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- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
case capturing some of the dilemmas faced by African economies. South Africa is the largest economy in Africa by quite a distance, and is an illustration of the macro... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
untapped power of smallholders—increasing their yields, rebuilding supply chains, and opening access to economies of scale—Masha believes he is on the way to helping more than... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Economy 2013. Vol. 14 (National Bureau of Economic Research) edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern University of Chicago Press Appreciation of... View Details
- 21 Apr 2020
- News
Trump uses the pandemic to push far-right agenda
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Course Development
By: Debora L. Spar
Managing International Trade and Investment
Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
America has near record 5.6 million job openings
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
sector-specific skills. The resulting scale economies generate occupational stratification along ethnic lines, consistent with the reoccurring phenomenon of small, socially... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
Summing Up Do increases in social sector productivity, which seem to prevail at least in the U.S., benefit consumers at the expense of workers? Or is the scale weighted in favor View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Make America's workforce great again by revamping education
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
government should speed up its reforms in the internal sector rather than scale back external sector reforms. Q: On the influence of émigrés, you write, "With the help of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
enterprises seem incapable of transformative innovation, it is due to how we design and manage them, rather than anything inherent in their scale. In fact, Creative Construction argues, if used properly, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
through partner institutions, then chose to also pursue field building roles. KaBoom! reached scale by “giving away” its model online, before shifting its focus to working with municipal governments to expand capacity. Generalizing from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
million tax advantage. If the goal of a lower rate for capital gains was to compensate for inflation, wouldn’t it be easier simply to index the gain for inflation? LaMagna How about the argument that my type View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- News
What the Research Really Says about American Immigration
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
is available at this time. Publisher's link: http://www.springer.com/business/production/book/978-0-387-78902-6 The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting Author: Walter Friedman Publication: History View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2016
- News
How America Grew
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Climate Finance SIP
Sofia Guerra (MBA 2021) learned that in order “to build a more resilient economy we need to be able to understand and measure the impact of climate change on businesses. Only when we quantify physical and... View Details
- 24 Jan 2020
- News