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- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
other hand, Joshua Kurlantzick, writing from Shanghai in The New Republic three weeks ago, paints another picture. His is of a China with a failed banking system with 50 percent of non-performing loans made to state-owned enterprises to satisfy View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape
political complexities pose significant challenges. Prior to our immersion, our research pointed to a few central tensions that made it challenging for the agricultural sector to decarbonize. Firstly, land ownership is highly fragmented,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
is going to help us -- one of our four new divisions will work exclusively with small businesses. With the technology improvements that will soon be up and running, we'll be able to get to problems quickly before delays complicate things. How have you handled... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
Contributors draw from a range of disciplines, including political science, public administration, civil society studies, anthropology, organizational sociology, business, and social and critical theory. In so doing, they demonstrate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers
begin to create new models of development. Certainly, political stability, of the type that is appearing in Uganda, Rwanda, Namibia, and elsewhere, will be a major boon for development. So will realistic development policies and a more... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 May 2019
- Blog Post
Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset
whether by nation (us vs. them), by wealth (rich vs. poor), and by political orientation (Right vs. Left). This is a world where there is thesis and anti-thesis; and these two positions are seemingly incompatible. However, the following... View Details
- 15 May 2015
- Blog Post
How to Get a Global Perspective at HBS
look to them for insights into international cases, foreign affairs and US diplomatic interactions. They have fostered in me an “ask first, answer second” approach to learning about their cultures, politics and economies. 2.You'll travel... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
appeared more similar to India’s and a more logical move than expansion into so many disparate African countries. Mittal begs to differ: “Africa’s improving political climate, encouraging social and economic development indicators, and a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
another study, I found that households that became newly eligible for food stamps in an expansion that started around 2000 were about 20 percent more likely to have an entrepreneur in the family. The social safety net can be a controversial issue. There’s a lot of... View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
In his novel I Come as a Thief, Louis Auchincloss introduces us to Tony Lowder, a lawyer in his early forties. Tony and his wife have two children. He works for the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, but his job is just a resting spot. Tony has... View Details
- December 2013
- Supplement
Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (B)
This case picks up (from the end of the "A" case) the detailed story of the KGB's high-pressure negotiations with Harvard doctoral student Bruce Allyn to recruit him as a secret asset for the Soviet spy agency. The "A" case describes how, at the tense height of the... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Bargaining; Hard Bargaining; KGB; Espionage; Spying; War; National Security; Alliances; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Cambridge; Moscow; Soviet Union
Sebenius, James K. "Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-028, December 2013.
- October 2010
- Article
Preferring Balanced vs. Advantageous Peace Agreements: A Study of Israeli Attitudes Towards a Two-State Solution
By: Deepak Malhotra and Jeremy Ginges
The paper extends research on fixed-pie perceptions by suggesting that disputants may prefer proposals that are perceived to be equally attractive to both parties (i.e., balanced) rather than one-sided, because balanced agreements are seen as more likely to be... View Details
Keywords: Fixed Pie; Balance; Peace; Negotiation; Agreements and Arrangements; Conflict and Resolution; Government and Politics; Balance and Stability; Forecasting and Prediction; Attitudes; Israel; Palestinian state
Malhotra, Deepak, and Jeremy Ginges. "Preferring Balanced vs. Advantageous Peace Agreements: A Study of Israeli Attitudes Towards a Two-State Solution." Judgment and Decision Making 5, no. 6 (October 2010): 420–427.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930
By: Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio
There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Cost of Capital; Revenue; Sovereign Finance; Goods and Commodities; Taxation; Business History; Risk and Uncertainty; Brazil
Martinez Fritscher, Andre C., and Aldo Musacchio. "Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-027, October 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery
By: David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman and Jonathan T. Kolstad
Prior studies suggest that, with elastically supplied inputs, free entry may lead to an inefficiently high number of firms in equilibrium. Under input scarcity, however, the welfare loss from free entry is reduced. Further, free entry may increase use of high-quality... View Details
- August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Background Note
Note on Generic Drugs in the European Union
By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth M. Leonard
Rules governing the introduction of generic drugs in U.S. and EU have some similarities but significant differences because of the Hatch-Waxman Act in the U.S. View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Health Care and Treatment; Trademarks; Brands and Branding; Pharmaceutical Industry; European Union; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Elizabeth M. Leonard. "Note on Generic Drugs in the European Union." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-019, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Labor Market Regulations and European Venture Capital Investment
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
- November 2001
- Case
Tobacco and the Future of Rural Kentucky
By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle
Governor Patton decides how to use settlement funds to develop a long-term plan for Kentucky's tobacco producers and rural communities. View Details
Keywords: Financial Instruments; Social Issues; Laws and Statutes; Rural Scope; Policy; Business and Community Relations; Government and Politics; Kentucky
Goldberg, Ray A., and James M Beagle. "Tobacco and the Future of Rural Kentucky." Harvard Business School Case 902-412, November 2001.
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
various diseases the foundation is fighting? Ironically, the hardest area for the foundation to measure is educational reform because “metrics don’t exist” in that field, he said. Taking a swipe at both major political parties, Gates... View Details
- 1995
- Chapter
Contending Views of Quality Management in Health Care: Implications for Competition and Regulation
By: D. Blumenthal and Richard Bohmer
- December 2014
- Case
Henry A. Kissinger as Negotiator: Background and Key Accomplishments
By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
Following a brief summary of Henry A. Kissinger's career, this case describes three of his most pivotal negotiations: the historic establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, the easing of geopolitical tension with the Soviet Union,... View Details
Keywords: Kissinger; Negotiation; Bargaining; Diplomacy; Multiparty Negotiations; Dispute Resolution; Mediation; Israel; Sinai; Egypt; Cold War; Detente; China; Nixon; Conflict Management; Negotiation Types; International Relations; Personal Development and Career; Israel; Egypt; China; United States; Soviet Union
Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green. "Henry A. Kissinger as Negotiator: Background and Key Accomplishments." Harvard Business School Case 915-020, December 2014.