economic trends - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

economic arguments for open borders do not pertain." Those who claim to have worked with immigrants appeared to have different views. C. J. Cullinane commented that "most seem to have one thing in common, they educate their... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Cost of doing business

guides providing information on the local legal and business context, including costs. Site Selection Magazine: Expansion planning information via state, country, industry and trend reports, project profiles and View Details

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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Finding Market Data & Insights

artificial intelligence, blockchain, connected devices and IoT, digital business, robotics and drones, and security tech. For industry information click on sectors. For trends and insight click on analysis. There are many frameworks for... View Details

History's Guiding Light

Having worked on the issues of the hour at the White House and the World Bank, I was keen to step back and understand the evolution and impact of business on society as I embarked on my journey at HBS. The role of companies in shaping and being shaped by View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

How DC is Taxing the Country

(photo by Brooks Kraft/Getty) Sunny jobs reports and shrinking unemployment numbers might give the impression that the US economic recovery is complete. Scratch beneath that surface, though, and a much bleaker View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Finding Market Data & Insights | Baker Library

focus include artificial intelligence, blockchain, connected devices and IoT, digital business, robotics and drones, and security tech. For industry information click on Sectors. For trends and insight click on Analysis . There are many... View Details

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

access capital” Historically, this segment of the market has been small compared to the $700 billion in small business bank credit assets. But since the onset of the financial crisis, and particularly during the economic recovery, there... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

15 Mar 2010
HBS Case

Developing Asia’s Largest Slum

over the next ten years. "There are three huge trends occurring in the lifetimes of our students: urbanization, resource scarcity, and the private financing of public infrastructure," remarks Macomber. "When those three... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

27 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Should I Pay the Bribe?

frustrated by the "explanations" offered for the country's economic and social problems. One of the more standard arguments was that corruption was the cause of all our problems. It seemed that we could become rich by becoming... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell

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Music & Activism: Market Research Resources

I find information on trends on social media, digital music and the web? eMarketer
Market data, statistics, and analysis on the Internet, e-business, online marketing, media, and emerging technologies. Business Insider Reports on... View Details

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

Our most popular stories are those that help readers become better managers and outstanding leaders. Here are our most-read stories and faculty research papers in 2019. Tell us in the comment section below what you thought were the most interesting business View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent - Course Catalog

challenges to business and economic growth, and old assumptions about the "treasure chest" motif militating against sustainable models. Of course, many of these trends are global, thus gesturing to the ways... View Details

25 Jul 2014
News

Fostering connections with business leaders in India and South Asia

to South Asia through executive education programs, a lecture series, and the University's South Asia Initiative," explains Raina, a former Citibank senior executive. She facilitates research into emerging trends and business issues... View Details

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

Things some businesses will disappear, but new ones will appear." Dennis Hopwood said that "Capitalism periodically destroys and reconfigures previous economic orders through 'creative destruction' The tide goes out and the tide... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

01 Sep 2020
News

Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

about the coronavirus and about policies, such as lockdowns, that governments have adopted in response to the pandemic. Is the populism trend likely to continue? RDT: The fundamental reasons for it—the mistrust of the elites and the... View Details

Keywords: April White

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ABI/ProQuest (Alumni Access) | Baker Library

ABI/ProQuest (Alumni Access) Features full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, and key business and economics periodicals as well as company/country/industry-focused reports, and major news sources. Read More Useful to explore... View Details

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Global Maps - Creating Emerging Markets

Global Maps Historical Data Visualization The HBS Historical Data Visualization (HDV) tool charts the global growth and evolution of business over time and includes historical mapping of major economic and political indicators. It... View Details

11 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’

historians, often in recent decades trained in economics and employed in economics departments, have remained focused on economic change, but have often paid little attention... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public... View Details