Liberalizing An Economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jan 2012
News

Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem

“the ability of companies in the United States to compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for Americans.” While HBS alumni widely shared a negative view of the country’s competitive... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

07 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

Governments and policymakers often assume that infrastructure development is key to jumpstarting economic growth for citizens, an “If we build it they will come” chain reaction of new jobs, more efficient transportation, and safer... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Construction

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

Ministry of Trade when his government sent him to study at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Duch enrolled at HBS because he wanted “to have both sides of the river as an experience, understanding the business side from the public... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

25 Sep 2008
News

Been There, Seen That

global warming was a looming catastrophe. Lo and behold, here we are in 2008: war in oil-rich Iraq, $4 a gallon gasoline, an economy in free fall, and melting ice caps. On the economic front, the recent... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Government; Management

01 Dec 2017
News

Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis

Refugee Crisis,” which both he and Fabbe taught in May 2016 during the required first-year Business, Government, and the International Economy course. The case asks students to consider the issue from the point of view of European leaders... View Details

03 Aug 2011
News

No Ducking the Debt Ceiling

What debt ceiling? I haven’t been on Mars for the last two weeks, but close to it .off in the woods and on vacation, unplugged, untethered, and blissfully out of touch. So I missed the all-consuming topic that must have driven everyone crazy while I was away. Somehow,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

Cole, and Jeremy Tobacman Publication:Journal of Marketing Research 48 (October 2011) Abstract Recent financial liberalization in emerging economies has led to the rapid introduction of new financial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2000
News

Books

proposes a mindset that will help executives to expand and grow their businesses in the new international economy and describes strategies that come to terms with the realities of globalization and technological change. Mills, the Alfred... View Details

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Instrument of Pictorial Publicity - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

industrial lines.” 7 In the 1930s, many believed the failing U.S. economy threatened the private enterprise system itself, and as the Great Depression wore on a sense of obligation arose among business executives to inspire renewed faith... View Details

27 Mar 2014
News

From Marx to Marketing

the time a partner at the Athens-based Ulysses Commission Trading Company, an agency company representing foreign manufacturers in the Greek market, watched those dramatic days in late 1989 with mixed feelings. "I knew that the... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

Alumni Books So You Think You Can Teach: From Expert Practitioner to Successful Instructor by Bill Cockrum (MBA 1961) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Cockrum provides a guide for presenting or teaching a class to an adult audience,... View Details

11 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

starts a premium vodka business, bringing in his cousin at an early stage, but with no initial discussion of the eventual split of equity or managerial control between the two. The article offers each man's case for his ownership stake in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Damali Brown

she applied and was accepted as a Fellow by Morgan Stanley, initiating a working relationship that began with a summer sales and training position and that led to five years of employment in various positions at the firm. Equated with excellence Damali began... View Details

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Climate Finance SIP

climate risk as an asset owner, measuring climate risk and using metrics in portfolio construction, incorporating physical climate risk into portfolio analysis. The last day turned to financing innovation with a focus on early stage... View Details

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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n the latter half of the twentieth century , venture capital investment transformed groundbreaking technologies into sustainable enterprises and contributed to the growth of an American View Details

14 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

Government officials should have poured much more money into producing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines to save more lives and rescue the economy faster, according to new research co-authored by 16 researchers including Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Sep 2008
News

Farming for Fuel

ethanol plant in an increasingly competitive, complex environment. “For the first time in history, the food and energy markets are converging,” says Reinhardt. “It’s hard to imagine two areas of greater importance, or with greater... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

influence facility managers' decisions. As a result, managers of facilities that are subjected to comparable institutional pressures adopt distinct sets of management practices that appease different external constituents. Using an... View Details