Publications

December 2004
Supplement

Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, 2004

By: David A. Moss, Sarah A. Brennan and Peter Epstein

Provides basic economic and social indicators for 145 countries, drawn from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (2004). The data include: population, land area, GNP per capita, real GDP growth, life expectancy, adult illiteracy, fertility rate, access to... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Wealth and Poverty; Standards; Economics; Society

December 1985
Case

Best--The Role of PVOs in Developing Agribusiness

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Michael Joseph Kennedy

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

26 Feb 2020
News

Alumni-Led Biotech Developing Vaccine to Combat Coronavirus

As reported in the Boston Globe, Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000, AMP 170) and his firm Moderna Therapeutics are working with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a vaccine for coronavirus. Vials of its vaccine, the company told... View Details

1999
Chapter

Measuring The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Development Economics; Microeconomics

1977
Chapter

The Internationalization of Firms from Developing Countries

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Economies and Regions

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

2006
Report

Cluster Initiatives in Developing and Transition Economies

By: Christian H.M. Ketels, Göran Lindqvist and Örjan Sölvell

Keywords: Industry Clusters; Developing Countries and Economies

Read Now

November 1991
Case

Time Inc. and New Magazine Development (A)

By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue

Keywords: Journals and Magazines; Product Development; Publishing Industry

April 1998 (Revised September 1998)
Case

Classic Pen Company, The: Developing an ABC Model

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Classic Pen has diversified from its core blue and black pen business by introducing new specialized colors. But costs have risen and margins on blue and black pens are decreasing. The controller turns to activity-based costing (ABC) for an explanation. View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Manufacturing Industry

Educators

January 2013 (Revised June 2016)
Case

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

Educators

1985
Book

Harvard Business Review: Essentials of Executive Development

By: L. A. Hill

Keywords: Higher Education; Management; Growth and Development

2006
Chapter

A 'Customer-Centric' View of Global Economic Development

By: V. K. Rangan and Arthur McCaffrey

Keywords: Globalization; Customers; Perspective; Development Economics

Blog

How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America

At HBS, research and case development are tightly intertwined. Cases provide the opportunity for faculty to develop ideas, gain insight into nascent research questions, and illustrate theory in practice. In... View Details

Research Summary

Measuring and Managing Uncertainty in Product Development

Dissertation research regarding the startegic implications of uncertainty in product development. View Details

March 2023
Teaching Note

ALDDN: Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria

By: Meg Rithmire

Teaching Note for HBS No. 721-026. View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa; Nigeria

2011
Chapter

Non-standard Monetary Policy Measures and Monetary Developments

By: Domenico Giannone, Michele Lenza, Huw Pill and Lucrezia Reichlin

January 2017
Teaching Note

The Basque Country: Strategy for Economic Development

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian Ketels

May 2015
Case

China Yintai: Developing Shared Value in China

By: Christopher Marquis, Ying Zhang and Shiyu Yang

Under the leadership of CEO and President Shen Guojun, China Yintai was increasingly committed to philanthropic initiatives. Drawing upon his experience as an entrepreneur and a philanthropist, Mr. Shen saw the urgent need to build bridges between business practices... View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; China

Educators