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2008
Working Paper

The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors

The ethnic composition of US inventors is undergoing a significant transformation—with deep impacts for the overall agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends with greater detail.... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Geographic Location; Patents; Ethnicity; City; Innovation and Invention; United States

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01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

governance models, and their integrity.” Immelt, CEO of GE, described his outlook as generally optimistic. Once the crisis is resolved (and, he remarked, “the government always wins” in these situations), the United View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

01 Mar 2008
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One-on-One with Jim Breyer

in many ways, reminiscent of the late ’90s here in the United States for similar types of Internet companies. We have an extraordinary team of partners in China led by Quan Zhou, Hugo Shong (AMP 151, 1996),... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

12 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs

strategy has been very successful, and its positive balance of trade with the United States reflects the progress it has made. But balance of trade is a lagging indicator of success. With looming... View Details

Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications

29 Sep 2020
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A Righteous Path

When Rich Leimsider (MBA 2003) became the executive director of the Safe Passage Project in 2016, his mandate was to expand the organization. Today, there are 40 staffers working in partnership with 450 pro-bono attorneys to represent 1,001 young refugees who arrived... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

scalable and easier to build than traditional reactors. The company, which grew out of research funded by the Department of Energy, has applied for certification in the United States from the Nuclear... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

January 2002 (Revised July 2004)
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Renationalization of Railtrack?

Railtrack faces bankruptcy five years after its privatization. Railtrack's performance deteriorated since its privatization in 1996, exhibited by its weakening financial health, unsatisfactory services, poor safety record, and mismanaged investment program. In October... View Details

Keywords: Rail Transportation; Privatization; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; State Ownership; Rail Industry; United Kingdom

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Justin Bardin

As a participant in the United States Navy's Immediate Graduate School Program, Justin Bardin is one of only twenty Naval Academy graduates selected for continued graduate studies, even as he maintains... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

political climate in the United States today, do you think that democracy is in jeopardy? Rebecca Henderson: Yes, I think democracy is in trouble, and there are two key indicators. One is that in the View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path

published by the Brookings Institution in the fall of 2020, predicted that business bankruptcies in the United States could increase as much as 140 percent that year, clogging courts and causing confusion in... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2011
News

A Modest Tax Proposal

profits, as most industrialized countries use.Â In a pure territorial system, the profits of multinational companies based in the United States would be taxed only by the country in which the profit is... View Details

Keywords: Robert C. Pozen; tax holidays

01 Jun 2004
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Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates

entire spectrum of manufacturing and service enterprises in the United States and upward of 100 other nations. Executive Education alumni are different from MBA alumni in important ways. Unlike the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Alumni Association Board of Directors; committee; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

on with X.” Global sales are critical to the success of most big businesses. In fact, for companies in the S&P 500, some 46 percent of sales came from outside the United States in 2011. "When nearly half... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2006
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Redefining Health Care

particular medical conditions. A recent report shows that Medicare costs for identical conditions vary greatly from state to state, and even within states, with no apparent difference in the quality of care. How do you explain those... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Feb 1997
News

Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)

calamitous for the United States as well. What's been the impact of NAFTA on the current situation? Unquestionably, Mexico must modernize its economy; NAFTA is a vital component of that. But when you force a... View Details

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Circulation statistics

Where do I find circulation figures for newspapers or periodicals? AAM - Media Intelligence Center: Audited circulation reports and publishers' statements for newspapers, consumer magazines, and B2B publications--primarily from the View Details

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Photographs & Prints | Baker Library

and people at work in industrial settings ranging from automobile plants to paper mills. The photographs document American industry and business operations across the United States and in Central and South... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Education Innovation

system: "By practically any measure, the quality of public K–12 education in the United States is dismal." And the stakes are high. As Childress, deputy director of education at the Gates Foundation,... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

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Energy data sources: consumption and efficiency

by US Department of Commerce, US Census Bureau. You may search this site for more surveys on the topic. Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency® -- A source of information on incentives and policies... View Details

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U.S. Competitiveness Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the U.S. economy. The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness In a March 2012 article of the Harvard Business Review , Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin outlined the looming challenge to U.S. competitiveness. The United View Details

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