Economic Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy

across the country. This January, as part of Harvard Business School's lmmersive Field Course (IFC) in India on "Decarbonizing While Developing," we had the privilege of exploring how various industries are tackling the dual challenges of achieving View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

Anthony L. Chirchirillo Leveraging China to Achieve Global Advantage for a U.S. Factory Chirchirillo: From Wisconsin base to global competitor. Related Links The Path to Economic Revival James McNerney Jr. Manufacturing's New Reality (HBS... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

14 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

is available at this time. Publisher's link: http://www.springer.com/business/production/book/978-0-387-78902-6 The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting Author: Walter Friedman Publication: History of Political Economy... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library

with the case method, helping to shape business education programs and business leaders around the world. Lehman Brothers 1850-2008 The history of Lehman Brothers, stretching over a century and a half, reflects the role of investment banking in the development and... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)

Future: Report of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School. "We maintained that conservation could actually contribute to domestic economic growth - with less risk from the disturbances in the... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Educational Services

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

That’s why they are focusing now on issues like job creation, favorable trade relations, economic growth, and corporate tax reform that are essential for sustaining earnings growth and shareholder returns.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

09 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel

addressing societal challenges. By reducing food waste, Waycool makes a positive impact, aligning profit-making with sustainable practices. Even established players like JSW Steel display a harmonious integration of economic pursuits and... View Details

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

enough? Is there a point at which support stifles innovation? How sustainable is the level of support? The course will address these questions, examining the challenges of ensuring growth and long-term success on a global stage. Through... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success

leadership was taken up later in the day by Professor Michael Porter. "Inequality is probably the single biggest problem facing America," he stated in a talk titled "Inner-City Renewal." Noting that the economic plight of inner cities is... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Frank Batten (MBA '52); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jan 2007
News

Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968

Group Chief Executive, WPP Group PLC Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Cambridge University, 1966 B.A., Economics Cambridge University, 1970 M.A. LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The kind of intelligence that leads... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

The City Solution

London, Tokyo, Hong Kong); megacities and population magnets (e.g., São Paulo, Lagos, Mumbai, Jakarta); and “up-and-comers,” cities of 150,000 to 10 million people, aspiring to international stature (e.g., Cape Town, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur). Much of the world’s population... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

private companies don't have. As such, the team decided to use sales growth as a proxy for investment opportunity responsiveness, since a rise in sales should trigger a rise in investment by any given firm. Changes in state corporate tax... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

27 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 27

partially reversed when the congressman resigns, and are most pronounced among geographically concentrated firms. The effects are economically meaningful and the mechanism—entirely distinct from the more traditional interest rate and tax... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

breach leads to feelings of violation and can occur even when employees’ economic contracts are fulfilled. We study the effects of psychological contract breach on three common types of employee participation in budgeting that differ in... View Details

21 Mar 2016
Blog Post

MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business

economy? How do you design and implement policies that address long term economic sustainability vis à vis short term growth spurts? At the same time, I had big unanswered questions that were equally... View Details

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

trillion economic impact and approximately 10% of the US gross domestic product. While scaled restaurant operations are frequently featured, interestingly approximately 70% of restaurants are single unit operations. Restaurants have also... View Details

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

that economic tools of supply and demand can be applied to studying the phenomenon of corruption. On the demand side, it is true that corrupt government officials sometimes garner a degree of sympathy from the public, legitimizing their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

22 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 22

that entrepreneurship is believed to play in the process of economic growth, alleviating financing constraints for would-be entrepreneurs is also an important goal for policymakers worldwide. We review two major streams of research... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Sep 2016
First Look

September 13, 2016

closes in 2015. Yirendai sought to capture its customers and make virtually instantaneous credit decisions online. CreditEase’s commercial success makes funding Yirendai’s growth not an issue. P2P lending in China, after explosive View Details

December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
Case

Ebro Puleva

By: David E. Bell, Antonio Garcia de Castro, Rocio Reina Paniagua and Mary Louise Shelman

Once Spain's largest sugar company, Ebro Puleva has been transformed through a series of international acquisitions into the world's largest package rice company and second largest pasta company. In 2009, Chairman Antonio Hernandez Callejas must decide how to proceed... View Details