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2018
Book

The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society

By: William R. Kerr

The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Foreign talent has transformed U.S. science and engineering, reshaped the economy, and influenced society at large. But America is bogged down in thorny debates on... View Details

Keywords: Immigration; Policy; Labor; Economy; Talent and Talent Management; United States

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April 2017
Case

Planetary Resources Inc., Property Rights, and the Regulation of the Space Economy

By: Matthew Weinzierl and Angela Acocella

Planetary Resources, Inc. (PRI) had a bold, some said crazy, vision: to mine asteroids. One might have assumed that developing the right technology would be the greatest challenge facing PRI. But even if the fledgling company could develop and deploy the sophisticated... View Details

Keywords: Property; Rights; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Aerospace Industry; Mining Industry

Educators

2007
Other Unpublished Work

Competitiveness at the Crossroads: Choosing the Future Direction of the Russian Economy

By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels, Mercedes Delgado and Richard Bryden

In early 2006, the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) in Moscow commissioned Professor Michael Porter and his team to conduct a review of the existing evidence on Russian competitiveness. The objective of this report is to synthesize, interpret, and draw implications... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Russia

2006
Working Paper

A New Framework for Analyzing and Managing Macrofinancial Risks of An Economy

By: Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie

26 Mar 2025
Podcast

Erik Brynjolfsson on how AI is rewriting the rules of the economy

The Stanford economist unpacks AI’s impact on work and productivity, its limitations, and wider implications. He also lays out what organizations can do to get more out of the technology as they invest in the transformation. And he updates his longstanding research... View Details

16 Jul 2020
News

Aid for US economy is expiring – at just the wrong moment

A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy (Oxford 2010)

March 10, 2015
Article

How Will a €1.1 Trillion Bid to Energize the Eurozone Economy Work?

By: Ashish Kumar Sen and Dante Roscini

June 2013 (Revised August 2014)
Supplement

Ayala Corporation & the Philippines: Asset Allocation in a Growing Economy (B)

By: Eric Werker, Yasmin Mandviwala, Henry Motte-Munoz and Arthur Wit

Keywords: Asset Allocation; Assets; Business Conglomerates; Philippines

Aug 2011 - 2011
Conference Presentation

Military Ties, New Venture Performance, and Political Risk Management in Emerging Economies

By: Shon R. Hiatt

2003
Other Unpublished Work

Scale and Scope Economies in the Global Advertising and Marketing Services Business

By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Advertising; Marketing; Advertising Industry

18 Dec 2023
Podcast

Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach on Driving the Future of the Digital Economy

What’s really in a payment? During his career at Mastercard, Michael Miebach has strived to understand how payment solutions make a difference in people’s lives, even before his appointment as CEO. In this episode, Miebach explains how he thinks through powering the... View Details

Article

Bitcoin and Beyond

By: Christian Catalini, Ravi Jagadeesan and Scott Duke Kominers

From the growing attention to Bitcoin and "decentralized finance" to the latest excitement spurred by non-fungible tokens, the crypto economy is here to stay. But will it develop the social consensus and institutional arrangements needed to go fully mainstream? View Details

Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Crypto Economy; Finance; Currency

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18 Jun 2020
Working Paper Summaries

The Rise of the Investor State: State Capital in the Chinese Economy

Keywords: by Hao Chen and Meg Rithmire

January 1999 (Revised September 2004)
Background Note

International Entrepreneurship: Managing and Financing Ventures in the Global Economy - Overview

International Entrepreneurial Finance is the study of allocation of scarce resources by and to entrepreneurs in international settings. This note provides an overview of "International Entrepreneurial Finance," a second-year MBA course developed and taught at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Finance

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1990
Chapter

In God We Trust: The Political Economy of the Social Security Reserves

By: Dutch Leonard

Keywords: Sovereign Finance