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- 2014
- Chapter
Ein Jahrzehnt Clusterpolitik und -forschung: Implikationen für eine moderne, clusterorientierte Wirtschaftsförderung
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Reflecting on the experience of nearly two decades this chapter discusses the nature of cluster-based economic policies. It first looks at the types of programmes and initiatives that have emerged, and the evidence on their impact on economic outcomes. It then tracks...
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Ketels, Christian H.M. "Ein Jahrzehnt Clusterpolitik und -forschung: Implikationen für eine moderne, clusterorientierte Wirtschaftsförderung." Chap. 3 in Zukunft der Wirtschaftsförderung, edited by Rasmus C. Beck, Rolf G. Heinze, and Josef Schmid, 45–64. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2014, German ed.
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
document. By "nonfinancial" we mean the kind of information that is typically provided in a company's corporate social responsibility or sustainability report regarding its performance in environmental, social, and View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- March 2004
- Article
Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces after a Terrorist Attack
By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky
An important challenge in the crime literature is to isolate causal effects of police on crime. Following a terrorist attack on the main Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, all Jewish institutions received police protection. Thus, this hideous event...
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Ernesto Schargrodsky. "Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces after a Terrorist Attack." American Economic Review 94, no. 1 (March 2004): 115–33.
- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
Confronting greater media scrutiny and an ever-increasing number of shareholder resolutions focusing on executive pay, Corporate America continues to support current pay practices as a product of "the market." Not too long ago,...
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by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
In the marketplace, Brand Trump is authentic. It stands for aspiration and success, but more the ostentatious and flashy success that appeals to the newly wealthy, the entrepreneur, the outsider. For these...
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- February 1997 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Arbor Health Care Company
By: Myra M. Hart and Stephanie Dodson
A venture-funded start-up runs into trouble when health care reimbursement policies change radically. With the help of its board, the company develops a new strategy, becomes profitable, and makes a public offering. The second wave of changes introduced by Clinton...
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Industry Structures;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Succession;
Business Startups;
Transformation;
Strategy;
Venture Capital;
Policy;
Initial Public Offering;
Health Industry
Hart, Myra M., and Stephanie Dodson. "Arbor Health Care Company." Harvard Business School Case 897-132, February 1997. (Revised December 1997.)
- 09 Jul 2021
- News
West Virginia is Trading Trump for Tech Workers
- Video
Adib AlZamil
Adib AlZamil, CEO of Zamil Group Holding Company, outlines the ways Saudi Arabia used its oil reserves towards the country's development and addresses the involvement of the private sector in the government's "Saudi Vision 2030" program.
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- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Murat Vargı
Murat Vargı, founder of MV Holding and the mobile phone provider Turkcell, describes the challenges he faced in Turkey of growing his telecom business in an industry where there was a state monopoly at the time.
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- 16 Jun 2015
- News
Michael Porter on America's Historic Energy Opportunity
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data will transform financial services and small-business lending long before they impact driverless cars, predicts Harvard Business School Senior Fellow...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
reducing system loss and turning around a public corporation in disarray was a formidable and risky challenge. There were also risks on the regulatory front, where water-related issues could be susceptible...
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- March 2010
- Article
Female Empowerment: Further Evidence From a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
By: Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin
Female "empowerment" has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as a means to achieving other development goals. Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a...
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Goals and Objectives;
Product;
Microfinance;
Decision Making;
Policy;
Welfare or Wellbeing;
Gender;
Power and Influence;
Philippines
Ashraf, Nava, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin. "Female Empowerment: Further Evidence From a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines." World Development 38, no. 3 (March 2010): 333–344.
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
perceived as value-destroying and may not improve a firm's competitive advantage. Bank Debt and Corporate Governance Authors:Victoria Ivashina, Vinay Nair, Anthony Saunders,...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2016
- News
Why CEOs Need to Make a Better Case for Free Trade
- 08 Dec 2015
- News
Any Signs Yet That Oil Prices Have Bottomed Out?
- 18 Nov 2019
- Video
Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej, head of the India-based consumer products Godrej Group, discusses changing economic policies from the 1960s to liberalization in 1991, and the effects these policies had on business and economic...
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