Economics Of Information System - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 14

information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous index of pairwise-industry agglomeration and investigate the patterns and determinants underlying the global View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Aug 2010
News

Income Inequality and Financial Crises

Keywords: Prof. David Moss; income inequality; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Dec 2008
News

Where Are They Now?

served nearly six years as chairman and CEO of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). And then there are the nearly 25 years he spent teaching finance at HBS. If anyone could give the long... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

largely or completely unrelated to capitalism, might challenge it from the outside. And if capitalism is threatened, what can be done to protect it, and by whom? For the colloquium, we compiled a briefing book based primarily on data from a 2007 World Bank study View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

2019
Working Paper

Labor Market Shocks and the Demand for Trade Protection: Evidence from Online Surveys

By: Rafael Di Tella and Dani Rodrik

We study preferences for government action in response to layoffs resulting from different types of labor-market shocks. We consider the following shocks: technological change, a demand shift, bad management, and three kinds of international outsourcing. Respondents... View Details

Keywords: Labor; Markets; System Shocks; Trade; Attitudes; Surveys

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20 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

Japan's economic recovery. "It is clear that something is wrong in Japan from an economic point of view," Porter stated, as a means of... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

01 Dec 2004
News

Poverty and Security

women not wanting to be beaten up, opportunity for their kids” (USA Today, September 27, 2004). Democracy and transparency are not always transferable because of cultural and historical factors, Wolfensohn asserted, but they are “probably... View Details

Keywords: IMF and World Bank Group; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

congressional bailout than Wall Street? No. The reason Congress voted in October to allot $700 billion for financial institutions was the risk that multiple bankruptcies would place the economy in jeopardy. Let’s apply that reasoning to the automakers. They are at the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Dec 2009
News

Up on the Green Roof

environmental impact, energy efficiencies, and extended life, it offers benefits over time that outweigh the additional costs. A green roof is actually two roof systems in one. On the bottom is an impermeable membrane similar to that... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

particular jobs, but the professors argued that agricultural was a social, economic and political enterprise, and studying the entire system would lead to better decisions. This magazine named the... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

05 Dec 2016
News

The Dragon’s Tale

market-based reforms that have made the country the world’s second-largest economic power. He has helped document that journey as the author of scores of cases, articles, and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2004
News

Alumni Bookshelf

Press) Scherer examines the economics of musical composition in the 18th and 19th centuries, digging into the roots of the shift from patronage to a freelance market. The... View Details

Keywords: Information; Information

01 Jun 2002
News

Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse

and Robert Simons. The lively and informative presentations were punctuated by questions from faculty eager to share their own insights or to challenge colleagues' assumptions. The group worked together to assemble the pieces View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Enron; faculty; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2010
News

How to Spur Prosperity

Many observers say that job creation is the key to economic recovery in the United States. Can government investments in entrepreneurial ventures succeed in creating jobs? A number of variables need to come... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

28 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance

And consumer finance businesses are the touch points between the financial system and millions of consumers. Despite its size and importance, we had ignored this sector almost entirely in our curriculum. Q:... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Financial Services; Education

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

accelerating the destruction of the planet. 2022 is a critical juncture: We can continue as is, reproducing the neoliberal economic model, which will result in further inequalities and the destruction View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

March 2003
Background Note

A Short Note on the AccuFlow Excel Model

By: Jay O. Light

Describes an Excel spreadsheet workbook that facilitates the analysis of AccuFlow, Inc. View Details

Keywords: History; Analytics and Data Science; Cost of Capital; Negotiation; Capital; Business Model; Economic Systems; Machinery and Machining; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Startups; Equity