International And Comparative Education - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

the decades of research and teaching that began immediately after World War II. By the late 1960s, however, institutional interest in the subject (reflective of broader educational trends) had waned, View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

21 Jan 2022
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How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA

As a first-generation college student, I understand firsthand what it’s like to have to figure out how to pay for school. Education is an investment, and I’m here to tell you that it IS possible to afford an... View Details

27 Sep 2006
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How Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan & Selin Sayek

22 Jan 2014
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Why babus can’t be ignored

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The Swedish Competitiveness Scorecard 2017

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

The Swedish Competitiveness Scorecard assesses Sweden's current competitiveness across a broad range of indicators, applying an impact logic from competitiveness fundamentals to productivity and prosperity outcomes. On these indicators Sweden is compared to a peer... View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness; Sweden; Economic Policy; Economy; Policy; Competition; Sweden

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20 Mar 2008
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Sell Side School Ties

Keywords: by Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini & Christopher J. Malloy; Financial Services

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

March 2006
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Financing Decisions within the Firm

By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs

Describes a core module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module focuses on the financial and managerial issues that confront managers who make financial decisions within multinational firms: how subsidiaries should be financed and... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; International Finance; Taxation; Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Framework; Performance Evaluation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

collaboration, and international investment in industry. The United States and Germany are represented as partners in both the railroad and... View Details

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Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?

recognizes executives who have expanded their knowledge and skills by completing three HBS Executive Education programs in three different categories: Leadership, Strategy, and... View Details

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Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement

Blog Blog Health Care and Life Science at HBS Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS... View Details

28 Apr 2023
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Year Up Leads to Media Services Careers: Four Staff Stories

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

How has management education evolved, and where is it going? This question is of crucial importance for society, says HBS professor Rakesh Khurana. Business leaders are admired yet often distrusted, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’

nurtured in different educational and institutional settings. The question, then, is this: does China have a good institutional framework for innovation? Our answer at present is no: the governance... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby & F. Warren McFarlan; Education; Education

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National Innovation Systems in the Life Sciences

This is an international comparative study of how institutional contexts shape the process by which science is leveraged into commercial technology. The study explores how variance in corporate governance systems, knowledge- and skill-formation systems, and... View Details

12 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

suggests new research based on an international competition to design a NASA robot. "When experts have a been-there-done-that mindset, potential breakthroughs may hit the discard pile before companies can evaluate them in full." Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

Luis M. Viceira

Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details

Keywords: education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry

Robert S. Kaplan

Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He joined the HBS faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he... View Details

Keywords: health care; nonprofit industry

08 Feb 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Dynamic Advertising Effect of Collegiate Athletics

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Sports

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