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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Comeback Trail
Mitchell Tang
Mitchell Tang graduated in 2016 from the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed dual-degrees in computational biology and economics as part of the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management (LSM). While at Penn, Mitchell was involved in research at the... View Details
- Profile
March Bishop
social value simultaneously and even symbiotically. HBS has opened my eyes to the whole world of Shared Value and Social Enterprise and in this I have found what looks to be the beginning of a career. I'm... View Details
- October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Technical Note
5G Wireless Technology, 2019
By: David B. Yoffie, Roneal Desai and Lili Ouyang
This Note explores the technology and economics of emerging 5G networks. View Details
Keywords: Technology Change; Information Technology; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Communications Industry
Yoffie, David B., Roneal Desai, and Lili Ouyang. "5G Wireless Technology, 2019." Harvard Business School Technical Note 720-362, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- 24 Jul 2012
- News
Offshore Jobs Play Role In Campaigns And Economy
- January 2008
- Article
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In 1979, a young associate professor at Harvard Business School published his first... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Five Forces Framework; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy
Porter, Michael E. "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 78–93.
Pietro Satriano
Pietro Satriano is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. He sits on the boards of CarMax, the largest omni-channel used car retailer in the U.S. and Metro, a large regional grocery retailer in Canada. Pietro advises a number of food-tech startups and acts... View Details
- 2021
- Chapter
Digital Infrastructure
By: Shane Greenstein
What determines the supply of innovative digital infrastructure and how does variance in supply shape the performance of digital services? The essay reviews research into the economic impact of deployment, innovation, and adoption of digital infrastructure. It... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Infrastructure; Economics; Policy; Research; Analysis; United States
Greenstein, Shane. "Digital Infrastructure." In Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment, edited by Edward L. Glaeser and James Poterba. National Bureau of Economic Research, and University of Chicago Press, 2021.
- Video
Vimal Shah
Vimal Shah, Co-Founder and Chairman of Kenya-based Bidco Africa, explains the ethical and economic basis for the group’s commitment to waste minimization, rejecting what he refers to as superficial Corporate Social Responsibility to instead foster opportunities across... View Details
- 16 Mar 2004
- Other Presentation
UK Competitiveness: Entering a New Stage
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2003,... View Details
Ketels, Christian H.M. "UK Competitiveness: Entering a New Stage." Smith Institute, London, United Kingdom, March 16, 2004.
- 28 Dec 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Tech Clusters
- January 2008 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Forecasting the Great Depression
What is proper role of professional economic forecasting in financial decision making? The case presents excerpts from three leading economic forecasters on the eve of, and just after, the stock market crash of October 1929. The first set of excerpts is from Roger... View Details
Keywords: History; Mathematical Methods; Personal Development and Career; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Crisis
Friedman, Walter A. "Forecasting the Great Depression." Harvard Business School Case 708-046, January 2008. (Revised July 2009.)
- January 1997 (Revised March 1997)
- Background Note
Note on Money and Monetary Policy
By: David A. Moss and Wyatt C. Wells
Offers a brief overview of economic thinking about the nature of money and about how the central bank can affect the economy through monetary policy. View Details
Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Government Administration; Policy; Central Banking; Money; Inflation and Deflation; Financial Crisis
Moss, David A., and Wyatt C. Wells. "Note on Money and Monetary Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-094, January 1997. (Revised March 1997.)
- 20 Dec 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Zooming In: A Practical Manual for Identifying Geographic Clusters
Keywords: by Juan Alcácer & Minyuan Zhao
- 18 Feb 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Urbanization with Chinese Characteristics? China’s Gamble for Modernization
Fortune Tellers
The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men who... View Details
- 2007
- Working Paper
Facts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China
By: Lee Branstetter and C. Fritz Foley
Despite the rapid expansion of U.S.-China trade ties, the increase in U.S. FDI in China, and the expanding amount of economic research exploring these developments, a number of misconceptions distort the popular understanding of U.S. multinationals in China. In this... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Expansion; China; United States
Branstetter, Lee, and C. Fritz Foley. "Facts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13470, October 2007.
- 29 Jun 2005
- Other Presentation
Chile’s Competitiveness: Where Does the Country Stand?
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2004, (World Economic... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Chile’s Competitiveness: Where Does the Country Stand?" Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Santiago, Chile, June 29, 2005.
- 2018
- Chapter
How Geography Shapes—and Is Shaped by—the Internet
By: Shane Greenstein, Avi Goldfarb and Chris Forman
Book Abstract: The first 15 years of the 21st century have thrown into sharp relief the challenges of growth, equity, stability, and sustainability facing the world economy. In addition, they have exposed the inadequacies of mainstream economics in providing answers to... View Details
Greenstein, Shane, Avi Goldfarb, and Chris Forman. "How Geography Shapes—and Is Shaped by—the Internet." In The New Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography, edited by Gordon Clark, Maryann Feldman, Meric Gertler, and Dariusz Wojcik, 269–285. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.