Trade Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1998
News

Going Against the Flow

startup evolve into Banco Pactual, which today is a full-service investment bank with a net worth of $700 million. Jakurski has found contrarian skepticism useful for analyzing emerging-market turbulence. "The government will enact a View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Dec 1998
News

Faculty Retirements

Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. For twelve years, he was chairman of the Finance Advisory Board of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He now serves on the boards of Swarthmore College, the New England... View Details

02 Sep 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

trade war continues (TonyO), leadership or lack thereof (Harry White), actions by the current US administration to encourage firms to bring jobs home and promulgate “America first” policies (Todd Z.),... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

24 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?

Instead of seeking patents, many inventors and firms choose to keep the details of their innovations secret, out of the public view. But what are the implications of keeping important new ideas locked away in vaults as trade secrets? Does... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

26 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Learning from Failed Political Leadership

enterprise system; and that b) all peoples inhabiting the planet are potentially our friends if we could only get rid of a few terrorist troublemakers. American foreign policy is often based on these erroneous beliefs—which we demonstrate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

illustrates what a Strategic Deal Profile is, why it is important, and the issues involved in making such a Profile part of actual selling behaviors and performance management practices. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50540 February... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

by national policy than they were by informal, local business deals. As Lurtz writes in her research summary, "Here coffee emerged in the hands of a diverse body of participants. Alongside foreign merchants and migrant planters, local... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

The unparalleled size of Asia's markets has always caught the eye of multinational corporations. More recently, as government policies and cultural attitudes in the region continue to evolve, the strategies of multinational companies have... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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United States, placing the consumer in a central role. The collection includes Melvin T. Copeland's teaching notes regarding business policy cases used in classroom instruction at HBS, as well as administrative correspondence regarding... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference

Singapore and built an alumni club from the ground up, serving as committee member, secretary, and president between 1970 and 1988. In 1994, Teo became publisher and chief executive of Far East Trade Press and moved to Hong Kong — a city... View Details

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Sustainability in CPG and Retail

href="https://consumerbrandsassociation.org/sustainability/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Consumer Brands Association (CBA) - Sustainability Learn about CBA efforts to drive policy reform and unite stakeholder efforts to... View Details

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

that managerial fiduciary duties affect equity-bondholder conflicts in a way that is economically important, has impact on ex ante capital structure choices, and affects welfare. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-070.pdf The Evolving Basis for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2017
News

Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

high consideration. Spiritual and ethical factors are often viewed as separate “silos,” but these core values pervasively shape, bind, and energize the economic culture. Long-term policy and growth must emanate from—and reflect—the... View Details

15 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive

including working- and middle-class Americans, are struggling, as are many small businesses. The single biggest thorn in the economy’s side: our dysfunctional political system. While many political leaders individually agree with the federal View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

externality and technology diffusion play a particularly important role in multinationals' offshore agglomeration. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1524857 Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration? Evidence from Trade View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

community. Chile is in better shape, but has also undergone traumatic ups and down and is now challenged to grow as its major trading partner, China, slows its growth. What went wrong? A new edited volume by Geoffrey Jones and Andrea... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Jan 2014
What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

agreed: "The main reason for the rising inequality is that Free Trade has encouraged/required manufacturing to be offshored and outsourced If we replaced the Free Trade View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

across the business environment. The subject is also a hot political potato, from Republican President Donald Trump's dramatic trade approach to proposals from Democrats on automation, robots, and job loss. A new study looks at worker... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

01 Feb 2001
News

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

Baker returned to the United States and was involved for many years in a variety of trading activities that took him to some two dozen countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Observing further how corruption could subvert markets... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

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