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- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
had become woven together in ways never before seen, and a truly global economy had emerged that many believed would forever banish the possibility of war altogether. But could trade really assure perpetual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
the Cluster Mapping Project, uses statistical techniques to profile the performance over time of regional economies in the U.S., with a special focus on clusters. Clusters are geographically concentrated groups of interconnected... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 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
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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
- 18 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Symposium 2023: Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale
join a wide range of panel discussions featuring industry experts in the following areas: Decarbonizing Farming; Food Supply Chain and Waste; Scaling Green Energy Generation; Hard to Decarbonize Sectors; Carbon Markets; Reimagining the Grid; Circular View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
worked so hard to build? Simple. From Perkowski’s ringside seat inside the Middle Kingdom, the entrepreneurial grass now grew greener elsewhere. While he was busy building ASIMCO, the Chinese economy took off with a galloping GDP and... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development of specialized expertise, while the benefits of greater breadth are linked to the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
economy driven by research and intellectual property that it no longer accurately signals so-called value stocks, suggests new research from Charles C.Y. Wang, Harvard Business School’s Glenn and Mary Jane Creamer Associate Professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
the time a partner at the Athens-based Ulysses Commission Trading Company, an agency company representing foreign manufacturers in the Greek market, watched those dramatic days in late 1989 with mixed feelings. "I knew that the... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
organized and hosted by Heather Stark (MBA 1999) and Suzanne Kwok (MBA 2015). Philippines Alumni Take Swift Action to Serve Community During COVID-19 The World Trade Center Manila was converted to a COVID-19 treatment facility. The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 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
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
Government, and the International Economy Unit—often works with HBS’s 15 global research centers and offices to ensure that different countries and sectors of the industry are well represented. Alvarez’s research has frequently taken him... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
company. Most people think that will change the firm, but it won’t. It gives Goldman access to the Fed window which is very useful for liquidity management and, on the other hand, it reduces the amount of leverage they can use in trading... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden... View Details
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
clients' campaigns. This practice was institutionalized by an arrangement known as the "recognition system" between agencies and publishers, and administered by a set of trade associations. Among other things, the system supported... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
past few years (yes there are some). It is true that Greece reformed laws and regulations to make its economy more open to foreign trade and as a result more competitive. Trade... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
Working PapersFacts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China Authors:Lee Branstetter and C. Fritz Foley Abstract Despite the rapid expansion of U.S.-China trade ties, the increase in U.S. FDI in China, and the expanding amount of economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
liquid and effective," he says. "Mutual funds deepen the capital markets, and the capital markets lubricate our entire economy by allocating financial resources." For the consumer, the mutual fund combines a number of attractions in a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
(MBA 1994) "For a pioneering intermediary like Gazelle, there are in principle two ways (not mutually exclusive) to sustain its advantage over the late but numerous entrants. One is to create network effects by moving to a marketplace intermediation model. The other is... View Details
Keywords: ecommerce; Kathy Korman Frey; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
- 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 policies with a Balanced View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett