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  • 18 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 18, 2016

Christopher Parsons Abstract—The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

part from massive outsourcing on the part of companies in developed markets. They were moving production to China in droves because labor was cheap, so the economy grew very, very fast. In the process of... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

industry players such as the major oil companies? Should he try raising money from the managers of the sovereign funds in countries such as Singapore, Kuwait, and China? How should the firm work with its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2009 (Revised May 2010)
  • Case

Partners In Health: HIV Care in Rwanda

By: Michael E. Porter, Scott S. Lee, Joseph Rhatigan and Jim Yong Kim
In 2005, Partners in Health (PIH) was invited by the Rwandan Ministry of Health to assume responsibility for the management of public health care in two rural districts in Eastern Rwanda and create an HIV treatment program at these sites. PIH successfully implemented a... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Medical Specialties; Service Delivery; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Health Industry; Rwanda
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  • 21 Oct 2013
  • News

Moving the Needle

for-profit. She began to make her mark as vice president of business development at Novica, in Los Angeles, an e-commerce company that connects artisans in developing countries to businesses and consumers in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 06 Mar 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Who Should Manage Our Work Time?

management." And who should be responsible for ensuring that this happens? According to Andrew, "Lean thinking says that we are all part of the system; therefore we can all act on the system. Therefore we all are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • March 2010 (Revised May 2013)
  • Supplement

Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini and Renee Kim
In 2009, Chile's Finance Minister Andres Velasco's fortunes had been reversed. His fiscal policy that had come under attack just a year ago had been used to finance a $4 billion fiscal stimulus package amid the global economic downturn. Velasco was now Chile's most... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Policy; Government and Politics; Chile
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  • 23 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent

For example, investors can move money more quickly than ever from one country to another, potentially leaving a developing country reeling from the effects. Paolo Gomes, executive director at the World Bank,... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
  • 25 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

microeconomic level it features adoption of firms at the extensive and the intensive margin. Based on a data set of 15 technologies and 166 countries our estimations View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24–26 Aug 2016
  • Reunion

HBS Executive Education Global Alumni Leadership Summit

This special two-day summit is designed exclusively for members of our HBS alumni community. We hope that you will take part in the global conversation, and look forward to welcoming you back on campus for the celebration. View Details
  • 20 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability

The development of corporate integrated reporting (IR) standards has the promise to be one of the great business innovations of the 21st century, and could be pivotal in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting
  • 26 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 26, 2008

balance between capitalism and democracy, the book includes chapters on the theory and history of these systems that challenge the assumption that their spread will bring about a convergence of incomes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Aug 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

Summing Up Paul Jackson sums up the thinking of most respondents to this month's column with the comment, " . . . nothing about CEO compensation seems to be 'efficient.'" Brad Millet adds, "The CEO market for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • August 2008 (Revised September 2009)
  • Case

Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll: The MTV Approach to Tackling HIV/AIDS

By: Tarun Khanna, Sonali R. Bloom and David E. Bloom
This case explores the role that MTV, with its heavy diet of music and general youth-oriented media content, plays in spreading public-service messaging to contain the scourge of HIV/AIDS worldwide. There is a focus especially on its efforts in several emerging... View Details
Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Developing Countries and Economies; Multinational Firms and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Health Industry; Africa
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  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

origins of the social psychology of creativity, trace its arc, and suggest directions for its future. Demand and Capacity Management in Air Transportation Authors:Cynthia... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 1993 (Revised January 1994)
  • Supplement

Japan (A), Supplement

By: Bruce R. Scott
In an economy marked by severe inflation, a balance of payments problem, and large investment needs for modernization, the Minister of Finance has been asked to design a remedial program that cannot include borrowing abroad. He does so, and the case describes the... View Details
Keywords: Design; Developing Countries and Economies; Inflation and Deflation; Borrowing and Debt; Policy; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Programs
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  • 08 Dec 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech

Governmental, academic, and cultural differences are hurting Europe's chances of creating more competitive pharmaceutical and biotech industries—and not much hope is on the horizon, according to a panel of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical; Technology
  • 02 Jul 2018
  • Blog Post

Pursuing A Passion in Health Care

Hej! Reporting from Copenhagen here. My first year of HBS is complete, and I moved here one month ago for my summer internship. I’m working in New Product Development at Radiometer – a medical device subsidiary View Details
Keywords: Health Care
  • November 2019 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Russia: A Drama In Three Acts

By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella, Galit Goldstein, Sogomon Tarontsi and Lavinia Teodorescu
The collapse of central authority in the Soviet Union in 1991 ushered in a period of revolutionary transformations for the states that emerged in its wake. The leaders of Russia, the USSR's successor, struggled to reestablish central authority while also seeking to... View Details
Keywords: Government Policy; Policy Change; Policy Making; Economic Systems; Economics; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Privatization; Non-Renewable Energy; Governance; Global Strategy; Corporate Governance; Policy; Business History; Lawfulness; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Change Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Russia; Moscow
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  • 30 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 30

Walker Insurance, Paul Thomson finds himself short of funds to support his original growth plan. He can request additional funding from his investor group, hunker down and grow at a slower rate, or consider... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne