National Security - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

examines non-price competition among colleges to attract highly qualified students, exploiting the South Korean setting where the national government sets rules governing applications. We identify some basic facts about the behavior of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

people want to associate with and to listen to those with whom they are familiar. However, it is essential for decision makers (politicians) to go beyond this spectrum and to be as objective as possible. They must listen to experts before making any decision,... View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

15 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 15

governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank-are no more likely, on average, to get a negative quality rating than other... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

administrator, she received the same kind of pushback against establishing cluster development from White House national economic policy advisor Lawrence Summers, president emeritus and current university professor at Harvard University.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

a nation still shadowed by Mao Zedong’s controversial legacy institute market-based reforms that have made the country the world’s second-largest economic power. He has helped document that journey as the author of scores of cases,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

13 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 13, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207069 PublicationsAmerica the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again Author:Rosabeth M. Kanter Publication:New York: Crown, forthcoming... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

Originators issue too many informationally insensitive securities in good times, blunting investor incentives to become informed. The resulting scarcity of informed investors exacerbates market collapses in bad times. Inefficiency arises... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015

new drug markets. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49384 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-438 The Transformation of NCR During his tenure as CEO since 2005, Bill Nuti had moved NCR Corporation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Trouble Behind Livedoor

Horie represented all that is wrong with Western-style capitalism, others saw him as the future of the country's media industry, and a man of the people. But last month, Horie was arrested on suspicion of accounting fraud and illegal View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Technology

21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

Cases & Course MaterialsBMW's Project Switch (A): Importers vs. National Sales Companies Harvard Business School Case 509-023 BMW is faced with potential channel conflicts across several EU country markets. The case highlights BMW's... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 26, 2008

or Politics? Harvard Business School Case 708-053 On March 21, 2008, the U.S. government secured an agreement from two leading sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to adopt a new set of investment principles to govern the Funds' activities.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

information in lending decisions leads to worse credit outcomes when loan officers are busy or before weekends and national holidays; when loan officers had earlier non-banking and, in particular, sales-related experience; when both... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

that Al's research has moved from railroads to giant corporations and now to computers and consumer electronics underscores his eminent position as the historian of industries at the center of national interest in each era he studies. All... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

petition for Chapter 11 and becomes a "debtor in possession" (DIP), its assets and operations are protected by the "automatic stay," a legal injunction that prevents secured creditors from seizing their collateral—and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

gaming of Securities and Exchange Commission rules by Citigroup's mortgage-banking desk in 2007 is an illuminating example of institutional corruption in the finance industry. After exploring that case, I provide a more complete... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

with the opportunity to apply for an additional three-year extension. During this period, workers can request green cards and secure permanent residency status if they desire. The current annual cap for the "regular" H1-B category is... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

March 2014 (Revised January 2025)
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Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia

By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael M. Di Tella, Sogomon Tarontsi and Lavinia Teodorescu

In the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After President Yanukovych rejected the free trade agreement with the EU in November, thousands of Ukrainians peacefully... View Details

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13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

2005 book Jealousy of Trade, which explores the birth of economic nationalism and other social effects of expanding eighteenth-century markets. Markets, Morals, Politics brings together a celebrated cast of Hont’s contemporaries to assess... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

Nations Authors:Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric Werker Periodical:Journal of Political Economy 114, no. 5 (October 2006): 905-930 Abstract Ten of the fifteen seats on the U.N. Security Council are held by rotating... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2019 (Revised September 2019)
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Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells, Carole A. Winkler and Benjamin Weinstock

In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016; many put the blame at the door of fake... View Details