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- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
serving on political councils, political legacy, and financial resources-affect the likelihood of firms issuing CSR reports. Second, we focus on the symbolic nature of CSR reporting and how variance in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
consumption tax, are preferred if feasible. Legislation that is narrowly focused on preventing inversions or specific transactions runs the risk of being counterproductive. These transactions are nested in a broader set of corporate... View Details
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
External risks arise from events outside the company and are beyond its influence or control. Sources of these risks include natural and political disasters and major... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
rely on indirect governance through regulated competition among political as well as economic actors in structures that in many ways parallel the competition found in organized sports. Inevitably these two systems develop as well as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
and run major infrastructure projects such as power and water. But a set of new property protections has done little to manage the risk in many of these politically unstable environments. Professor Louis T.... View Details
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
consumers and workers, and the political realities of modern governments. That appears to be a central message conveyed by responses to this month’s column. Ian Brinkley raised the issue of shifting needs of trading partners as a problem... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
high-growth companies, those with the greatest potential to create jobs. One challenge: geographic gaps across the United States. "Despite the fact that America has a very robust market for risk capital, about 70 percent of the... View Details
- April 2016 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Dan Gilbert: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?
Keywords: Detroit; Rock Ventures; Dan Gilbert; Real Estate; Buildings and Facilities; Demographics; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Housing; Risk and Uncertainty; Real Estate Industry; United States
Lietz, Nori Gerardo. "Dan Gilbert: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?" Harvard Business School Case 216-066, April 2016. (Revised December 2019.)
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Martínez-Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio Abstract There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
book, Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy, Harvard Business School historian Sophus A. Reinert unearths John Cary's An Essay on the State of England. Writing in 1695, Cary laid out a powerful case for how... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- spring 1973
- Article
Management of Commercial Bank Government Security Portfolios: An Optimization Approach Under Uncertainty
By: D. B. Crane and Stephen P. Bradley
Crane, D. B., and Stephen P. Bradley. "Management of Commercial Bank Government Security Portfolios: An Optimization Approach Under Uncertainty." Journal of Bank Research 4, no. 1 (spring 1973).
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
Role of Business. "Our book argues that if we don't begin to address, in a systemic way, the issues and problems and the negative outcomes and challenges [of market capitalism], then we are likely to see a lot more movements like Occupy Wall Street," says Leonard.... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
Experts on the African economies say globalization has yet to benefit the continent in a significant way, and that what is really needed is political change and more investment from within its own borders. The comments came during a panel... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- October 2009 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
The Kaesong Industrial Complex (A)
By: Dante Roscini, Eric Werker and Han-koo Yeo
Keywords: Country; Risk and Uncertainty; International Relations; Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Policy; North Korea; South Korea
Roscini, Dante, Eric Werker, and Han-koo Yeo. "The Kaesong Industrial Complex (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-022, October 2009. (Revised February 2014.)
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
sector, whose interests are going to be protected?" she asked rhetorically. The only ones who participate in major discussions with governments are large businesses, she said, "not the informal sector. You risk having policies... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
the chaos theory—a mix of passion and practicality, risk and reward," said Carl Horton (HBS MBA '95). His parents moved to Washington, DC, in 1978 to work for Jimmy Carter, Horton recalled, initiating his interest in politics. Over... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
so common? A: Our research shows that there are psychological, organizational, and political factors that conspire to keep us from dealing with problems that are worthy of our attention. Psychological vulnerabilities have to do with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
unconventional role in the film Fire, and explains why risks should be taken in parallel cinema. Silverthorne: At many points in her career she has been willing to sacrifice her film career to further a social cause, such as her role in... View Details