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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Presidential Adviser
decide how to spend it,” explained Hubbard. To boost U.S. exports, the administration favors more trade agreements to lower tariffs on American-made products. Hubbard isn’t worried that a decline in the rapid appreciation of home values... 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 a million Nigerian farmers climb out of poverty. Ibrahim... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
1991 and served in various managerial capacities before being named president in 2000 and CEO in 2005. Despite the chain’s strong showing in a down economy (with three new stores scheduled to open in March 2010), Schiffer expects he and... View Details
- 16 Aug 2013
- News
Women's Business Leader
Vice Chairman of Wealth Management and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley where she is responsible for increasing revenue generation and client connectivity and penetration across the Wealth Management, Investment Banking and Sales and View Details
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Managing Global Operations
> Editor's choice to begin a search. The CEIC's current country economy snapshot is also a good starting point. Also includes company, and industry information from sources for emerging markets in Africa, Asia,... View Details
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
cite when claiming that the economy is basically doing OK. It was those “fundamentals” that Herbert Hoover was extolling just before the Great Depression hit. Some of the fundamentals, macro and micro, anecdotal and otherwise, that matter... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?
No wonder the economy is slow to recover. At the end of 2013, industrial firms listed on the US stock markets held an astounding $1.6 trillion in cash reserves—that’s 12 percent more than a year earlier. And those were just the public... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
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Historical Research - India
the import trade in China and India, 1847-1860. Kress Collection The Kress Collection of Business and Economics includes over a thousand titles related to the history, culture and economy of India,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
specializes in retail turnarounds and transformation. Here, Bines shares a few words about his new book and two other indispensable texts about the trade. The Metail Economy 6 Strategies for Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the... View Details
- 11 May 2016
- News
World Bank Vice President and Treasurer: Negative Rates Not the Answer
Reacting to a spate of nations adopting negative interest rates—essentially charging depositors for parking their money—World Bank Vice President and Treasurer Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990) told Bloomberg News that the policy could weaken banks. “We still have a global View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness
A second survey of nearly 7,000 HBS alumni and just over 1,000 members of the general public found ongoing concern regarding America's ability to compete in the global economy but wide agreement between liberals and conservatives on the... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
should be devalued. On the one hand, one might argue that such discussions are an overreaction to current events, that nations have become so interdependent and multinational business organizations so vital to the world's economy that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
easy to find circular economy models that are interesting, but few have achieved the scale and financial sustainability Apple has,” says George Serafeim, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration, who heard Claure tell... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- April 1983 (Revised October 1990)
- Background Note
Textiles and the Multi-Fiber Arrangement
By: David B. Yoffie
What happens to an industry with millions of employees that loses its comparative advantage? This note examines this question by looking at the global textile and apparel industry. With the Multi-Fiber Arrangement coming up for renewal in December 1981, the United... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Cost vs Benefits; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States; Europe
Yoffie, David B. "Textiles and the Multi-Fiber Arrangement." Harvard Business School Background Note 383-164, April 1983. (Revised October 1990.)
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
anything to learn from Europe? What do you think? Original Article In this forum 15 years ago we discussed the question of the effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on immigration from Mexico to the United States. At... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB)
size. Look at the American Community Survey for granular data relating to employment, transportation to work, housing, expenditures, etc. US Census: Business & Economy - A wide range of variables that provide insight... View Details
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
economy through specialized, hands-on trade training programs. Searchlight - Ben Kallas (MBA 2024) - Searchlight will enable western countries to address vulnerabilities in their critical mineral supply... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Business Administration An expert in business-government relations and the politics of international commerce, Debora Spar joined the HBS faculty in 1991 and presently chairs the Business, Government and International Economy (BGIE) unit.... View Details
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
upper Amazon, they brought people a taste of America, along with the promise of freedom and prosperity. The end of the Cold War signaled victory for Brand America. As closed economies opened up to foreign View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Global Business Club
cultural IQ for international female executives, international trade policy, etc. We will also have faculty and student “Think and Drink” sessions focused on the BRINCS countries to help members grow broad global intelligence about the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries