Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (1,561) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (1,561) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 11 of 1,561 Results →

    Laura V. Jakli

    Laura Jakli is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School.

    Her primary expertise is in comparative politics and examines how information communication technologies shape political... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    By: William C. Kirby
    A historian by training, Professor Kirby examines contemporary China's business, economic, and political development in an international context. He writes and teaches on the growth of modern companies in China (Chinese and foreign; state-owned and private); Chinese... View Details
    Keywords: China; Internationalization; Educational Policy And Politics; Infrastructure; Government And Business; The Revival Of Family Business In China; China’s Infrastructure Exports: The ‘Belt And Road’ Initiative; Agribusiness; Education; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Governance; Government and Politics; History; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Enterprise; Auto Industry; Education Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
    • February 2019 (Revised May 2021)
    • Case

    Electric Car Wars, 2018

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    Electric cars had long been championed by environmentalists as a superior solution to the internal combustion engine (ICE), but, despite large government incentives and strong pioneering efforts by a few automakers over the years, electric and hybrid cars and light... View Details
    Keywords: Electric Vehicle; Electric Vehicles; Electricity; Electric Motors; Electric Power Generation; Electricity Usage; Electricity Distribution; Internal Combustion Vehicle; Auto Manufacturing; Automobile Manufacturing; Automotive Industry; Tesla; General Motors; History; Nissan; Innovation; Batteries; Battery; Subsidies; Government Initiatives; Government Incentives; Political Issues; Energy Generation; Production; Infrastructure; Innovation and Invention; Government Legislation; Global Range; Business History; Auto Industry; China
    Related
    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850

    By: G. Jones
    This working paper integrates the role of entrepreneurship and firms into debates on why Asia, Latin America and Africa were slow to catch up with the West following the Industrial Revolution and the advent of modern economic growth. It argues that the currently... View Details
    Keywords: Institutional Change; Political Economy; Emerging Economies; Developing Countries; Industrial Development; Culture; Human Capital; Economic History; History; Wealth and Poverty; Business History; Emerging Markets; Globalization; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Mining Industry; Service Industry; Latin America; Asia; North and Central America; Africa; South America; Europe
    Related
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    Andrea Hugill's research is an effort to understand how international political forces can shape and are shaped by the forces of business. This work incorporates business strategy, most importantly, but also institutional economics, international business, political... View Details

      Laura Alfaro

      Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details

      • October 2015
      • Article

      The Multinational Firm and Geopolitics: Europe, Russian Energy, and Power

      By: Rawi Abdelal
      Multinational firms unavoidably exert influence over politics through power that is generated by both structure and process. While both political economy and management scholars address international firms, neither field has an adequate understanding of the reciprocal... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Government and Politics; Economics; Europe; Russia
      Related

        Meg Rithmire

        Meg Rithmire is the James E. Robison Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit. Professor Rithmire holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University, and her primary expertise is in the comparative political economy of development with a... View Details

        Keywords: real estate
        • 26 Nov 2012
        • News

        “Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter”

          Gunnar Trumbull

          Gunnar Trumbull is the Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

          Professor Trumbull’s primary area of expertise in political economy, with a focus on consumer and regulatory politics. His book Strength in... View Details

          Keywords: agribusiness; consumer products; credit card; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; microfinance; retail financial services; retailing
          • January 1999 (Revised March 1999)
          • Background Note

          Note on Rules

          By: Debora L. Spar
          A central document for the Managing International Trade and Investment (MITI) course and its cases. Provides a conceptual framework for the course and a systematic way of analyzing the political circumstances that confront firms engaged in international trade and... View Details
          Keywords: Trade; Government and Politics
          Related
          • June 2007 (Revised September 2021)
          • Case

          Thomas J. Watson, IBM and Nazi Germany

          By: Geoffrey Jones, Grace Ballor and Adrian Brown
          Considers the strategy of U.S.-owned IBM, then a manufacturer of punch cards, in Nazi Germany before 1937. Opens with IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson meeting Adolf Hitler in his capacity as President of the International Chamber of Commerce. IBM had acquired a German company... View Details
          Keywords: Business History; Values and Beliefs; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Business and Government Relations; Germany; United States
          Related

            Paula C. Rettl

            Paula Rettl is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her primary areas of expertise are comparative politics, political economy and political behavior, with a focus on Latin America and... View Details

            • Research Summary

            Overview

            My current project examines how U.S. industrial union leaders engaged in political lobbying and worked through international trade union federations to advance their interests related to international trade, capital movements, and global labor standards from the 1940s... View Details
            • March 2015 (Revised May 2015)
            • Case

            Turkey and the Southern Corridor

            By: Rawi Abdelal, Esel Çekin and Cigdem Çelik
            In December 2014, Russia cancelled the South Stream pipeline that was envisaged to deliver natural gas through the Black Sea basin on to Europe and replaced it with a new pipeline through Turkey. The Turkish Stream was a great opportunity for Turkey to turn itself into... View Details
            Keywords: Business ＆ Government Relations; Energy; Energy Security; Energy Corridor; Hub; Turkey; European Union; Eurasia; Politics; International Relations; Trade; Energy Sources; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; European Union; Turkey; Russia
            Related

              Sophus A. Reinert

              Sophus Reinert is T.J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of Business Administration and of History in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School and in the History Department and Harvard University. He has won numerous awards... View Details

              Keywords: banking; defense; education industry; fashion; food; manufacturing; wine

                Mattias E. Fibiger

                Mattias Fibiger is the Poronui Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and International Economy (BGIE) Unit. A historian by training, he conducts research on Asia's twentieth century. He teaches in the Business, Government, and... View Details

                  Jaya Y. Wen

                  Jaya Wen is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on issues in development economics, political economy, and firm behavior.

                  Professor Wen has a Ph.D. in Economics... View Details

                  • 2009
                  • Chapter

                  The Principles of Embedded Liberalism: Social Legitimacy and Global Capitalism

                  By: Rawi Abdelal and John G. Ruggie
                  In this essay we revisit the principles of “embedded liberalism” and argue for their relevance to the contemporary global economy. The most essential principle is the need for markets to enjoy social legitimacy, because their political sustainability ultimately depends... View Details
                  Keywords: Economic Systems; Ethics; International Finance; Globalization; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Labor
                  Related

                    Marco E. Tabellini

                    Marco Tabellini is an assistant professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy unit and is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Centre for Research... View Details