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Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) - Course Catalog

health, education, environment, or national defense) methods (for example, decision making under uncertainty, project evaluation, performance measurement, or negotiation) or other topics (for example, international trade, technological innovation, View Details

October 2001 (Revised March 2006)
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Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A), The

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman

On June 6, 2000, the World Bank's and IFC's board of directors was scheduled to vote on whether to approve funding for the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline project. Although the project presented a unique opportunity to alleviate poverty in... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Negotiation; Ethics; Social Issues; Economic Sectors; Investment; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Finance; Mining Industry; Chad; Cameroon

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14 Dec 2020
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What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

cause serious adverse effects, including more hospitalizations, life-threatening incidents, and deaths. The findings come at a time when regulatory agencies around the world are considering end-of-the-year emergency applications for COVID-19 vaccines developed with... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

09 Dec 2015
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When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms

economy. “A platform owner may imitate them and enter their markets by offering similar products,” Zhu explained. “Before you build your business model around platforms, you need to think about how to minimize the risk from these... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Technology; Web Services

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

ever-changing policy directions in Beijing, Washington, and Europe. Our course will examine case studies of firms that have faced these challenges and will equip students with strategies for managing geopolitical risk in a deglobalizing... View Details

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

the Harvard Gazette about China’s economic woes and how they may affect global markets and investors going forward. Christina Pazzanese: Why were so many caught off-guard by this crash? Weren’t there warning signs that this might happen?... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

April 2011
Teaching Note

Carbon Trading Simulation: Green Cement Inc. (TN)

By: Peter A. Coles

Teaching Note for 911051. View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Trade; Decisions; Risk and Uncertainty; Production; Pollutants; Price; Sales; Profit

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Judging | New Venture Competition

you seek to have. The team has a clear understanding of the issue it seeks to address, why the issue is important, the recipients of the product or service, economic and social drivers of the model, and feasibility of the concept.... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Dot Vertigo

economic environment. The I-Net, Nolan explains, merges a firm's intranet seamlessly with the Internet, creating "fluid, permeable, and connected" enterprises that "truly reflect the speed, collaboration, and scalability of the network... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 Jan 2001
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Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?

capability in order to preserve proprietary information (Kulkarni). Doherty was concerned that organizations might extend their boundaries without a clear strategy. He offered a "2x2" rule-of-thumb strategy for doing this based on the levels of strategic... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 May 2024
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of InGenia Uruguay, an outsourcing and strategic consultancy services company based in Montevideo. Established in 2003, InGenia specializes in risk management for Uruguay’s financial sector.... View Details

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Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?

By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk

We model and calibrate the arguments in favor and against short-term and long-term debt. These arguments broadly include: maturity premium, sustainability, and service smoothing. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax distortions and government... View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Investment Return; Development Economics; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Cost; Interest Rates; Developing Countries and Economies; Welfare; United States; Brazil

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06 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 6

PublicationsDoes Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth? Exploring the Role of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Areendam Chanda, and Selin Sayek Publication:Journal of Development Economic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog

for a government in an emerging or frontier market, as well as for those who wish to acquire a richer conceptual understanding of the nature of capitalism, globalization, and economic development worldwide. The unit of analysis of the... View Details

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The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society

The new industrial state? Global Leadership Roundtable Washington, DC February 2024 In partnership with the NobleReach Foundation The future of American economic policy On February 27, 2024, a gathering took place in Washington, D.C.,... View Details

01 Dec 2005
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bare compliance with regulations, do firms have additional social responsibilities to commit resources to environmental protection? Should firms sacrifice profits in the social interest, given their fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders? Is this an efficient use... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Nov 2020
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Moderna Announces Promising Vaccine Trial Results

Moderna released promising news on the progress of their coronavirus vaccine this morning, noting that trials showed it to be 94.5% effective. “In this pandemic, what has been awful from a public health standpoint, an economic standpoint,... View Details

02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

taking in individuals' experiential decisions across different levels of risk. Specifically, we contrast three major views concerning the psychological constructs that underlie risk-taking behavior. The first is the classical economic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 2009 (Revised February 2010)
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The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF) in 2009

By: Luis M. Viceira and Brendon Christopher Parry

In late June 2009, management at The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF) was considering expanding the footprint of the TIFF Diversified Fund (TDF), the first truly comprehensive endowment management vehicle offered under the TIFF banner. The recent large capital... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asset Management; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Risk Management; Product Marketing; Financial Services Industry; United States

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