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25 Feb 2004
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Competitiveness in Rural U.S. Regions: Learning and Research Agenda

By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels, Kaia K. Miller and Richard Bryden

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Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States

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30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

If capitalism was a stock, the market would appear rather bearish on its future. Bank failures, economic crises, and middle-class riots across the globe appear symptomatic of large systemic weaknesses in the market system, highlighted by... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

1975
Book

Negotiating Third World Mineral Agreements: Promises as Prologue

By: David N. Smith and L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Agreements and Arrangements; Developing Countries and Economies

November 2006 (Revised August 2009)
Case

Malaysia: Halfway to 2020

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

This country case on Malaysia extends forward by seven years the case “Malaysia: Capital and Control” (702-040). It is based on Malaysia's ninth plan, which took effect in 2006. The ninth plan proposed five thrusts—moving the economy to higher value-added goods and... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Welfare; Equality and Inequality; Malaysia

April 1990 (Revised February 1994)
Case

Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (A) (Abridged)

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Nicaragua

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September 2011 (Revised July 2013)
Case

Pakistan: Is Foreign Aid Helping or Hindering Development?

By: Aldo Musacchio, Ada Chu, Shahnawaz Nawabi, Jonathan Schlefer and Emil Staykov

Keywords: Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; Pakistan

June 1990
Teaching Note

Ashamu Holdings Ltd. (B) (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Mining Industry; Nigeria

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

16 Jun 2019
News

The Real Story of How Virginia Won Amazon’s HQ2

November 1974 (Revised December 1991)
Case

Foreign Investment in Canada (A)

By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat

Keywords: Investment; Development Economics; Business and Government Relations; Canada

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September 1999 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Taiwan: "Only the Paranoid Survive"

By: Bruce R. Scott and James R. Matthews

Taiwan has enjoyed remarkable growth since 1950. This case presents differing views of the role and contribution of the state in this process. Then it explores recent industrial policy in semiconductors. View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Business and Government Relations; Semiconductor Industry; Taiwan

Profile

Kwame Owusu-Kesse

discipline. I was (and still am) at the nascent stages of my leadership development and in order to capitalize on my full potential, I knew I had to receive formal training that challenged my perceptions of what the combination of... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

2014
Other Article

A Place for Emotion: How Space Structures Nurse-Parent Interactions in West African Pediatric Wards

By: Ryann Manning

Keywords: Healthcare; Emotion; Emotions; Nursing; Africa; Organization; Hospital; Space; Place; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Culture; Organizations; Developing Countries and Economies; Health Industry; Africa

March 2012 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania (A)

By: Karthik Ramanna

Loan officer Jim Teague discovers his agro-processor client has a serious health-code violation just days before a disbursement is due. Proceeding with the loan could jeopardize the health of thousands of customers and put his employer at serious risk. But withholding... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Financing and Loans; Health; Risk Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Tanzania

December 1969
Article

A Golden Golden-Rule for Welfare-Maximization in an Economy with a Varying Population Growth Rate

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Welfare; Economy; Growth and Development

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01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

world's largest producers of milk. These days, Goldberg has witnessed a resurgence of interest in agricultural entrepreneurship at HBS and elsewhere. "The students have rediscovered food, agriculture, and economic View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

22 Sep 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

Island has led to several ventures involving conservation easements that create economic value from open-space preservation. As chairman since 2013 of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, Zuckerberg looks for ways to bridge the sometimes... View Details

06 Jun 2017
News

Many Rivers to Cross

highways versus 5 million in the US—is a significant barrier to economic growth. His advocacy for developing a South American Riverways System to facilitate trade and transit in Colombia and neighboring... View Details

25 Aug 2015
News

Sunset in the East?

prices leading to an economic collapse? —Bruce Johnstone (MBA 1966) KIRBY: Unlikely. Prices have fallen considerably in secondary and tertiary cities but are firm in the first tier. Property is, of course, a speculative investment in... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

March 2018
Supplement

Amazon's HQ2 (B): Utah

By: Karen Mills, Manjari Raman and Jan W. Rivkin

This supplement describes how leaders in the Salt Lake City region of Utah organized themselves across sectors to prepare a proposal to host Amazon’s second headquarters. View Details

Keywords: Business Headquarters; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics; Utah