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  • 15 Apr 2017
  • News

Macron Wants to Implement Vital Economic Reforms in France Amid Scandals

  • 14 Dec 2010
  • Op-Ed

Tax US Companies to Spur Spending

Recent tax deal-making has relied on conventional instruments of fiscal stimulus. Yet, we live in unconventional times, and more novel approaches suited to the peculiarities of our current economy are required. In particular, the... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
  • 15 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 15

  PublicationsThe Two Facets of Collaboration: Cooperation and Coordination in Strategic Alliances Authors:Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen, and Pavel Zhelyazkov Publication:The Academy of Management Annals (forthcoming) Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

studied at Harvard Business School. Credit:  Bartosz Hadyniak For perspectives on what has been learned so far, HBS Working Knowledge conducted an email interview with four of the key drivers of CEM: Project coordinators Geoffrey Jones,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Research Summary

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By: Vincent Pons
Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.

He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details
  • May 2024
  • Article

Refugees Are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities

By: C. Austin Davis, Paula Lopez-Peña, A. Mushfiq Mobarak and Jaya Y. Wen
Low- and middle-income nations host 76 percent of the world's refugees. This study uses original data to explore within-country spatial variability in refugee-hosting responsibilities. We find that hosting responsibilities for the displaced Rohingya people in... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; Political Elections; Equality and Inequality; Immigration; Developing Countries and Economies; Income
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  • Research Summary

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Professor Sawyer’s research focuses on U.S. political economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, concentrating on the development of competition policy and the administrative state. While the conventional history of U.S. competition policy portrays the... View Details

  • 10 Apr 2014
  • Blog Post

HBS FIELD 2 - A good sneak-peek into consulting

One of Harvard’s most interesting experiences during the first year of the MBA is FIELD 2. FIELD 2 is a program where students work in small teams to complete projects for companies operating in emerging economies around the globe. In my... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
  • 2016
  • Chapter

Evaluating the Effects of Large Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative

By: Nava Ashraf, Gunther Fink and David N. Weil
Since 2003, Zambia has been engaged in a large-scale, centrally coordinated national anti-Malaria campaign, which has become a model in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims at quantifying the individual and macro-level benefits of this campaign, which involved mass... View Details
Keywords: Programs; Health Pandemics; Developing Countries and Economies; Zambia
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  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

http://howardgardner.com/2014/05/27/mind-work-and-life/ August 2013 Journal of Political Economy Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices By: Antràs, Pol, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract—This paper analyzes the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

accounting "reliability." Broadly, the evidence, by highlighting the influence of standard setters, can broaden our understanding of the political economy of standard setting beyond the role of corporate lobbying. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

needs of all relevant stakeholders. The original Beer et al. model remains a valuable guide to the next 30 years of HRM. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49360 Forthcoming Innovation Policy and the Economy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

markets allow the backward linkages between foreign and domestic firms to turn into FDI spillovers. Our calibration exercises indicate that a) holding the extent of foreign presence constant, financially well-developed economies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2009 (Revised January 2011)
  • Case

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

By: Allen S. Grossman and Cathy Ross
Dedicated to accelerating the development of a safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccine, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) pioneered ways of addressing the inadequate incentive structures that prevented progress toward vaccines for AIDS and... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Firms and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Social Enterprise; Health Industry
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  • 05 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding

to tell them what to do, but more to inspire them. I think it’s just a smaller piece of a larger, grander transformation in organizations.” Good management now involves coordinating and collaborating with subordinates across functions to... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Evaluating the Effects of Large-Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative

By: Nava Ashraf, Gunther Fink and David N. Weil
Since 2003, Zambia has been engaged in a large-scale, centrally coordinated national anti-malaria campaign which has become a model in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims at quantifying the individual and macro level benefits of this campaign, which involved mass... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Performance Evaluation; Programs; Health Industry; Zambia
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  • 25 Apr 2023
  • Op-Ed

How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

late 1970s, when China ramped up its manufacturing production and began to open its economy to the world, its small and mid-sized factories struggled to gain access to the large consumer markets of the United States and Europe. American... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products
  • Web

Placement - Doctoral

(2023-2024); University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Business Economics and Public Policy Department, Assistant Professor (2024) Dissertation: Essays on State Interventions and Market Outcomes in Developing Economies Advisors: Ariel... View Details
  • Web

Managing the Future of Work

without a college degree. The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society By: William R. Kerr MAY 2020 The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest.... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

was in crisis—with bank suspensions running at near record levels. At the same time, the broader economy was sputtering, and U.S. gold reserves had come under severe pressure after Britain abandoned its gold standard in mid-September. As... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace