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  • April 2015 (Revised October 2019)
  • Case

The Great Divergence: Europe and Modern Economic Growth

By: Sophus A. Reinert
The continent of Europe seemed in the spring of 2015 to be in a weaker position relative to other world regions than it had in centuries. Though comparatively small, it had long played a disproportionate role in world history, to the extent that the modern world system... View Details
Keywords: The Great Divergence; Modern Economic Growth; Empire; Disruption; Economic Growth; Values and Beliefs; History; Globalization; Europe
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  • 07 Jan 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

Summing Up In supporting innovation, does it matter how flat the world really is? "The world is oval!" (Hujaj Ali Nawazkhan). "[T]he world is flatly... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • April 2013
  • Article

Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World

By: Nava Ashraf
Why doesn't a woman who continues to have unwanted pregnancies avail herself of the free contraception at a nearby clinic? What keeps people from using free chlorine tablets to purify their drinking water? Behavioral economics has shown us that we don't always act in... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Economics; Motivation and Incentives; Zambia
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  • 2013
  • Book

Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters

By: Walter A. Friedman
The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting And Prediction; Economic History; Economics; History; Risk and Uncertainty; United States
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  • 05 Jun 2009
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

Summing Up If not useful growth, what are we measuring? And why? This column does not thrive on general agreement. And this past month discussants came close to general agreement on the proposition that economic growth is not measured... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
  • 24 Aug 2021
  • News

Pairing Economics with Empathy to Study Life in the Developing World

  • December 2004
  • Supplement

Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, 2004

By: David A. Moss, Sarah A. Brennan and Peter Epstein
Provides basic economic and social indicators for 145 countries, drawn from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (2004). The data include: population, land area, GNP per capita, real GDP growth, life expectancy, adult illiteracy, fertility rate, access to... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Wealth and Poverty; Standards; Economics; Society
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  • April 2006 (Revised April 2012)
  • Case

Ghana: National Economic Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson
Set in the year 2001, as President John Kufuor contemplates a national economic strategy following his election in the first democratic transfer of power in Ghana's history. Focuses on Ghana's long history of poor economic performance and intractable poverty,... View Details
Keywords: History; Economic Growth; Government Administration; Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Ghana
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  • 31 Dec 2010
  • News

Entrepreneur for the World Award

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Economic reports

Forecasting Service (Economist Intelligence Unit) U.S. Economy at a Glance (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)) See also Survey of Current... View Details
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

International Health Economics

By: Mark Egan and Tomas J. Philipson
Perhaps because health care is a local service sector, health economists have paid little attention to international linkages between domestic health care economies. However, the growth in domestic health care sectors is often attributed to medical innovations whose... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Global Range; Economics
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  • November 2024
  • Teaching Note

The Marshall Plan: The Politics and Economics of Europe's Recovery After World War II

By: Vincent Pons, Marco Tabellini and Vestal McIntyre
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  • 8 Apr 2010
  • Other Presentation

Creating an Economic Strategy for Taiwan

By: Michael E. Porter
Competitiveness presentation at the Global Leaders Forum View Details
Keywords: Economics; Taiwan
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  • July–August 2015
  • Article

The Secret of Singapore: Why Cuba Should Look to Lee Kuan Yew's Thriving City-State for Economic Inspiration

By: Debora L. Spar
Between 1965 and 1991, Singapore grew at an astonishing compound annual growth rate of nearly 14%. Critics of the island's performance accused its celebrated leader, Lee Kuan Yew, of thinly veiled tendencies toward communism and authoritarianism; they argued that the... View Details
Keywords: Economic Models; Communism; Economic Policy; Economic Reform; Angel Investors; Authoritarianism; Economic Systems; Economy; Policy; Government and Politics; Singapore; Cuba
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  • 03 Mar 2010
  • What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

of identity. Perceptions vary widely on the issue of "identity" and economic performance, particularly as it applies to the U.S. One school of thought is summarized by C. J. Cullinane when he says, "Our identify has... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • March 2024 (Revised February 2025)
  • Case

The Marshall Plan: The Politics and Economics of Europe's Recovery After World War II

By: Vincent Pons, Marco Tabellini and Vestal McIntyre
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  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

HBS Global Forum Set for June

upward of 1,000 alumni to consider the interweaving of the public and private worlds and the impact on financial markets, innovation and technology, executive compensation, and society as a whole. The forum... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 18 Sep 2006
  • Other Presentation

Colleges and Universities and Regional Economic Development: A Strategic Perspective

By: Michael E. Porter
Regional economic development presentation delivered at the Aspen Symposium, Forum for the Future of Higher Education, Boston, MA. View Details
Keywords: Economics; United States
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  • 18 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

suggests that economic clusters—usually used to explain development in local economies—have had a much wider impact on world economics than generally recognized.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS

The 2005 HBS Global Leadership Forum in London proved to be a unique experience in ways that were planned — and even in some that were not — for nearly 600 alumni, faculty, and guests. By day, alumni listened to and learned from... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services