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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
PublicationsStrength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Harvard University Press, forthcoming Abstract This book investigates the sources of interest group influence has on public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy (Harvard University Press). To the rescue, McCraw recounts, came two unheralded immigrants, Alexander Hamilton and Albert Gallatin, later regarded by most experts as the two greatest US... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
terms, but he embraced blogging, which was a radical idea in 2006 because people thought it would destroy our brand.” In other words, the magazine—a carefully thought-out and meticulously produced product—would be compromised by less polished, more off-the-cuff... View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
valuation, corporate governance, shareholder activism, takeover deal tactics, and the Japanese market for corporate control. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209065-PDF-ENG Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
When Transnational Management was first published in 1992, the world was a different place. "The global economy was radically restructuring in the wake of an era of accelerating globalization in the 1980s," says Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- September 1992 (Revised November 1993)
- Supplement
Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification, Supplement Two
By: George C. Lodge
Designed to be handed out after discussion of Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification and its Supplement. View Details
Keywords: Political Elections; Economy; Situation or Environment; Inflation and Deflation; Interest Rates; Central Banking; Integration; Germany; Italy; United Kingdom; Europe
Lodge, George C. "Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification, Supplement Two." Harvard Business School Supplement 793-043, September 1992. (Revised November 1993.)
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
it for the first time last December in the elective course Managing International Trade and Investment. Some said flatly that they would walk away from the deal, while others thought that it was a worthwhile risk to take, particularly... View Details
- Web
FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness
FAQ About the Project What is the U.S. Competitiveness Project? The U.S. Competitiveness Project is a research-led effort to understand and enhance the competitiveness of the United States—that is, the ability of firms operating in the U.S. to compete successfully in... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
an important driver of solo deal outcomes. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2159229 September 2014 Multidisciplinary Insights from New AIB Fellows Business History and the Impact of MNEs on Host View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
Banks as Multinationals edited by Geoffrey Jones (Routledge) This comparative, international study, edited by Geoffrey Jones, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, looks at the origins and business strategies of multinational... View Details
- 2022
- Working Paper
Electoral Turnovers
By: Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons and Vincent Rollet
In most national elections, voters face a key choice between continuity and change. Electoral turnovers occur when the incumbent candidate or party fails to win reelection. To understand how turnovers affect national outcomes, we study the universe of presidential and... View Details
Keywords: Election Outcomes; Regression Discontinuity Design; Political Elections; Change; Global Range; Outcome or Result; Economy; Governance; Performance Improvement
Marx, Benjamin, Vincent Pons, and Vincent Rollet. "Electoral Turnovers." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29766, February 2022. (Revise and resubmit requested, Review of Economic Studies.)
- 2006
- Chapter
My Policies or Yours: Do OECD Agricultural Policies Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?
By: Nava Ashraf, Margaret McMillan and Alix Peterson-Zwane
Keywords: Agribusiness; Policy; Government and Politics; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; Poverty; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Ashraf, Nava, Margaret McMillan, and Alix Peterson-Zwane. "My Policies or Yours: Do OECD Agricultural Policies Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?" In Globalization and Poverty, edited by Ann Harrison. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. (Read the New York Times article citing this paper .)
- Summer, 2021
- Article
The Economics of Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries
By: Meredith Fowlie and Robyn C. Meeks
Almost all of the world’s energy demand growth is projected to occur in low- and medium-income countries (LMICs). Targeted energy efficiency investments have the potential to mitigate tensions between economic growth objectives and sustainable development commitments.... View Details
Fowlie, Meredith, and Robyn C. Meeks. "The Economics of Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 15, no. 2 (Summer, 2021): 238–260.
- February 1991 (Revised March 1993)
- Supplement
USSR--1990, Supplement
Provides an update of key social, political, and economic outcomes in the Soviet Union over the period April 1990 to February 1991. View Details
Keywords: Social Issues; Outcome or Result; Government and Politics; Economy; Transition; Soviet Union
Emmons, Willis M., III. "USSR--1990, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-161, February 1991. (Revised March 1993.)
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
political and economic influences and domestic and internecine dynamics affect the management of a state-controlled company. “Reinserting itself in the energy sector, the Russian state has installed a world-class, market-oriented... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
As the Future Catches You
medicine, technology, international relations, economics, and human behavior, and as a phenomenon that stimulates itself - is at the core of the book. In the realm of science, Enriquez emphasizes the impact of the following facts:... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
asked herself—and her students—what business can and should do to address climate change, wealth inequality, and political dysfunction. Her most recent book, Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, which builds on her popular Reimaging... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
to the World Trade Organization, the WTO later ruled that both Canada and Brazil needed to make changes to comply with international trade rules. Finally, in March 2003, the WTO gave Brazil permission to impose $248 million in trade... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
TUMULTY: “Rather than challenge voters, politicians look for the lowest common denominator.” In the following article, the first in a series of occasional opinion pieces by HBS alumni who are professional writers, Time magazine’s national View Details
Keywords: Government