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- 01 Sep 2012
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Markets’ Moral Limits
affects social attitudes about altruism. And since markets may not be the best allocators of goods “on grounds of either efficiency or fairness,” Sandel called for broad debate on “where markets belong, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
him on Goldman’s recently published first quarter results. “The economy feels better than it did a year ago,” replied Paulson with caution. “Things have turned, but our business is lumpy. You can’t extrapolate too much from the last quarter.” Of the View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
college immediately following high school or who are adult learners. Because we are a large commuter institution with thousands of students coming to us from all over the state and because many students are working at the front lines of... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Feb 2020
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The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
Illustration by VectorStock As a doctoral student at HBS, Prithwiraj “Raj” Choudhury identified a little-studied phenomenon in innovation: Managers from emerging markets who migrated to the United States for jobs at multinational... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Jul 2013
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Embracing Chaos
Ravi Venkatesan If anyone could write the recipe for business success in emerging markets, it would be Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992). After all, he's led not one, but two, major multinational companies—Cummins and Microsoft—in India and brought both to dominate their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
becomes more and more problematic. We see the symptoms of decline, which are driven by things like labor arbitrage and industries moving assembly overseas, followed by more and more sophisticated work. The thesis that we advance is that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Sound Bites: A Degree of Hope
really represented this promise of economic mobility. It’s important for any student who’s planning to go directly into the labor market after they finish their undergraduate degree to start the career... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
Photography by Bryce Vickmark In a recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, HBS Dean Nitin Nohria made a strong statement in defense of Wall Street and the financial system. Recalling his youth in India, Nohria related the story of his father, a successful... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
Professor Mihir Desai explains what managers can learn from one unlucky investor’s experience. The Compensation Game Do CEOs deserve “star” compensation? The idea that their pay is driven by the invisible hand of market forces is a myth... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Illustration by Jon Krause What percentage of managers do you think steal from their companies? Your answer to that question can tell a financial institution a lot about your creditworthiness, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
the Marshall Plan was not only right at the human level, it was a smart economic strategy. Are we not missing that consciousness right now? Jon Canas (AMP 86, 1981) Eustis, FL Questioning Market Capitalism Your September article “Is View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
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Shareholders' Value?
if one excludes new start-ups, most new capital is provided by debt. Of course, liquidity in the stock market does enable investors to capture gains on their investments, and it also enables mergers and acquisitions. To provide adequate... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- News
Don’t Scare the Bankers
intended) of Foxwoods than Bretton Woods, it is the bankers who have scared the rest of us to death. A measure of that concern can be found in the work of Professor David Moss, an expert on systemic risk in financial markets and an... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn
reason that these people are more constrained by bumpy labor markets than others. The paper has implications for founders and funders alike. Entrepreneurs, Roche says, need to be true to themselves if... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
Appalachian settlement schools that functioned as both educational institutions and community centers. After serving as an elementary school, a boarding school, and a public school, Pine Mountain transitioned in the 1970s to a center for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
measured? How does India’s accountability rank against other countries? Does accountability affect economic and social performance? He examines the mechanisms that hold governance institutions accountable, explains why many governance... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Two Sides of the General Re: your June article about General Doriot: As a confused 23-year-old head of a very unsuccessful used-car business who needed help trying to decide between HBS and Cornell Labor School, I was introduced to the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
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Competitiveness at Risk
successfully in global markets while also supporting high and rising living standards for Americans. America is not more competitive if businesses succeed by paying lower wages. Actually, the need to cut wages reflects a lack of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Digging Deep
solidly built, collapsible shovel tools that won’t break when things get down and dirty. In the past year, Pieper moved manufacturing from China to Portland, Oregon, a difficult logistical shift that nonetheless made it easier to control quality and respond to View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 2002
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Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
and Sharp - remain on that path, and they are all in Japan. In computers, the Japanese have been and remain major challengers to the U.S. industry, with growing market share in large systems, servers, and software. These have been... View Details