These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
Using business to create social change has been at the center of many entrepreneurial efforts by Harvard Business School alumni. Howard Stevenson discusses their pragmatic approaches to overcoming long...
View ArticleVoting Trusts and Antitrust: Rethinking the Role of Shareholder Rights and...
Historically, judges were reluctant to intervene in corporations’ internal affairs and displayed a particular wariness of shareholders’ derivative suits. By the end of the 19th century, however, they...
View ArticleInvestor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for...
It's becoming more difficult for investors to sue corporate auditors. The result? A weakening of trust in US capital markets, says Suraj Srinivasan.
View ArticleLabor Market Shocks and the Demand for Trade Protection: Evidence from Online...
Rafael Di Tella and Dani Rodrik study how people’s opinions about trade protectionism and compensatory financial transfers change when presented with six different types of shocks, all of which have...
View ArticleUS Antitrust Law and Policy in Historical Perspective
This article chronicles the United States judiciary’s shifting interpretations of antitrust law and policy over the past 125 years.
View ArticleIs There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
James Heskett suggests that West Coast companies and universities have invented their own style of management to take advantage of hyperchange in the market. Is a manager just a manager, or does...
View ArticleMemory and Representativeness
In this study, we explore the foundations of individuals’ probabilistic judgments, looking to better understand the sources of systematic errors.
View ArticlePolitical Influence and Merger Antitrust Reviews
Using a large sample of US mergers between 1998 and 2010, this study by Mihir N. Mehta, Suraj Srinivasan, and Wanli Zhao>/strong> examines how political connections help firms obtain favorable...
View ArticleHow Transparency into Internal and External Responsibility Initiatives...
Three studies by Ryan W. Buell and Basak Kalkanci examine how firms can use transparency into social and environmental responsibility initiatives to differentiate themselves in the consumer market.
View ArticleIf Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?
Consumer inertia is the tendency of some customers to buy a product, even when superior options exist. Alexander J. MacKay discusses how that habit affects competitive strategy and even regulatory...
View ArticleReflexivity in Credit Markets
Investors’ biases and market outcomes affect each other in a two-way feedback loop. This study develops a model of a credit market feedback loop, finding that when investors become more bullish this...
View ArticleAre You Prepared to Be a Manager in the Digital Workplace?
Linda Hill explains how the digital workplace is placing greater burdens on managers but also creating new opportunities to shine. PLUS: Book excerpt.
View ArticleThe Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy
This chapter pulls from William Kerr’s book "The Gift of Global Talent" to examine the migration dynamics of high-skilled individuals. He argues that improving our knowledge of high-skilled migration...
View ArticleGoing Digital: Implications for Firm Value and Performance
This study of the economic performance of nontech firms adopting digital technologies finds a persistent future increase in valuation. However, investors only slowly incorporate the value implications...
View ArticleThese Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway
As you contemplate your summer reading, let these recent books from Harvard Business School management scholars that can boost your career and improve on-the-ground management skills.
View ArticleThrowing the Baby Out with the Drinking Water: Unintended Consequences of...
In this study of the 1994 discovery of arsenic in ground water in Bangladesh, Reshmaan Hussam and colleagues investigate the possibility of unintended health consequences from public health interventions.
View ArticleInvestors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
Running a startup means solving an endless list of problems, and entrepreneurs can be quickly overwhelmed. Where to turn for advice? Julia Austin says look to your investors.
View ArticleThe Comprehensive Effects of a Digital Paywall Sales Strategy
Many print media firms are switching to a business model requiring readers to pay for online content. This study of media paywall strategies in the US finds that adopting a digital paywall can lead to...
View ArticleCan Health Care Companies Learn To Compete?
3QUESTIONS: Why is it so difficult for health care providers to compete for customers? Raffaella Sadun and Leemore Dafny discuss why health care needs a business strsategy.
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