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- 17 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities
issues, human capital, and regulatory issues. He acknowledged that all three affect economic health. Regarding infrastructure, the national power grid is on track to be connected to the central power grid within a matter of months, he... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
and increased fuel costs, according to a 2011 Texas Transportation Institute study. And that's not just rush-hour mobs. A 2006 study of New York City and Los Angeles estimated that up to one-third of the traffic in those cities consisted of drivers searching for... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market
weren't connected before 9-11; there was no mechanism to do so." Creating change in the government sector, however, requires grappling with a deeply entrenched culture. "Democracy is the worst form of government, apart from all... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
unconditional bonuses. The results have implications for companies trying to use bonuses to more effectively manage their salespeople. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53260 forthcoming Journal of Political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
opportunity to connect with each other and to HBS during a workshop exploring career and life decision-making, and showcasing the many career and professional resources at HBS available to them. “We wanted to increase awareness among... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Jewish American Heritage Month | Baker Library
Jewish American Heritage Month Discover Baker Library resources with a connection to Jewish Americans and business. Want to stay up-to-date on relevant topics? Consider subscribing to our monthly Inclusion & Belonging Newsletter . Quick... View Details
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
cost-plus contracts to fixed-price ones. Companies are willing to accept worse contracting terms in an effort to rebuild trust with the government,” says Perez Cavazos. To find out whether a company’s political View Details
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Charting Tariff Pain: Small Businesses Brace for Job Cuts, Falling Sales | Working Knowledge
duties. The analysis reveals how deeply small businesses—most employing fewer than 500 people—are connected to the international economy. To be sure, the analysis suggests that some owners might be open to shifting to domestic suppliers,... View Details
- Portrait Project
Michael Nkansah
that I may yet owe death a life. I was never a pan-African before that day—my mind teemed with tired tales from my father of Nkrumah's utopian vision. But capitalism could well succeed where decades of post-independence politics failed—in... View Details
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Policy - Business & Environment
fossil fuel industry in the early 1990s. Today Perhaps as a result of U.S. industry disinformation campaigns, more Americans doubt the connection between human activity and climate change than do people in many other countries. Even... View Details
- Profile
John Smith-Ricco
constitutional rights, how politics in South Africa has become less ethno-centric, gravitating to a one-party state," says John. As part of his research, John interviewed a number of people; one with an elderly man particularly stood... View Details
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John Schupbach
India. "I chose India precisely because I knew so little about it," John says. It was a steep learning curve. John lived with an Indian family in New Delhi, next to a slum of nearly 25,000 people that represented "the most educationally underprivileged... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
Climate Story #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork In our second episode of Climate Stories, we delve into the burgeoning green workforce development movement and its critical role in decarbonizing the economy. Entrepreneur Sam Steyer is using a technology platform to View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
model that has found success elsewhere in the world to the MENA market. Circumventing obstacles presents opportunities for MENA entrepreneurs. Despite being one of the most connected regions in the world, with 88 percent of people online... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51989 forthcoming Review of Financial Studies The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments By: Vallée, Boris, and Christophe Perignon... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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South Asia - Global Activities 2020
Road Initiative also took students to sites in China and Myanmar, where staff members of the Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong provided extensive support. The immersion complemented students’ classroom learning and offered hands-on insights—from both an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program
Street, which will directly connect with my future goal of creating a stronger financial sector in Mexico. Second, the case method has been a fantastic source of learning. In the first year we read more than 250 cases that involved... View Details
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
Publications January 2015 Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Agglomeration and Innovation By: Carlino, Gerald, and William R. Kerr Abstract—This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
International Political Economy in Post-Soviet Eurasia," nationalism powerfully influences the world economy, particularly in post-imperial societies. National identities can—and in the case of the former Soviet Union, did—affect... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
downs of their companies, and the ability of those enterprises to create jobs. “Before this, the most prominent source of information we had was self-employment statistics,” says Kerr. Self-employment, however, can mean many things and is frequently not View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding