Low- And Middle-income Economies - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need

an inability of the regulatory structure to keep pace with the changing market, shared the blame. Q: What are the implications today for low- and moderate-income consumers? A: As we lurch toward a recovery,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

21 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?

you look at J.C. Penney over the long term, it seems to me that they have lost their identity. With more than 1,000 stores and great locations in malls across the country, it used to be the department store for View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail

24 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

market share that could only be lifted in a crisis by agreement of top regulators. It's also important to keep in mind that the FHA, which already guarantees mortgages for low- and moderate-income... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

4+2 = Sustained Business Success

provide quality products at a low price to low- and fixed-income consumers. Kmart, by contrast, couldn't seem to decide whether it was focusing on low- or View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson

06 Dec 2016
First Look

December 6, 2016

American economic development, Slavery's Capitalism identifies slavery as the primary force driving key innovations in entrepreneurship, finance, accounting, management, and political economy that are too... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

Putting together the money for everything from a short-term emergency to retirement is hard enough, a challenge that low- and moderate-income families endure every day. Yet as HBS professor Peter Tufano... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

Between 1990 and 2008, the US economy added 27 million jobs. Ninety-eight percent of them were in nontradable activities. This is another way of saying that most American job growth has come in sectors where... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

the current economic and financial crisis, countries around the globe are looking for ways to reignite economic growth. Traditionally, export-led growth has been perceived as one of the most promising pathways to do so. The experience of... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

Professor at HBS. Far from a drag, he argues, being part of Europe was a key competitive advantage for Britain. Its economy benefitted more from EU funding than it contributed, even as a net contributor to the EU budget. Immigration was a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?

observe how the quotas might affect sales on both low- and high-ticket items—mouse pads on the low end, wireless routers on the high end. Three, and most importantly, the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

Double-digit long-term growth might justify bragging rights for any country. But a turbocharged GDP comes at a price, says Eric D. Werker, an associate professor in the Business, Government and International View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

Competitiveness ranking and the current competitiveness ranking—are the highest new entrants, indicating that there have been a lot of programs in terms of transforming these economies into market. Now,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

Publication:Journal of Public Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water services amongst View Details