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- August 2012 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
Turkey—A Work in Progress?
For the past 10 years, Turkey has grown its real GDP at about 6% annually. This came after a huge debt crisis in 2001-02, wherein Turkey had to borrow $16 billion more from the IMF and comport with its difficult conditionality. Today, Turkey is a middle-income country,...
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Turkey;
Economy;
Macroeconomics;
International Relations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Turkey
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Turkey—A Work in Progress?" Harvard Business School Case 713-018, August 2012. (Revised November 2017.)
- Summer, 2021
- Article
The Economics of Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries
By: Meredith Fowlie and Robyn C. Meeks
Almost all of the world’s energy demand growth is projected to occur in low- and medium-income countries (LMICs). Targeted energy efficiency investments have the potential to mitigate tensions between economic growth objectives and sustainable development commitments....
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Fowlie, Meredith, and Robyn C. Meeks. "The Economics of Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 15, no. 2 (Summer, 2021): 238–260.
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
an inability of the regulatory structure to keep pace with the changing market, shared the blame. Q: What are the implications today for low- and moderate-income consumers? A: As we lurch toward a recovery,...
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- 21 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?
you look at J.C. Penney over the long term, it seems to me that they have lost their identity. With more than 1,000 stores and great locations in malls across the country, it used to be the department store for View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?
market share that could only be lifted in a crisis by agreement of top regulators. It's also important to keep in mind that the FHA, which already guarantees mortgages for low- and moderate-income...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Elevator Pitch: Standard of Care
Illustration by Drue Wagner Mike H. M. Teodorescu (DBA 2018) CEO, SurgiBox Dan Brown (DBA 2019) CFO Concept: Founded in the wake of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, SurgiBox’s lead product is a portable operating room that fits into a backpack and runs on a rechargeable...
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- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
provide quality products at a low price to low- and fixed-income consumers. Kmart, by contrast, couldn't seem to decide whether it was focusing on low- or View Details
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
American economic development, Slavery's Capitalism identifies slavery as the primary force driving key innovations in entrepreneurship, finance, accounting, management, and political economy that are too...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Prineeta Kulkarni
diversity," notes Prineeta. "This gives students a vivid feel for what local cultures are like, rooted in a real context." In the summer, Prineeta will intern with Genentech in San Francisco, "a dream company that I have studied since I was an...
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- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
Putting together the money for everything from a short-term emergency to retirement is hard enough, a challenge that low- and moderate-income families endure every day. Yet as HBS professor Peter Tufano...
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- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
Between 1990 and 2008, the US economy added 27 million jobs. Ninety-eight percent of them were in nontradable activities. This is another way of saying that most American job growth has come in sectors where...
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- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
Environmental Justice (EJ): working to combat climate change and promote climate resilience and investing in the green economy in a way that creates good, well-paying jobs,...
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- Web
Public Policy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Guides Public Policy Public Policy Public policy concerns the laws and systems put in place by a governing body as well as the strategies for how to fund and enforce the policies in place. This research...
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- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
the current economic and financial crisis, countries around the globe are looking for ways to reignite economic growth. Traditionally, export-led growth has been perceived as one of the most promising pathways to do so. The experience of...
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by Christian Ketels
- Web
Global Business Course | HBS Online
Political Analysis Interpret data on countries’ macroeconomic and political performance. Highlights Inflation Introduction to the Macroeconomic View Middle-Income Countries ShowHide Details Concepts The...
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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
make on us. Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Managing Partner, Burnt Island Ventures Bake Sustainability into the Core of What You Do BIO The role of business leaders is to see the writing on the wall and act accordingly. The transition to a clean...
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- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
percent. Give low- and middle-income customers access to low-interest-rate loans by using a predictive algorithm that uses nontraditional data to measures creditworthiness....
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
idea of “paying themselves first” by precommitting a portion of their refund to savings. U.S. savings bonds hold particular appeal among low- and middle-income families....
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- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
observe how the quotas might affect sales on both low- and high-ticket items—mouse pads on the low end, wireless routers on the high end. Three, and most importantly, the...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
Publication:Journal of Public Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water services amongst View Details
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Sean Silverthorne