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- 11 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Non-competes Push Talent Away
disturbed that nobody had mentioned the non-compete before he accepted the job, Marx signed willingly, assuming such documents were commonplace. “It's clear that that inventors are leaving states that enforce non-competes for states that... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
U.S. firms and foreign firms from strong rule of law countries show a positive association between restatement frequency and internal control weaknesses. Firms from weak rule of law countries show no... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Student-Profile
Fanele Mashwama
Fanele Mashwama (he/him) first arrived at Harvard as an undergraduate. While earning his philosophy degree, he simultaneously worked in the central bank of his home country of eSwatini, where he became more... View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
evidence to challenge a common misperception about internalization theory. The theory has often been criticized for maintaining that it assumes a hierarchically organized MNE based on knowledge flowing from the home country. This is not... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
renaissance." The Role of Alumni Leadership The African continent is home to some five hundred HBS alumni; more than three hundred reside in South Africa, occupying senior positions in virtually every industry in the View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
underlying the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
A Day in the Life as a ‘Spreadsheet Ranger’
sound of birds and the sun peering through my blinds; I soon head over to the neighborhood gym, located in the garage of the Law Enforcement quarters. 8am – Coffee is brewing at the office. My co-consultant and I have an office in the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
recalcitrant" negotiating strategy. Until the 1970s, the act of lending to a foreign country was little more than "an act of faith," as economic advisor Herbert Feis said in 1930. Given that sovereign immunity prevented... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- Web
Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog
currently developed countries when they first emerged. The course should, in short, appeal to anyone considering spending part of their career working, investing, or thinking outside of the major developed markets. Educational Objectives... View Details
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
Asked which institutions must be in place in order for African countries to grow, experts on a panel at the Africa Business Conference had no shortage of suggestions. One panelist, representing the International Monetary Fund, voted for a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
[see sidebar] further reflects the wide range of issues covered by our faculty. What can we learn from this region? The Asia Pacific, where 2,000 languages are spoken, is home to 60 percent of the world's population. The region's diverse... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
officer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. There had been a number of other police killings of black males leading up to that point, including Eric Garner and John Crawford, as well as 12-year-old Tamir Rice. I flew home to New York and went to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
bottom line: "Climate does affect in a fundamental way the basic picture of global development," said Sachs. Thus, the "harsh physical environment" of most of the countries in Africa "provides a tremendously difficult backdrop for... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
International Students | MBA
program in your home country or take out a loan from a relative or friend, you must provide a notarized loan agreement to the Kraft Family Financial Aid Office. Students receiving need-based HBS Scholarships... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
planning and implementation for a 15-year, $40 billion initiative with the goal of creating sustainable development and economic revitalization for Colombo and its surrounding provinces, population 5.8 million. It’s why he has returned to a View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
1.1 billion citizens surviving on less than $2 a day. Education remains inaccessible or insufficient for millions, and the country has the world’s second-largest HIV-positive population. Mumbai’s airport is emblematic of the country’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
rights. Protection of property rights in the country is still poor and a major deterrent to investment. Greece scores just a 3 out of 12 on a World Bank's strength-of-legal-rights index, actually decreasing from 4 in 2007. Tellingly, the... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- Portrait Project
Maria Makhabane
I finally made it home at the age of five. Home - the country from which my father had been exiled for sixteen years when he actively opposed apartheid. View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?
that it’s time for platforms to admit defeat when it comes to trying to flag, edit, or block misinformation on their sites. Instead, they should focus on curtailing specific information that can lead to direct harm, such as hate speech or the public sharing of View Details
- 22 Apr 2019
- News
Keeping an Eye on Things
combating terrorism. “We are responsible for maintaining a gallery of biometric information and then performing the matching and the analysis, sometimes within milliseconds. And we do know that much of the work that we do verifying does help law View Details
Keywords: Biometrics