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The End of Leadership
“Becoming a leader” has become a mantra. The explosive growth of the “leadership industry” is based on the belief that leading is a path to power and money, a medium for achievement,and a mechanism ...
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Anti-Corruption and Good Governance: Drivers of Peace, Security and Development
The session will discuss the role of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in supporting the implementation of the UN ...
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With the move to freeze foreign aid, the international development sector stands at a crossroads, HKS experts say
The Trump administration’s move to freeze U.S. foreign aid and development work is a seismic event. International development ...
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DOGE is putting the country’s data and computing infrastructure at risk, HKS expert argues
Cyber security expert Bruce Schneier worries that DOGE’s access to highly sensitive information is giving bad actors a chance ...
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The credibility of corruption statistics - Matthew Stephenson
2021, Paper: "Most global corruption statistics are based on estimation, extrapolation, or generalisation. How plausible are they? We review ten of the most widely cited claims, tracing each to its ...
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The Declining Worker Power Hypothesis: An Explanation for the Recent Evolution of the American Economy - Lawrence Summers
May 2020, Paper, "Rising profitability and market valuations of US businesses, sluggish wage growth and a declining labor share of income, and reduced unemployment and inflation, have defined the ...
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International Business History and the strategy of multinational enterprises: How History Matters - Geoffrey Jones
December 2020, Book Chapter: "This chapter provides an overview of the evolution of international business (IB) over time as well as the predominant strategies used by multinational enterprises (MNEs) ...
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Taming Systemic Corruption: The American Experience and Its Implications for Contemporary Debates - Matthew Stephenson
September 2020, Paper: "Endemic corruption in developing countries often seems intractable. Yet most countries that currently have relatively high public integrity were, at an earlier point in their ...
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Making Discrimination and Harassment Complaint Systems Better
2020, Book Chapter, "For decades, employers have used formal grievance procedures to handle both discrimination and harassment complaints. The system seems straightforward: If an employee believes ...
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Estimating spillovers from publicly funded R&D: Evidence from the US Department of Energy - Kyle Myers
2021, Paper: "In this paper, we quantify the magnitude of R&D spillovers created by grants to small firms from the US Department of Energy. Our empirical strategy leverages variation due to ...
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The Economic Consequences of Bankruptcy Reform - Raymond Kluender
November 19, 2020, Paper: "A more generous consumer bankruptcy system provides greater insurance against financial risks but may also raise the cost of credit. We study this trade-off using the 2005 ...
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How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now - Jon M. Jachimowicz and Ashley Whilians
October 13, 2021, Opinion: "A year and a half into the pandemic, employees’ mental “surge capacity” is likely diminished. Managers must take proactive steps to increase employee engagement, or risk ...