Trade Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2009 (Revised February 2014)
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The Kaesong Industrial Complex (A)

By: Dante Roscini, Eric Werker and Han-koo Yeo

Keywords: Country; Risk and Uncertainty; International Relations; Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Policy; North Korea; South Korea

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Gallery - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising 1865 - 1910 National Markets Advertising Products Trade Catalogs View Details

01 Mar 2006
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The Real Conflict

intermediaries such as Wal-Mart against a combination of old-line retailers and labor, community, and development activists. Particularly in retailing, policies in the United States favor consumers and offer fewer protections to other... View Details

Keywords: Pankaj Ghemawat; Ken A. Mark; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

far from clear. Brexit proponents continue to argue that getting out from under the yoke of the EU will solve all its problems through better trade deals, fewer regulations, and curtailed immigration. But an objective strategic assessment... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2006
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Presidential Adviser

6, 2006, Q&A with the Chicago Sun–Times, Hubbard, assistant to the President for economic policy and director of the National Economic Council, championed Bush’s message on taxes. The way to spur more economic growth is to keep taxes low,... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

02 Feb 2017
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Growing and Competing at the Local Level

manufacturing is to the economy in general. We do some outreach. There, we look a lot like a trade association, putting on networking and educational events to keep our manufacturers connected and up-to-date. “And the third thing that we... View Details

15 Nov 2020
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Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative

Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Nearly 600 years after the closure of the storied Silk Road trade route between East and West, 44 second-year MBA students traveled to Asia to gain a firsthand... View Details

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

flow to reforming countries as a consequence of reforms and may give policy makers working at agencies like the U.S. Trade Representative's Office some helpful facts to bring to the negotiating table.... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Investing in Life Sciences - SIP Resources

healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotech industries including policy and science developments, and overview of different technologies. Factiva - Covers news from national and local newspapers, magazines, View Details

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Alumni-Authored Books | Baker Library

for creating winning brands , Brand aid : a quick reference guide to solving your branding problems and strengthening your marketing position. Wileman, Andrew: Retail power plays : from trading to brand leadership : strategies for... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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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 direction national View Details

20 Sep 2012
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US Competitiveness at Risk

competitiveness. To the contrary, that's an indicator that we have to choose between being able to sell our products to customers and paying our citizens well. "The ultimate goal of national policy has to be long-term productivity... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

07 Aug 2006
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Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

Its early milestones—comparative product tests launched by Consumer Reports in 1936, the Kennedy administration's Consumer Bill of Rights in 1960, Ralph Nader's critique of the U.S. automobile industry in Unsafe at Any Speed in 1965—became models for subsequent... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

10 May 2004
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Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

going it alone even more than the returns to partnering with local firms. The reasons are that the forces of globalization—particularly reduced trade costs leading to more fragmented production processes—are making it more and more... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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The Consequences of Export Controls in Target Countries

By: Xueyue Liu, Yu Liu and Jaya Y. Wen

Export controls are a common instrument of national security, but their economic consequences are not well understood. This paper evaluates how these controls affect firm performance and adaptation in targeted countries. We use variation in a 2007 US policy,... View Details

Keywords: National Security; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Policy; Performance Productivity; Adaptation

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07 Apr 2003
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Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?

an interesting concept of the importance of a "national brand."—Jim Heskett Others, while agreeing with this thesis, were not so sanguine about whether this will happen without greater efforts to influence foreign policy by... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 2000
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Three Promoted to Full Professor

(1987) from HBS, where he was a Baker Scholar, and a Ph.D. (1990) in business economics, also from Harvard. Debora L. Spar Debora Spar is an authority on business-government relations and the political environment of commerce. Her current research focuses on issues of... View Details

17 Nov 2015
First Look

November 17, 2015

shifts in trade theory and policy as well as economic benefits and disadvantages associated with trade liberalization. The note also discusses the advantages and disadvantages... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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A Marketing Revolution - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: A Marketing Revolution National Markets Advertising Products Trade... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?

companies. It stood to reason that private firms, which tend to be highly leveraged, would hoard even more cash as a precaution. But according to a first-of-its-kind study by Joan Farre-Mensa an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit, the exact... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

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