Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 1997 (Revised October 1999)
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Shock Therapy in Eastern Europe: The Polish and Czechoslovak Economic Reforms

Provides information on economic reform programs in Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1990. Students are asked to compare and contrast the economic situations in the two countries, as well as the political constraints on reform. View Details

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Poland; Slovakia; Czech Republic

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2006
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Economics Wins, Psychology Loses, and Society Pays

By: Max H. Bazerman and Deepak Malhotra

Keywords: Economics; Social Psychology; Society; Cost vs Benefits

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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

01 Jun 2009
News

Porter Helps Jerusalem Mayor with Economic Development

Nir Barkat, a software entrepreneur elected mayor of Jerusalem last November, visited HBS in late March to take part in a roundtable discussion on the economic development of his city, Israel’s poorest. HBS professor Michael Porter, a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

11 Apr 2011
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What we should be learning from the recent economic crises

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Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Competitiveness & Economic... View Details

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Investigating the Economic Role of Mergers (with Erik Stafford)

What is the economic role of mergers? We investigate this issue by performing a comparative study of mergers and other forms of corporate investment, at the industry and firm levels. In our framework, merger activity is motivated by both firm- and industry-level... View Details

2008
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Workplace Democracy, Workplace Republicanism, and Economic Democracy

By: Nien-he Hsieh

Keywords: Economics; Theory

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Researchers have long hypothesized that research outputs 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... View Details

November 2011 (Revised March 2012)
Teaching Note

CDG: Managing in China's Economic Transformation (TN)

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Sharon Mozgai

Keywords: Economy; Transformation; China

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1999
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Measuring The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Development Economics; Microeconomics

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01 Sep 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Transaction Cost Economics in the Digital Economy: A Research Agenda

Keywords: by Frank Nagle, Robert Seamans, and Steve Tadelis

March 21, 2011
Article

Japan Can Rebuild on New Economic Foundations

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Economics; Japan

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09 Mar 2021
News

Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

Sara Enright (MBA 2004) speaks with students at the Community College of Rhode Island. Courtesy Sara Enright When former Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo came into office in 2015, she included in her plans to make the state more View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

October, 2022
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The Economic Dynamics of Competing Power Generation Sources

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

Competing power generation sources have experienced considerable shifts in both their revenue potential and their costs in recent years. Here we introduce the concept of Levelized Profit Margins (LPM) to capture the changing unit economics of both intermittent and... View Details

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March 2019
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Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a... View Details