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- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
fills this void by explaining how a country's institutional differences, cultural considerations, and personal characteristics can affect the role that entrepreneurs play in its economy. Developing an understanding of the origins of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
technologically advanced has led to sweeping sets of executive orders and institutional changes, especially in the US. Businesses need to understand that the policy tools in the US—including export controls, investment reviews, entity... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
©iStock.com/GuidoVrola The bundled payment idea is part of a larger reform proposal called Value-Based Health Care Delivery, based on research by Michael E. Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor and founder of the View Details
- October 1991 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Hawkeye Bancorporation
Hawkeye, a small bank holding company in Iowa, faces difficulties in the mid 1980s as the local Iowa farm economy is in recession. This case provides an opportunity for students to become familiar with bank financial statements, and introduces some issues in market... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Financial Crisis; Economic Growth; Market Participation; Banks and Banking; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Private Ownership; Banking Industry
Palepu, Krishna G. "Hawkeye Bancorporation." Harvard Business School Case 192-064, October 1991. (Revised October 1996.)
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
hardest assignments. He drafted plans to institute new military regulations, to reform the inspector general's office, and—most remarkably—to reorganize the entire army . Despite his emotional insecurities,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
powerful emerging nations; security threats from radical movements, failed states, asymmetric warfare, and crime; and global health issues, including pandemics. Finally, our participants cited the inability of existing global institutions... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
single-family detached homes that they then rent, hoping to eventually sell them as an exit to their investment. This kind of institutional buying, however, is not happening as much in markets like Boston and New York, where prices did... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- News
Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
through academies like West Point, while there are no parallel institutions to nurture outstanding teachers? Klemmer founded the Center for Better Schools to seek the answer. "Having had the Harvard Business School experience and knowing... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
Production and the Design of Supporting Institutions By: Boudreau, Kevin J., and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49361 May-June 2015 European Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
property rights in developing countries on the level and composition of industrial development. We develop a North-South product cycle model in which Northern innovation, Southern imitation, and FDI are all endogenous. Our model predicts that IPR View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
debt crisis of the 1980s, the Washington Consensus era, and reform efforts in the 2000s. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/711040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-065 The Entrepreneurial Manager: Course... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2008
- Teaching Note
Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Teaching Note for [708042]. View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract The financial meltdown made clear that the executives of many major financial institutions were operating with inadequate or distorted information about the values and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
work that our HBS colleagues have done illustrates this very well. Rosabeth Moss Kanter has written a piece for the project titled “Enriching the Ecosystem.” Her argument is that many of the untapped, rich opportunities for greater US competitiveness lie in getting... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
and situates land policy in the larger context of China’s reforms and pursuit of economic growth. It argues that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has strengthened the institutions that permit land... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
research on the origins of economic institutions and their influence on economic performance. We show how similar institutions vary in their impact and are influenced by local contexts. After providing a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
"decouple" payments to European farmers. Explores the logic behind agricultural supports, with a focus on the economic, political, and cultural context of French farming. Discusses efforts to reform the CAP in the context of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
in affordable housing as an investor and is reaping handsome returns for its participation. "The primary vehicle for developing new affordable housing is the low-income housing tax credit, part of the Tax Reform Act of 1986," she says.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
that converts benefits reform first into changes to retirees' consumption paths and then into a net effect on social welfare. I calibrate that framework using recently produced data on Social Security beneficiaries by lifetime income... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
University Press, forthcoming Abstract This chapter assesses contemporary qualitative research on Southeast Asia and its contribution to the field of political economy. It focuses especially on the political origins of economic View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace