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  • 2015
  • Report

Clusters and Regional Economies: Implications for the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Region

By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region, covering eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces located around the lakes and waterways that have given this region its name, is what economic developers call a 'macro region'. It is an area of intensive economic interaction... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Regional Policy; Great Lakes; Economic Development; Industry Clusters; Economy; Canada; United States
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  • June 2016
  • Supplement

FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Akiko Kanno
In February 2015, Daniel Loeb (a US-based activist investor) announced his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Valuation; Investment Funds; Policy; Corporate Governance; Macroeconomics; Investment Activism; Change Management; Financial Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Japan; United States
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  • 02 Apr 2020
  • News

What policy makers are missing from coronavirus — data

  • 2015
  • Chapter

Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and William F. Lincoln
Firms play a central role in the selection, sponsorship, and employment of skilled immigrants entering the United States for work through programs like the H-1B visa. This role has not been widely recognized in the literature, and the data to better understand it have... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Human Capital; Immigration; Innovation and Invention; United States
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  • 22 Oct 2020
  • News

Economic Research Exposes Significant Flaws In DOL H-1B Visa Rule

  • April 2009 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Reactions (B)

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
In March 2009, the U.S. economy was in a severe recession not seen since the Great Depression after the subprime mortgage crisis had spiraled out of control. The situation had dramatically changed in one year since the Federal Reserve Board had helped to bailout... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Central Banking; Mortgages; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; United States
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  • 23 May 2014
  • News

A Crossroads for Indian and Its Business Landscape

Keywords: India; economic policies; Narendra Modi

    California Fair Trade: Antitrust and the Politics of 'Fairness' in U.S. Competition Policy

    In the decades before World War II, U.S. antitrust law was anything but settled. Considerable pressure for antitrust revision came from the states. A perhaps unlikely leader, Edna Gleason, organized California's retail pharmacists and coordinated trade networks to... View Details

    • 1996
    • Article

    Competitive Advantage, Agglomeration Economies, and Regional Policy

    By: Michael E. Porter
    Keywords: Economy; Competition; Policy
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    • 19 Oct 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

    administrator, she received the same kind of pushback against establishing cluster development from White House national economic policy advisor Lawrence Summers, president emeritus and current university... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • July–September 1991
    • Article

    Strategic Trade Policies in a Tripolar World

    By: Kenneth A. Froot and D. B. Yoffie
    Keywords: International Trade; International Finance; Trade
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    • 05 May 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration

    Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln; Technology
    • January 2004
    • Case

    Macroeconomic Policy and the State of the U.S. Economy, 2003

    By: David A. Moss
    Based on excerpts from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on July 16, 2003, as well as economic data that were available to Chairman Greenspan at the time. Taken together, the text... View Details
    Keywords: Macroeconomics; Banks and Banking; Policy; Housing; Analytics and Data Science; Problems and Challenges; Urban Development; United States
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    • 2011
    • Chapter

    The Economics of Housing Finance Reform

    By: David S. Scharfstein and Adi Sunderam
    This paper analyzes the two leading types of proposals for reform of the housing finance system: (i) broad-based, explicit, priced government guarantees of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and (ii) privatization. Both proposals have drawbacks. Properly-priced... View Details
    Keywords: Economics; Housing; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics
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    • 29 Jun 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    The $1 Trillion Link Between Mental Health and Economic Productivity

    In April, the World Health Organization released a groundbreaking study that established a definitive link between mental health and economic productivity. The findings were both depressing and hopeful. On the downside, depression and... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • May 2022
    • Article

    Strengthening Digital Infrastructure: A Policy Agenda for Free and Open Source Software

    By: Frank Nagle
    While there is little debate that digital forces are playing an increasingly crucial role in the economy, there is limited understanding of the importance of the digital infrastructure that underlies this role. Much of the discussion around digital infrastructure has... View Details
    Keywords: Open Source; Applications and Software; Policy; Infrastructure; Open Source Distribution
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    • 17 Jan 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

    terrible Foxconn suicides. The one-child-per-family policy was beginning to create a population shortage that meant cheap labor was running out. The old low-cost manufacturing-for-export strategy had run out of steam. They were developing... View Details
    Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
    • Web

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    over any conflicting terms in this Notice to the extent permitted under applicable law. REGIONAL PRIVACY POLICY DISCLOSURE If you are located in certain specific regions (such as the European Economic Area,... View Details
    • 2009
    • Other Unpublished Work

    When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry

    By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
    What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry evolution, and firm competitiveness? How and when is industrial policy an effective tool to spur the development of an emerging industry? To address these questions, we... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Industry Growth; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Energy Industry; Brazil
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    • Article

    Party-State Capitalism in China

    By: Margaret Pearson, Meg Rithmire and Kellee Tsai
    The “state capitalism” model, in which the state retains a dominant role as owner or investor-shareholder amidst the presence of markets and private firms, has received increasing attention, with China cited as the main exemplar. Yet as models evolve, so has China’s... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Policy; Communism; Capitalism; State Capitalism; Economic Systems; Economics; Policy; China
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