Economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2017
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A Summit Higher Than Everest

while the Explorers Club expedition formed, so had its geopolitics. At home, any hope that the American economy would rebound after Black Tuesday had disappeared as wages declined and unemployment grew, plunging the nation into what would... View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

15 Oct 2019
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Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain

Government, and the International Economy Unit—often works with HBS’s 15 global research centers and offices to ensure that different countries and sectors of the industry are well represented. Alvarez’s research has frequently taken him... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course

resources and the management of technology, while a Deutsche Bank case covers universal banking. "We wanted to develop a framework for students that would help them understand the rest of their HBS experience," says Koehn, a prize-winning teacher whose own first book,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

key shipping routes, making it nearly impossible for the West and the Middle East to transport oil. With nothing less than oil futures and the global economy at stake, one man slips out of the shadows to stop Gorshkov’s maniacal plans:... View Details

24 Feb 2015
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Culture Clash: Silicon Valley vs. the U.S. Government

05 Jan 2015
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China Still Isn't Ready to be a True Global Leader

Keywords: China; economic development; globalization; politics; human rights; Government

01 Dec 2018
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Code Breakers

Photo courtesy of Deborah Singer Photo courtesy of Deborah Singer For all of its innovation, the tech sector still lags behind the general economy in gender parity, and the news is only getting worse: Whereas the percentage of women in... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices

natural gas prices revert to historical mean levels. Depending on where you are in the economic supply chain that can be beneficial or detrimental. If you look at all the economies that depend on petro dollars, the prospect of... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), founder, Hull Street Energy

01 Mar 2009
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Faculty Books

economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not produced the rule of law? The answers to these questions lie in the ways in which Mexico’s long history with authoritarian... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 2002
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As the Future Catches You

wealth disparity between the richest and the poorest nations will soon be 1,000:1. In an age of super-technologies, knowledge will be key and will enable tiny, well-educated nations to prosper while the economies of much larger,... View Details

Keywords: life sciences; Scientific Research and Development Services

25 Sep 2008
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Been There, Seen That

global warming was a looming catastrophe. Lo and behold, here we are in 2008: war in oil-rich Iraq, $4 a gallon gasoline, an economy in free fall, and melting ice caps. On the economic front, the recent 500-point drop in the Dow in one... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Government; Management

19 Feb 2021
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A Playbook for Progress

for the corporations and the economy as a whole. Chitra:Your research revealed a consistent theme of women of color never giving up and having grit and the ability to trigger optimism in times of doubt and disappointment. Give an example... View Details

01 Mar 2010
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Eric Schiffer

1991 and served in various managerial capacities before being named president in 2000 and CEO in 2005. Despite the chain’s strong showing in a down economy (with three new stores scheduled to open in March 2010), Schiffer expects he and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

02 Feb 2023
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Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

percent since before the industrial revolution. And that carbon dioxide stays in our air for hundreds of years. It will continue to warm the globe. So not only do we have to decarbonize our economy, we have to decarbonize our air. And in reality, we're not going to... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

culture, technology, and economy to coevolve in unison under the rubric of an integral polity. Family Inc.: Using Business Principles to Maximize Your Family’s Wealth by Douglas P. McCormick (MBA 1997) (Wiley) This book is a roadmap to... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

liquid and effective," he says. "Mutual funds deepen the capital markets, and the capital markets lubricate our entire economy by allocating financial resources." For the consumer, the mutual fund combines a number of attractions in a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Jan 2016
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Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home

You wouldn’t know it from most American media, but many sub-Saharan African nations have booming economies. And although the press may have missed the boat on this African success story, many business schools and business leaders know that one result of the boom is a... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 2001
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Q&A: John Quelch

regional business schools. One aspect of this effort is our annual Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, which brings faculty and business school leaders from universities in emerging economies to HBS to learn about case and course... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 2002
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Banishing Balkan Ghosts

It's past midnight and the Minister of Finance and Economy is home early from work, fumbling around in the kitchen of his spartan apartment, trying to find something to eat. He's two years into the job, but meals and sleep still occur... View Details