan market.
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Jun 26, 2020
As demonstrated after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese businesses have a unique capability for long-term survival. explains their strategy of investing in community over profits during turbulent times.
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Jun 23, 2020
In a new book, and argue for a new way of electing political leaders, the Final-Five Voting System, to revitalize America's fossilized political process.
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Jun 23, 2020
COVID-19 has enhanced already existing fissures undermining some societies' commitments to globalization. Governments and firms need to act decisively to make the models of capitalism in the United States and Europe more friendly to small- and medium-sized firms, more equal in opportunity, and more meritocratic.
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Jun 22, 2020
Do Agile methodologies promote innovation? Results of a field experiment with Google show that increasing the frequency and goal orientation of stand-up meetings reinforces integration and value but reduces specialization and novelty in outcomes.
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Jun 18, 2020
Phone or flour? People with lower incomes are judged more harshly for what they choose to buy, say and
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Jun 18, 2020
Researchers document and explain the rise of a novel form of intervention on the part of the Chinese state: the expansion of state capital beyond ownership of state firms.
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Jun 16, 2020
The coronavirus makes your customers less able and less willing to spend than before. How should you re-engage with them? Advice from and colleagues.
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Jun 16, 2020
Even though many public policy efforts on entrepreneurship are well intentioned, the success rate has been disappointing. This essay explores these policies, focusing on financial incentives to entrepreneurs and the intermediaries who fund them.
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Jun 15, 2020
Liberia trains communiy workers to help medical professionals on the front lines of disease control, says .Could the model work elsewhere?
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Jun 15, 2020
Researcherstest the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today.
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Jun 15, 2020
Researcherstest the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today.
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Jun 12, 2020
Investors look for evidence during a market crisis that a company is resilient. This study includes findings that challenge the notion that companies need to adopt practices that hurt their employees because investors want them to do so.
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Jun 11, 2020
Experts from Harvard Business School's Digital Initiative discuss how technology is helping leading companies gain an edge during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jun 11, 2020
Without a vaccine for COVID-19, the medical community has turned to a century-old therapy. This paper discusses a market design approach for expanding the collection and distribution of convalescent plasma.
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Jun 09, 2020
This paper explains the seemingly conflicting narratives from the stock and labor market about the underlying state of the economy.
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Jun 08, 2020
COVID-19 represents not only a health crisis but a crisis of food insecurity and starvation for migrants. Central governments should ensure that food security policies are implemented effectively and engage with local governments and local stakeholders to distribute food to migrants in the immediate term.
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Jun 08, 2020
Practitioners commonly refer to four distinct loan types: asset-based loans, cash flow loans, trade financing, and leasing. It is important to account for these differences in loan type in order to analyze the economic significance of credit market disruptions.
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Jun 07, 2020
Common wisdom holds that VC investment and VC-backed startups are relatively insulated from downturns. This study shows that the relative quantity and quality of innovation declines more for VC-backed firms than for other types of firms during downturns.
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Jun 05, 2020
A startup fund's ability to attract a major first investor is a signal to others that the investment pool is just fine for entering. and answer questions about anchor investors.
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Jun 05, 2020
A startup's ability to attract a major first investor is a signal to others that the investment pool is just fine for entering. and answer questions about anchor investors.
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Jun 04, 2020
By unleashing the full potential of their teams, leaders increase safety and inclusion in the workplace. Co-author discusses her new book, "Unleashed."
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Jun 03, 2020
Building health is today a top priority for owners and tenants, but how do we know our offices are safe to re-enter? and offer best practices.
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Jun 02, 2020
The Global Policy Tracker monitors new developments and changes in government policies throughout this crisis to analyze trends and correlations in countries' responses and economic impact.
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Jun 02, 2020
"Cloud kitchens" are restaurants built around food delivery rather than sit-down service, and they are increasing in popularity as the COVID pandemic disrupts the industry. Research by Lena Ye and Geoffrey Jones.
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Jun 01, 2020
Retail pharmacy data illustrates it can be misleading to use list prices instead of net prices to understand pharmaceutical prices. Analysts and economists working in public policy should be extremely cautious in drawing policy conclusions based on list prices alone.
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Jun 01, 2020
Across varying political ideologies and income levels, Americans both underestimate the current extent of inequality of mortality and health care, and prefer each to be more equally distributed.
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Jun 01, 2020
Amazon's usually strong retail performance has been threatened by the pandemic, opening the doors for competitors Target and Walmart. Does the giant online retailer need a strategy overhaul? asks James Heskett.
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May 31, 2020
This paper provides a conceptual model for the progression of COVID-19 that is somewhat imprecise but that's very simple and easy to understand. By relying on this description, one can obtain a rough estimate of the impact of various social distancing measures on the rate of growth of new infections.
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May 29, 2020
The United Nations warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in lower-income populations by the end of 2020. Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence show how organizations are responding.
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May 28, 2020
An expected explosion in bankruptcy proceedings over the coming months could overwhelm the courts, says Stuart Gilson.
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May 27, 2020
South Korea initially had the largest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 outside of China, but new cases have decreased sharply since then. What is the country doing right? asks Doug J. Chung.
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May 25, 2020
A recent study shows that consumers do not value occupational licensing of their contractors or the higher prices they charge. Research by Chiara Farronato.
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May 22, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic might lead to major changes in patient care, physician compensation, and regulation. Experts from Harvard Business School's Health Care Initiative share their predictions.
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May 21, 2020
Pandemic uncertainty doesn't have to spell doom. Happiness experts at Harvard Business School offer these research-based strategies for managing stress.
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May 19, 2020
Stereotypes exaggerate true differences across groups. This study identifies factors that shape and distort individuals' beliefs about others' political and social attitudes.
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May 19, 2020
An online survey of more than 110,000 people in 175 countries conducted at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic found that most respondents believe that their governments and fellow citizens are not doing enough, which heightens their worries and depression levels. Decisive actions and strong leadership from policymakers change how people perceive their governments and other citizens, and in turn improve their mental health.
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May 19, 2020
It seems counterintuitive, but website privacy notices appear to discourage shoppers from buying, according to Leslie John.
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May 18, 2020
How do firms pair workers with managers, and which constraints affect the allocation of labor within the firm?
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May 15, 2020
The challenge during times of radical uncertainty is to find a pragmatic middle ground between acting thoughtlessly and not acting at all, say Howard Stevenson and colleagues.
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May 14, 2020
600 CEOs tell Boris Groysberg and team what coronavirus worries keep them up at night. Now comes the hard part: preparing body and mind to meet the challenges.
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May 12, 2020
Examining motives and incentives behind the growing international flows of US-denominated securities, this study finds that dollar-denominated capital flows are increasingly intermediated by tax haven financial centers and nonbank financial institutions.
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May 12, 2020
Now that workers have learned the basics of working from home, managers need to relaunch their teams in the new reality of how work gets done, advises Tsedal Neeley.
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May 11, 2020
Based on a field experiment involving 1,345 microentrepreneurs in India, this study provides insight into the depth and breadth of social knowledge contained in rural and peri-urban social networks.
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May 08, 2020
James Heskett reflects on 20 years of writing his monthly business management column for "HBS Working Knowledge."
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May 08, 2020
At this time of crisis, America risks signaling to global innovators and entrepreneurs that they have no future here, says William R. Kerr.
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May 08, 2020
Experts from Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative offer advice to nonprofits struggling to survive the coronavirus pandemic.
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May 08, 2020
This paper proposes a methodology for investors, companies, or regulators to use established environmental resources, reasonably accessible in the public domain, to measure an organization's environmental impact from operations.
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May 07, 2020
Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso see risk-mitigating innovation everywhere the virus spreads.
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May 05, 2020
American retailers have yet to pass along higher prices caused by Chinese tariffs, but shrinking product demand caused by the coronavirus could change that, warns Alberto Cavallo.
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May 04, 2020
Businesses are starting to plan their re-entry into the market, but how do you know what that market will look like? Frank V. Cespedes warns against putting too much trust in forecasters.
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May 01, 2020
We asked experts from the HBS Business and Environment Initiative how the coronavirus crisis might change the way companies think about sustainability.
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May 01, 2020
There is little doubt that remote work will be on the increase at many organizations post pandemic, but at what cost to corporate culture? asks James Heskett.
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Apr 30, 2020
Tackling one of the biggest crises of our time—climate change—requires leaders to embrace a new vision of business, argues Rebecca Henderson.
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Apr 29, 2020
When institutions let us down, look for leadership outside of hierarchies, says Rosabeth Moss Kanter. These leaders "don't wait to be asked; they just get moving."
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Apr 28, 2020
Harvard Professors John Macomber and Joseph Allen discuss the importance of healthy buildings given that people spend the majority of their lives indoors, and how their learnings extend to a post-COVID world.
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Apr 27, 2020
COVID-19 has turned many companies into federations of remote workplaces, but without guidance on how their onboarding of new employees must change, says Boris Groysberg.
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Apr 27, 2020
This paper examines the relationship between executive gender and creditor recovery rates, showing that creditors to female-run firms have higher recovery rates in the event of default.
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Apr 24, 2020
The National Football League player draft this year is challenging for the league, players, fans and, in particular, talent evaluators, reports Boris Groysberg and colleagues. What can business learn?
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Apr 23, 2020
Following the 2008 financial crisis, France offered a business loan program that helped firms, employees, and even the government, says Boris Vallee.
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Apr 22, 2020
What are the financial implications of rising seas and extreme weather? Asset managers and risk experts gathered at Harvard Business School to discuss how they're evaluating climate risk in their portfolios.
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Apr 21, 2020
How do new immigrants affect natives' views of other minority groups? This work studies the evolution of group boundaries in the United States and indicates that whites living in states receiving more Mexican immigrants recategorize blacks as in-group members.
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Apr 21, 2020
The Agile methodology used to speed complex software development is also helpful for managing decision-making in today's crisis environment, says Euvin Naidoo.
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Apr 21, 2020
The Agile methodology used to speed complex software development is also helpful for managing decision-making in today's crisis environment, says Euvin Naidoo.
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Apr 20, 2020
Like it or not, humans have become an indoor species, so buildings have a major impact on our health. That's why the Healthy Building Movement is gaining momentum, say John Macomber and Joseph Allen.
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Apr 20, 2020
Like it or not, humans have become an indoor species, so buildings have a major impact on our health. That's why the Healthy Building Movement is gaining momentum, say John Macomber and Joseph Allen.
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Apr 18, 2020
This survey of 5,819 small businesses in the United States shows that the pandemic has already caused massive dislocation among small businesses.
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Apr 16, 2020
4QUESTIONS. Companies and consumers depend on the global value change to create and distribute products around the world. What happens when the chain breaks? Insights from Laura Alfaro and Ester Faia.
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Apr 14, 2020
Microfinance has failed to catalyze entrepreneurship in developing countries, despite abundant evidence of high return on investment opportunities. What can account for this?
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Apr 13, 2020
Consumers regularly encounter privacy notices explaining if and how their personal information will be collected, stored, used, and shared. Evidence in this study demonstrates that privacy notices, though designed to promote a sense of confidence that personal data will not be misused, can undermine consumer trust and decrease purchase intent.
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Apr 13, 2020
A survey of small-business owners shows that lack of liquidity and skepticism of government programs are compounding COVID crisis recovery efforts.
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Apr 07, 2020
Many brands have turned off their marketing efforts during the pandemic, but Jill Avery and Richard Edelman argue that now is the time when customers need to hear from you most. But what do you say?
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Apr 07, 2020
Grants or investments? Philanthropists have multiple funding tools available, but choosing the wrong one can dilute the benefits, according to research by Benjamin N. Roth.
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Apr 06, 2020
Statistical inference teaches us how to learn from data, whereas identification analysis explains what we can learn from it. This paper proposes a simple unifying theory of identification, encouraging practitioners to spend more time thinking about what they can estimate from the data and assumptions before trying to estimate it.
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Apr 06, 2020
Marco Tabellini and colleagues investigate where workers go after losing their jobs to automation and Chinese imports.
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Apr 06, 2020
Marco Tabellini and colleagues investigate where workers go after losing their jobs to automation and Chinese imports.
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Apr 03, 2020
This study shows that people working from home (WFH) make more online contributions to socially helpful topics, yet face higher psychic costs and anxiety about time constraints. Managers might consider giving WFH workers more temporal flexibility to deal with time constraints during this crisis.
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Apr 02, 2020
Is it possible to prepare for a Black Swan event like COVID-19? What are the lessons for leaders in today's pandemic? asks James Heskett.
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Apr 02, 2020
Is it possible to prepare for a Black Swan event like COVID-19? What are the lessons for leaders in today's pandemic? asks James Heskett.
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Apr 02, 2020
Creating strategy under conditions of uncertainty is not easy, so many managers rely on a single analogy to past experience to guide their decisions. This paper argues, by contrast, that imagining multiple possible futures can be a more useful guide to uncertainty.
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Mar 30, 2020
Working at home brings with it confusing new rules of conduct. Remote work expert Prithwiraj Choudhury answers questions from our readers.
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Mar 30, 2020
Welcome to the new world of remote work, where employees struggle to learn the rules, managers are unsure how to help them, and organizations get a glimpse into the future.
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Mar 27, 2020
Companies can manage known risks by reducing their likelihood and impact. But such routine risk management often prevents them from recognizing and responding rapidly to novel risks, those not envisioned or seen before. Setting up teams, processes, and capabilities in advance for dealing with unexpected circumstances can protect against their severe consequences.
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Mar 26, 2020
Leaders managing their organizations through crisis show seven distinctive capabilities, says John A. Quelch. Call them the seven Cs.
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Mar 24, 2020
This study shows that competing banks in Peru use one another's loan approvals as an input into their own approval process. Such "free riding" has great impact on market outcomes and might warrant policy intervention.
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Mar 24, 2020
Now is the time for leaders to inspire their organizations to help the world through the COVID-19 crisis. Bill George has a list of authentic leaders who are up to the challenge.
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Mar 23, 2020
Do senior managers help or hurt business experiments? Analyzing a dataset of more than 6,300 experiments on the A/B/n testing platform Optimizely, this study suggests that involving senior executives in experimentation teams can have surprising consequences.
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Mar 23, 2020
Rather than chilling innovation, product accidents may provide companies an unexpected opportunity to develop new technologies desired by consumers, according to Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso.
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Mar 20, 2020
COVID-19 will put many small businesses on life support. Karen G. Mills, who has been advising policymakers on aid options, offers advice to owners on the brink of financial ruin.
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