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- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By: Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan Abstract—At the time of the American Revolution, China was... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
is a network of successful private health clinics that primarily serve middle-income populations but which have the potential to reach low-income markets. On what basis should Acumen decide whether or not to invest? What performance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
older investors prefer dividend-paying stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for dividends. Firms headquartered in areas in which seniors constitute a large fraction of the population are more likely to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
adoption. The evidence is less consistent with a dominant role for population as predicted by the semi-endogenous growth models or for country-level factors like culture, genes, or institutions. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
initiatives goes to organizations that are structured to support specific groups of recipients, often with sophisticated solutions. Such organizations rarely reach the broader populations that could be served by simpler alternatives.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
advertising? A: Advertising is at an interesting crossroads. Most of the money is still being spent on traditional advertising such as television. But with new opportunities to get in front of, and more importantly interact with, the audience we have seen a View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
in the world. Productivity was stagnant and economic growth had slowed down significantly since the 1990s. What should Velasco do amid growing public discontent? Was it really in Chile's best interest to keep saving the copper wealth?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
market's record-setting rampage, the industry's asset growth has been driven by baby-boomers using mutual funds as a means to build their retirement nest eggs. A snapshot of some industry numbers reveals that in 1964, mutual fund assets... View Details
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
an HBS alumnus in Vienna, Georg Kasperkovitz (HBS MBA 1999), and decided to highlight Slovakia's experience when we realized that the flat tax was one of the hot topics. Meanwhile, we were witnessing "reform fatigue" within the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
growth, voting rules, and media consumption, vs. individual factors, such as race and education. We use individual-level panel data covering the vast majority of the U.S. voting-age population from 2008 to 2014 and track changes in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
banks—a mortgage delivery system that was populated by brokers, mortgage banks, and investors. "This opened the door to new sources of capital from around the world. Holding that door wide open were Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. By... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton Abstract—In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
stores and shopping on the Internet. His column takes as its springboard the phenomenon of outlet shopping for entertainment. In fact, the growth and development of the New York Times itself makes for a fascinating business story. As... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
technology is revolutionizing the global banking and payment industry. It offers new opportunities for banks to provide added convenience to their existing customers in developed countries and reach a large population of unbanked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
successfully increase immigrants' political participation, even when they do not specifically target their communities and concerns. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53575 November 28, 2017 athenaInsight The No-excuses Way to Manage... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
in a population. This chapter advances a historical comparison of these two methods-individual case reports and population meta-analysis-and draws attention to the fragmentation of the institutional basis for assessing pharmaceutical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
immigrants? First, there is an economic argument: even though immigration is beneficial for the economy and increases growth and innovation, people are concerned about immigrants’ competition for jobs and resources. Second, there is a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
associated with the program rollout, we use both population based morbidity measures from the Demographic and Health Surveys and health facility based mortality data as reported in the national Health Management Information System. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
public employees. Detroit is not unique. The unfunded healthcare obligations of most cities are larger than their unfunded pension obligations. To avoid fiscal disasters like this one, other cities should slow down the growth of their... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
the 20th century or that it is not so poor now. The second explanation states that the country failed to generate growth supporting institutions despite its wealth, thus leading to a relative decline in its income level. The next... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne