Publications

28 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance

financial service firms that serve them, including traditional banks, insurance companies, credit card issuers, and brokers, as well as a host of entrepreneurial ventures in this space. Q: When did you get the idea to develop such a... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Financial Services; Education

01 Aug 2001
News

Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)

for running the family business. With MBA in hand, however, Goldberg put off his return home in order to attend the University of Minnesota, where he completed a Ph.D. in agricultural economics in just two years. From 1952 to 1955,... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; John H. Davis; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

starting with Levitt's prediction of a global marketplace ruled by standardized products sold at low prices. "Everyone says the article is wrong, and everyone reads it twenty years later. Why?" asked Abdelal. Tedlow portrayed Levitt as a gifted View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

2012
Chapter

Creating Capitalism

By: Bruce R. Scott

Keywords: Economic Systems; Developing Countries and Economies

October 2015
Case

The Maine Food Cluster Project

By: Karen Mills and Aldo Sesia

The Libra Foundation is exploring how to grow the food sector in Maine using the strategy of creating a food cluster initiative. Maine is one of the poorest states in the United States and the food sector is one of the largest employers. Multiple efforts in... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Maine; Vermont; Oregon; Denmark

20 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

Japan's economic recovery. "It is clear that something is wrong in Japan from an economic point of view," Porter stated, as a means of setting the stage. "The persistent depression, recession,... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

19 Aug 2011
News

Starting Up America

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

largely or completely unrelated to capitalism, might challenge it from the outside. And if capitalism is threatened, what can be done to protect it, and by whom? For the colloquium, we compiled a briefing book based primarily on data from a 2007 World Bank study of... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

August 1996 (Revised December 1996)
Case

Veraguas (B): Engine of Change

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Change Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Development Economics; Panama

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01 Dec 2020
News

Tried and Tested

also a lot to be optimistic about. Just 20 years ago, the economics literature was in a mode of documenting gender differences, whether it was about discrimination or the different outcomes for men and women. But more recently we’ve... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Scientific Research and Development Services

October 1989 (Revised November 1989)
Case

Mumias Sugar Co. Ltd.: A Success Story

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Development Economics; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

February 2023 (Revised February 2025)
Case

Doing Business in New Delhi, India

By: Vikram S Gandhi and Radhika Kak

The case uses the example of Tata Motors to discuss the opportunities and challenges of doing business in India. View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economy; Macroeconomics; Business History; India

2008
Chapter

Clusterentwicklung als Element lokaler und regionaler Wirtschaftsentwicklung - internationale Erfahrungen

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

Keywords: Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Local Range

March 2014 (Revised September 2015)
Case

Doing Business in Peru

By: Alan MacCormack, Gustavo Herrero and Maria Fernanda Miguel

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Peru