Economic Governance - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13

Norway, cartels received support from the Norwegian government when they were deemed to be beneficial to Norwegian economic interests. The legislation was used to foster the development of domestic cartels,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2003
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Student Conferences, at a Glance

Kennedy School of Government Keynote speakers: William K. Reilly, chairman, World Wildlife Fund, president & CEO, Aqua International Partners; Eli J. Segal, founding CEO, AmeriCorps, Welfare-to-Work Partnership Starting a social... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Pamela Harder

Pam (HBS / HKS ‘13, Stanford ‘08 Economics) has spent the last 12 years working at the nexus of business and government. Currently, she runs Virginia's state-wide economic development talent investment strategy. As a Managing Director... View Details

Keywords: Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

October 1993 (Revised January 1994)
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Japan (A), Supplement

By: Bruce R. Scott

In an economy marked by severe inflation, a balance of payments problem, and large investment needs for modernization, the Minister of Finance has been asked to design a remedial program that cannot include borrowing abroad. He does so, and the case describes the... View Details

Keywords: Design; Developing Countries and Economies; Inflation and Deflation; Borrowing and Debt; Policy; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Programs

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01 Jun 2009
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Social Innovation Goes Mainstream

Two years later at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Microsoft’s Bill Gates announced his own commitment to social change through “creative capitalism.” “With these three events, the movement moved into the mainstream,” she... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

31 Oct 2018
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Why I’m Donating One Billion Dollars to Save the Planet

conservation, economic and cultural values of nearby communities. Financial support from philanthropists and governments is critical to helping these leaders conserve places like the coral reefs of the... View Details

25 Jan 2018
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A Whole New Game

According to research compiled by the Federal Reserve, cities, not suburbs, are now the leading generators of US economic growth. From 2010 to 2016, urban populations grew faster than those in the suburbs, reversing a nearly 70-year-old... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Status Update

policy, having served as chief of staff of the National Economic Council and special assistant to President Obama for economic policy; four years later she moved over to Instagram (which Facebook acquired in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1999
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Short Takes

Rewarding the Top Dog The media, institutional investors, and even government officials all seem to have an opinion about CEO compensation, often criticizing how and how much top executives are paid. But do CEOs really dictate their own... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

this all in perspective. His recent book, Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures—and Yours, published by Harvard Business Press, looks at the growing global influence of China and India as they emerge into View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Student-Profile

Rowan Clarke

Rowan Clarke (he/him) began his academic career at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, where he earned both a bachelor’s and master’s in economics. While working on the latter degree, he started to win research grants and connected with Innovations for Poverty... View Details

September 2023
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CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping

By: Willy Shih

Marine transport is the most cost-effective way to move large volumes over long distances, and container shipping is the backbone of international trade in goods. Yet shipping contributed 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, and the deep-sea segment, which... View Details

Keywords: Container Shipping; Decarbonization; Energy Efficiency; Logistics; Supply Chain; Trade; Environmental Regulation; Governance Compliance; Ship Transportation; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Europe; Asia; North America

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15 Jun 2021
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The Path out of Polarization

true, which sounds a lot like the moment through which we’re living, but they managed to get there without Twitter and Facebook and YouTube. I do have a certain kind of hope for generational change in two ways. Enough mayhem was created by polarization in the 1930s—and... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Telecommunications; Information

August 2012 (Revised March 2015)
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Egypt: Turbulence, and Transition?

By: Diego Comin, Mohamed Heikal and Adam Said

The case goes over the evolution of politics and institutions in Egypt over the last 50 years. The case provides new insights on the reasons for violent political transitions and also explores the effects of political instability on productivity and competitiveness. View Details

Keywords: Institutional Change; Military; Competitiveness; Democracy; Revolution; Productivity; History; Transition; Economic Systems; Competition; War; Performance Productivity; Organizations; Government and Politics; Volatility; Egypt

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2012
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Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration

Every year, a large number of women migrate as brides from developing countries to developed countries in East Asia. This phenomenon virtually did not exist in the early 1990s, but foreign brides currently comprise 4 to 35 percent of newlyweds in these developed Asian... View Details

Keywords: Immigration; Gender; Developing Countries and Economies; Education; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; East Asia; Japan; South Korea; Taiwan; Singapore

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Visualization for Analysis and Communication Technology & Operations Management Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Matthew Weinzierl Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) Business, Government & the International... View Details

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Partners - Managing the Future of Work

and labor market demand. Burning Glass’s job seeker tools power several government workforce systems and have been shown to have substantive impact on reemployment outcomes and on labor market literacy. Burning Glass is working with HBS... View Details

25 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

bring a gentler capitalism to post-apartheid South Africa. Like her other colleagues on the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Commission, Charnley believed that each black business executive had a responsibility to effect positive change... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne