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- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 08 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan
plan, both consistent with a long tradition from the right of center. Once these are understood, forming an informed opinion on the plan—which will be an important task for Americans in the coming years—becomes possible. The view from tax... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
- 29 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age
Are Uber drivers and HourlyNerd consultants independent contractors or employees? Interesting question, but the wrong one. Better to ask: Are we stifling innovation across the digital economy by forcing a simplistic choice, contractor vs.... View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
run: firms that persist in such a strategy will eventually achieve low returns and be unable to raise follow-on funds. The types of factors that will determine the long-run, steady-state supply of venture capital in the economy are likely... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
traces the evolution of the Internet from government ownership to privatization to the commercial Internet we know today. This is a story of innovation from the edges. Greenstein shows how mainstream service providers that had traditionally been leaders in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
abroad. Is there the possibility of a diminished market for these issues if the SEC's enforcement record was better known? Given your findings on cross-listed firms, should investors be more cautious investing in American Depositary... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
focuses almost entirely on disease care to keep people alive, but does very little to enable Americans to live healthy lives. The longer people live in their disease-prone years, the more they cost Medicare. AHCA doesn't really address... View Details
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
Double-digit long-term growth might justify bragging rights for any country. But a turbocharged GDP comes at a price, says Eric D. Werker, an associate professor in the Business, Government and International Economy unit at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
should government strategy matter to business people? It seems many executives, particularly Americans, believe government is incompetent. Richard Vietor: Business people care in several ways—macroeconomic, microeconomic, and foreign investment. An View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
five European economies and correspondingly low cancer survival rates. To read more: Regina Herzlinger, Who Killed Health Care? America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem-and the Consumer-Driven Cure, McGraw-Hill, 2007 Robert Huckman,... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis By: Alfaro, Laura, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor, and Paola Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, advances in information and communication... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
AIG phenomenon. On Wall Street, it was endemic. Bankers gave themselves nearly $20 billion in 2008 bonuses, even as the economy was spiraling downward and the government was spending billions on bailouts. Politicians pounced. President... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
Restoring American Competitiveness, which lays out their views in detail. Despite their dire analysis, Pisano and Shih remain cautiously optimistic that the United States can regain its competitive footing. Roger Thompson: When it comes... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
passed since risky mortgage lending, excessive borrowing, and soaring housing prices collided in 2008 to trigger one of the more severe financial crises in American history. Since then, economists have been studying the factors that led... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
of our interview with authors Rajiv Lal and José B. Alvarez, they discuss what the future of storefront retailing looks like and how its transformation will also change the economy and society. Sean Silverthorne: What is happening to the... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
percent of city residents ride public transportation, he said, and while the city's population has doubled since 1970, it does not look congested. "In Singapore, we always plan for 100 years of growth." US particpants at the conference acknowledged that the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
and contracts in shaping the growth and influence of business enterprises. It presents entrepreneurs, executives, and the firms they controlled as driving actors in national economies and international growth. Alongside an original... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity growth was low, and the stock market was in the tank. It is not at all... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
clearer in the second half of the nineteenth century. In the United States, the building of the railroads after 1850 led to the development of mass markets for the first time. Along with improved access to capital and credit, mass markets encouraged large-scale... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
While many history departments of American universities prefer to keep business as a separate discipline, HBS entrepreneurship professor Geoffrey Jones encourages the examination of history as a way to better understand contemporary... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell