Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2004
Article

FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of Local Financial Markets

By: Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Selin Sayek

The purpose of this paper is to examine the various links among foreign direct investment, financial markets and growth. We model an economy with a continuum of agents indexed by their level of ability. Agents have two choices: they can work for the foreign company in... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Markets; Economic Growth; Cost; Wealth; Investment Return; Knowledge

22 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

boots. Creating variations of these core products, along with expansion into apparel, had sustained Timberland's business for more than 30 years. Timberland's growth in the past six years was due to increased international sales and new... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Profile

Prita Kumar

turns in investment banking and private equity, “hoping that I would love that career path because it was filled with extremely intelligent people and highly analytical work.” While Prita did “work with C-suite executives and saw various initiatives and View Details

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Mariano Bomaggio

been amazed by how much you learn from your classmates – that's the highest value-add I’ve experienced here." For his EC year, Mariano is considering "getting involved in an independent project, like helping a start-up company with its View Details

Keywords: Tech; Manufacturing/Energy

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Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

that contribute to development and are crucial for growth.” Abena began with GE’s medical and health care device divisions, serving as a business analyst responsible for “increasing growth and market share” in West & Central Africa.... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Forecasting ’15

service. I believe that 2015 will be filled with the emergence and rapid growth of next-generation sports channels (Twitch), new comedy channels (Fine Brothers), new news channels (VICE), and more.” Photos courtesy of subject View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

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

more than twenty-five years ago to the impact and growth of his groundbreaking work in the current academic and financial communities. The Black-Scholes option pricing model established the everyday use of mathematical models as essential... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Kill Groupthink

Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong If you’re not paying attention, groupthink can turn up like a cancer in the boardroom, hampering growth and innovation, says Helen Lee Bouygues (MBA 2000), founder... View Details

27 Mar 2019
News

Sharing the Road

Sakshi Vij (GMP 23, 2017) is the founder and CEO of Myles, an innovative car-sharing company operating in 21 cities in India. In this interview, she talks about the potential growth in the car-sharing space and how new technologies enable... View Details

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

stores and shopping on the Internet. His column takes as its springboard the phenomenon of outlet shopping for entertainment. In fact, the growth and development of the New York Times itself makes for a fascinating business story. As... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495 transactions with a focus on one form of long-term activities, namely investments in innovation as measured by patenting activity. We find no evidence that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14

In 2013 Ning Tang, who in 2006 founded CreditEase as a broker of P2P loans to unbanked individuals and small businesses in China, confronts the challenges of rapid growth and expansion in a changing regulatory environment. CreditEase... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

Silverthorne: Why is this book right for the times? Josh Lerner: There are two sets of events that make this book particularly timely. First, there is a keen awareness on the part of many governments of the need for "green shoots," high-potential firms that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

01 Dec 2000
News

Latin America's Decade

functions of the Web and wireless protocols," says Azuela. "That gives you an idea of how far we have to go in educating the market. Further affecting the growth of the Internet are problems of regulation, inadequate infrastructure, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

higher-end goods at Target. In the 1990s, its growth stemmed mainly from acquisitions, not all of which proved beneficial in the long term. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/718510-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3

growth in 2011 and beyond, executives contemplated how to best apply their purchasing and supply chain knowledge into new international markets. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512004-PDF-ENG Customer Visits for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 8, 2010

describes the growth of Guggenheim Brothers as one of the largest mining companies in the world in the early twentieth century. Global expansion led the firm to Chile, first in copper and later in natural nitrates. Chile's economic View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War

market that was attractive on its own merits. The key is that disruption creates new growth! It does eventually attack established markets, but the overwhelming feature of it is that disruption creates new customers, new markets, new applications, that result in net... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

April 2012
Case

Man Group (A)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Thomas M. Clay

The Man Group was a huge and successful UK-based hedge fund and fund of funds manager. Through acquisitions, the company had consciously diversified its portfolio of investment products. In 2007 Man had to decide whether or not to spin off its brokerage business. Man... View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Financial Crisis; Decisions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Diversification; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom; Europe

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October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (A): Becoming Truly Global

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird

Since the 1980s, Procter & Gamble had leveraged its purpose, values, and principles (PVP) to create a global company. When P&G faced difficult times in 2000, the new CEO, A.G. Lafley, leveraged the PVP to drive P&G's turnaround, integrate global operations, and guide... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Leading Change; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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