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- 26 Jan 2017
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Finding a Path out of Poverty
differently.” One course that sparked Magwegwe’s imagination was Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE), taught by Professor Richard Vietor, author of How Countries Compete. “It provided great insights for strategic... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
multifamily buildings, particularly in low-income residences,” she observes. “At 25 units or more, you have real economies of scale.” A higher-density project may be on the horizon for Birchwood Sustainable Development, says Harper. But... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
Pinto says Western business leaders have shown "extraordinary complacency in the face of upheavals." The numbers don't look good for the West. The United States, Great Britain, and France have each seen their average GDP growth hover around 2 percent in recent years,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Advance Racial Equity in the Office
don’t even realize it’s happening, Rice says, but it means that people of color can’t compete on equal footing for career mobility. Doing nothing to fix systemic disadvantages is “fundamentally racist, not to mention cancerous to our View Details
- 16 Oct 2018
- News
To Lead and Serve
as a human being, and if I got out, I'd have an opportunity in the economy to do well. So in reality, it really set me up well within the Navy. It gave you credibility when you came in a room in the Pentagon and you're talking finance... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
An Oscar statue (CC BY-NC 2.0) The Academy Awards are coming up, that annual homage to movies and their place in popular culture. The festivities are also a reminder of entertainment’s importance as a mainstay of the U.S. economy and, for... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
event, "Asia Towards the 21st Century: Is the Miracle Over?," took place in January against a decidedly more somber backdrop: the financial crisis that has cast a pall over the region's largest economies and muted the roar of several of... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
within an industry, its outcome is competitive convergence and eventually decreased profitability. The authors conclude that for Japan to succeed, "the missing link is strategy. Strategy rests on choosing a unique position by offering a different mix of value than... View Details
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
of night, you would see the glow from the mills that lined the river,” he recalls. Now Motley sees an entirely new city. Along the river are the offices of medical and technology companies. “Pittsburgh has successfully transitioned from an old View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Jun 2015
- News
Michael Porter on America's Historic Energy Opportunity
- 01 Oct 2015
- News
Marie Sheppard: Making A Difference
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Disrupting India’s Dental Market
economies of scale or scope. Dental practices were typically a single office run by the same person who wielded the mirror and probe. Chains usually topped out around a dozen locations, which Singh concluded was the most a medical... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
the company-and never left. The original business model reflects how far the world economy has come in just over two decades. "Mainland China was just opening up," Yang says. "Although joint ventures, not to mention private ownership,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
to survive in new economy. The Metail Economy provides innovative methods for connecting with the Me-centric consumer and shows how to thrive in this consumer revolution. Joel Bines provides examples of companies that have failed to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
development of an economy to channel taxpayers’ money into companies that are clearly not viable over the medium term. So the Washington bailout won’t ensure the automakers’ future? No, it will be a very, very brief stay of execution. I... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Business, Government, and the International Economy read the study written by Sophus Reinert, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration, which examines the challenges Mehta has faced as an entrepreneur in Africa.... View Details
- 10 Feb 2014
- News
King of His Castle
Renaissance fair world to be pleasure, not business. Instead, he turned his ambition toward a business degree at Harvard. Among his favorite classes were David Moss's Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) unit, and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
George C. Lodge
produced twelve books and a host of cases and articles (including two McKinsey Award-winning Harvard Business Review articles); served as a chief architect of the cornerstone Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE)... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)
genetic research revolution is changing our global economy and society more dramatically than any other single event in the history of humankind," Goldberg observes. "On the other hand, we have a worldwide agricultural economic depression... View Details