Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 1974
Conference Presentation

Social Multiplier Effects in Community Economic Development

By: R. M. Kanter and B. A. Stein

Keywords: Development Economics; Civil Society or Community

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fall 1993
Article

On the Early History of Experimental Economics

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Business History; Economics

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2013
Working Paper

Digital Dark Matter and the Economics of Apache

By: Shane Greenstein and Frank Nagle

Researchers have long hypothesized that spillovers from government, university, and private company R&D contribute to economic growth, but these contributions may be difficult to measure when they take a non-pecuniary form. The growth of networking devices and the... View Details

Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Internet and the Web; Performance Productivity; Applications and Software; Economic Growth; Research and Development

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2020
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Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective

By: Janet Hunter and G. Jones

This chapter contextualises the drivers of corruption in Turkish business through comparisons with Japan and India in the late 19th century. It identifies the developmental state as a common driver of corruption. Catching up by using extensive state intervention had... View Details

Keywords: Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Economic Growth; Turkey; Middle East; Central Asia; Japan; India

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January 2013 (Revised June 2016)
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The Basque Country: Strategy for Economic Development

By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels and Jesus M. Valdaliso

The Basque country, with a population of 2.1 million and covering 7,233 square kilometers, is an autonomous region located in the north of Spain, physically separated from it by the Pyrenees Mountains. Presents the history of the region—highly prosperous at the turn of... View Details

Keywords: History; Crime and Corruption; Industry Clusters; Competitive Strategy; Microeconomics; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Basque Provinces; Spain

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12 Oct 2020
News

MBA/DBA Alum Wins Nobel Prize in Economics

news: He and fellow Stanford professor Paul Milgrom had won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics for their improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats. Milgrom had his phone in Do Not Disturb mode. Wilson, who lives... View Details

Keywords: Nobel Prize; negotiation; auction theory; career paths

1982
Article

The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives

By: Alvin E. Roth

Keywords: Balance and Stability; Motivation and Incentives; Economics

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Some Uses of Happiness Data in Economics

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

Keywords: Happiness; Analytics and Data Science; Economics

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9 Oct 2003
Other Presentation

Irish Competitiveness: Entering a New Economic Era

By: Michael E. Porter

IMI Top Management Briefing, Dublin, Ireland. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Republic of Ireland

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08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

encourage productivity, collaboration, and innovation. "But you can protect those gains if you remember the intention and motivation that sparked this movement in the first place." As economic clouds form on the horizon, these efforts... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

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Foreword: On Financial Innovation and Economic Growth

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Information; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Economic Growth

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June 23, 2003
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Economic Theory on Media Markets is Flawed

By: David A. Moss and Michael Fein

Keywords: Economics; Theory; Media; Markets

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21 Sep 2015
News

Helping Japan Build a Strong Economic Future

As a trade negotiator, economic official, and scholar, Naoko Munakata (MBA 1990) has been immersed in Japan’s economic revitalization effort for the last 25 years. In 2013, as director-general for trade... View Details