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American Public Media [Marketplace], 12 September 2006

DR. DEBORAH SPAR: "The ability to choose gender is really only the first... View Details

26 Jan 2022
News

Fed Plays Wait and See with Monetary Policy

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?

Andresen Professor of Business Administration at HBS, who led the discussion. In the old model, he said, economies of scale regulated success and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Felix Oberholzer-Gee; Music

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

as AOL (now AOL Time Warner) are defining the business models that are reshaping the global business landscape and redefining power.— Lynda M. Applegate The point within a value chain where maximum economies View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

case capturing some of the dilemmas faced by African economies. South Africa is the largest economy in Africa by quite a distance, and is an illustration of the macro... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

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

untapped power of smallholders—increasing their yields, rebuilding supply chains, and opening access to economies of scale—Masha believes he is on the way to helping more than... 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

01 Sep 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

Economy 2013. Vol. 14 (National Bureau of Economic Research) edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern University of Chicago Press Appreciation of... View Details

Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research

21 Apr 2020
News

Trump uses the pandemic to push far-right agenda

28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016

sector-specific skills. The resulting scale economies generate occupational stratification along ethnic lines, consistent with the reoccurring phenomenon of small, socially... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

It’s India Above China in New World Order

government should speed up its reforms in the internal sector rather than scale back external sector reforms. Q: On the influence of émigrés, you write, "With the help of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 May 2019
News

Americans feel a burden to future-proof their jobs, while the French are relying on government

16 Dec 2016
News

Make America's workforce great again by revamping education

09 Feb 2016
News

America has near record 5.6 million job openings

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

enterprises seem incapable of transformative innovation, it is due to how we design and manage them, rather than anything inherent in their scale. In fact, Creative Construction argues, if used properly, View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Dec 2018
News

Nashville’s Star Rises as Midsize Cities Break Into Winners and Losers

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Climate Finance SIP

Sofia Guerra (MBA 2021) learned that in order “to build a more resilient economy we need to be able to understand and measure the impact of climate change on businesses. Only when we quantify physical and... View Details

29 May 2006
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How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

Summing Up Do increases in social sector productivity, which seem to prevail at least in the U.S., benefit consumers at the expense of workers? Or is the scale weighted in favor View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution

years of extensive study, including a comprehensive database compiled under the aegis of the Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research (HCTAR). The keys to success in an age View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail

15 Jan 2021
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