Publications

1998
Report

National Park Bonds: A Patch or A Panacea?: A Report on Meeting the Financial Needs of Our National Parks

By: Dutch Leonard, Henry Lee, Jay H. Walder, Peter Zimmerman and Wendy Vanasselt

Keywords: Bonds; Sovereign Finance; Environmental Sustainability

2013
Working Paper

Adjusting National Accounting for Health: Is the Business Cycle Countercyclical?

By: Mark Egan, Casey B. Mulligan and Tomas J. Philipson

Many national accounts of economic output and prosperity, such as gross domestic product (GDP) or net domestic product (NDP), offer an incomplete picture by ignoring, for example, the value of leisure, home production, and the value of health. Previous discussed... View Details

Keywords: Health; Valuation; Accounting; United States

April 1979 (Revised November 1981)
Case

Southern Peru Copper Corp. and Monmouth National Bank

By: Thomas R. Piper

December 2018
Case

OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (A)

By: Juan Alcacer, Jérôme Lenhardt and Emer Moloney

In late 2010, Michael Tsamaz was appointed CEO and Chairman of Greek telecommunications company OTE. OTE still exhibited many traits of a large incumbent organization, with high personnel costs, crippling bureaucracy, lack of customer-centricity, a dull brand, and... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Transformation; Economy; Crisis Management; Telecommunications Industry; Greece

Educators

October 2012 (Revised June 2013)
Case

YPF — The Argentine Oil Nationalization of 2012

By: Noel Maurer and Gustavo A. Herrero

Keywords: Oil Prices; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Industry; Argentina; South America

Educators

March 1983 (Revised January 1984)
Teaching Note

Metropolitan National Bank (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Keywords: Banking Industry

1997
Working Paper

Intermedia Substitutability in the U.S. National Advertising Market

By: Alvin J. Silk, Lisa R. Klein and Ernst R. Berndt

2001
Other Unpublished Work

Intermedia Substitutability and Market Demand by National Advertisers

By: Alvin J. Silk, Lisa R. Klein and Ernst R. Berndt

Keywords: Advertising; Media; Demand and Consumers; Advertising Industry

November 1995 (Revised November 1999)
Case

National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry

By: Willis M. Emmons III and Ed Simnett

The British government privatized the nation's electric utility sector in 1991 through a complex process involving the restructuring of the industry as well as the creation of a new regulatory oversight body. National Power plc, the largest of the privatized power... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Trade; Energy Generation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Markets; Monopoly; Privatization; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry

18 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

It is commonly accepted in economic circles that a country can grow faster by making key investments in sectors such as technology and in R&D and human or physical capital. But can a country also grow by saving more? A recent working paper finds a strong... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

October 7, 2022
Article

Why Nations Lead or Lag in Energy Transitions

By: Jonas Meckling, Phillip Lipscy, Jared Finnegan and Florence Metz

Keywords: Energy Sources; Global Range; Transition; Policy

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April 2019
Supplement

OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (B)

By: Juan Alcacer and Emer Moloney

During the period 2011-2016, CEO and Chairman of Greek telecommunications company OTE Michael Tsamaz guided the company through a much needed transformation with a multi-pronged strategy. View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Transformation; Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry

January 2007
Class Lecture

How Countries Compete: National Strategies for Globalization (FSS)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: International Relations; Strategy; Globalization

2000
Book

Globalization and Growth: Cases in National Economic Strategies

By: R. H.K. Vietor and R. E. Kennedy

Keywords: Globalization; Growth and Development Strategy

July 1997
Article

National Champions and Corruption: Some Unpleasant Interventionist Arithmetic

By: Alberto Ades and Rafael Di Tella

We present a hold-up model of investment where active industrial policy promotes both corruption and investment. Since corruption deters investment, the effect of industrial policy on investment is lower than when corruption is absent. We find evidence suggesting that... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption

January 1991
Teaching Note

MCI Communications Corp.: National Accounts Program, Teaching Note

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry

2014
Working Paper

Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat

By: Paul Novosad and Eric Werker

National governments frequently pull strings to get their citizens appointed to senior positions in international institutions. We examine, over a 60 year period, the nationalities of the most senior positions in the United Nations Secretariat, ostensibly the world's... View Details

Keywords: International Relations; Global Range; Power and Influence

SSRN

2002
Chapter

Ranking National Environmental Regulation and Performance: A Leading Indicator of Future Competitiveness?

By: Daniel Esty and Michael E. Porter

This chapter from The Global Competitiveness Report analyzes the differences among countries in environmental performance and the link between environmental outcomes and national environmental policy choices. The chapter reveals the findings from an exploration... View Details

Keywords: Society; Strategy

January 2022
Teaching Note

Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (A) and (B)

By: John Beshears and Christine Exley

Teaching note for "Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (A) and (B), nos. 920-029 and 920-030. View Details