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- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
upper Amazon, they brought people a taste of America, along with the promise of freedom and prosperity. The end of the Cold War signaled victory for Brand America. As closed economies opened up to foreign View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
dismantled a lot of trade barriers, which has led to global prosperity. The only big barrier remaining is movement of humankind to regions which offer better prospects." A number of respondents took issue with this. Some equated... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Strategies for Cross-National Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Strategies for Cross-Nat... Strategies for Cross-National Regions Traditional strategies for cross-national regions have focused on free View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
feel the pinch. Q: What does it mean for the U.S. economy if this is China’s new normal or things decline even further? A: The U.S. is growing solidly. This crisis is not going to be too impactful through the View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
routine part of most people's lives, there is no doubt that technology—especially Internet technology—is having a huge impact on the financial services industry. With much hype and headlines, Web trading has revolutionized the securities... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
a routine part of most people's lives, there is no doubt that technology - especially Internet technology - is having a huge impact on the financial services industry. With much hype and headlines, Web trading has revolutionized the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Shared Vision for a Better World
section,” Harrold says. “It was welcoming and comforting. We all had a feeling that we’d lost some time and it was time to catch up.” After HBS, Harrold worked as a banker before building a 25-year career as an independent market maker on the Chicago Board Options... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 2023
- Working Paper
The International Price of Remote Work
By: Agostina Brinatti, Alberto Cavallo, Javier Cravino and Andres Drenik
We study how the price of remote work is determined in a globalized labor market using data from a large web-based job platform, where workers from around the world compete for remote jobs. Despite the global nature of the platform, we find that remote wages are higher... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Exchange Rates; Purchasing Power Parity; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Macroeconomics; Developing Countries and Economies; Wages; Trade; Globalization; Marketplace Matching; Currency Exchange Rate; Service Industry; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry
Brinatti, Agostina, Alberto Cavallo, Javier Cravino, and Andres Drenik. "The International Price of Remote Work." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29437, October 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog
Independent Project are encouraged to reach out to Prof. Kirby at term start. By 2035 China will be the largest economy in the world and an innovation superpower. Engagement with China—as entrepreneurs, investors, or partners—is part of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Power of National Identity
proud of this distinction,” noted Abdelal, a scholar of international political economy and author of National Purpose in the World Economy: Post-Soviet States in Comparative Perspective, which won the 2002 Marshall Shulman Book Prize... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
500 automobile, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies that actually run businesses here. Those latter companies know the market and have done very well as a result. "If you're going to invest in emerging markets," he continues, "you also need to understand the... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
intermediaries in determining the lawful parameters of trade practices. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50589 Who Should Be Running Ahead? The Roles of Two Types of Entrepreneurship in China's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog
bonds outstanding. Every day, public markets set prices for CEOs and CFOs, financial institutions, and investors, all seeking to raise and invest money in a way that drives the economy forward. A public exit - whether through an initial... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
Differentiation: Implications for Corporate Strategy." Reinhardt, who joined the faculty in 1991, currently teaches the required MBA course Business, Government, and the International Economy as well as the elective Business and the... View Details
- 02 Feb 2017
- News
Growing and Competing at the Local Level
manufacturing is to the economy in general. We do some outreach. There, we look a lot like a trade association, putting on networking and educational events to keep our manufacturers connected and... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
Societal and Political Dimensions of Innovation Innovation and Business Growth By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Innovation and the pursuit of new business opportunities are essential for growth at the firm level; moreover, they provide the foundation for an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
primarily service providers. SC industries, especially traded services, have higher average wages than B2C industries. The supply chain economy also has a higher degree of innovative capacity as reflected by... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
George C. Lodge
produced twelve books and a host of cases and articles (including two McKinsey Award-winning Harvard Business Review articles); served as a chief architect of the cornerstone Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE)... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley