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- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
According to Martinez, "There is probably some research done on the inflationary impact of regularizing illegal residents in the U.S." Roberto J. M. Rodriguez asks, "What is the U.S. economic labor demand that could be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
individuals displaced by natural disasters could surge to 1.2 billion by 2050, according to the Institute for Economics and Peace. Beyond the United States and France, the world witnessed the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum in 2016, a... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
How DC is Taxing the Country
(photo by Brooks Kraft/Getty) Sunny jobs reports and shrinking unemployment numbers might give the impression that the US economic recovery is complete. Scratch beneath that surface, though, and a much bleaker trend emerges, says a new... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
and the International Economy Unit. Elisabeth Kempf: Political views shape economic outlook Political views influence the perception of economic reality among finance professionals. In a study linking credit... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
she set out to find a three- to four-story building. At first, no real estate agent returned her calls. She chalked it up to sexism. “They weren’t taking me seriously,” Russo recalls during a recent visit to Harvard’s Kennedy School of View Details
- 30 May 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?
column. Addressing that question, David Wittenberg presented the argument for the negative when he commented that, “That idea (that government acquires an ownership interest in IP created within its borders) is inimical to our legal and... View Details
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
When most people think of a company's organization chart, they put the chief executive officer at the top of the pyramid. But those with an interest in corporate governance know that's not correct. After all, the CEO reports to the board... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
Summing Up--Is Product Security A Potential Distraction for Apple’s Leadership? The saga of Apple’s stand-off with the United States government over the Company’s refusal to assist the FBI in hacking its own iPhone product to aid in a... View Details
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
mostly by political scientists, has shown that people are ambivalent about how to judge policies such as taxes. Even people who generally support progressive economic policy usually see some appeal in principles like Equal Sacrifice. My... View Details
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
Despite its name, the Great Wall of China began as a series of smaller, isolated defensive fortifications. Those structures grew and were later unified into the imposing structure that exists today. The Great Wall is a great metaphor for the Chinese economy. By... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
Administration I study business leaders, government leaders, religious leaders, social activists, and other individuals — past and present — who exercise real, worthy impact. As a historian, I don’t see huge differences among political... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
government involvement was an issue. Regardless of the vehicle for achieving it, there was little optimism that we would be seeing a significant incremental effort soon. As I read your responses, a question crossed my mind: In light of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
challenge the way things have traditionally worked. Vincent Pons: In populist discourse you often have this idea that a country has been governed by a political and economic elite hurting the interests of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Sep 2008
- News
Been There, Seen That
the energy crisis, and (2) the economic meltdown. I’ve been rereading Energy Future, HBS professor emeritus Robert Stobaugh’s 1979 best-seller that predicted America’s dependence on foreign oil could well lead the country into serious... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
government can work together to create jobs.” "We've made a lot of progress on the macroeconomic front: deficit reduction, balancing the budget, what the Fed is doing, and tax policy reform," says Mills. "But that doesn't... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
since the economic environments of emerging markets such as Indonesia, Chile, India, or Mexico vary so greatly. Because business groups are fundamental to many economies, understanding how these networked organizations function also... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
that the role of steward is critical to the success of a healthy economic system." Nick C suggested that a response to the question has to take into account many things: "An appointment of such a role may well depend on more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
with the task of fashioning an appropriate fiscal response. Bold recovery plans would seem to be in order, but how that response is financed holds great import for Japan's economic future. With government... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
Sometimes city governments issue zoning requirements prohibiting the construction of giant retail stores. The latest: Swansboro, North Carolina, where town residents are hotly debating an ordinance that, in effect, would ban construction... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Gompers, Merton Honored
The 2002 Geewax, Terker & Company Prize in Investment Research, offered by the Rodney L. White Center at The Wharton School, has gone to Professor Paul A. Gompers and coauthors Joy Ishii and Andrew Metrick for their paper “Corporate View Details