International Political Economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

Economy & Society, a thoughtful analysis of whether the United States risks losing its preeminent position in attracting global talent. Kerr is the Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff-MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration at... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

01 Apr 1996
News

Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

Capitalism Constrained: Public Policy and the Manager, examines the role of the state in five economic sectors: energy, communications, transportation, health, and the environment. "Deregulation, with roots in the U.S. political View Details

08 May 2020
Research & Ideas

We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years

out of space on my bookshelf.) The objective has been to connect information from multiple sources to give a different twist to a current topic. Many columns over the years have dealt with the management implications of current events from 9/11 to the New View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

2000
Chapter

Engineering China: The Origins of the Chinese Developmental State

By: William C. Kirby

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Policy; China

Citation

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

New economy companies may be moving at the speed of light, but they still need managers who can get the job done, according to career development experts who spoke at the African-American Student Union conference, "The Digital... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

executives need to figure out how the product, labor, and capital markets work—and don't work—in their target countries. This will help them understand the differences between home markets and those in developing countries. In addition, each country's social and View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

01 Jun 2021
What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

school or relatives who had contracted the virus. Others were laid off, many for reasons we’ll probably never know. Others took advantage of the pandemic to retire early from the paid workforce. These phenomena were even more marked for women in emerging View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2020
News

Comeback Trail

economy are rebounding in fits and starts, the Congressional Budget Office estimated in July that the pandemic’s impact would last a decade and cost the US economy $16 trillion. To better understand how to... View Details

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

world's economic woes, debates regarding immigration policies continue. It has been nearly ten years since the topic of immigration was last addressed in this column. At that time booming economies such as that in the United States were... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Dec 2004
News

Ideas: Books

Case Studies in International Entrepreneurship by Walter Kuemmerle (McGraw-Hill) This collection of 29 cases based on real situations compares opportunities, financing contexts, valuation approaches, and entrepreneurial styles in the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2001
News

Q&A: John Quelch

contacts with practitioners and academics in emerging economies is crucial if we are to contribute to international understanding. We have begun some exciting initiatives in executive education in the Middle... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

26 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

not to give. Managers of nonprofit organizations should carefully assess this tension when determining if and how to provide information on their performance metrics. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55523 forthcoming Journal of View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Jan 2010
What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

might even be impeded by, an international agreement. As he put it, because "scale advantage is reversed" in the alternative energy field, change "will be driven from the bottom, not the top." In other words, will... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

15 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions

Soaring COVID-19 cases are forcing government officials to confront a critical question: Should they lock down the economy further? Whether to curb activities like indoor dining might seem like a simple choice, but the decision to ease... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage

01 Jun 2012
News

Around the World

Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) course, today students are challenged to think about different countries and different business contexts throughout both years of the MBA Program.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Feb 2013
Survey

Competitiveness at a Crossroads

business leaders and policymakers can take to improve U.S. competitiveness. For example, across the political spectrum, business leaders and the general public strongly called on the President and Congress to put the federal budget on a... View Details

Portrait Project

Wei Su

I came to North America, I became a die-hard Chinese. I still subscribe to the five-thousand years old Chinese tenet for women - "helping husbands, educating kids." I believe leadership and accomplishment start at home. I want to become a writer - to write... View Details

1995
Chapter

Overcoming Obstacles to a Successful Climate Convention

By: James K. Sebenius

Keywords: Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Climate Change; International Relations