International Panel On Climate Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

once a very secretive industry, to take increasingly public stances on the risk of human-induced climate change and the need to take urgent action to contain it. Publisher's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Basics of Consumer Marketing in Asia

months, while the lifespan for other product models is a maximum of six months. "This makes it very important for the company to have highly efficient internal management and sales mechanisms to survive," he said. BBK's DVDs are... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

08 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

officials used its science capabilities to develop components for solar panels and are now working on materials for cars that make them safer and more efficient. "Dow is using its science background to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

national governments and international institutions would prove too weak to deal with these forces. On the positive side, many of the leaders we spoke with viewed business as part of the solution: Companies... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

boil under the wealth gap heat up or cool down? Will the climate change accord catalyze investment in alternative energy? What impact will international terrorism have 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... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

sector financial help a joint venture was set up with POEMA, a modern high-tech factory built, and coca plantations developed. Some 5,000 people were employed. Literacy levels soared. Political participation increased. Change had been... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

A new space race—one fueled more by commercial conquest than intergalactic domination—is charting solutions to pressing problems in national security, climate change, and communication. With costs poised to drop and innovation View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

privatization garners attention in industries whose importance, infrastructure, and enormous capital needs once put them under the comfortable control of their governments. Historically, observed HBS professor Richard Vietor in his introductory remarks to an Alumni... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

rupees from his tenants, but that money just became 20 percent more expensive in the global currency market. So what is she to do? The options aren't appealing: Default on the loan or change the business... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

chlorine tablets to purify their drinking water? Behavioral economics has shown us that we don't always act in our own best interests. This is as true of health decisions as it is of economic ones. An array of biases, limits on cognition,... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

of environmental damage and climate change over the last two centuries. The time has come for mainstream business history to incorporate the environmental impact of business in its agenda. The editors... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

05 Jul 2017
What Do You Think?

Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?

Summing Up Do We Need to Give More Attention to the Dark Side of Innovation? Innovation may be able to help us deal with problems such as famine, pollution, and even global warming. But unless it can prove to be just as effective in combating destructive human traits... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

challenge of productively synchronizing "internal" with "external" negotiations, with a special focus on how each side can best manage internal opposition to agreements negotiated... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications

If proof was needed that change is afoot in the worldwide media industry, it came in the form of late alterations to a panel on the subject at the HBS Global Alumni Conference.... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News; Media & Broadcasting

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

your company with a "quality flashlight," said Reinhardt. You may find that revisiting your many systems—design, production, delivery—will yield internal cost reductions that can be better spent on... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

Working PapersCan Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia (revised) Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The controversy over whether and how much to charge for health products in the developing world... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26

international trade. The empirical analysis has three comparative advantages: including emerging and advanced economies, isolating panel variation regarding the link between productivity and exports, and... View Details