Publications

Educators

July 1998 (Revised February 1999)
Case

Westport: Spearheading Malaysia's Economic Challenge (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Ambar Agustono Bin Machfoedy

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Competition; Malaysia

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17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

terrible Foxconn suicides. The one-child-per-family policy was beginning to create a population shortage that meant cheap labor was running out. The old low-cost manufacturing-for-export strategy had run out of steam. They were developing... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

In 2012, two seasoned scholars shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their research on designing markets. Lloyd Shapley had developed theoretical methods to create stable matches in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

2022
Other Unpublished Work

Industrial Policy in a New Global Reality: Towards a More Location—and Sector—Driven Approach

By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Emiliano Duch

Keywords: Competitiveness; Development Economics; World Bank

21 Sep 2016
News

Ideas with Economic and Social Impact

Corporation (IFC) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Her report, Financing High-Growth Firms, the Role of Angel Investors, written for and published by the OECD in 2011,... View Details

26 Jul 2008
Other Presentation

Competitiveness: Creating a Mongolian Economic Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter

Competitiveness presentation delivered in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Mongolia

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

What Roosevelt Took: The Economic Impact of the Panama Canal, 1903-29

Keywords: by Noel Maurer & Carlos Yu

June 2002 (Revised August 2002)
Case

WorldSpace: Digital Radio for the Developing World

By: Debora L. Spar

Describes the evolution of WorldSpace, the world's first major provider of digital radio service to the developing world. The brainchild of Noah Samara, an African-born, American-trained lawyer, WorldSpace has a dual commercial and social mission. Samara wants to... View Details

Keywords: Information; Social Entrepreneurship; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Developing Countries and Economies; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Asia; Latin America; Africa

Educators

01 Dec 2009
News

The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle

intriguing new book Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle (Twelve), written by Dan Senor (MBA ’01) and Saul Singer, a columnist at the Jerusalem Post. Most Israelis in their late teens serve several years in the elite... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; National Security and International Affairs; Government

Web

Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

Graduate School of Business Understand how markets work and firms compete in order to develop successful business strategy. Bharat Anand’s Economics for Managers course has proven to be the most influential... View Details

February 2007 (Revised April 2009)
Case

Punjab and Kerala: Regional Development in India

By: Lakshmi Iyer

Between 2000 and 2004, India's economy grew by 6.35%. Focuses on the states of Punjab and Kerala, which emphasized sharply different development strategies. The states had to decide whether to focus their investment efforts on physical capital or improving social... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Capital; Investment; Policy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Social Issues; Kerala; Punjab

Educators

July 1998
Case

Westport: Spearheading Malaysia's Economic Challenge (B)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Ambar Agustono Bin Machfoedy

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Problems and Challenges; Malaysia

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2015
Report

Clusters and Regional Economies: Implications for the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Region

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region, covering eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces located around the lakes and waterways that have given this region its name, is what economic developers call a 'macro region'. It is an area of intensive economic interaction... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Regional Policy; Great Lakes; Economic Development; Industry Clusters; Economy; Canada; United States

01 Jan 2008
News

Lifetime Achievement Award in Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce

Digital Dark Matter and the Economics of Apache

Researchers have long hypothesized that research outputs from government, university, and private company R&D contribute to economic growth, but these contributions may be difficult to measure when they take a non-pecuniary form. The growth of networking... View Details

2012
Working Paper

FollowMe.IntDev.Com: International Development in the Blogosphere

By: Ryann Manning

This article explores online blogs as a new forum for discussing ideas and practices in international development. Based on a qualitative study of conversations that take place across multiple blogs, I conclude that the blogosphere combines features of a public sphere,... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Interpersonal Communication; Knowledge Acquisition; Experience and Expertise; Globalization; Blogs

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

nature and value of the skill sets brought by each would-be young worker. Each of these is a viable organization that needs time to develop. Another requirement for economic development is trust. But that's... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

2018
Book

Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

By: Tarun Khanna

Entrepreneurs in developing countries who assume they will have the same legal, governmental, and institutional protections as their counterparts in the West will fail. To succeed, they need to build trust within the existing structures—and this book shows how it's... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Developing Countries and Economies; Trust

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