International Political Economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2013
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Faculty Books

Enterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions through Big Data edited by Thomas Davenport (FT Press) This book, a collection of research papers from the International Institute for Analytics, addresses a wide variety... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

Alumni Books The Saudi Kingdom by Ali Al Shihabi (MBA 1985) (Markus Wiener Publishers) Al Shihabi presents an analysis of Saudi Arabia’s political stability in light of mounting domestic and international... View Details

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All Eyes on Them: A Field Experiment on Citizen Oversight and Electoral Integrity

By: Natalia Garbiras-Díaz and Mateo Montenegro

Can information and communication technologies help citizens monitor their elections? We analyze a large-scale field experiment designed to answer this question in Colombia. We leveraged Facebook advertisements sent to over 4 million potential voters to encourage... View Details

Keywords: Social Influence; Electoral Behavior; Election Outcomes; Economics; Economy; Governance; Government and Politics; Social Media; Social Marketing; Society; Political Elections; Advertising

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10 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis

McAdam, Chief Executive Officer, Aquamarine Power LimitedMatthew Simmons, Chairman, Simmons & Company International The panelists offered sobering perspectives on the world's dwindling oil resources, assessing the ramifications and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the headlines and provokes the most public and View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

01 Dec 1998
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Faculty Retirements

for six years. In addition, he chaired Harvard's International Senior Managers Program in Vevey, Switzerland. Over the years, Hayes has consulted for a number of corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, including the... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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Alumni Books

we be good? How can we understand financial managers' ethical failings, which destroyed lives and brought nations and the global economy close to collapse? Das seeks answers to these questions in the Mahabharata, the 2,000-year-old... View Details

01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

via the exercise and the subsequent discussion." Seventeen faculty members from the Business, Government, and the International Economy course and the Strategy course were involved in the exercise and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2008
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Back to the Future

position today,” says HBS professor Forest Reinhardt, who heads the Business, Government, and International Economy unit. An expert on the environment who began teaching at HBS in 1992, Reinhardt now teaches... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

01 Feb 1999
News

Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

[see sidebar] further reflects the wide range of issues covered by our faculty. What can we learn from this region? The Asia Pacific, where 2,000 languages are spoken, is home to 60 percent of the world's population. The region's diverse economic, cultural, legal, and... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

17 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 17

world's two fastest growing economies over the past two decades, their income inequality patterns are very different. In this paper, we take a deep look at political institutions in the two countries,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1998
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Chai Ling

"China's democracy and free-market economy will require people with a solid understanding of capital markets, advanced management skills, and experience in global competition," she says. After developing her skills and establishing a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; photograph by Webb Chappell

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 Sep 2013
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Beantown as a Beacon

Image by C.J. Burton While the US economy is showing signs of recovery, don't pop the champagne just yet, say HBS professors Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter. Onstage at Spangler Auditorium in May, the pair laid out the deeper challenges the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Group Therapy

diversified organizations may work poorly in advanced economies like the United States, but they sometimes deliver superior value in certain emerging markets, where their scope allows them to leverage their own resources to compensate for... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

Fast Answer

Field Course: Business of the Arts (BOTA)

style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank">The Chronicle of Philanthropy News and views of the nonprofit sector. The Financial Times The Financial Times is one of the leading international business dailies. Harvard... View Details

06 May 2008
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Small World? Read Nil about It

There is a hunger for foreign news. The BBC World Service is a successful global venture; America’s National Public Radio has millions of loyal listeners, many drawn by its coverage of international news. A group of investors, including... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Information

2010
Working Paper

Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries

By: Diego A. Comin, Norman Loayza, Farooq Pasha and Luis Serven

We build a two-country asymmetric DSGE model with two features: (i) endogenous and slow diffusion of technologies from the developed to the developing country, and (ii) adjustment costs to investment flows. We calibrate the model to match the Mexico-U.S. trade and FDI... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Mathematical Methods; Mexico; United States