Economic Complexity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2012
News

Cracks in the Foundation

competitiveness-losing out in 8 out of 10 actual cases. Alumni had considered moving their US facilities to a total of 146 countries, clearly showing that America is competing with virtually the entire world, not just a handful of nations. To better understand the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

aftermath of Japan's 3/11 tragedy. But even as we focus on immediate human needs, we cannot avoid recognizing--and coping with--the long economic shadow cast by this disaster. The direct impact on real View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

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The Formula - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Economic Sciences Chicago Board of Options Exchange Exhibit Home The Formula “Restrictions on Options Pricing” manuscript. Robert Cox Merton Papers, HBS Archives, Baker Library Historical Collections In 1970, Robert Merton joined Myron... View Details

29 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?

conditions of this non-consensual separation, and even more complex and important, what status it will allow Britain to have going forward. It will have to tow a fine line between being too harsh--to defuse contagion in other EU countries... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

01 Mar 2013
News

Sizing Up Social Impact

Image by C.J. Burton As the aftereffects of the 2008 global economic crisis continue to be felt, nonprofit organizations are competing for fewer and fewer dollars. Donors, also feeling the squeeze of a sluggish economy, just don't have as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

one-third they did 10 years earlier, he said. Mortgage brokers were paid on commission and on the basis of originating a loan; they were unconcerned with whether the mortgage was repaid. In the pursuit of scale, mortgage banks bundled mortgages and worked with... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

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Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

believe that these extraordinary times call for massive public funds to be used for economic interventions, shouldn't these efforts be at least partially designed to promote new enterprises? Second, in many nations the venture industry is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

01 Aug 2001
News

Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)

engineer Bob Stobaugh decided to pursue his true vocation: teaching. "As a manager in the oil and chemical industries, I often needed to explain complex business problems to my coworkers," Stobaugh says. "I found that I enjoyed the... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Educational Services

Portrait Project

Lourdes Long

International development, economic progress, global security, environmental integrity – the very baseline of human prosperity. Nothing is more challenging than the complex and evolving realities of the... View Details

Student-Profile

Ryann Noe

A blended course of study is nothing new for Ryann (she/her) - she earned her undergraduate degree in Economics and English at Williams College, and wrote her honors thesis on children’s literature. “That may not appear to be a common... View Details

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

including emerging economies like China, India, and Brazil. This list will continue to grow. A by-product of the intertwining of globalization and technology enabled networks is that events are no longer isolated, the impact of which was on vivid display during the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Jan 2021
Blog Post

Bringing the Lessons of 2020 into 2021

2020 was a year we won’t soon forget. Individuals and organizations around the globe were faced with unprecedented challenges that pushed their creativity, resolve, and resilience to the limits. We faced a global health pandemic, an View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Profile

Carol Lauson

Carol Lauson's father owned his own construction company, an enterprise, she says, "that didn't necessarily pique my interest in business, but gave me an early exposure to it." As she got older, awareness turned into more direct action, beginning with a... View Details

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Connections & Relationships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

regional economic competitiveness issues. After graduation, I took a position as Advisor to the Mayor for the City of Boston, sponsored by the HBS Leadership Fellows program . The role really fit well with my desire to advise and lead... View Details

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Hayling Price

sector "that would enable economic opportunity and mobility in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty." But while his career experiences in the nonprofit sector were rewarding, they were also limiting. "I found that... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit/Government/Education

12 May 2016
News

What Ernest Shackleton has in common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk

claiming valuable new natural resources. It’s a modern set of economic motives that aren’t much different from those that set whalers sailing south more than a century ago. While Nohria sees promise in the commercialization of space, he... View Details

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

wealth-based discrimination in employee-customer relations and that envy toward wealthy customers and empathy toward those of similar economic status drive much of this illegal behavior. Implications for both theory and practice are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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