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27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

are working and trying and failing and succeeding—and who eventually build up the largest exporter of coffee in Mexico." Lurtz is spending her year at Harvard working on a book manuscript titled "Markets of Progress: Coffee, Commerce, and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

still awaits. We stick by our recommendation: Use your miles! Q: What other looming, predictable surprises have you noticed since the book manuscript was completed? A: The flu vaccine crisis is a classic example of a predictable surprise.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Dec 2017
Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

Institute of Management in Pune. In most months, nearly 100 full-length interview manuscripts are downloaded. Cheng Gao: Many fellow students from across micro and macro topic areas have expressed interest in using the material for a wide... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

and Antonio Serra, generally acknowledged to have been the world's first economist. Harvard Business School is uniquely able to facilitate such research. Not only does Baker Library hold one of the greatest collections of Medici View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

represents a highly important development in the ongoing transformation of American risk management policy. Q: How do the events of September 11th illustrate the role of government in risk management? A: As I explain in the preface, I finished writing my View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

book manuscript and seeking a publisher for it. This includes filling a few gaps in my research by using historical collections that are housed here at HBS and at a number of other libraries in the Boston area. Bank records have been... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

impact stayed. Kash, John, and I worked very hard to capture our findings in a single document. Alan Weber, at the time the Editor of the Harvard Business Review, did a magnificent job of taking our manuscript and making it accessible to... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

MacCulloch Publication:In Populism and Natural Resources, edited by William Hogan and Federico Sturzenegger, manuscript Abstract We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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