Faculty & Research
Faculty & Research
Harvard Business School faculty members have made notable contributions to the history
of business. Faculty research is diverse, based in several of the School’s units,
and reflects disciplinary backgrounds in economics, history, sociology, strategy,
and political science.
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- 19 Jun 2023
- News
Inequality in Africa Has Changed from Pre-colonial Times to Today
Re: Marlous van Waijenburg
- 22 Mar 2023
- News
Behind the Research: Marlous van Waijenburg
Re: Marlous van Waijenburg
By: Shona Simkin
By: Shona Simkin
| What sparked Marlous van Waijenburg’s interest in Africa’s economic development, and what excites her about this line of research? We talked with van Waijenburg, an assistant professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit who teaches in the first... |
- 2019
- Book Chapter
From Coast to Hinterland: Fiscal State Formation in British and French West Africa, c. 1880–1960
By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
| This chapter contrasts and compares the ways different colonial states in West Africa developed local fiscal capacity. We show that per capita revenues were higher in the more commercialised coastal export economies than in remote parts of the interior. We argue that... |
- October 2018
- African Affairs
Africa Rising? A Historical Perspective
By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
| Sub-Saharan Africa’s recent economic boom has raised hopes and expectations to lift the regions’ ‘bottom millions’ out of poverty by 2030. How realistic is that goal? We approach this question by comparing the experiences of three front-runners of region-specific... |