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- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
immigrants made a conspicuous impact. Part I demonstrates the dominant role of immigrants in forming public financial policies from 1775 to 1817. Part II surveys 12 merchant and investment banking firms founded during the nineteenth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Writing the Case for Public School Reform
retention since the end of World War II," says Thomas. It was assumed then that applicants for a teaching position didn't want to do anything else, or that they didn't have many other options,... View Details
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
War II and the relative decline in importance of internationally-focused business groups during the second half of the twentieth century. The chapter then discusses the rise and fall of diversified and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
With China hosting the Summer Olympic Games starting this week, some reformers see an opportunity to use the world stage as a platform to pressure the country's leadership into expanding social freedoms. Judging by recent news, they don't... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
says. “Our goal is simply to backpedal away from this narrative that somehow post World War II, in a world where the current household debt drives everything, everything else... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
learned about foreign intervention and institution-building before World War II," says Maurer, "but the other purpose is to see directly what NATO's strategy looks like on the ground, and how well... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 10 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!
no promising blockbusters in the drug pipeline. In a globally integrated market, blockbuster brands that address common consumer needs are more important than ever. Consumers around the world are excited to share common experiences.... View Details
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
superficial, like putting lipstick on a bulldog, says Kanter. "You've got something that's big and ugly, and you want to improve its appearance, show the world it's really different." The problem, she said, is that "you are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
few months will be working on the Internet sector in Brazil. "Just because the world is becoming more globalized doesn't mean that everything is going to look like Silicon Valley. "I also have a background in venture capital and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
test for Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine. They had to navigate the fast-changing and fluid post-Cold War world economy by choosing either Europe and the European Union, or Eurasia and the Commonwealth of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
grocery and dry goods, such as canned foods and boxed breakfast cereals. It was not until after World War II that the majority of American grocers adopted self-service to meat... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
after being caught. The Cost Of Doing Business Siemens had moved aggressively into developing countries following World War II, when a German company was persona non grata to most of the Western world.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
support, delivered by a separate, independently funded staff, which builds public will, advances policy, and mobilizes resources. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51710 forthcoming Organization Science The Impact of Patent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’
businesspeople were forcefully reminded, yet again, of the ups and downs of the economy. By World War I, there were only about ten forecasting agencies operating in the United States. Professional... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
actually been marked by steady decreases in concentration since World War II. Executives, they write, "need to break free of the biases that lead them to pursue larger and larger cross-border deals.... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
aftermath of World War II, government funding for scientific research increased and large corporations followed suit, with firms such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Ford establishing dedicated centralized... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
should, intervene to control economic fluctuations when economies got stuck in a suboptimal rut. In decades after World War II, econometric and policy-oriented forecasting came to dominate the field. Q: What... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
for the working class. First, welfare reformers in the interwar period embraced private credit as an alternative to an expansive welfare state. Second, U.S. organized labor in the wake of World War View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
1946, when the late Georges Doriot, a long-time and legendary member of the HBS faculty, founded American Research and Development as a willing and able source of financing for the new ventures that were coming to life just after World... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After World War View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne