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  • 2019
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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... View Details
Keywords: Fiscal Capacity; Public Debt; French West Africa; British West Africa; Geography; History; Africa
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Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "From Coast to Hinterland: Fiscal State Formation in British and French West Africa, c. 1880–1960." In Fiscal Capacity and the Colonial State in Africa and Asia, c. 1850–1960, edited by Ewout Frankema and Anne Booth, 161–192. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
  • December 2018 (Revised March 2020)
  • Technical Note

Note on Economic Inequality (2020)

By: Rebecca Henderson, Jessica A. Gover, Aldo Sesia and Mariana Oseguera Rodriguez
For over half a century, most of the world's economies have enjoyed steady growth and prosperity. While this economic growth has reduced the number of people living in poverty, it has come with an increase in economic inequality. The gap between the "haves" and the... View Details
Keywords: Economic Inequalty; Wealth Inequality; Equality Of Opportunity; Political Polarization; Economic Growth; Economics; Income; Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Society; Problems and Challenges
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Henderson, Rebecca, Jessica A. Gover, Aldo Sesia, and Mariana Oseguera Rodriguez. "Note on Economic Inequality (2020)." Harvard Business School Technical Note 319-071, December 2018. (Revised March 2020.)
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The Five Forces - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

to retain customers. Actually, entry brings new capacity and pressure on prices and costs. The threat of entry, therefore, puts a cap on the profit potential of an industry. This threat depends on the size of a series of barriers to entry, including View Details
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
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    Rosabeth M. Kanter

    Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; advertising; airline; apparel; arts; automobiles; banking; beauty products; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; chemical; clothing; communications; computer; consulting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels & motels; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; insurance industry; internet; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; medical supplies; nonprofit industry; oil & gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retail financial services; retailing; semiconductor; soft drink; software; sports; state government; telecommunications; textiles; tourism; toy; transportation; travel; utilities; wine
    • 20 Oct 2021
    • Blog Post

    Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)

    of Milwaukee, I witnessed the impact of a rapidly changing economy on my neighbors’ lives. Every day on the way to school, I rode past shuttered manufacturing plants that once employed tens of thousands of our residents. Despite living in... View Details
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Trade Policy in the Shadow of Conflict: The Case of Dual-use Goods

    By: Maxim Alekseev and Xinyue Lin
    Policymakers increasingly use trade instruments to address national security concerns. This paper studies optimal policy for dual-use goods, items with both military and civilian applications. We begin by documenting that regulation and trade flows of dual-use goods... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; National Security; Trade; Taxation; Financial Instruments; Macroeconomics
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    Alekseev, Maxim, and Xinyue Lin. "Trade Policy in the Shadow of Conflict: The Case of Dual-use Goods." Working Paper, October 2024.
    • 15 Apr 2020
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    Predictions for the New Normal

    • September 21, 2013
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    Redefining Global Health-care Delivery

    By: Jim Yong Kim, Paul E. Farmer and Michael E. Porter
    Initiatives to address the unmet needs of those facing both poverty and serious illness have expanded significantly over the past decade. But many of them are designed in an ad-hoc manner to address one health problem among many; they are too rarely assessed; best... View Details
    Keywords: Health
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    Kim, Jim Yong, Paul E. Farmer, and Michael E. Porter. "Redefining Global Health-care Delivery." Lancet 382, no. 9897 (September 21, 2013).
    • September–October 2017
    • Article

    Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers

    By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
    A small number of digital superpowers—Alibaba, Amazon, Microsoft, and others—have become “hub firms” because they control access to billions of mobile customers coveted by all kinds of product and service providers. These hubs drive increasing returns to scale and... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Strategic Planning; Auto Industry; Technology Industry
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    Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 84–92.
    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    Monitoring Public Procurement: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Chile

    By: Maria Paula Gerardino, Stephan Litschig and Dina D. Pomeranz
    The government is the biggest buyer in the economy of most countries. At the same time, the public procurement process if often thought to be fraught with corruption and malpractice. However, there is little evidence regarding the impact of audits aimed at reducing... View Details
    Keywords: Procurement; Chile; Corruption; Public Finance; Public Procurement; Public Sector; Public Administration Industry; Chile
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    Gerardino, Maria Paula, Stephan Litschig, and Dina D. Pomeranz. "Monitoring Public Procurement: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Chile." Working Paper, September 2014. (Latest version available upon request.)
    • 17 Nov 2020
    • In Practice

    How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

    American retailers are heading into a holiday shopping season unlike any other as the spiraling COVID-pandemic and limp economy threaten consumer spending. We asked Harvard Business School faculty members—in particular, authors of recent... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail
    • 22 Apr 2022
    • Blog Post

    Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative

    We are honoring Earth Day by sharing stories from the HBS Business and Environment Initiative blog that highlight HBS community members and business leaders who are dedicated to environmental sustainability and inspiring innovation at the... View Details
    • 2024
    • Book

    The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism: How Pervasive Cronyism and Restricted Suffrage Are Destroying Democratic Capitalism as a National Ideal ... And What to Do About It

    By: Malcolm S. Salter
    What are we to do about declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? In this book, I address how we can rekindle the fading light of democratic capitalism as an... View Details
    Keywords: Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Economic Systems; Culture
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    Salter, Malcolm S. The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism: How Pervasive Cronyism and Restricted Suffrage Are Destroying Democratic Capitalism as a National Ideal ... And What to Do About It. Cambridge Elements, Elements in Reinventing Capitalism. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
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    Publications - Faculty & Research

    States Citation Educators Related Serafeim, George. "Microsoft’s Performance Across Three CEOs." Harvard Business School Case 125-112, July 2025. 2025 Working Paper In Privacy We Trust: The Effect of Privacy Regulations on Data Sharing... View Details
    • 02 May 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Leading Professional Service Firms

    problem—and everyone wants to talk about it and share experiences and solutions. Bringing together a diverse group of professionals creates a powerful learning environment precisely because we can draw on a wide range of professional,... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting
    • 27 Aug 2014
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

    leadership in mobilizing people and resources in highly dynamic situations.” Each winter, 900 HBS students dispatch around the world to see businesses up close, learn what they can about how they are run, and share their own knowledge... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail
    • 19 Jan 2021
    • In Practice

    Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

    Joseph R. Biden Jr. becomes the 46th president of the United States at a time when the nation is grappling with several sober realities at once: a deadly pandemic that is claiming the lives of thousands of Americans daily, a bumpy vaccine rollout, a shaky View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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    Journal of Financial Economics 165 (March 2025). Optimal Illiquidity By: John Beshears , James J. Choi, Christopher Clayton, Christopher Harris, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian We study the socially optimal level of illiquidity in an View Details
    • 30 Sep 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Harvard and HBS: The Next 100 Years

    reflected on Harvard Business School's past 100 years and shared a visionary perspective for the types of leaders that the School should aspire to produce, while Dean Light discussed the School's history and highlighted key focus areas... View Details
    Keywords: Education
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